The Supreme Court of the United States’ decision last week in Esteras v. United States restricted the factors lower courts may consider in imposing prison sentences following supervised release revocations. Those awaiting the...more
6/25/2025
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On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important opinion reviving a decade-old Alien Tort Claims Act (ATS) suit based on alleged aiding and abetting slave labor in cocoa farms on the Ivory...more
11/9/2018
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On Monday, June 4, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important opinion, Hodson v. Mars, Inc., holding that food manufacturers do not have any independent obligation under California consumer protection laws...more