U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Appeals court: ADA doesn't nix Montana state law blocking 'vax discrimination'
The federal appeals judges said a Montana federal judge overreached in declaring that the Americans with Disabilities Act all but required health care organizations to require workers to be vaccinated against Covid and other communicable diseases to protect 'immunocompromised disabled persons' -
Google privacy settlement a $62M windfall for trial lawyers, left-wing groups: Court filings
Twenty GOP state attorneys general have filed a brief in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a group of objectors, seeking to undo approval of a settlement that would steer most of $62 million from Google to trial lawyers and the ACLU and other groups to advance left-wing social and political causes -
California violated 1st Amend by trying to force X to turn over info on content moderation: Appeals court
California lawmakers said AB587 only about "transparency," but also hinted the law's reporting requirements could be used to force X Corp. to comply with state desires to censor "hate speech" and other kinds of controversial posts the state may find objectionable -
Injunction scaled back in challenge to Calif. law targeting minors' online activities
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has dissolved portions of an injunction that blocked a California law imposing new regulations on social media and other online companies over their handling of minors' accounts. -
Oregon given green light to regulate chemicals in kids' toys
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court won't help industry groups challenging Oregon's Toxic-Free Kids Act, finding certain parts of it aren't preempted by federal law. -
Appeals court: CA Democrats didn't violate Constitution by tailoring AB5 to target Uber, others
An earlier court had ruled the law unconstitutional because lawmakers had demonstrated 'impermissible animus and political favoritism' in forcing Uber and similar companies to potentially face massive financial risk under a new stringent test to determine if drivers should be treated as contractors or employees, while exempting hosts of others -
Meta can't escape class action claiming Facebook 'Potential Reach' for ads misled advertisers
A majority on a split panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said it should only matter that Facebook allegedly inflated the "Potential Reach" of "boosted" ads, not by how much individual advertisers may have been misled, if at all -
Appeals panel revives fraud suit regarding Valeant's Apriso drug patents, says not defeated by 'public disclosure bar'
The lawsuit on behalf of Medicare and Medicaid alleges drugmaker falsely obtained multiple patents and overcharged government customers. The appeals panel says a lawyer who has represented generic drugmakers may have 'stitched together' enough information to back his fraud claims -
Appeals court OKs exploitation class actions against online porn sites
Advocates say the decision could clear the way for others who claim they were exploited to sue foreign online porn operators -
A cancer warning label on Roundup would be unconstitutional, Ninth Circuit rules
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - California can’t order the manufacturer of Roundup weedkiller to place a cancer warning on the product because it would be misleading to consumers and violate the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled. -
Lawyer loses effort to avoid paying fees to colleagues who led Bard blood filter MDL
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A lawyer who signed an agreement to share in legal materials used in multidistrict litigation over Bard blood filters can’t avoid paying common-benefit fees to the lead lawyers even in cases that were never included in the MDL, the Ninth Circuit ruled. -
9th Circuit cancels Jan 6 plaintiff's oral arguments against the FBI
Siaka Massaquoi sued the FBI after his North Hollywood home was raised -
Ninth Circuit strikes down $1.7M in fees for class action lawyers who recovered $50K
PASADENA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers who were awarded $1.7 million for a class action settlement worth only $50,000 got too much, a federal appeals court has ruled. -
Alaska won't accept court ruling on drilling data from National Petroleum Reserve
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) - An Alaska state agency is appealing a federal court ruling that allows an oil company to keep its drilling information from the National Petroleum Reserve from competitors. -
Appeals panel agrees embedded Instagram posts aren't copyright violations
Photographers said news organizations used their images without consent -
Split court says Chinese citizens may sue Cisco for allegedly helping Communists quash Falun Gong; Dissenting judge warns of 'serious' foreign policy ramifications
A divided federal court has ruled a California-based technology company, which allegedly helped Chinese Communists crack down on a religious group, can be sued for its alleged involvement in that persecution, but a dissenting judge cautioned such a suit could imperil already tense relations between China and the United States. -
Pharmacy accused of inflating price of insulin appeals key ruling in Calif. AG's lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Express Scripts is appealing a federal judge's decision to send a lawsuit over allegedly inflated prices on insulin back to a California state court. -
'In a straitjacket:' Ninth Circuit ruling will leave cities powerless to confront homelessness, judges warn
The Ninth Circuit Appeals Court refused to reconsider its decision allowing a class action to continue vs Oregon city, seeking to bar enforcement of 'anti-camping' ordinances. Dissenters said the decision amounts to new constitutional right to camp anywhere -
Employers can't be sued if their workers' spouses catch Covid: California Supreme Court
The state high court said allowing such lawsuits to move forward would open floodgates to potentially millions of lawsuits against every employer in the state, swamping courts and potentially crippling society in the process -
Ninth Circuit to shoppers who sue: Read the ingredients
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Companies facing false advertising claims in California federal courts have a recent Ninth Circuit decision to point to.