9th Circuit Appellate Court, San Francisco
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Attorney says he hopes DOJ will not appeal court ban on feds prosecuting medical marijuana cases
SAN FRANCISCO – An attorney representing clients in whose favor a California appeals court ruled last month that they could not be prosecuted for marijuana offenses if no state laws were broken, says he hopes the U.S. Department of Justice will not file an appeal. -
High court weighs in on whether insurance company should pay legal defense of company in sexual assault case
LOS ANGELES – An appeal has been filed in the 9th Circuit Court in a case where a construction company is looking for its insurance company to pay for its legal defense in a sexual assault case involving an employee and a minor. -
Pentagon files appeal not to release information in subcontracting plan
PETALUMA – The Pentagon has filed an appeal in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Freedom of Information case against it regarding the Comprehensive Subcontracting Plan Test Program (CSPTP). -
Judge's nomination to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals depends on politics, professor says
SAN FRANCISCO – Following a successful confirmation hearing, Lucy Koh is one step closer to becoming the first female Korean-American judge on an appellate court. -
Lawsuit challenges law requiring students to be vaccinated to attend school
SAN DIEGO – A group of parents and the nonprofit Education 4 All in California are suing the state over a new law (Senate Bill 277) requiring children to be vaccinated to attend school, which went into effect July 1. -
Has password sharing just become a federal crime?
SAN FRANCISCO – Sharing your streaming password with a friend for a night is unlikely to lead you to jail, but taking information from your ex-employer with a former co-worker probably will. -
Supreme Court rules Department of Labor must clarify OT rules for auto dealers
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court, on a 6-2 decision involving a case originally filed in California’s 9th Circuit Court, ordered the Department of Labor to clarify its regulation regarding an overtime pay exemption for people who work at auto dealerships as car salesmen or sales advisers. -
Shark fin soup off the menus after Supreme Court declines to hear ban of state law
SAN FRANCISCO – After a U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear a challenge of California’s law banning possession and sale of shark fins, a fight has ended, and shark fin soup will not be on the menu at many Asian restaurants. -
Judges’ ears key in ‘Vogue’ copyright case
PASADENA – A copyright lawyer said the judges in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals may have been right when they decided earlier this month that an average audience wouldn’t recognize a sample that was used in the Madonna hit "Vogue," but he isn’t sure they reached that decision in the right way. -
$9.4 million in Iranian assets could possibly be released to terror-attack victims
SAN FRANCISCO – Earlier this year, the 9th Circuit Appellate Court reinforced a lower court decision awarding damages of $9.4 million, payable by the Iranian government, for its alleged sponsorship of the terrorist group behind a suicide bombing in Jerusalem on Sept. 4, 1997.