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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
This Week at the Ninth: Short Swings and Medicare Advantage
This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses short-swing transactions involving board-approved stock option grants and considers the preemptive scope of the Medicare
This Week at the Ninth: Class Questions
This week, the Ninth Circuit digs into class certification standards for Title IX cases. The Court holds that a putative class action by female student athletes of Hawaii’s largest public high school alleging discrimination and retaliation satisfied
This Week at the Ninth: Tribal Sovereign Immunity
This week, the Ninth Circuit takes a deep look at tribal sovereign immunity. OERTWICH V. TRADITIONAL VILLAGE OF TOGIAK The Court holds that the district court l
This Week at the Ninth: Twitter and Zoning
This week, the Ninth Circuit considers whether Twitter’s statements about a software bug causing privacy problems were actionable for securities fraud, and whet
This Week at The Ninth: Federal Accrual Rules And An Alaskan Land-Exchange
This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses whether the principles of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994) apply to the accrual of federal civil rights claims again
This Week at The Ninth: Short Sales and Ripeness
This week, the Ninth Circuit explores whether Twitter’s conflict with the Texas AG’s office over content moderation was ripe for review and when taxpayers may d
This Week at The Ninth: Fire Investigators and Nursing Homes
This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses the district court’s gatekeeping role for expert testimony and examines whether federal courts have jurisdiction over COV
This Week at The Ninth: Class Settlement and Certification
This week, the Court addresses objectors’ challenges to the approval of a settlement of class and California Labor Code Private Attorney General claims, and con
This Week at The Ninth: Credit Reports and Public Unions
This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses the standards for liability under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and rebuffs a pre-enforcement First Amendment challenge t