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Seattle Minimum Wage Hike Continues as Franchise Group Loses Suit
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Seattle can continue with its minimum wage hike after the International Franchise Association lost its lawsuit challenging the ordinance. The IFA had sought to...
Court Revives Class Action Over Google's AdWords
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
The Ninth Circuit revived a seven-year-old class action lawsuit over Google's AdWords program on Monday. AdWords places brief, text-based ads on websites...
Dancing Baby Wins in Court: Copyright Holders Must Consider Fair Use
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Soon after Stephanie Lenz uploaded a YouTube video of her toddler dancing, she received a notice from Universal Music Group: take down the 29 second clip or...
Bees Win in Court as EPA Pulls Deadly Pesticide
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Bees -- and their keepers -- won an important legal victory last Thursday when the Ninth Circuit ordered the EPA to cancel its approval of a toxic insecticide...
Court Allows Big Mountain Jesus to Stay on Government Land
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
For almost 60 years, visitors to Montana's Big Mountain resort have been greeted by a life-sized statue of Jesus. Occasionally dressed in ski gear, arms...
9th Cir to Decide If California's Death Penalty Is Constitutional
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
You can still be sentenced to death in California, but you can't be executed -- not since a surprise ruling last year struck down the state's death penalty...
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