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Oregon Newspaper Ordered to Stop the Presses Over Confidential Documents
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Courts are sometimes accused of overstepping their authority. In a case involving inadvertently leaked documents, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that...
SCOTUS Throws EPA's Wastewater Discharge Regulations Out to Sea
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The Environmental Protection Agency's ability to set “end-result” requirements is "not necessary to protect water quality." So wrote Justice Samuel Alito in...
Ninth Circuit Sides Against Binding Arbitration for Non-Obvious Terms of Service on Website
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Just how clear do a website's terms and conditions need to be? That was the subject of a recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The 9th Circuit...
No Remix for R. Kelly's 30-Year Prison Sentence After Failed Appeal
By Jordan Walker, J.D. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently upheld R&B Singer R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, as well as...
Bad Trip, Man: 9th Circuit Upholds DEA Denial of Psilocybin Use by Doctor
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
When it comes to mitigating the pain and depression suffered by patients with terminal cancer, some people argue no potential treatment should be off the...
9th Circuit Concludes Epic Seven-Year Parking Ticket Legal Fight
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
It's said that you can't fight city hall, but that's untrue. Every citizen can fight city hall. It's winning that's the tricky part. In a decision that saw...