The court will decide the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act as well as consider a challenge to Proposition 8, California's gay marriage ban.
CIVIL RIGHTS - Pickup v. Brown
ORDER - Plaintiff therapists and parents were denied injunction of Senate Bill 1172 from taking effect in January. The bill prohibits licensed mental health professionals in California from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts (“SOCE”) with minors. (E.D. Cal.)
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - Vagos Int'l Motorcycle Club v. City of Lancaster
COMPLAINT - Members of motorcycle club seek to enjoin enforcement of “Anti-gang” law which could be construed to apply to members and curtail social activities. (C.D. Cal.)
FORECLOSURE – Pierce v. CitiMortgage Inc.
OPINION – Debtor filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection on the day of his foreclosure sale. Because he had filed twice before (and his petitions were dismissed) within a year, no automatic stay arose from the sale-day filing, as per 11 U.S.C. 362(c)(4)(A)(1). (N.D. Cal.)
Don Harrison, a high-ranking lawyer at the company, will replace David Lawee as head of its corporate development group, according to a source.
The civil complaint filed in a California state court accuses Delta of distributing its "Fly Delta" app without a privacy policy since at least 2010.
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann and Labaton Sucharow will be the lead lawyers in securities lawsuits arising out of the company's $16 bln IPO.
Securities regulators intend to bring a civil action against the company because of comments company CEO Reed Hastings made on Facebook in June 2012.
The iPhone maker is preparing to convince a district judge to ban sales of a number of the Korean company's devices and defend a $1.05 bln jury award.
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