california
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A California federal judge said Thursday that the First and Eighth amendments bar the government from stripping the Mongol Nation motorcycle club’s rights to its trademark-registered emblems as part of the group’s recent conviction under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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An arbitrator thrashed 21st Century Fox Inc. and affiliates for their “reprehensible conduct” as he awarded $179 million to key players behind the TV crime drama “Bones” who accused the studio of wrongly withholding chunks of the show’s profits, according to competing filings made Wednesday in California state court… Read this piece in its entirety…
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Volkswagen will have to face a proposed class action alleging it knowingly sold vehicles with spontaneously shattering sunroofs, after a California federal judge on Tuesday said the buyers had provided adequate evidence that the German automaker knew about the defect… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday that it is planning to pull almost $1 billion in funding for a high-speed rail system meant to link Los Angeles and San Francisco after California’s new Gov. Gavin Newsom said his administration would drop the project… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Niantic Inc., the company behind Pokemon Go, has promised to take steps aimed at dissuading players of the popular augmented reality game from trespassing on private property and causing other nuisances, as part of a proposed settlement outlined in documents filed Thursday in California federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 