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  • Blogs

    January 2, 2013

    Shark Fin Soup: Court Says State Can Continue Being the Soup Nazi

    The Chinese-American community is digesting some bad news: A judge refused to halt the state's ban on the sale and possession of shark fins -- the main ingredient for the Chinese delicacy shark fin soup. According to news reports, U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton rejected the Chinese-Ame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2012

    Haborside Health Center: Oakland Files Lawsuit Against Feds to Prevent Closure of Pot Club

    Oakland filed a complaint in United States District Court today in an attempt to stop the feds from shutting down the state's largest medical marijuana dispensary. The feds are trying to seize the building along the Embarcadero where the Harborside Health Center is located. The pot club was operat ... More >>

  • News

    July 4, 2012

    Free Speech: Activists Challenge Parks Code's Protest Rules

    Oakland filed a complaint in United States District Court today in an attempt to stop the feds from shutting down the state's largest medical marijuana dispensary. The feds are trying to seize the building along the Embarcadero where the Harborside Health Center is located. The pot club was operat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    First Republic Bank Discouraged Internal Investigations Into Customers' Suspicious Activities, Lawsuits Claims

    First Republic Bank instructed compliance officers not to investigate clients' suspicious activity, two former employees charge in a lawsuit. The employees, Frederick Casissa and Elizabeth Riggins, claim that the bank fired them because they pursued the investigations. The lawsuit, filed in the U. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Twitter User Who Wants to Sodomize Michele Bachmann Can't Remain Anonymous

    ​A man who proclaimed on Twitter his desire to sodomize conservative Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann with a machete will have his identity revealed to federal investigators, a U.S. District Court judge in Washington, D.C., has ruled.The man -- who for now remains anonymous in public court ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Hawaii Governor Refuses to Defend Gay Marriage Ban in Court

    ​As the battle over the constitutionality of California's ban on gay marriage wends its way through the federal courts, the challenge to a similar law in Hawaii has taken a surprising turn.Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii's Democratic governor, said this week he will refuse to fight a lawsuit in U.S. Dist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Porn Company Hunts for Illegal Downloaders of 'My Little Panties #2'

    ​As the tech and media industries slug it out over laws governing copyrighted material online, one original content producer has won a small victory in its effort to staunch intellectual-property theft. The California-based porn-video producer Digital Sin [NSFW] has won the right to obtain persona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Marion Zimmer Bradley Trust Sues over 'Inferior' Book Set in Imaginary Universe

    ​The San Francisco-based trust of beloved fantasy and science fiction author Marion Zimmer Bradley is suing another author for publishing allegedly poor novels set on an imaginary planet that Bradley created.At issue is the Darkover series, which chronicles the history of a world colonized by spac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Mayor Ed Lee Vetoes Supes' Bill Closing Sharp Park Golf Course

    ​Sharp Park Golf Course will remain open for now -- despite legislation closing the course and handing the land on which it is built over to the federal government that passed the Board of Supervisors last week -- thanks to a veto from Mayor Ed Lee.The veto was expected in light of the Lee's past ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Alameda Gun Ordinance to Go Before Full 9th Circuit Appeals Court

    ​The quest for the rights of ordinary, hardworking Americans to carry bazookas and roll Abrams tanks across government property continues its slow advance. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has  agreed to revisit an Alameda County couple's claim that a law banning guns on county land ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Pot Club Crackdown Continues, Judge Rejects Demands to Stop Feds

    ​A judge has ruled that she would not interfere with the feds' efforts to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries across California. Oakland U.S. District Court Judge Saundra Armstrong ruled on Monday that pot clubs failed to show that  the federal government was violating their rights by cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    FBI to Announce Development in Case of Daniel Andreas San Diego, Vegan Bay Area Bomber

    Doesn't like meat​Authorities say they have some big development in the unresolved case of Daniel Andreas San Diego, the vegan animal liberationist who is wanted for the 2003 bombings of a biotechnology firm and a nutrition and cosmetics company in the Bay Area. FBI officials told reporters that S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Another Student Suspended for Dissing Teacher on Facebook

    ​We've seen a few times over the past year that the casual contact facilitated by Facebook is proving to be a sticky wicket for teachers and their students. Now a Louisiana high-school senior is arguing in federal court that he's the latest victim of unfair policing of online social space.The stud ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Sugar Sues Corn Syrup for False Advertising. No Joke.

