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Jurors deadlock in J&J talc powder cancer case
Photo credit: Jeff Chiu/Associated Press as reported by The New York Times on 7/12/18. Following a record verdict in a trial in Missouri, litigation against Johnson & Johnson over its talcum powder...
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U.S. Appeals Court sides with Uber, denies class action suits
Image: uber.com Drivers who complained that “Uber misclassified them as independent contractors to avoid having to reimburse them for gasoline, vehicle maintenance, and other expenses,” were dealt a...
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Companies will begin complying with a California law requiring female board members while waging a flurry of expected lawsuits, The Union-Bulletin in Walla Walla, Wash., reports. “California’s new law...
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Homelessness lawsuit challenges California’s authority to impound vehicles
Sean Kayode is shown outside the Next Door homeless shelter in San Francisco on July 26, 2018. Photo Credit: David Gorn/CALmatters as reported on 9/13/18. A lawsuit would halt California from...
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Commerce secretary ordered to testify about Census citizenship question
Photo credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images as reported by NPR on 9/21/18. A Trump administration official will testify out of court about a controversial Census citizenship question, due to a judge’s...
View ArticleCalifornia shields public sector unions from Supreme Court ruling
California has found itself in a legal standoff against the federal government and Trump administration over a variety of issues, but one could affect union workers who want to decline union...
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Georgia-Pacific affiliate files for bankruptcy amid asbestos claims
Georgia-Pacific Tower in Atlanta. Photo Credit: Connor Carey from Wikimedia Commons An affiliate of Georgia-Pacific LLC, Bestwall LLC, has announced that it filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11...
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DACA program, upheld by 9th Circuit, faces its day in Supreme Court
Photo Credit: Darin Moriki/Bay Area News Group as reported by The Mercury News, 11/8/18. The subject of continued court battles, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program could see its fate...
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Due to customer agreements, scooter companies could steer around lawsuits
Photo Credit: Eduardo Contreras / The San Diego Union-Tribune as reported in The San Diego Union-Tribune on 11/5/18. Scooter makers face legal action filed on behalf of injured riders, but contracts...
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Girl Scouts sue Boy Scouts for trademark infringement
Photo credit: From North Charleston, SC, United States [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons The Scouts are on the outs. National Public Radio reports that the Girl Scouts of the USA filed a federal...
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California official sues maker of Humira, alleging kickbacks
Photo credit: www.abbvie.com The state of California is suing AbbVie Inc. over its flagship drug, Humira, alleging the pharmaceutical company gave kickbacks to healthcare providers. Reuters reported in...
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U.S. Dept. of Justice Monitor Criticizes Juvenile Courts in Tennessee
According to a recent AP article published in U.S. News & World Report, “Despite the end to federal oversight of a Tennessee county’s juvenile justice system, a U.S. Department of Justice monitor...
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Judges volunteer to hear cases in jurisdictions burdened by heavy caseloads
Royce Lamberth, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, participates in the Judiciary’s intercircuit assignments program and helps the Ninth Circuit Court of...
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Courts Monitor publisher thinks that the newly emerging cannabis industry can...
Sara Corcoran is a correspondent, contributing editor, and founding publisher of the National Courts Monitor & California Courts Monitor. Sara Corcoran, the Courts Monitor publisher, thinks that...
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Calif. Gov. Brown makes final judicial appointments
Gov. Brown of California announces final judicial appointments during his last few weeks in office. Photo credit: https://www.gov.ca.gov Less than a week before leaving office, California Gov. Jerry...
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California federal judge blocks Trump birth control coverage rules in 13 states
Photo credit: AP File Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, as reported by AP on 1/13/19. According to the AP, on Sunday, 1/13/19, Judge Haywood Gilliam of California granted a request for a preliminary injunction...
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Health care law in limbo during government shutdown
The appointment of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker may be delayed to the government shutdown. Photo Credit: Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call file photo as reported by Roll Call, 1/11/19. In...
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Marijuana adjudication, programs for mentally ill focus of new California laws
Photo credit: http://www.courts.ca.gov Juvenile justice reform, sentence reductions or expungement of convictions for marijuana users and expansion of programs that focus on mentally ill defendants all...
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Calif. Gov. Brown makes final judicial appointments
Gov. Brown of California announces final judicial appointments during his last few weeks in office. Photo credit: https://www.gov.ca.gov Less than a week before leaving office, California Gov. Jerry...
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California federal judge blocks Trump birth control coverage rules in 13 states
Photo credit: AP File Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, as reported by AP on 1/13/19. According to the AP, on Sunday, 1/13/19, Judge Haywood Gilliam of California granted a request for a preliminary injunction...
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