The Latest Breaking News from The Ninth Circuit

From Judge Tiffany Cartwright (W.D. Wash.) in Friday's Jan v. People Media Project: Plaintiff Almog Meir Jan is an Israeli… The post Alien Tort Statute Liability for American Publisher Would Turn on Whether It Knew Author It Paid Was Hamas Hostage-Holder appeared first on Reason.com.

Crypto rules, false statements, and regulatory habitats.

A federal judge on Friday delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more competition until an appeals court decides whether to block the shake-up because of legal questions surrounding a jury’s verdict that branded Google as an illegal monopolist

Equity training, intrusive questions, and a sorry mofo.

The plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States are seeking Supreme Court intervention to revive their case against the federal government.

From Miller v. Sawant, decided Thursday by Ninth Circuit Judges William Fletcher, Carlos Bea, and John Owens: In February 2016, Miller and Spaulding [two Seattle police officers] fatally shot Che Andre Taylor, a Black man, as they tried to arrest him. Miller and Spaulding's [defamation] complaint … against [Seattle City…

Nonaggressive dogs, tactical vests, and the entire internet.

As yesterday's post noted, the injunction provides, [1.] Defendants [UCLA officials] … are prohibited from offering any ordinarily available programs, activities, or campus areas to students if Defendants know the ordinarily available programs, activities, or campus areas are not fully and equally accessible to Jewish students. [2.] Defendants are prohibited…

There are numerous examples of how the league seems to be able to weather any threat or setback in its march toward unseen heights in popularity and prosperity.