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The Ninth Circuit Holds the First Amendment Doesn't Wait for Clerk Review of Newly Filed Complaints
In the age of e-filing, how quickly does a new complaint have to be made available to the public? In the Ninth Circuit’s view, the answer almost always is “instantly.” In Courthouse News Service v. Omundson, the Ninth Circuit held that Idaho’s policy of delaying public access to state court complaints until they’re deemed “filed” by a court clerk violated the First Amendment. --- F.4th ---, No. 24-6697, 2026 WL 2603864 (9th Cir. Sept. 3, 2026).
The Ninth Circuit Holds the First Amendment Doesn't Wait for Clerk Review of Newly Filed Complaints
Keep up with the latest legal and industry insights, news, and events from MoFo In the age of e-filing, how quickly does a new complaint have to be made available to the public? In the Ninth Circuit’s view, the answer almost always is “instantly.” In Courthouse News Service v. Omundson, the Ninth Circuit held that Idaho’s policy of delaying public access to state court complaints until they’re deemed “filed” by a court clerk violated the First Amendment.
No Writ, New Law: Ninth Circuit Uses Denied Mandamus Petition to Settle PSLRA Lead Plaintiff Rebuttal Standard
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) establishes a process for appointing the lead plaintiff in securities class actions. The statute is silent, however, on the evidentiary standard governing challenges to a presumptive lead plaintiff’s adequacy. Meanwhile, a petition for a writ of mandamus is one of the few vehicles for obtaining immediate appellate review of an otherwise unreviewable interlocutory ruling—such as an order appointing a lead plaintiff.
Ninth Circuit Uses Denied Mandamus Petition to Settle PSLRA Lead Plaintiff Rebuttal Standard
Keep up with the latest legal and industry insights, news, and events from MoFo The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) establishes a process for appointing the lead plaintiff in securities class actions. The statute is silent, however, on the evidentiary standard governing challenges to a presumptive lead plaintiff’s adequacy.
One at a Time: The Ninth Circuit Rejects the Application of Non-Mutual Offensive Collateral Estoppel for Invalidating Arbitration Agreements
Arbitration doctrine is anchored in the Federal Arbitration Act’s core mandate: arbitration agreements must be enforced according to their terms. At the same time, like any contract, arbitration agreements may be challenged on generally applicable grounds, such as unconscionability or waiver.
The Ninth Circuit Rejects the Application of Non-Mutual Offensive Collateral Estoppel for Invalidating Arbitration Agreements
The recent Ninth Circuit decision O’Dell v. Aya Healthcare Services, Inc. rejects the use of non-mutual offensive collateral estoppel to preclude enforcement of arbitration agreements. Read the full blog post.
It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over: The En Banc Ninth Circuit Simplifies Its Retroactivity Analysis And Issues Rare Rule 60(b) Reversal
How final is final when Congress steps in? A recent Ninth Circuit labor trafficking case appeared to be over several times. But a rare combination of intervening legislation, en banc review, and an unusual willingness to review a post-judgment motion gave the case a second life. The result—Ratha v. Rubicon Resources, LLC, 168 F.4th 541 (9th Cir. 2026) (en banc)—offers important lessons for appellate practitioners.
The Barsamian theory of revolution
David Barsamian — author, journalist, ‘Alternative Radio’ founder — discusses how real change can happen David Barsamian is full of quotes. Among his favorites is Samuel Huntington’s “Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight, it begins to evaporate.” Barsamian will tell you, in words rife with sarcasm and wry humor, that the media are the ones pulling the curtains.
A Seattle Met Longform List for Coronavirus Quarantine
We the People Pining for that now-verboten trip across the Atlantic? Here's how six locals dealt with the last time we got sacked with a travel ban. By Hayat Norimine, Rianna Hidalgo, Allison Williams, and James Ross Gardner Scents from a Mall: The Sticky, Untold Story of Cinnabon Don't forget: We've exported so much more than epidemics. Besides, this story’s about cinnamon rolls. Cinnamon rolls are comforting.
Development and Evaluation of a Web-Based Resource for Suicidal Thoughts: NowMattersNow.org
Citation Please cite as: Loading authors... Download: Published on 02.05.19 in Vol 21, No 5 (2019): May Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at http://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/13183, first published Dec 19, 2018.
Seattle University students build a resource to stop laws that criminalize homelessness
A team from Seattle University have analyzed anti-homelessness ordinances. They are (back row from left) Josh Howard, Javier Ortiz and Scott MacDonald, (front row) Kaya Lurie, Prof. Sara Rankin, Justin Olson and Matthew Dick. “There are some activities that are so fundamental to human existence that it defies common sense that they might be treated as crimes,” begins a 2014 report from the National Law Center on Poverty and Homelessness (NLCPH).
We The People: Meet Six Immigrants from the Six Countries on Trump's Travel Ban List
AS It was, we hadn't kept our eyes off our screens for weeks. Months, if we're being honest. A whole city obsessed. We'd be on the bus, or at the grocery store, or paused behind the wheel at a stoplight, and there was our thumb, up and down, scrolling for the next shocking update. Or we were at work, stealing glances at the news, ready to collapse the extra browser window at the first sign of our boss, even though we knew she suffered the same affliction.
Silence is Broken
As they stroll down the pedestrian path at Green Lake, chatting and laughing, it’s hard to associate Mara Willaford and Marissa Johnson with the two black liberation activists who stormed the stage, took the microphone from Bernie Sanders and called the audience white supremacists at an August rally in Seattle. Their actions, self-described as “hella rude,” quickly spurred a nationwide conversation that drifted steadily in and out of local and national media for weeks.
For Seattle Area Warriors of #NoBan, the Work Is Nonstop
Jasmin Samy tries not to use her cell phone in front of her kids. Yesterday, she was checking every few seconds. She’d canceled meetings and gone home from her office at the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Washington State (CAIR-WA), where she is the civil rights manager, to take care of her sick three-year-old daughter. Samy was waiting to hear whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals would uphold the temporary restraining order on Trump’s travel ban. “You know the feeling,” she says.
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