Craig Anderson

2 weeks ago | dailyjournal.com | Craig Anderson

An amicus brief supporting Perkins Coie LLP in its fight against President Donald Trump's executive order imposing what the firm called "severe sanctions," filed Friday, laid bare the divisions among the nation's major law firms. The brief by Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP partner Donald B.

1 month ago | dailyjournal.com | Craig Anderson

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel, divided along partisan lines, on Monday denied an administrative stay requested by the Trump administration that would have blocked Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup's preliminary injunction blocking the firing of tens of thousands of federal probationary employees.

1 month ago | dailyjournal.com | Craig Anderson

A federal judge in San Francisco on Saturday night rejected the Trump administration's motion asking him to stay his preliminary injunction ordering six federal government departments to immediately reinstate probationary employees who were fired last month. Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup - an appointee of President Bill Clinton -- also issued his preliminary injunction, granted from the bench on Thursday morning, in written form on Friday night.

1 month ago | dailyjournal.com | Craig Anderson

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped a complaint against a Los Angeles lending platform, SoLo Funds Inc., that it charged last year with advertising no-interest loans when the agency claimed the company charged high fees in the form of a "tip" or "donation." The CFPB, under the Trump Administration, dismissed the entire case -- with prejudice -- in the Central District of California on Friday. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v.

2 months ago | dailyjournal.com | Craig Anderson

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday evening rejected the Trump administration's motion for a partial stay of a Washington state judge's preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order revoking birthright citizenship. The three-judge panel agreed with Senior U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour of the Western District of Washington's decision to grant a nationwide injunction against Trump, although for slightly different reasons.