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Nautilus Inc. v. Biosig Instruments Inc.
Federal Circuit must reconsider validity of heart-rate monitor technology patent, because standard previously used to determine if patent was definite enough was too imprecise. 		Intellectual Property Jun. 3, 2014
Limelight Networks Inc. v. Akamai Technologies Inc.
In patent infringement action, company cannot be made liable for inducing infringement, when it never directly infringed on the patent. 		Intellectual Property Jun. 3, 2014
Bond v. U.S.
Chemical weapons treaty may not be used to prosecute jilted wife, who made amateur attempt to injure her husband's lover with toxic chemicals. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 3, 2014
People v. Brown
Capital defendant may not claim ineffective assistance based on his defense attorney’s acquiescence to his request not to present mitigating evidence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 3, 2014
People v. Chiu
Defendant who told friend to shoot someone may not be convicted of first-degree premeditated murder under ‘natural and probable consequences’ doctrine. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 3, 2014
People v. Elmore
Mentally ill man, who fatally stabbed woman, is not entitled to jury instruction on unreasonable self-defense where his perception of threat was entirely delusional. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 3, 2014
Shove v. Chappell
Order 		Jun. 3, 2014
Wilcox v. Arpaio
Federal privilege law governs admissibility of documents and testimony regarding enforceability of alleged settlement, where both federal and state law claims are involved. 		Civil Procedure Jun. 3, 2014
FTC v. BurnLounge Inc.
Music marketing business, which allowed customers to earn ‘rewards’ by becoming members and recruiting others, constitutes illegal pyramid scheme. 		Business Law Jun. 3, 2014
Joshua P., a Minor
Juvenile court may not disqualify public defender from representing indigent juvenile defendant where public defender agreed to represent him and no conflict existed. 		Juveniles Jun. 2, 2014
Gonzalez v. Rebollo
California family court has authority to modify child support order, which was issued in Mexico, because father failed to show he still had 'residence' in Mexico. 		Family Law Jun. 2, 2014
Staniforth v. The Judges' Retirement System (Chiang)
Judicial pensioners, who claimed their pension payments were being underpaid, are not exempt from caps to cost of living adjustments in underlying salary structure. 		Employment Law Jun. 2, 2014
People v. Rose
Trial court’s refusal to force prosecution to run rap sheets for police officer witnesses does not violate due process because it did not deny right to discover information. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 2, 2014
People v. Dunckhurst
Inmate is ineligible for resentencing under Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 because he committed disqualifying prison offense prior to filing petition for recall. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 2, 2014
City of Montebello v. Vasquez
City of Montebello’s lawsuit against former city council members, who approved contracts in exchange for financial support, survives anti-SLAPP dismissal. 		Government Jun. 2, 2014
People v. Machado
Court may not automatically deny petition for resentencing under Three Strikes Reform Act when commitment offenses included violent and nonviolent felonies. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 2, 2014
San Francisco Beautiful v. City and County of San Francisco (AT&T California)
AT&T may install 726 new utility cabinets in San Francisco as part of its project to upgrade Internet speeds without environmental review under CEQA. 		Environmental Law Jun. 2, 2014
Martinez v. Aero Caribbean
Order 		Jun. 2, 2014
SPRAWLDEF v. San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (Waste Connections Inc.)
Landfill expansion project moves forward because agency’s rejection of reduced-size alternative as economically infeasible was reasonable. 		Environmental Law May 30, 2014
Duran v. U.S. Bank National Association
Bank escapes $15 million verdict in wage and hour class action because trial court implemented trial plan using seriously flawed statistical sampling. 		Employment Law May 30, 2014
Long Beach Police Officers Association v. City of Long Beach (Los Angeles Times Communications LLC)
City of Long Beach must disclose names of police officers involved in fatal shooting because public interest in disclosure outweighs officers’ privacy interests. 		Government May 30, 2014
People v. Arce
Ineffective assistance claim fails where defendant’s counsel had plausible reasons for declining to seek discount in victim’s restitution for future lost wages. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 30, 2014
Ervine v. Desert View Regional Medical Center Holdings LLC
Widower files timely discrimination claim against health care providers for alleged refusal to provide deaf wife with interpreter, given each refusal restarted limitations period. 		Civil Rights May 30, 2014
Lewis v. Superior Court (Medical Board of California)
Medical Board of California does not violate patients’ privacy rights by accessing their electronic prescription records to investigate physician’s unprofessional conduct. 		Health Care May 30, 2014
Litwin v. iRenew Bio Energy Solutions LLC
Notice of settlement to class members violates due process by requiring objectors to come to final approval hearing to have their objections heard. 		Civil Procedure May 30, 2014
Piccinini v. California Emergency Management Agency
Prospective deputy chief of Emergency Management Agency may proceed with claim against State after job offer was rescinded days before his start date. 		Employment Law May 29, 2014
Syers Properties Inc. v. Rankin
Trial court correctly relies on attorneys' calculations when awarding attorney fees in legal malpractice action, because their hours and rates were reasonable. 		Attorneys May 29, 2014
Sierra Club v. County of Fresno (Friant Ranch L.P.)
Fresno County must set aside its approval of environmental impact report for retirement community, because it failed to properly analyze impacts on air quality. 		Environmental Law May 29, 2014
U.S. v. Sullivan
Government may use evidence obtained from defendant’s laptop, which contained child pornography, despite 21-day delay in obtaining search warrant. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 29, 2014
George v. Edholm
Police officers must face Fourth Amendment action alleging they induced doctor to forcibly remove plastic baggie of cocaine from arrestee’s rectum. 		Civil Rights May 29, 2014
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