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Ninth Circuit Nixes FCA's 'Delegation Clause' Arbitration Push

A California federal appeals court on Monday affirmed a lower court's denial of FCA US LLC's motion to compel arbitration in a class action over allegedly defective Jeep headres...

Class Actions Product Liability

Ninth Circuit Nixes Key California Dialysis Charity Law, Says Reimbursement Cap 'Burdens' Speech Rights

A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday ruled that most provisions of California Assembly Bill 290, which aimed to prevent dialysis companies from profiting off charity insurance assist...

Health Care Appellate

Ninth Circuit Affirms Jet Ski Driver's Conviction After 'Drowning' Death

The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a Nevada boater's misdemeanor conviction and six-month sentence for operating a jet ski negligently when his passenger drowned, ruling that "t...

Criminal Law & White Collar Appellate

Ninth Circuit Certifies 'Retroactivity' Questions Over Arizona Police Rights

The Ninth Circuit on Thursday certified three questions to the Arizona Supreme Court about whether a 2022 amendment to Arizona's Peace Officers Bill of Rights can retroactively...

Employment & Labor Appellate

Ninth Circuit Vacates Panel Ruling, Orders En Banc Rehearing In King Prison Case

A Ninth Circuit panel vacated its own ruling Friday and ordered the full court to rehear a prisoner's civil rights lawsuit against California corrections officers, stating the c...

Appellate Criminal Law & White Collar

Ninth Circuit Nixes BIA's 'Wrong Diligence Standard' for Stateless Petitioner

A Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday vacated a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying a stateless Armenian immigrant's motion to reopen removal proceedings, holding that the...

Immigration Appellate

Ninth Circuit Nixes 'Prejudice' Argument In Immigration Reinstatement Case

The Ninth Circuit denied Alfonso Verduzco Ruiz's petition challenging the reinstatement of his removal order Thursday, holding that aliens must show prejudice for due process vi...

Immigration Appellate

Ninth Circuit Nixes Using 'Collateral Estoppel' to Kill Travel Nurse Arbitration Pacts

A Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday reversed a California federal judge's denial of arbitration, ruling that non-mutual offensive collateral estoppel doctrine cannot be used to inv...

Employment & Labor Appellate

Ninth Circuit Nixes 'Overbroad' DHS Protest Injunction, Backs Press Rights

A Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday affirmed a federal judge's preliminary injunction protecting journalists and protesters from Department of Homeland Security retaliation during imm...

Immigration Appellate

Ninth Circuit Axes Career Offender Enhancement Over 'Indivisible' Nevada Statute

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a federal judge's dismissal of Francis Casildo's sentence vacation motion, holding his prior Nevada drug conviction couldn't support career...

Criminal Law & White Collar Appellate

Ninth Circuit Slams 'Gradual Accumulation' Challenge To Prison Trust Fund Seizures

A Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday affirmed a district court's authority to seize accumulated family deposits from an inmate's trust account for unpaid restitution, holding that t...

Criminal Law & White Collar Appellate

Circuit Affirms DePape Sentence After Judge Nixes 'Clear Error' Challenge

A Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday affirmed David Wayne DePape's sentence after rejecting his challenge to the district court's authority to resentence him under Federal Rule of Crim...

Criminal Law & White Collar Appellate

Ninth Circuit Nixes District Court's 'Too Broad' Arctic Seal Habitat Ruling

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a federal judge's decision that National Marine Fisheries Service's critical habitat designations for two Arctic seal species were too broa...

Environmental Appellate

Ninth Circuit Denies Education Department 'Unacceptable' Delay for Student Loan Cases

A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday rejected the Education Department's emergency bid for more time to process borrower defense applications, saying the agency failed to show "ex...

Government Contracts Appellate