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Adoption of Reed H.

Family Law
In a biological father's appeal from orders dispensing with his consent to adoption and terminating his parental rights, Fam. Code section 7662, the...

People v. Cornejo

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
On rehearing, sentences for second degree murder, attempted murder, and shooting at an inhabited dwelling are modified to strike the gang enhancement...

Picerne Constr. Corp. v. Castellino Villas, LLP

Bankruptcy Law, Attorney's Fees
In a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's order, denying a motion for post-discharge attorneys' fees...

Hiken v. Dep't of Defense

Government Law, Attorney's Fees
In an attorneys' fees portion of an underlying suit under the Freedom of Information Act action brought against the federal government, the district...

Kerr v. Jewell

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Administrative Law
In a claim under the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) brought against plaintiff's former employer, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, based on...

Direct Technologies, LLC v. Electronic Arts, Inc.

Trade Dress, Copyright, Cyberspace Law
In a copyright infringement and trade secret case arising out of a contract for plaintiff to produce a USB flash drive shaped like a 'PlumbBob' a...

L.R. v. Philadelphia Sch. Dist.

Injury & Tort Law, Education Law, Constitutional Law
In a parent's suit against a teacher who allowed a kindergarten student to leave his classroom with an adult who failed to identify herself and...

Kaufman v. CVS Caremark Corp.

False Advertising, Consumer Protection Law
In a suit alleges that CVS's Vitamin E dietary supplement with a label that touts the product as supporting 'heart health' label deceives consumers...

Minick v. City of Petaluma

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury case against a City, involving a bicycle accident, the trial court's grant of plaintiff's motion for discretionary relief from a...

Local TV, LLC v. Superior Court

Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Entertainment Law, Contracts
In a dispute arising out of a written agreement between a content producer-plaintiff and a television station-defendant, involving website material...