The Norton Law Firm’s appellate litigators are involved in numerous high-stakes matters, identifying the legal and trial errors that give clients the greatest chance of reversing a defeat in the lower court, as well as crafting the strategies and briefs to protect a victory. Partner and California State Bar-Certified Appellate Specialist Josephine K. Petrick, who […]
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Authors: Rebecca Kutlow and George C. Harris The Norton Law Firm’s litigation practice includes representation of plaintiffs harmed through constitutional violations by government officials. It has represented wrongfully convicted clients in two recent cases, one of which resulted in a $15 million settlement and one in which the defendants’ appeal of the district court’s denial of […]
Read MoreBy Gil Walton In Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to determine “[w]hether a federal court may certify a class action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) when some members of the proposed class lack any Article III injury.” This is a question that, for […]
Read MoreBy George C. Harris and Emily Kirk This update to our August 2024 blog, “Ninth Circuit En Banc Review of Personal Jurisdiction Over Internet-Based Businesses: the ‘Expressly Aimed’ Requirement,” analyzes the April 21, 2025 en banc decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversing the district court’s dismissal of Brandon Briskin’s complaint in Briskin v. […]
Read MoreBy Nathan Walker On April 23, 2025, the Supreme Court of California ruled that contract clauses that limit damages for willful tortious injury to the person or property of another are invalid under California Civil Code section 1668. The ruling came in response to a certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for […]
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