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SCOTUS Declines Review of Copyright Suit Over Josh Groban's 'You Raise Me Up'
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
Johannsongs-Publishing Ltd. sued songwriter Rolf Lovland and several record companies over the song "You Raise Me Up" written by Lovland in 2001 and...
Federal Court Finds Trump Most Likely Committed a Felony Following 2020 Election
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
Self-described "activist law professor" John Eastman filed a complaint seeking declaratory judgment after being subpoenaed by the House Select Committee...
Federal Law Making It a Crime to Encourage Undocumented Aliens to Stay in U.S. Unconstitutional
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Several federal laws criminalize behavior that aids the migration of undocumented immigrants into the U.S. For example, it is a crime to smuggle immigrants...
Female Grandmaster's Defamation Suit Against Netflix's The Queen's Gambit Can Proceed
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The popular Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit" depicts the life of a trailblazing chess prodigy named Beth Harmon. While the character and story are fiction,...
President Biden's Ninth Circuit Nominees Are a Diverse Bunch
By Camila Laval, J.D. | Last updated on
For the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, President Biden nominated candidates who, if appointed, would be the first Korean-American woman federal appellate...
Ninth Circuit Says That "Paramour Preference" Is Not Sex Discrimination Under Title VII
By Camila Laval, J.D. | Last updated on
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held in Maner v. Dignity Health that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not prevent employers from exercising a...
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