JURIST

JANUARY 4, 2023

A federal California court Tuesday dismissed Ali Al-Ahmed’s lawsuit against Twitter Inc. US Judge Edward Chen for the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that Al-Ahmed’s amended complaint’s causes of action were time-barred and improperly pled. for suspending his account.

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JURIST

JUNE 8, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Tuesday ruled that a Honduran man’s conviction in California for possession of a forged social security number card (SSN) with a counterfeit government seal is grounds for deportation as a crime of moral turpitude.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

As it has so many times before, the Supreme Court rejected California’s treatment of arbitration under California law, in this case California’s Private Attorneys General Act. The California state courts (predictably) rejected that waiver as inconsistent with PAGA. Disclosure : Goldstein & Russell, P.C.,

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

The Ninth Circuit recently addressed the issue of whether parties can contractually agree to shorten the statute of limitations period for bringing a copyright infringement claim. Normally, the statute of limitations for a copyright violation is three years. In an unpublished opinion in the case, Evox Productions, LLC v.

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Chugh LLP

MARCH 9, 2022

If successful, these employees can recover civil penalties for themselves, fellow employees, and the state of California. Under PAGA, penalties are split between aggrieved employee(s) (25%) and The California Labor & Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) (75%).?These PAGA has a one-year statute of limitations. Working hour.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 23, 2021

“Ninth Circuit sides with Sirius XM in dispute over pre-1972 music royalties; The court found that California’s ‘exclusive ownership’ statute never applied to public performance on radio”: Nate MacKay of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S.

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The Crime Report

MAY 26, 2021

Heldman focused on one of the nation’s most ambitious juvenile justice measures, a bill signed into law by California Gov. Although the juvenile crime rate dropped in the 1990s, a push for reform didn’t come until 2004, with a case adjudicated in the California Supreme Court. if states are willing to take the plunge.

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JURIST

APRIL 20, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Tuesday sent lawsuits by six California cities and counties accusing ExxonMobil, Chevron Corp and other energy giants of fueling climate change back to state court after the US Supreme Court required the court reexamine the cases.

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JURIST

MAY 2, 2024

Customs officials teamed up with Interpol to investigate, but in 1978, Italy once again dropped its pursuit, concluding that confiscation from the US could not move forward due to a lack of evidence and the tolling of the relevant statutes of limitations.

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JURIST

MARCH 28, 2023

In his appeal, Lee argued that he was living in Los Angeles, California at the time of the hearing, and the prosecutor was “fully aware” of his whereabouts. Hae Min Lee’s brother Young Lee appealed the vacature of Syed’s conviction on the grounds that he did not receive notice of Syed’s hearing.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The FBI employed an informant to collect information on and place recording devices in the homes of a group of Muslim Americans living in Southern California. In Fazaga , the FBI is being sued for allegedly conducting improper surveillance on a set of mosques between 2006 and 2007.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 25, 2023

This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, a First Amendment challenge against efforts by another populous state, California, to regulate online content. A week after the 2020 election, he posted a tweet calling for ballots in California to be audited. Argent Trust Company v.

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Law 360

JULY 8, 2024

Recently enacted reforms to California's Private Attorneys General Act will likely curb the recent surge in multimillion-dollar PAGA settlements and help employers "stop the bleeding," legal experts told Law360, but the amendments are also likely to spur further litigation over newly created ambiguities in the novel Golden State statute.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 17, 2021

The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in federal court in California against Nestlé and Cargill, alleging that the companies had aided and abetted human-rights abuses because they had purchased cocoa beans from the plantations even though the companies knew that the plantations used child slavery. courts for serious violations of international law.

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2024

Alongside the Delaware gun charges, Hunter Biden is also charged with nine federal criminal tax charges in California. Noreika also dismissed this argument, writing: Defendant thus ignores the substantial degree of independence that Special Counsel Weiss has notwithstanding that he remains subject to the DOJ regulations.

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The Fashion Law

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Kanye West’s brand is now facing off against the State of California, too, thanks to a new lawsuit that accuses the “high-end sneaker and retail clothing business” of violating state consumer protection laws that require online orders to be shipped within a certain time frame unless otherwise specified.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 18, 2025

These statutes could impose liability on mCDR project proponents who violate the laws by failing to comply with the relevant statutory requirements. Such violations could result in both civil and criminal penalties, with some statutes imposing fines for each day a violation continues. judge-made) law.

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Law 360

JANUARY 16, 2024

Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear appeals from both Apple and Epic Games contesting aspects of a Ninth Circuit ruling that found Apple's App Store policies do not violate federal antitrust law but some are illegal under California's unfair competition statute.

