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Month: June 2012
Circuit’s Maui Meeting Cost; Is it the Wrong Question?
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski defended the expense of the 9th Circuit’s annual judges’ meeting this year in Maui as “cost efficient,” in the face of
Court Expands Spouse’s Rights in Asbestos Suits
A California appeals court recognized, for the first time, the right of spouses to sue for loss of consortium from a partner’s premarital exposure to
Forget the Greek Crisis, We’ve Got Stockton
While the Greek monetary crisis and its election will get all the news ink Sunday, there is another crisis closer to home. The city of
Courts Get $544 Million Haircut
California courts got their black robes trimmed by the Legislature Friday. The lawmakers approved a budget that included Gov. Brown’s proposed $544 million in court
Facebook to MDL Panel: ‘Like’ Manhattan
No surprise, but Facebook Inc. asked the Judicial Multidistrict Panel Thursday to consolidate more than 40 shareholder lawsuits over its bungled initial public offering. The