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Officers Need Warrant to Extract Drugs From Man's Rectum
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Sheriff's deputies at the Long Beach jailhouse understandably don't want drugs circulating around the facility. So when Mark Fowlkes was brought in on drug and...
LAX Solicitation Ban Stands; Battle With Hare Krishnas Over?
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
This was a ruling nearly 20 years in the making, but is the battle actually over? Back in 1997, a Hare Krishna group challenged a new panhandling ordinance...
No Personal Jurisdiction on Corp. by Serving Executive: 9th Cir.
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
Remember Burnham v. Superior Court? That's the one where a defendant was personally served in California while traveling there on business. The U.S. Supreme...
Tablet Fire Sale Leads to Shrinkwrap/Clickwrap/Browsewrap Confusion
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
A few years back, a firestorm hit the Internet -- and by a firestorm, I mean a fire sale. A tablet, with specifications on par with the high-end Apple and...
Guard Can't Read Legal Mail From Prisoner to Attorney: 9th Cir.
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
Prisoners' mail is almost always subject to being opened and read thoroughly by prison officials looking for contraband, which can include attempting to...
Plaintiffs Seek Injunction Pending Appeal in Ariz. License Case
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
In July, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of the Arizona Dream Act Coalition, a group challenging an Arizona law that prohibited some...
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