    Sugar: going on the offensive. Yesterday the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles began hearing arguments over an odd lawsuit filed by a group of sugar producers against a group of producers and marketers of high-fructose corn syrup. The charge? False advertising. Big Sugar is mad that Big HFCS -- u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Oakland Cops Illegally Strip-Searched Black Men in Traffic Stop, Must Pay $205,000

    ​A federal judge has ruled that Oakland police officers performed unconstitutional strip-searches of two black men they pulled over as part of an unnecessary traffic stop, and must pay $100,000 to each victim as a result.U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel found that Ofc. Ingo Mayer, in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Get Ready, Facebook: Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss Will See Another Day in Court

    The Winklevii just love to litigate.​The Winklevoss twins, of Facebook history fame, have just delivered what is essentially a giant "JK" to the social networking site.Aaron Sorkin, we hope you're paying attention to this. By all accounts, Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss, the identical twins who say ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Whistleblower Sues Family Court over Firing

    ​A former mediator in Nevada County Family Court is suing court administrators over her dismissal after a labor arbitrator decided she raised valid concerns about whether the courts were operating properly and following state law.Emily Gallup, a Stanford graduate, was fired after her superiors cri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Man Threatens to Kill California Senator Over Wolf Legislation

    San Francisco's own wolfman ​It's like a scene straight out of The Wolf Man. A fanatic of the carnivorous beasts was charged in federal court today with sending e-mails to a California senator, threatening to kill her if she didn't oppose legislation that would scrap environmental protections for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    New Questions Raised About State's Imported Lethal Injection Drugs

    ​Newly released documents raise questions about the quality of drugs imported from abroad by state corrections officials to carry out lethal injections, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California.The documents, obtained by the ACLU through Freedom of Information Act (FO ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Zynga Scams Lawsuit to Move Forward

    Treacherous ground?​A federal judge has found that Zynga is responsible for allegedly misleading business offers marketed to players of its popular Facebook games, setting the stage for a class-action lawsuit against the San Francisco-based company to move ahead.The plaintiff in the case, Rebecca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Juvenile Probation Department Sued Over Alleged Pattern of Racism

    Racial Injustice at Juvie Hall?​Asian and Pacific Islander employees of the city's Juvenile Probation Department filed a class-action lawsuit complaining of a pattern of racial discrimination. The suit, which the employees filed last week without representation by an attorney, claims that hiring, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Executions Stalled Across Country Due to Drug Shortage

    ​It turns out that California isn't the only one making life-or-death-penalty decisions based on the availability of the drug sodium thiopental -- the first of three drugs used to render the inmate unconscious before injecting other drugs that stop the heart and breathing. (The manufacturer's desc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Lawsuit Over Bungled City Housing Program Moves to State Courts

    You can't go home again​Following a setback in federal court, a lawsuit over a badly managed affordable-housing program has been refiled in San Francisco Superior court, where the lawyers for aggrieved residents enrolled in the program say they hope they'll have better luck.The troubled housing pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Berkeley, Oakland, San Leandro Debut Ranked-Choice Voting After Judge Upholds S.F. System

    ​In the wake of a federal court ruling that upheld San Francisco's system of ranked-choice voting, three East Bay cities are moving ahead with plans to adopt "RCV" in this fall's elections.Oakland, Berkeley, and San Leandro will be using the balloting system -- which allows voters to cast up to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Airlines Accused of Price-Fixing in Class-Action Lawsuit

    ​A hangar-ful of airlines is facing a class-action lawsuit filed in San Francisco that alleges an "international conspiracy" to fix prices and bilk travelers.The suit was filed yesterday in U.S. District Court by San Francisco resident Caroline Joy, who is represented by the law firm Moscone Embli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Judge Smacks Down Challenge to San Francisco's Ranked-Choice Voting

    ​A federal judge has rejected a legal challenge to San Francisco's system of "ranked-choice voting," in which voters can select their three preferred candidates in a race. The lawsuit, filed by failed supervisorial candidate Ron Dudum, had asserted that the system was flawed insofar as it did not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Adult Dating Site Sued for Fraudulently Seducing Lonely Men

    Not everyone takes kindly to fake sex partners​A group of self-described "lonely and vulnerable men" has filed a class-action lawsuit against the adult-dating site amateurmatch.com, [warning: link NSFW] claiming they were fraudulently seduced with fake e-mails from nonexistent horny singles.The su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Kenny Mehlman is a Fudgepacker: The Week in Gay

    Oh my god, they killed the right-wing Kenny. ​ Ken Mehlman must be in love. Why else would he subject himself to the slings and arrows of the gay universe and come out of the closet? Isn't that wonderful? Aren't you happy for him? It's a theory that's not too far fetched. In an interview with The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Judge Refuses to Halt Gay Weddings - But Don't Celebrate Yet

    Rod Wood and Roger Hunt, ready to wed.​UPDATE (12:45 pm): Hold everything. Now we're told that the judge's ruling doesn't go into effect until Aug. 18. There's a press conference being held now to explain the ramifications of the latest decision. We'll update you when we know more.   UPDATE ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Jurist, Teabagger, Porn King: The Ravings of Conservative Nutjobs Against Vaughn Walker

    Photo illustration | Audrey FukumanRight-wing loons likened Judge Vaughn Walker to a porn impresario​U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's decision overturning Proposition 8 is, by the reckoning of most sensible observers, a masterpiece of judicial prose and reasoning. As such, it has been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Google Sued For Collecting Payload Data In Street View Debacle

