Keeping Tabs on the Ninth Circuit

Topic Archives: This Week at the Ninth

  • This Week at the Ninth: Fair Use and Arbitral Summonses
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    This Week at the Ninth: Fair Use and Arbitral Summonses

    By: Lena H. Hughes and James R. Sigel

    This week, the Court considers the fair use defense to copyright infringement and addresses the proper venue for petitions to enforce arbitral summonses. McGUCKEN v. PUB OCEAN LIMITED The Court rejects a fair use defense to copyright infringement for the reproduction of photographs in
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  • This Week at the Ninth: Nationwide Contacts
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    This Week at the Ninth: Nationwide Contacts

    By: Lena H. Hughes

    This week, the Ninth Circuit digs into a personal jurisdiction case involving a Vietnamese music company. LANG VAN, INC. v. VNG CORPORATION The Court holds that exercising personal jurisdiction over a Vietnamese company was appropriate under Rule 4(k)(2) where the plaintiff’s federal claims alleged
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  • This Week at The Ninth: Sacred Land and Municipal Good Faith
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    This Week at The Ninth: Sacred Land and Municipal Good Faith

    By: James R. Sigel and Lena H. Hughes

    This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses a religion-based challenge to a federal-government land transfer and considers whether public-sector employees can obtain refunds of mandatory union fees since deemed unconstitutional. APACHE STRONGHOLD v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The Court holds that plaintiffs challenging the U.S.
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  • This Week at The Ninth: PJ
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    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 defendants. BURRI LAW PA v. SKURLA The Court vacates the district court’s dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction and holds that a
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  • This Week at The Ninth: No Fly and State Rules
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    This Week at The Ninth: No Fly and State Rules

    By: James R. Sigel and Lena H. Hughes

    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 with the application of Washington State’s procedural requirements for filing medical malpractice claims. FIKRE v. FEDERAL BUREAU
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