The Law of Rebuilding LA

Professor Zachary Price (UC Hastings College of the Law) discusses why courts should be wary of overstating the reliance interests that arise from federal non-enforcement regimes, and says that - whatever one's views on the underlying policy - separation of powers concerns recommend reversal of the Northern District's DACA injunction.

What does the 9th Circuit's unwinding of a multi-state class action settlement against Hyundai augur for future nationwide suits, or for already concluded claims like the ND CA's $15B Volkswagen settlement? Andrew Trask (McGuire Woods; Class Action Countermeasures) discusses.

SCOTUS will soon consider whether Securities and Exchange Commission administrative law judges have been duly appointed, casting doubt on years of (and billions of dollars in) past, pending and future enforcement actions, says former SEC senior counsel Peter Altman (now a partner with Akin Gump)

As SCOTUS considers Ohio's program to notice and then purge inactive voters from the state's registry, opposing amici Robert Popper (Judicial Watch) and Aderson Francois (Georgetown Law) offer competing takes on whether Ohio's approach violates federal law. Plus, reporter Nick Sonnenburg explains how the Department of Justice hopes to leapfrog 9th Circuit review of the Northern District's DACA injunction.

A violent chemistry lab stabbing prompts California's high court to reconsider whether state universities owe their students a duty of care; a split 2DCA said no, but Sharon Arkin (Arkin Law Firm) argues a limited duty is proper. Plus, Niels Frenzen (USC Law) unpacks the likely Ninth Circuit-bound block of the Trump administration's DACA rescission

As the California Supreme Court mulls whether compelled DNA swabs of felony arrestees are constitutional, Michael Risher (ACLU of Northern California) contends our state's heightened protections (and the Fourth Amendment, too) forbid such seizures

SCOTUS should use 'China Agritech v. Resh' to clarify that 'American Pipe' tolling does not protect successive class claims, says amicus Rachel Brass (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher), as she unpacks one of the high court's latest cert grants; plus, a run down of this week's notable appellate rulings

SCOTUS takes on a second partisan gerrymandering case, signaling a willingness to finally brave the thorny legal thicket this term, says election law expert Richard Pildes (NYU Law); plus 9th Circuit reporter Nick Sonnenburg unpacks oral arguments in a novel constitutional challenge by youth plaintiffs over the government's handling of climate change

As California's aquifers diminish, the state high court clarified Monday just what latitude groundwater management districts have when setting pumping fees, explains Adam Hofmann (Hanson Bridgett LLP). And, immigration reporter Chase DiFeliciantonio details Wednesday's 9th Circuit oral argument on the latest travel ban, and what Monday's SCOTUS order fully enforcing it signals for a likely-imminent Supreme Court review on the merits.

As SCOTUS considers the constitutionality of Inter Partes Review, an administrative adjudication meant to streamline patent challenges, Ben Davidson (Davidson Law Group) explains the case, the process, and the competing legal and policy arguments.