Litigation

Does your federal appellate court have an official YouTube channel
Does your federal appellate court have an official YouTube channel? If you live within the geographical territory of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the answer is yes...

Dear Ninth Circuit Haters
Do you even read some of the stuff coming out of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals? How can you proclaim that the Ninth Circuit is loaded with liberal judicial activists in light of cases like this?

9th Circuit practioners: notice re electronic notifications
Ninth Circuit Blog explains that starting on March 3, 2008, the Ninth Circuit will provide electronic notification by email of any actions that the Circuit takes on you case. Additional details are available at Ninth Circuit Blog.

Ninth Circuit panel splits over adequacy of sentencing explanation
The Ninth Circuit has a long set of opinions covering lots of sentencing ground today in US v. Carter, No. 05-50303 (9th Cir. March 30, 3009) (available here). Though all practitioners in the Ninth Circuit will want to check out...

Ninth Circuit on CERCLA "arranger liability"
NAM Legal Beagle on Shell Oil v. U.S., a Ninth Circuit case before the Supreme Court: The Ninth Circuit decided that a manufacturer of a hazardous substance is jointly and severally liable under CERCLA for any spill or misuse of...

Ninth Circuit Cleans Up Its Own Section 230 Mess Motions to Dismiss Are Allowed Again
The Ninth Circuit has retracted some of the dangerous dictum in its recent decision in Barnes v. Yahoo!, discussed in this blog last month here and here. The panel opinion had asserted ? in dictum which, under Ninth Circuit procedure,...

How to Skirt H-1B Regulations
Senator reacts to YouTube video

Specialty Lamp International
Recalls Counterfeit Circuit Breakers