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Court Ruling Makes DMCA 'Safe Harbor' Less Safe
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
A federal appeals court reversed a trial court that said an internet publisher was protected from copyright infringement under the safe harbor of the Digital...
Dividing Pension and Retirement Benefits With (Relative) Ease
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Dividing pensions and retirement benefits is rarely a simple task, as many family law practitioners can attest. When it comes to splitting up retirement...
Trial Judge at Fault for Dismissing Case Against Defendant Who Was Never Served
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
Over a dissent's claim that it was unfair to reopen a four-year-old case, the Ninth Circuit said a trial judge was at fault and not the plaintiff for...
Ninth Circuit Icon Judge Harry Pregerson Dies
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
Many Californians know the Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, but they don't know what the judge had to do with it. Pregerson, who died at 94, has a legacy in...
Ninth Circuit Upholds Yelp Reviews Against Fraud Claims
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
Everybody knows that bad reviews can hurt business, but it's what you don't know that really hurts. That's what happened to the plaintiffs in a case against...
Youth to Argue Climate Change at 9th Circuit
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
Youth aged 9 to 21 will get their day in court in a climate-change case, and not in a moot-court sort of way. In Juliana et al v. United States, the young...
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