United States: Endangered Species Act To Trump Mining Claims: Supreme Court Lets Stand Ninth Circuit Ruling In Karuk Tribe Of California V. U.S. Forest Service - Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
On March 19, 2013, U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the ruling in Karuk Tribe of California v. U.S. Forest Service.
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United States: Supreme Court Ruling Reverses Bad 9th Circuit Precedent On CAFA - Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
On March 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down Standard Fire Insurance v. Knowles, a short, narrow, and unanimous opinion addressing removal of class actions to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act ("CAFA").
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United States: Significant Ninth Circuit Decision Applies Dukes To State Wage Law Class Claims - Littler Mendelson
In Wang v. Chinese Daily News, Inc., on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals applied the Supreme Court's decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart to reverse and remand a federal district court decision certifying a California state wage law class action. Like Dukes, Wang has had a somewhat protracted history.
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United States: The Material Impact Of The Amgen Decision On D&O Insurance - Cozen O'Connor
In "Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds" the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit’s ruling that a securities class action plaintiff need not prove materiality of alleged misrepresentations or misleading omissions as a prerequisite to class certification.
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United States: Cal Supreme Court Refuses To Immunize Employers In Mixed-Motive Discrimination Cases, But Significantly Limits Remedies - Fenwick & West LLP
Resolving a question that has been pending for three years, in Harris v. City of Santa Monica, the California Supreme Court held that, in mixed-motive cases, where an illicit purpose is a substantial motivating factor for an adverse employment action, the employer will be liable for unlawful discrimination but, if it shows that it would have made the same decision absent the illicit motive, the plaintiff's remedies will be limited.
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