Long-serving 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Otto R. Skopil, Jr. died in his Portland, Ore. home on October 18 at the age of
Month: October 2012
CEO’s Appeal Tests Wire Fraud Meaning
A 9th Circuit panel grappled with whether skimming money serially from your employer amounts to federal wire fraud because cashing embezzled checks included the bank,
It’s Historic! From ‘Tokyo Rose’ to Napster in One Court
This would have made Judge Richard Chambers very happy. The 9th Circuit’s 107-year-old courthouse in San Francisco gained national landmark designation from the Interior Department
Robo-Calls Class Action Reinstated
Consumers upset by unsolicited robo calls encouraging them to buy stuff have a friend in Michael Chesbro. The Washington state consumer won reinstatement of his
California Sued Over Oil ‘Fracking’
Environmentalists accused California regulators of failure to regulate hydraulic fracking in hundreds of the state’s 53,000 oil and gas wells in potential violation of environmental
Montana Campaign Caps Restored
Montana’s caps on campaign contributions are really back in place after a late afternoon ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday. The
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