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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...
Judge Blocks Trump's Sanctuary Cities Order
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
President Trump's battle with courts over immigration continued as a judge blocked his executive orders against sanctuary cities. This time, a federal judge in...
'Bikini Baristas' Argue Freedom of Exposure
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
Everett city attorneys probably paid too much attention to detail in their clothing ordinance targeting bikini baristas, according to a lawsuit. The ordinance...