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This Week at The Ninth: Sacred Land and Municipal Good Faith
This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses a religion-based challenge to a federal-government land transfer and considers whether public-sector employees can obtain
This Week at The Ninth: Drug Tests and Attorney's Fees
This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses the employment status of job applicants made to take drug tests and the availability of an award of attorney’s fees under
This Week at The Ninth: PJ
This week, the Ninth Circuit clarifies personal jurisdiction doctrine in the context of a defamation suit between a nonresident plaintiff and out-of-state defen
This Week at The Ninth: No Fly and State Rules
This week, the Ninth Circuit again revives a plaintiff’s challenge to the government’s (since revoked) decision to place him on the No Fly List, and it wrestles
This Week at The Ninth: E-Scooters and Usury
This week, the Ninth Circuit examines whether a city’s collection of location data from electronic scooters violates the Fourth Amendment, and whether a consume
This Week at The Ninth: Cancer Drugs and COVID Grants
This week, the Ninth Circuit examines what constitutes securities fraud in connection with data published from a pharmaceutical clinical trial, and decides whet
This Week at The Ninth: Herring and Delay
This week, the Ninth Circuit examines the government’s prohibition on commercial fishing in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and considers when a party
This Week at The Ninth: Offers and Offsets
This week, the Ninth Circuit examines whether a Rule 68 offer of judgment overrides a non-final order granting summary judgment, and explores the applicability
This Week At The Ninth: Removal Power
This week, the Ninth Circuit considers the President’s authority to remove the Commissioner of Social Security. KAUFMANN V. KIJAKAZI The Court invalidates that
This Week at The Ninth: Flea Collars and Milkers
This week, the Court orders the EPA to reexamine its approval of a pesticide used in pet collars, and addresses the federal statute prohibiting forced labor. NR