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SF can't enforce ordinance against homeless encampments, appeals panel says, even as SCOTUS ruling looms

A recent federal appellate ruling from the Ninth Circuit means San Francisco won’t be able to clear homeless encampments from city streets, unless the U.S. Supreme Court overturns another case involving homeless encampments.
By Sarah Downey |
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P&G wants Ninth Circuit to answer key class action question

LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Procter & Gamble wants a higher court to change a judge's ruling that allowed a class action lawsuit over its VapoRub products to proceed.
By John O'Brien |

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Nestle faces class certification possibility in child labor lawsuit

By John O'Brien |
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A new filing in a child labor lawsuit against Nestle over cocoa harvesting poses a threat to Nestle.
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Appeals panel revives fraud suit regarding Valeant's Apriso drug patents, says not defeated by 'public disclosure bar'

By Scott Holland |
The lawsuit on behalf of Medicare and Medicaid alleges drugmaker falsely obtained multiple patents and overcharged government customers. The appeals panel says a lawyer who has represented generic drugmakers may have 'stitched together' enough information to back his fraud claims
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Appeals court OKs exploitation class actions against online porn sites

By Scott Holland |
Advocates say the decision could clear the way for others who claim they were exploited to sue foreign online porn operators
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San Bernardino County denies liability for death of homeless during massive storm

By John O'Brien |
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A California county says it is not to blame for the drowning of three homeless individuals in a storm drain during a historic storm.
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Ninth Circuit says California State Bar is arm of the state, and is shielded from discrimination lawsuit

By Scott Holland |
Mountain View disability attorney alleged the California State Bar had violated disability law by declining to provide him with test-taking accommodations.
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Appeals court strips approval of pesticide EPA, growers say is needed to fight 'devastating' citrus crop diseases

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Environmentalists and judges agreed that the EPA needs to conduct more studies to determine if widely-used streptomycin is actually 'practically non-toxic' to bees and other pollinators, as EPA claims, before it can be used to save lemon, lime, orange and grapefruit crops in US from two ravaging bacterial diseases
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Activists file suit vs EPA, claiming children have a 'fundamental right' to a 'stable climate'

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The lawsuit asserts children in California and the U.S. face a future of nothing but despair if the EPA isn't forced by the courts to take action against emissions from oil, natural gas and coal, without regard for economic harm
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Cava Grill misses chance to attack claims in PFAS lawsuit

By John O'Brien |
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - The Mediterranean food restaurant chain Cava Grill waited too long to try to dismiss certain claims against it in a class action lawsuit over the alleged presence of chemicals in its bowls.
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Man booted by cops from Hmong festival at CalExpo grounds for Christian evangelism asks appeals court to reexamine if speech rights violated

By Sarah Downey |
A petition for rehearing has been filed in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals over whether free speech may be permitted when a public facility is rented for a private event.
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Aldi moves to dismiss class action lawsuit

By John O'Brien |
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - In response to a class action lawsuit, Aldi says it never promised customers that its flavored drink enhancers would be free from artificial flavors.
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Former LAPD officer leads legal battle against LA's Covid vaccine mandate

By Kyle Barnett |
A landmark lawsuit challenging Los Angeles' COVID-19 vaccine mandate has been filed in the United States District Court of California Western Division.
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Ruling puts video game developers on blast: Copying dance choreography can get you sued

By Sarah Downey |
With a recent federal appeals court ruling that found Fortnite’s developers can be sued by a dancer who claims they ripped off his original choreography for use in the video game, it’s raising questions about the impact on other creators in the gaming industry.
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Odds increase that SCOTUS could take up case over whether clearing encampments violates constitutional rights of homeless

By Sarah Downey |
Gov. Gavin Newsom among numerous government officials filing briefs in homeless encampment case, urging review by U.S. Supreme Court of the Grant's Pass decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which declared city rules against camping in parks, on streets, violates homeless people's rights
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A cancer warning label on Roundup would be unconstitutional, Ninth Circuit rules

By Daniel Fisher |
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - California can’t order the manufacturer of Roundup weedkiller to place a cancer warning on the product because it would be misleading to consumers and violate the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled.
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Dan Tana's restaurant loses round one of trademark fight vs. Dantanna's

By Daniel Fisher |
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - The legendary Hollywood celebrity eatery Dan Tana’s will have to keep fighting to protect its brand against a similar-sounding restaurant in Atlanta after a federal appeals court reversed a ruling by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceling the Dantanna’s trademark for fraud.
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Lawsuit: Reliant Life Shares allegedly schemed to deceive investors about life settlement returns

By /Southern California Record Reports |
A group of investors have sued troubled investment brokerage Reliant Life Shares LLC, claiming the company misled investors about their expected annual returns from so-called life settlement investments, and then allegedly engaged in a scheme to use past returns for other investors to pay for the current and future returns of newer investors.
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Family sues Hyatt over toddler's nine-story fall, death at Puerto Vallarta resort

By /Southern California Record Reports |
The family of a toddler who fell nine stories to his death while on vacation at a Hyatt resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, has filed suit against the hotel and resorts giant
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The Texas Pete-isn't-from-Texas lawsuit fizzles out after plaintiff's relationship with lawyer becomes issue

By Daniel Fisher |
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A serial plaintiff in class-action lawsuits has dropped out of at least two cases over claims defense lawyers have harassed him about ties to his lawyers, including an allegation he was involved in an “intermingled intimate relationship” with a former college roommate and his attorney.

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