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Some immigrants picked up by ICE given ‘fake dates’ to appear in court

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has failed to coordinate or clear appearance dates with federal courts in six cities, the Dallas Morning News reports. Some people received documents with orders to appear in immigration court at midnight on Sept. 31—in a month that has 30 days. More than a dozen…

Sep 17, 2018 11:16 AM CDT

Right of association isn’t infringed by disclosure of charitable donors to state, 9th Circuit says

A public interest law firm and a charitable group co-founded by the Koch brothers have to comply with the California attorney general’s demand for information regarding top charitable donors, a federal appeals court has ruled. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that there was no…

Sep 12, 2018 2:13 PM CDT

Democrats pepper Kavanaugh with written questions, including if he had a gambling problem

Some Democrats are sending Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh extensive written follow-up questions after his more than 20 hours of testimony during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings last week.

Sep 12, 2018 11:53 AM CDT

Remove Boalt references from UC Berkeley Law, school committee says

In light of racist views held by 19th-century mining industry baron John Henry Boalt, a University of California Berkeley law school committee has suggested removing his last name from a campus building, as well as in internal communications and casual namings. A Nevada attorney who came to California in the…

Sep 11, 2018 1:55 PM CDT

Military high court finds that top Navy lawyer engaged in unlawful command influence

A conviction against a Navy SEAL accused of rape was tossed Wednesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces because of unlawful command influence by the Navy’s top attorney. The 3-2 opinion involves Keith E. Barry, a senior chief special warfare operator, who was court-martialed in 2014,…

Sep 6, 2018 1:30 PM CDT

Accused dine-and-dash dater is charged with 10 felonies; was the conduct extortion?

A man known as the dine-and-dash dater has been charged with 10 felonies for allegedly taking financial advantage of women he mostly met on dating apps and websites.

Aug 30, 2018 8:22 AM CDT

Judge rules Johnny Depp can void unwritten contract with lawyer; is ‘handshake culture’ at risk?

A Los Angeles judge ruled on Tuesday that actor Johnny Depp can void an oral contract with his former lawyer because California law requires contingency agreements to be put in writing. Judge Terry Green said Depp’s 1999 oral agreement with lawyer Jacob Bloom is a voidable contingency-fee agreement because it…

Aug 30, 2018 6:00 AM CDT

California ends financial bail in favor of pretrial risk assessments

On Tuesday, California became the first state in the nation to end the use of financial bail entirely, the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times and Sacramento Bee reported.

Aug 29, 2018 6:10 AM CDT

US says it will appeal injunction barring separation of immigrant families

The Department of Justice plans to appeal a federal judge’s injunction that bars separation of immigrant families.

The administration filed notice of appeal with the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

Aug 27, 2018 9:52 AM CDT

Pre-1972 recordings are governed by older copyright law even if remastered, 9th Circuit says

Copyrights of older songs cannot be extended by digital remastering, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday. The Hollywood Reporter and the National Law Journal have coverage. A class of authors of pre-1972 sound recordings had sued CBS Radio in California, alleging it was using their…

Aug 22, 2018 12:53 PM CDT

Prison telecom: ‘Technical error’ led to recording of more than 1,000 attorney-client calls

Corrected: The telecommunications company that provides phone services to the Orange County, California, jail system recorded more than 1,000 privileged calls between inmates and their lawyers starting in 2015.

Aug 21, 2018 2:07 PM CDT

California appeals court allows Twitter to boot those who promote violence

A California appeals court upheld Twitter’s ability to ban racists from its platform. Reviewing a July ruling from San Francisco County Superior Court, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals of the State of California, First Appellate District, said Friday that Twitter is protected from liability by the Communications…

Aug 21, 2018 11:15 AM CDT

Some immigrants picked up by ICE given ‘fake dates’ to appear in court

Right of association isn’t infringed by disclosure of charitable donors to state, 9th Circuit says

Democrats pepper Kavanaugh with written questions, including if he had a gambling problem

Remove Boalt references from UC Berkeley Law, school committee says

Military high court finds that top Navy lawyer engaged in unlawful command influence

Accused dine-and-dash dater is charged with 10 felonies; was the conduct extortion?

Judge rules Johnny Depp can void unwritten contract with lawyer; is ‘handshake culture’ at risk?

California ends financial bail in favor of pretrial risk assessments

US says it will appeal injunction barring separation of immigrant families

Pre-1972 recordings are governed by older copyright law even if remastered, 9th Circuit says

Prison telecom: ‘Technical error’ led to recording of more than 1,000 attorney-client calls

California appeals court allows Twitter to boot those who promote violence

Class action filed against Google over location tracking

Court rejects Brock Turner’s ‘outercourse’ argument, says clothed contact doesn’t nix rape intent

LegalZoom announces $500M secondary investment

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