In Internet Porn Spat, Prenda Claims Judge Overstepped
A law firm accused of shaking down Internet porn consumers by threatening to expose their identities is kicking up a storm at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
View ArticleNinth Circuit addresses UCL standing and construes Kwikset : Hinojos v....
In Hinojos v. Kohl's Corp. , ___ F.3d ___ , the plaintiff's UCL and CLRA action challenged Kohl's practice of claiming that its prices are discounted off a "regular" or "original" price.
View ArticleArmy Sued for Refusing to Release Contracting Data on Harris...
"I've been winning these lawsuits for subcontracting reports for over 20 years and I'll win this one too.
View ArticleAppeals court upholds ruling on Arizona's bail law
An appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling that dismissed a challenge to an Arizona law that denies bail to people who aren't in the country legally and are charged with murder, sexual assault...
View ArticleGuilty verdict for Glendale man
Jurors found a Glendale man guilty of murder for a second time on Monday after he appealed his original conviction for stabbing his girlfriend to death.
View ArticleHow Shell Is Trying to Send a Chill Through Activist Groups Across the Country
One of our most important rights as Americans is the freedom to express ourselves.
View ArticleRecent decision limits the protections from liability for ERISA pension plan...
James Hazlehurst wrote an article published in The Daily Journal on June 12, 2013, that discussed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Harris v.
View ArticleThe 5 Ways Gay Marriage Can Win at the Supreme Court
Soon, the Supreme Court will hand down hotly anticipated verdicts on two cases related to gay marriage: a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal marriage benefits to same-sex...
View ArticleMan convicted of fraud wins appeal in 9th circuit
The conviction of a former Alaska prosecutor on wire fraud charges is no longer valid, a federal appeals court has determined.
View ArticleCourts Hands Down Ruling On Draconian Arizona Law
Arizona voters are legally entitled to deny bail to some people who are in this country illegally, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
View ArticleRobb: Supreme Court's decision on Ariz. voting law leaves door open...
Except that the court did no such thing. Not even close. In fact, closer to the opposite.
View ArticleMontgomery, the Republic, and Arpaio Want Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox to Zip...
Brown people in this county just need keep their yaps shut, particularly when it comes to something that concerns them directly, like the anti-Latino bigotry that has so thoroughly infected the...
View ArticleCourt upholds conviction, death sentence in 1986 Mohave County murder
A federal appeals court denied claims by a death-row inmate Wednesday that evidence was doctored and suppressed in his trial for the 1986 kidnapping, robbery and murder of an elderly Las Vegas man near...
View ArticleNinth Circuit upholds Arizona law denying bail for undocumented immigrants
The plaintiffs, represented by American Civil Liberties Union [advocacy website] attorney Cecillia Wang, argued that the law denies immigrants their due process rights and serves an unlawful punitive...
View ArticleNo Supreme Court Decision on Prop. 8 or DOMA Today; Next Possibility is Monday
Update : The U.S. Supreme Court released three decisions today, none of which were one of the closely watched cases on same-sex marriage, the Voting Rights Act, and affirmative action in school...
View ArticleCourt rejects inmate's double-jeopardy claim in 2002 Tempe killing
An appeals court Wednesday rejected an Arizona prisoner's claim that he could not be tried for murder during the commission of a robbery after jurors "impliedly" acquitted him of the robbery and...
View ArticleHouse Legislator Plans to Bring Back "Preborn Pain" Bill
State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg , R-Parker, said she hopes to add a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of gestation back to Senate Bill 5, the Senate's omnibus abortion bill, if her companion measure, House...
View ArticleCalifornians praise court order to immediately reduce prison population
Earlier today, Gov. Brown was ordered by the federal three-judge panel to immediately reduce the prison population to 137.5 percent of design capacity - to a total population of no more than 110,000.
View ArticleDenial of Supreme Court Review Leaves Ninth Circuit ESA Case Intact
At issue in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Karuk Tribe of California v.
View ArticlePresident Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Three to Serve on the United...
WASHINGTON, DC Today, President Barack Obama nominated James Donato, Judge Beth Labson Freeman and Jennifer Prescod May-Parker for District Court judgeships.
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