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March 08, 2002 | Law.com

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. filed a revised plan to emerge from bankruptcy on Thursday, one month after a judge rejected its first attempt as a "full-scale attack" on California laws. The San Francisco-based utility again asked U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Dennis Montali to let it sidestep certain aspects of state authority, but narrowed its request, asking for permission to preempt "only those laws necessary" to effect the plan.

By Eric Young

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May 02, 2002 | Law.com

The Internal Revenue Service will have to recheck its math because of a federal court ruling that package delivery company DHL Corp. is entitled to a refund of most of a $114 million tax payment. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling in DHL Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue hinges on regulations that affect the value of foreign trademark rights to the "DHL" name.

By Gary Young

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July 30, 2008 | Daily Report Online

SACRAMENTO, Calif. AP - Attorney General Jerry Brown on Tuesday said he will sue to block a proposed water-bottling operation in Northern California unless its effects on global warming are evaluated.Nestle Waters North America wants to pump about 200 million gallons of water a year from three natural springs that supply McCloud, about 280 miles north of San Francisco.

By SAMANTHA YOUNG

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April 25, 2002 | Law.com

A federal judge has blocked glassmaker Libbey Inc.'s proposed acquisition of Anchor Hocking, a victory for antitrust regulators who objected to the $277 million deal. U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton in Washington, D.C., on Monday granted the Federal Trade Commission's petition for an injunction. The FTC sued to block the deal, arguing it would allow Libbey to raise prices for glassware sold to restaurants.

By Eric Young

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March 29, 2004 | National Law Journal

It's not unheard of for a circuit judge irked at a persistent split in the law to urge the Supreme Court to bring the matter to a resolution. What is unusual is for a judge to advance all of the reasons in favor of certiorari and to discredit all the reasons against with such thoroughness and determination as to suggest that only a Supreme Court blind to its duties could fail to act.

By Gary YoungStaff reporter

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September 13, 2004 | National Law Journal

When Paul Gilbertson's surveying license was revoked, he appealed the revocation to the Oregon Court of Appeals and simultaneously filed a suit in federal court seeking money damages from the members of the board for violations of his constitutional rights. Gilbertson's case gave the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals the opportunity to clarify what it admitted were its "mixed signals" about when and how federal courts should abstain from hearing a case when there is a parallel state proceeding.

By Gary YoungStaff Reporter

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May 03, 2004 | National Law Journal

A new debate over the appropriate methods of serving process from abroad surfaced when a U.S. adult-entertainment impresario attempted to serve process against a British competitor via an ordinary international mail shipment.

By Gary YoungStaff reporter

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October 30, 2008 | Daily Report Online

SACRAMENTO, Calif. AP - Children in California who want to buy or rent a violent video game without a parent's permission could have that right taken away by a federal appeals panel, which heard arguments on the case Wednesday.A state law passed in 2005 that tries to limit access to such games is under consideration by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.

By SAMANTHA YOUNG

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July 26, 2002 | Law.com

San Francisco's bankrupt NorthPoint Communications has settled its $1 billion lawsuit against New York-based Verizon Communications less than a week before the case was scheduled to go to trial. NorthPoint will receive $175 million in exchange for dropping its suit against the nation's largest local phone service provider. NorthPoint accused Verizon of breach of contract and fraud for scrapping its acquisition of NorthPoint last year.

By Eric Young

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September 15, 2003 | National Law Journal

Only two circuits-the 6th and the 9th-have ruled that prosecutions based on child pornography not intended for the stream of commerce may violate the Constitution in some instances.

By Gary YoungStaff reporter

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