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  • September 18, 2025

    9th Circ. Ruling Leaves SEC Gag Rule Open To Future Attacks

    Though the Ninth Circuit's recent ruling in Powell v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission leaves the SEC's no-admit, no-deny rule intact, it could provide some fodder for litigants who wish to criticize the commission's activities either before or after settling with the commission, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.

  • September 17, 2025

    'It Doesn't Look Good': CoComelon Foe Faces Uphill IP Fight

    Ninth Circuit panel judges doubted Wednesday a Chinese company's appeal of its $23.4 million copyright-trial loss to the maker of the children's YouTube channel CoComelon, with one judge telling counsel "it doesn't look good for you," and another observing he's "never seen copying evidence quite as compelling as this record."

  • September 17, 2025

    9th Circ. Judge Hints At Upholding Seattle Housing Ordinance

    A Ninth Circuit judge suggested on Wednesday that a waiver provision written into a Seattle affordable housing policy is enough to "save" the ordinance from a homeowner's constitutional claim that it kept her from realizing her property's full value by adding townhomes.  

  • September 17, 2025

    9th Circ. Denies Appeal Of Wash. Anti-Vaxxers' Med Board Suit

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday rejected an appeal brought by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on behalf of anti-vaxxers challenging a Washington state medical board's disciplinary proceedings against doctors who allegedly spread false information about COVID-19.

  • September 17, 2025

    Boeing, DOJ Say FAA Fines Don't Sway Conspiracy Case

    Boeing and the federal government have told a Texas federal judge that the Federal Aviation Administration's recent proposal to fine Boeing $3.1 million for safety violations shouldn't factor into the 737 Max 8 criminal conspiracy case they're hoping to have wiped from the docket.

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