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Edvard Pettersson
Edvard Pettersson is a Los Angeles-based reporter for Courthouse News, covering federal and state courts, civil and criminal cases. Born in Amsterdam, Edvard has covered Southern California news for the Los Angeles Business Journal and Bloomberg News.
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Hunter Biden wins $1.7 million in punitive damages against Patrick Byrne
A federal judge said the former Overstock.com CEO knew his claims that Hunter Biden had sought an $800 million bribe from Iran were fabricated.
Sable Offshore, Exxon lose ground in Santa Barbara permit-transfer dispute
The judge's tentative decision on Sable and Exxon's constitutional law claims didn't address the companies' writ petition to vacate the denial of the permit transfer.
Judge says health inspectors must be admitted into Washington ICE lockup
A federal judge, whose previous ruling in favor of GEO Group was vacated by the Ninth Circuit, concluded that the state's health and safety requirements don't discriminate against the federal contractor.
Citizenship and Immigration Services ordered to resume processing work permit applications
The ruling by a magistrate judge in San Jose, California, follows a sweeping rebuke of the policies by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
Judge pauses BLM plans to relocate Northern California wild horses
While a planned roundup of wild horses in Northern California scheduled for September was put on hold, a Native American tribe failed to stop the federal government from removing horses in an area in Eastern California this week.
Feds indict dozens in crackdown on international Indian crime syndicates
U.S. prosecutors claim two of the global organizations are directed by leaders imprisoned in India.
10th Circuit affirms federal law preempts Kansas ratepayer price gouging claims
The panel agreed with the trial judge who dismissed consolidated class actions last year that the consumers' claims pertain to interstate transactions under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Reggaeton artists' unoriginality argument falls short in Jamaican producers copyright suit
A federal judge said that both sides presented qualified expert opinions that disputed the originality of the 1989 instrumental track, preventing him to rule as a matter of law whether or not it is protectable under copyright law.