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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...
Public Defender Arrested for Being Late to Court Can Pursue Lawsuit
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
A California public defender can continue with her lawsuit against the deputy sheriff who handcuffed her and dragged her through a courthouse, the Ninth...