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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Disability rights advocates get mixed results in 9th Circuit ruling
By John Roemer
A circuit panel put on hold the advocates' suit to force CNN to aid the hearing-impaired by captioning news videos posted to i...
Litigation
Both sides of dog poop fight heave mental illness accusations
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In his closing arguments, the city prosecutor who charged Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Craig Richman with misdemean...
A New York judge hit Butler & Dodge LLP with a more than $12 million judgment in a lawsuit brought over claims the firm de...
Litigation
Irell represents plaintiffs in suit over stake in music company
By Saul Sugarman
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A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
Bradley Lynn Jensen will be suspended from practice for 120 days beginning next week for leaving his 9-month-old daughter unat...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Health insurers, providers combine amid raft of deals
By Salvador Mares
Hyper-consolidation within the health care industry is making strange bedfellows of hospital groups and insurance providers. ...
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