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Cal Supremes Put Another Bullet in The Unfair Competition Law
In a post here last May, I talked about the California Supreme Court's decision in In Re Tobacco II Cases (2009) 46 Cal.4th 298, suggesting that in that decision, the Supremes might have enlarged the field of potential litigation under...

U.S. Supremes Hand Consumers Another Major WinThis Time With Arbitration
Just days ago, we told you about the spectacular outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court case, Wyeth v. Levine. Well, it may be time to pop open another bottle of champagne, because the Supremes have come down on the side...

Cal Supremes Decide In Re Tobacco II Cases -- Major UCL Case
The decision in In Re Tobacco II Cases (May 17, 2009) ___Cal.4th___ (S147345) just hit the internets about ten minutes ago. CalBizLit won't have time for analysis for a few hours, but at first blush, the decision looks like a...

US Supremes overrule Michigan v. Jackson
In a 5-4 decision, in Montejo v. Louisiana (oral argument here), the US Supremes (urged on by the Obama administration, according to the NYT), over-ruled MIchigan v. Jackson. Articles here and here...

The Supremes (sort of) save fantasy baseball
Here's an interesting story about Major League Baseball wanting to crack down on the various fantasy-league publishers, to keep them from using real players' names and statistics. (Which would, you admit, kinda defeat the purpose of fantasy baseball...

The Daily Memo - 4/17/08
Yesterday, the Supremes upheld Kentucky’s use of lethal injection with a 7-2 decision in favor of tapping the veins, although “two of the seven justices who voted to uphold lethal injection … did so unhappily...

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Collection Agencies and Creditors
How to deal and stop the harassment

Mr. Brown Instant Coffee
Possible Melamine Contamination Prompts Canadian Agency to Issue Warning

Major Egg Producers
Class Action Filed over Alleged Price Fixing

California Talent Agency, Be Productions, Faces Federal Class Action
California Talent Agency, Be Productions, Faces Federal Class Action

Federal Emergency Management Agency
Trailers Contain Toxic Formaldehyde Fumes

Critical Alarm Goes Unheard
Nurse and agency to pay undisclosed settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.

Transit Technicians Scam
Two Municipal Transportation Agency agree to pay $287,000 settlement for stealing money from fare boxes.