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Edvard Pettersson

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Reporter with Courthouse News Service in Los Angeles. I cover federal and state courts, civil and criminal. @courthousenews

 Los Angeles
Joined April 2011
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LA County Judge Robert Draper removed for willful misconduct courthousenews.com/la-county… @CourthouseNews
LA County Judge Robert Draper removed for willful misconduct

LA County Judge Robert Draper removed for willful misconduct

The California Commission on Judicial Performance cited, among other instances of misconduct, the judge's rambling discourse on race relations and Black football players when a Black attorney made...

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Ninth Circuit rebuffs SpaceX bid to force arbitration of harassment claims courthousenews.com/ninth-cir… @CourthouseNews
Ninth Circuit rebuffs SpaceX bid to force arbitration of harassment claims

Ninth Circuit rebuffs SpaceX bid to force arbitration of harassment claims

In a split decision, the appellate panel rejected SpaceX's argument that sexual harassment claims must meet federal pleading standards to avoid being sent to arbitration.

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Nvidia shareholder sues over CEO's undisclosed affair with purported spy courthousenews.com/nvidia-sh… @CourthouseNews
Nvidia shareholder sues over CEO's undisclosed affair with purported spy

Nvidia shareholder sues over CEO's undisclosed affair with purported spy

The shareholder accuses the company and CEO Jensen Huang of giving out false and misleading information in the wake of media reports of the romantic relationship.

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Ninth Circuit curtails California greenhouse gas disclosure laws courthousenews.com/ninth-cir… @CourthouseNews
Ninth Circuit curtails California greenhouse gas disclosure laws

Ninth Circuit curtails California greenhouse gas disclosure laws

The appellate court agreed with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that the laws in part amounted to compelled speech that wasn't merited by California's interest in reducing emissions.

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Trump administration drops lawsuit over California election procedures courthousenews.com/trump-adm… @CourthouseNews
Trump administration drops lawsuit over California election procedures

Trump administration drops lawsuit over California election procedures

The Justice Department filed a notice of dismissal after it failed to persuade three courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, to make California verify ballots were cast by U.S. citizens.

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Pornhub $120 million settlement on track for approval courthousenews.com/pornhub-1… @CourthouseNews
Pornhub $120 million settlement on track for approval

Pornhub $120 million settlement on track for approval

The settlement with women who had nonconsensual content posted of them while underage requires the porn site verify people shown in videos uploaded to the site as well as the users who upload them...

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Palisades Fire arson suspect goes on trial for second time courthousenews.com/palisades… @CourthouseNews
Palisades Fire arson suspect goes on trial for second time

Palisades Fire arson suspect goes on trial for second time

Federal prosecutors failed to get a conviction during the first trial in June, with 10 out of 12 jurors left unconvinced Jonathan Rinderknecht was guilty of arson.

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Ninth Circuit puts kibosh on Trump bid to sequester California ballots courthousenews.com/ninth-cir… @CourthouseNews
Ninth Circuit puts kibosh on Trump bid to sequester California ballots

Ninth Circuit puts kibosh on Trump bid to sequester California ballots

The Trump administration continues to claim, without evidence, that noncitizens have cast ballots in California elections.

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Ninth Circuit throws flag on NFL win against Sunday Ticket subscribers courthousenews.com/ninth-cir… @CourthouseNews
Ninth Circuit throws flag on NFL win against Sunday Ticket subscribers

Ninth Circuit throws flag on NFL win against Sunday Ticket subscribers

The appellate panel sent the case back to the lower court in Los Angeles for a new trial on damages, agreeing that the $4.7 billion the jury awarded two years ago wasn't supported by the evidence.

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Expelled USC football player asks Ninth Circuit to revive gender bias suit courthousenews.com/expelled-… @CourthouseNews
Expelled USC football player asks Ninth Circuit to revive gender bias suit

Expelled USC football player asks Ninth Circuit to revive gender bias suit

Matthew Boermeester says the university persisted with its Title IX investigation even after his onetime girlfriend said he hadn't harmed her.

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Judge rejects Trump bid to sequester votes by ’noncitizens’ in California courthousenews.com/judge-rej… @CourthouseNews
Judge rejects Trump bid to sequester votes by ’noncitizens’ in California

Judge rejects Trump bid to sequester votes by ’noncitizens’ in California

The Trump administration has frequently claimed without evidence that California allows noncitizens to register to vote — and that they do so.

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Ninth Circuit tosses Trump appeal in California election challenge courthousenews.com/ninth-cir… @CourthouseNews
Ninth Circuit tosses Trump appeal in California election challenge

Ninth Circuit tosses Trump appeal in California election challenge

Two of the three judges, including a Donald Trump appointee, said the appellate court had no jurisdiction to issue an injunction shortly before a trial judge will hear the case.

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Ninth Circuit says Trump had no authority to deploy National Guard in LA courthousenews.com/ninth-cir… @CourthouseNews
Ninth Circuit says Trump had no authority to deploy National Guard in LA

Ninth Circuit says Trump had no authority to deploy National Guard in LA

The panel followed last year's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court barring the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago, finding no plausible basis there was a "rebellion" last summer in LA.

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Internet trade group sues California over social media warning labels courthousenews.com/internet-… @CourthouseNews
Internet trade group sues California over social media warning labels

Internet trade group sues California over social media warning labels

The group says California can't force its tech giant members to act as the state's mouthpiece on contested issues like the effects of social media use.

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Feds ask Ninth Circuit to scrap 40-year-old safeguards for unaccompanied minor migrants courthousenews.com/feds-ask-… @CourthouseNews

Feds ask Ninth Circuit to scrap 40-year-old safeguards for unaccompanied minor migrants

Two Donald Trump appointees on the appellate panel appeared skeptical that the 1986 injunction doesn't run afoul of subsequent developments in U.S. immigration law.

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Judge curtails DHS crackdown on ‘unlawful voters’ during midterm elections courthousenews.com/judge-cur… @CourthouseNews
Judge curtails DHS crackdown on ‘unlawful voters’ during midterm elections

Judge curtails DHS crackdown on ‘unlawful voters’ during midterm elections

The so-called Unlawful Voter Initiative and its sweep focused on nine states amounted to intimidation of union members who urge people to exercise their right to vote, the judge said.

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Norton Simon countersues in rekindled fight over looted paintings courthousenews.com/norton-si… @CourthouseNews
Norton Simon countersues in rekindled fight over looted paintings

Norton Simon countersues in rekindled fight over looted paintings

The museum claims a previous federal court judgment in its favor should block the Jewish Federation from contesting its ownership of the Renaissance paintings.

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California sues ICE to halt arrests at courthouses courthousenews.com/californi… @CourthouseNews
California sues ICE to halt arrests at courthouses

California sues ICE to halt arrests at courthouses

California Attorney General Rob Bonta claims immigration enforcement agents have stopped witnesses and victims of crime from coming to court.

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Ninth Circuit strikes down California 'No Vigilantes Act' as unconstitutional courthousenews.com/ninth-cir… @CourthouseNews
Ninth Circuit strikes down California 'No Vigilantes Act' as unconstitutional

Ninth Circuit strikes down California 'No Vigilantes Act' as unconstitutional

The appellate panel found the California law is void insofar as it seeks to regulate the federal government without congressional authorization.

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Feds say California woman spied on son of Taiwanese president for China courthousenews.com/feds-say-… @CourthouseNews
Feds say California woman spied on son of Taiwanese president for China

Feds say California woman spied on son of Taiwanese president for China

Heather Zhang, 34, is accused of traveling to the Pacific Northwest to conduct surveillance on the residence of the Taiwanese president's son.

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