The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused to rehear an appeal over a Berkeley, California, law that requires retailers warn consumers about radiation from cellphones, despite one circuit judge’s scathing dissent.
Read moreLaws requiring truthful disclosure are not unconstitutional forced speech, the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday, reversing and remanding dismissal of two cases against financial firms.
Read moreA San Francisco Bay Area county did not violate the Second Amendment by prohibiting three businessmen from opening a gun store near a residential area because there is no protected right to sell guns, an en banc Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Read morePharrell Williams and Robin Thicke’s fight against Motown legend Marvin Gaye’s children continued Friday as the pop stars urged a Ninth Circuit panel to reverse a jury’s finding that they copied Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up” for their R&B hit “Blurred Lines.”
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A Ninth Circuit panel seemed interested Thursday in an environmental advocate’s novel argument against what has become an increasingly standard practice in wildlife management – killing droves of one wild species in an effort to benefit another.
Read moreAfter winning a court victory under the First Amendment, Fox pushed the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to reject a San Francisco record label’s trademark claims over the network’s hit musical drama “Empire.”
Read moreJudges must consider a detainee’s ability to pay when setting bail in immigration court, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Monday.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday it will consider whether service advisers at car dealerships are exempt from overtime wage laws.
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The co-leader of a ring that bilked more than $50 million from two Las Vegas-area homeowners associations may duck 15 years in prison after the Ninth Circuit vacated his sentence Monday.
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President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Ninth Circuit could act as an advocate for Trump’s immigration agenda, according to lawyers who know him – and the nomination highlights Oregon’s divided political landscape with surprising echoes of past conservative movements in the state.
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The Suquamish Indian Tribe’s fishing rights will be adjusted to prevent encroaching on the Upper Skagit Tribe’s territory, Ninth Circuit affirmed in the longstanding dispute.
Read moreA Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy must face civil claims from the family of a 13-year-old boy he killed after mistaking the boy’s toy rifle for an AK-47, the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday.
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Appearing before a Ninth Circuit panel Wednesday, a lawyer for the federal government’s labor watchdog said Uber can’t make drivers give up their rights to participate in class actions against their employer.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit on Tuesday rejected a Californian’s bid to revive a class action challenging Amazon’s policy of compelling arbitration, citing a provision in the online retailer’s conditions of use.
Read moreTelecom giant AT&T and the federal agency that apparently regulates wide swaths of the U.S. economy returned to the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday, rehashing arguments in front of a wider panoply of judges.
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A Ninth Circuit panel dealt a punishing blow to foie gras producers and enthusiasts on Friday by reviving a California ban in the back-and-forth battle over the ethics of the polarizing delicacy.
Read moreA pair of Ninth Circuit judges suggested Thursday that while San Francisco has the right to regulate tenant buyouts to guard affordable housing, its 10-year ban on certain condominium conversions may go too far.
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Continuing its recent spree of cases involving arbitration, a Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday entertained whether a case involving a debt collection agency posing as a division of local district attorney’s offices to collect on bounced checks should be handled out of court.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a temporary legal victory Tuesday afternoon, staying an order by the Ninth Circuit that would have struck down President Donald Trump’s ban on 24,000 refugees from settling in the United States.
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