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Court dismisses Navy vets' case over radiation exposure from Japanese power plant

By Charmaine Little | Thursday, Mar 21, 2019 @ 7:15am

SAN DIEGO – On March 4, GE and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) convinced the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California to dismiss U.S. Navy vets' case against them after allegedly being exposed to radiation.
TBS, 'Conan' show fail to prove fraud in copyright case over Tom Brady joke told on air, court rules

By Charmaine Little | Friday, Nov 23, 2018 @ 10:53pm

A joke on the Conan late-night talk show ended up in court after a man sued the show for allegedly stealing one of his jokes; recently, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California granted his motion for summary judgement amid the show and network's fraud claims.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises granted motion to strike several defense claims in book infringement case

By Sandra Lane | Monday, Jul 2, 2018 @ 9:28pm

SAN DIEGO – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California recently ruled on Dr. Seuss Enterprises LP's (DSE's) motions to strike several affirmative defenses by defendants in an ongoing infringement battle regarding two books.