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May 10, 2022 | Law.com
"Federal law supports the proposition that accrual of a wrongful death claim occurs on the date of death, not the date of the seaman's prior injury, or on a date beyond death when the cause of death is discovered," the appellate panel said, reversing the dismissal of a wrongful death suit brought by the wife a seaman who died from asbestos exposure.
By Marianna Wharry
5 minute read
May 6, 2022 | The Recorder
The families of four San Diego Unified School District students filed an amended complaint April 29 in a federal lawsuit against SDUSD and its Board of Education for violation of their rights under the First Amendment by imposing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
By Marianna Wharry
4 minute read
April 22, 2022 | The Recorder
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed data analytics company hiQ Labs Inc.'s ability to scrape publicly available data from LinkedIn's platform despite the social media company's claim that the data collected violated federal hacking laws.
By Marianna Wharry
4 minute read
February 22, 2022 | Law.com
The U.S. Soccer Federation and members of the women's national soccer team who sued for gender discrimination reached a $24 million settlement Tuesday.
By Marianna Wharry
5 minute read
February 1, 2022 | The Recorder
Georgian chess player Nona Gaprindashvili, 80, filed a complaint in September 2021 alleging that Netflix made false statements about her in the popular Netflix show "The Queen's Gambit." The suit was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Marianna Wharry
4 minute read
January 12, 2022 | Law.com
The University of California, Los Angeles must face a graduate student's Title IX lawsuit alleging that the school discriminated against him on the basis of sex during a disciplinary investigation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Jan. 11.
By Marianna Wharry
4 minute read
December 8, 2021 | Law.com
"We take seriously our responsibility to create a safe environment for our students and staff, and to protect students put at medical risk by being vaccinated," the school district's board president, Richard Barrera, said in a statement.
By Marianna Wharry
4 minute read
November 18, 2021 | The Recorder
A viral Reddit thread on substance abuse in the legal profession began Tuesday with a simple question from an undergraduate student considering law school: "Any practicing lawyers here that still smoke weed?"
By Marianna Wharry
3 minute read
November 11, 2021 | Law.com
"At most, however, the district court has identified one reasonable interpretation of Sawant's words, not the only reasonable interpretation," Ninth Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima wrote in the opinion. "Where a communication is capable of two meanings, one defamatory and one not, it is for a jury, not a judge, to determine which meaning controls."
By Marianna Wharry
4 minute read
November 11, 2021 | Law.com
"The panel, I think, missed the impact that this ruling could have on [a] tribe's ability to litigate in their own courts," said attorney George Forman, who represents several defendants who remain in the case.
By Marianna Wharry
6 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer honors lawyers leaving a mark on the legal community in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
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