    You can trust Google, right? Right? ​Two more plaintiffs have filed yet another class action lawsuit against Google for collecting private data as its cars drove around photographing every corner in the country -- and several other countries as well -- for Google Street View. The British governmen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Federal Judge Skeptical About S.F. Fishermen's Oil Spill Lawsuit

    Next year's catch?​U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston has expressed some misgivings about the strength of a class-action lawsuit against the owners and operators of the Dubai Star, a Panamanian tanker that leaked up to 800 gallons of fuel into San Francisco Bay last October.In a written decis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Apple Sued for Allegedly Failing to Honor Warranty of 'Wet' iPhones

    You're shit outta luck...​A San Francisco woman is suing Apple, Inc. in a class action suit filed in U.S. District Court,  alleging that the company refuses to honor the phone's warranty by telling her the phone's "liquid submersion indicator" showed the phone had been dunked in water when it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    City Reverses Course, Promises No Reduction in Homeless Beds in 2010

    Jacob Riis​San Francisco officials are expected to file documents in federal court this week stating they have reached an agreement with anti-poverty activists on a pledge to not reduce the number of shelter beds available to homeless people this year.This represents an about-face from city policy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Judge Dismisses NSA Spying Lawsuit, Asserting Too Many People Were Spied On

    You read that right. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker has dismissed a lawsuit in San Francisco's federal courthouse against the U.S. government, stating in his ruling that the plaintiffs' complaint that they were illegally monitored under the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretap pr ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2009

    Feds complain that S.F.'s sanctuary city policies impeded investigation of Latino gang

    You read that right. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker has dismissed a lawsuit in San Francisco's federal courthouse against the U.S. government, stating in his ruling that the plaintiffs' complaint that they were illegally monitored under the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretap pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    All that Glitters: Foster City Woman Slapped with SEC Suit Over Alleged Gold Mine Stock Scam

    Don't buy itAll you underpaid and unemployed folks trying to get by in today's bad economy can file this one away in the "Why Didn't I Think of That?" category. Don't worry -- most of us wouldn't believe we could successfully sell loads of fake stock in a non-existent Filipino gold-mining corporatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Here's a Shock: Cop Sues Taser Over Stun-Gun Safety

    Apparently, Taser training's not as fun as it looksThere are times when real-world events conspire overwhelmingly to defeat arguments for a policy or theory. Think about the fate of Soviet-style collective farming, say, or -- to pull an example from the past year's headlines -- the idea that unregul ... More >>

  • News

    February 18, 2009

    Leader of Down Below Gang blames PTSD for killings

    Apparently, Taser training's not as fun as it looksThere are times when real-world events conspire overwhelmingly to defeat arguments for a policy or theory. Think about the fate of Soviet-style collective farming, say, or -- to pull an example from the past year's headlines -- the idea that unregul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Feds: Cut-Rate Computer Seller Accused of Cutting Customers' Promised Rebates

    In a suit filed yesterday in San Francisco's U.S. District Court, the Federal Trade Commission accused Market Development Specialists of offering $20-to-$150 rebates it won't pay out.The Indiana-based company buys and resells computers and equipment via institutions such as Office Depot, Buy.com and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    Do Those Bastards Owe You Some Money? Actually, They Probably Do. See How to Get Your Pound of Flesh Right Here.

    In a suit filed yesterday in San Francisco's U.S. District Court, the Federal Trade Commission accused Market Development Specialists of offering $20-to-$150 rebates it won't pay out.The Indiana-based company buys and resells computers and equipment via institutions such as Office Depot, Buy.com and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2008

    Bush to California: screw you and your ocean

    In a suit filed yesterday in San Francisco's U.S. District Court, the Federal Trade Commission accused Market Development Specialists of offering $20-to-$150 rebates it won't pay out.The Indiana-based company buys and resells computers and equipment via institutions such as Office Depot, Buy.com and ... More >>

  • News

    April 4, 2007

    Battle Lines

    Richmond residents take aim at plans to expand a medical center they say is already overbuilt

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    The Chron Behind Bars

    A judge has ordered two Chronicle reporters to serve time unless they divulge their source on Bonds' steroid use. Do you think they should be made to spill the beans?

  • Film

    February 19, 2003

    California Split

    Who's winning what at the upcoming S.F. International Film Festival

  • News

    December 5, 2001

    Dog Bites

    Au Couture, Mon Frére! Is It Good or Bad to Be Libeled by an Idiot? Writing Wrongs

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of April 18, 2001

  • News

    March 8, 2000

    Craps

    A gambling site operator rolls the dice in court, and loses

  • Calendar

    July 23, 1997

    Unspun

    A gambling site operator rolls the dice in court, and loses

  • Calendar

    April 5, 1995

    Slap Shots

    A gambling site operator rolls the dice in court, and loses

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