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Topic Archives: This Week at the Ninth

  • This Week at the Ninth: Telescopes and Tax Returns
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    This Week at the Ninth: Telescopes and Tax Returns

    By: Lena H. Hughes and Adam L. Sorensen

    This week, the Ninth Circuit takes a close look at a sizable antitrust jury award, and explains what constitutes a tax “return” for purposes of bankruptcy law. OPTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC v. NINGBO SUNNY ELECTRONIC CO. LTD. The Court held that sufficient evidence supported a
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  • This Week at The Ninth: Compulsion and Coercion
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    This Week at The Ninth: Compulsion and Coercion

    By: Lena H. Hughes and Adam L. Sorensen

    This week, the Ninth Circuit explains the requirements for administrative summonses compelling testimony, and addresses whether a farm laborer was subjected to economic duress and undue influence when signing an arbitration agreement. UNITED STATES V. BEN GHEE TAN The Court holds that 19 U.S.C.
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  • This Week at the Ninth: Cars and Chickens
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    This Week at the Ninth: Cars and Chickens

    By: Lena H. Hughes and Adam L. Sorensen

    This week, the Ninth Circuit explores the constitutionality of a state statute aimed at protecting consumer information given to car dealers, and clarifies the preemptive scope of federal regulatory approval of food labels. CDK GLOBAL LLC v. BRNOVICH The Court holds that plaintiffs were
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  • This Week at the Ninth: Schedules and Informants
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    This Week at the Ninth: Schedules and Informants

    By: Lena H. Hughes and Adam L. Sorensen

    This week, the Ninth Circuit explains the ins-and-outs of property abandonment under the Bankruptcy Code, and explores the government’s privilege to withhold the identity of informants in discovery. IN RE STEVENS The Court holds that 11 U.S.C. § 554(c), a provision of the Bankruptcy Code
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  • This Week at The Ninth: Conspiracy Theories
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    This Week at The Ninth: Conspiracy Theories

    By: Adam L. Sorensen

    This week, the Ninth Circuit explores permissible theories of liability in a bank fraud conspiracy case. USA V. DIANA YATES The Court holds that theories of conspiracy liability premised on a bank’s right to accurate information and its right not to continue to pay
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  • This Week at The Ninth: Contractor Speech and Seized Cars
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    This Week at The Ninth: Contractor Speech and Seized Cars

    By: James R. Sigel and Lena H. Hughes

    This week, the Court confronted constitutional challenges to a California statute altering the test for determining whether workers are employees or independent contractors and an Arizona statute governing civil forfeitures. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF JOURNALISTS AND AUTHORS, INC. v. BONTA The Court holds that California’s
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