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At the Lectern

MAY 5, 2022

Supreme Court draft opinion in a pending, exceptionally high-profile case has me considering leaks from California’s high court. 3d 628 where the court struck down the state’s death penalty as violating the California Constitution. The extraordinary publication of a U.S. I can think of two. Anderson (1972) 6 Cal.3d

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 14, 2023

In 2009, he was convicted in California of two counts related to sexual battery and sexual exploitation arising from the sexual assaults of patients he treated as a psychologist for Santa Barbara County, California, and two counts of dissuading, or attempting to dissuade, a witness from reporting a crime.

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JayS.Rothman&Associates

JANUARY 31, 2024

It is the public policy of California to protect employees from being retaliated against by their employers for disclosing information that the employee has reason to believe involves a violation of a state or federal statute or law or for refusing to participate in an activity that would violate a state, federal, or local rule or regulation.

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Legal Writing Launch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Legal professionals must follow standard conventions, often dictated by specific style guides like The Bluebook or the California Style Manual. Example: $1,000 or One thousand dollars ($1,000) (It is interesting that both The Blue Book and the California Style Manual are silent on this point. 2113 (a) for the statute on bank robbery.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The statute, though, contains several exceptions to the discharge, generally describing debts that Congress regarded as so important or reflecting such objectionable behavior that it is inappropriate for the debtor to discharge them. For Barrett, the case begins and ends with the language of the statute.

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At the Lectern

JULY 17, 2024

State of California , which, because of post-argument briefing, isn’t due until August 29. More about the case here. Horvitz & Levy is Supreme Court counsel for State Farm. It’s been just under two months since Rosenberg-Wohl was argued, so the opinion filing is a bit faster than usual. Opinions in those are expected by August 5.)

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2021

Calling it a “ball of confusion,” the Ninth Circuit recently considered a case involving the music of the Turtles, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, and whether royalties are owed under California copyright law for music dating prior to 1972. In doing so, the Ninth Circuit reviewed nearly 200 years of copyright law to reach its conclusion.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

RICO statute; Yegiazaryan’s alleged RICO crimes were committed to prevent Smagin from enforcing a British arbitration award in the United States. Smagin then went to federal court in California to confirm and enforce the arbitration award. In 2010, Smagin began arbitration proceedings in London against Yegiazaryan.

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JayS.Rothman&Associates

OCTOBER 16, 2023

On October 11, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation that provides workers with up to five (5) days of leave in the event of a reproductive-related loss. Leave under the statute is unpaid, unless the employer has an existing policy requiring paid leave. Rothman & Associates.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2023

Smagin adopts a “context-specific inquiry” to determine whether a plaintiff in a private lawsuit brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act has alleged “a domestic injury to its business or property” sufficient to state a civil claim for damages under Section 1964(c) of the federal RICO statute.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2021

Eight years later, he was deported on the basis of a California conviction for driving under the influence. Ashcroft that, under the relevant federal statute, DUI convictions do not provide grounds for the removal of people like Palomar-Santiago. But after his deportation, the Supreme Court ruled in Leocal v.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

New York’s post mortem right-of-publicity statute recently came into effect. Because the statute addressed privacy concerns that dissipated at death, such rights did not extend post mortem. written consent” can sue for an injunction and damages. The postmortem right attached to a “performer” does not expire.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

California Coastal Commission and Dolan v. On Friday, the justices agreed to decide whether the Nollan / Dolan test applies to a California man’s challenge to a development fee, or whether – as a California appeals court ruled – the fee is instead immune from such review because it was authorized by legislation.

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The Fashion Law

JUNE 9, 2021

In the complaint that it filed in a California state court on May 29, 2020, Los Angeles-based d.bleu.dazzled alleged that between 2016 and 2017, Kardashian – by way of her team – “purchased and borrowed numerous pieces of [d.bleu.dazzled ] clothing, under the false pretense that the clothing items were for [the 36-year-old star’s] personal use.”

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2021

Eight years later, an immigration judge found that his California conviction for driving under the influence was an aggravated felony under the federal immigration laws. Ashcroft that, under the relevant federal statute, DUI convictions like Palomar-Santiago’s are not aggravated felonies.

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JayS.Rothman&Associates

MAY 1, 2022

In California, employees are protected from sexual harassment in the workplace by the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) (Labor Code secs. 12900 -12996.) There are various types of sexual harassment. It usually includes either – Unwanted sexual advances, or – Visual, verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The California Supreme Court Historical Society will present a program about Perez v. 2d 711, where a divided court held to be unconstitutional Civil Code statutes prohibiting inter-racial marriages. Sharp (1948) 32 Cal.2d The decision preceded the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loving v. Virginia (1967) 388 U.S.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 9, 2024

.” They ask the court to declare the scheme to be unconstitutional as applied and to “bar[ ] the prosecution, imposition, or execution of sentences of death throughout the State of California.” California’s Constitution contains its own equal protection provision. ” (News release here.)

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The Crime Report

JULY 7, 2022

Guidelines developed for the Department of Justice say departments should complete their probes before any statute of limitations on officer discipline expire, at least. In California, that’s one year. Meanwhile the officer was involved in another fatal shooting.

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