Residential home buildier Lennar Homes cannot recover the cost of defending against a class action by buyers because its indemnity clause is unconscionable, a California
Month: December 2014
Timber Project OK, Despite Spotted Owl Concern
Environmentalists failed to convince a federal appeals court this week that lumber thinning in Six Rivers National Forest would harm the threatened Northern spotted owl.
Gilliam Confirmed to NorCal Bench
[UPDATED] The U.S. Senate has confirmed former federal prosecutor Haywood S. Gilliam as a judge on the Northern District of California. The Senate confirmation came on
Constitutionality of Artists’ Royalty Law Challenged
The fate of California’s 40-year-old law to provide artists royalties on future resale of their works faced a barrage of questions from an 11-judge appeals
Judiciary Budget Boost
The recent spending measure approved by Congress included a $6.7 billion appropriation for the federal judiciary, a nearly 3 percent increase in discretionary funding over
Copyrights, Anti-Muslim Film Rights Collide
Lawyers for both Google and the actress who faced death threats over an anti-Muslim film faced tough questions from 11 appellate judges over whether the
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