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Manzari v. Associated Newspapers Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Entertainment Law
In an action alleging defamation by a pioneer in the online adult entertainment industry and famous under her professional name, Danni Ashe, the...

Polar Electro Oy v. Suunto Oy

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent directed to a method and apparatus for measuring heart rates during physical exercise and athletic...

Communities for a Better Environment v. Bay Area Air Quality Management Dist.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a petition for writ of mandate and a complaint under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) after defendant determined that its approval...

Mazzei v. The Money Store

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Banking Law
In a class action against The Money Store alleging overcharge of late fees on mortgages, in which the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiffs,...

Rodriguez-Miranda v. Benin

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Corp. Governance
In another appeal in a protracted employment dispute between two former colleagues in which plaintiff sought payment of his promised wages and loan...

Clark v. Cartledge

Civil Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
A document filed by a pro se litigant as an extension of time to request a certificate of appealability qualifies as the notice of appeal required by...

Ctr. For Biological Diversity v. Dep't of Fish and Wildlife

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In an environmental action arising from a dispute over approval of a development project, the Court of Appeal held that California Public Resources...

Commonwealth of Virginia ex rel. Hunter Labs. v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
In a settled qui tam action against multiple medical laboratory businesses, alleging that the medical laboratories had submitted false claims to the...

Aponte-Davila v. Municipality of Caguas

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 'slip-and-fall' negligence suit invoking the federal courts' diversity jurisdiction, the District Court's dismissal for lack of subject-matter...

ViaView, Inc. v. Retzlaff

Civil Procedure
In a civil procedure action, arising from a petition for a workplace violence restraining order under Code of Civil Procedure section 527.8, the trial...