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Calise v. Meta Platforms — N.D. Cal. certifies interlocutory appeal on Facebook’s Terms of Service obligations and Limitation of Liability

Judge White certifies for Ninth Circuit interlocutory appeal two questions arising from his earlier denial of Meta’s motion to dismiss in a putative class action alleging Facebook failed to combat scam advertisements: whether Meta’s Terms of Service and Community Standards impose an affirmative anti

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Koeller v. Nixplay — N.D. Cal. denies remand of CLRA digital photo frame consumer suit, finds complete diversity despite shifting corporate citizenship allegations

Magistrate Judge DeMarchi denies remand of a putative class action by Nixplay digital-photo-frame customers, holding that complete diversity exists between the plaintiffs and Nixplay, Inc. (Delaware/U.K.) and Creedon Technologies USA, LLC (Hong Kong via its sole member), even though defendants’ init

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Clear View West v. Steinberg, Hall & Associates — N.D. Cal. denies judgment on pleadings in retractable-screens trademark and trade-secret suit

Judge Illston denies the Steinberg defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings in Clear View West’s eleven-count action over their alleged scheme — while serving as CVW’s Director of Sales — to launch a competing APOLLO retractable-screen brand using CVW’s trade secrets and to redirect CVW dist

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Sumner v. Commissioner of Social Security — E.D. Cal. Reverses Mental RFC Denial Where ALJ Disregarded Treating Psychiatrist and ER Visits

Eastern District of California reverses an SSDI denial for a veteran with bipolar disorder, PTSD, and central sleep apnea, holding that the ALJ failed to support a mental residual functional capacity finding with substantial evidence and mischaracterized the claimant’s daily activities.

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Abdi v. California — S.D. Cal. Dismisses Habeas Petition Challenging Vehicle Code Conviction Because Driver’s License Suspension Is Not ‘In Custody’

The court dismissed a federal habeas petition challenging a California Vehicle Code infraction for lack of jurisdiction, ruling that a 30-day driver’s license suspension is a collateral consequence of conviction that does not satisfy 28 U.S.C. § 2254’s requirement that the petitioner be

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