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Investor Who Bilked Funds Gets More Than He Plea-Bargained For
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Collins "Collie" Christensen Sr. probably feels like he got a bad deal, like he got ripped off. We suppose that's how his victims felt. The former Sacramento...
AZ's 'Unintelligible' Immigrant Harboring Statute Voided
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Another of Arizona's oft-criticized and oft-litigated immigration statutes has been voided by the court, pending any further appeals. The section at issue in...
U.S. v. Apel: Eccentric Protesters Meet Military in SCOTUS Appeal
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
To give you a hint as to the sort of, um... interesting individuals involved in this case, and the other legal battles that forced this case to the U.S....
Stretching Jurisdiction to Cover Foreign Torts and Corporations
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
DaimlerChryster (DCAG) isn't located on these fair shores. The German corporation is as foreign to Northern California as lederhosen and pumpernickel, yet they...
9th, SCOTUS Each Asked to Review Facebook Privacy Settlements
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Sponsored stories: where Facebook publishes a user's "like" of an item without their permission to others, without compensation, notification, or an ability to...
SCOTUS Takes 'Raging Bull' Case; Does 9th Cir. Favor Hollywood?
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
It was a defense that does not exist anywhere in copyright statutes. It also inspired a passionately dissenting concurrence (hates the law, bound to apply it)....
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