IN THIS ISSUE

• John Edwards Drops Out of Democratic Race
• Clint Eastwood v. Palliser Furniture Ltd., et al.
• Ross v. Ragingwire Telecommunications, Inc.
• U.S. v. Comprehensive Drug Testing, Inc. condolidated with Major League Baseball Players' Ass'n v. U.S.
• Arizona Life Coalition Inc. v. Stanton

Trial Lawyer John Edwards Withdraws From Presidential Campaign
JOHN EDWARDS DROPS OUT OF DEMOCRATIC RACE
(January 30, 2008) - Trial Lawyer and former U.S. Senator John Edwards is withdrawing from the 2008 Democratic slate of candidates running for the President. Read more...

Related Resources
• John Edwards' Notable Cases
• Edwards' Background and Bio

Clint Eastwood Sues Over 'Eastwood' Chair
CLINT EASTWOOD V. PALLISER FURNITURE LTD., ET AL.
(U.S. Dist. Ct., C.D. Calif., Jan. 16, 2008) - Award-winning Hollywood actor, director, and producer Clint Eastwood sues the maker of the 'Eastwood' home theatre chair, charging the company with unlawfully misappropriating his name to endorse and profit from sales of the product. Read more...

Related Resources
• Counsel for Eastwood, Jeffrey Abrams
• Counsel for Eastwood, Stephen M. Levine
• Lawyers for Eastwood: Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP

Calif. Supreme Court OKs Firing Over Medical Marijuana
ROSS V. RAGINGWIRE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Calif. Supreme Ct., Jan. 24, 2008) - California's highest court ruled that an employer may fire employees who use medical marijuana, even when the employee has a doctor's note approving its use in accordance with the state's Compassionate Use Act law. Read more...

Related Resources
• Stewart Katz, for Appellant-Employee
• Robert Pattison, for Respondent-Employer
• FindLaw's Employment Law Center

Prosecutors Can Retain Evidence for Investigation of Drugs in Baseball
U.S. V. COMPREHENSIVE DRUG TESTING, INC. CONDOLIDATED WITH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS' ASS'N V. U.S.
(U.S. 9th Cir., Jan. 24, 2008) - Federal prosecutors can retain certain evidence it seized from Major League Baseball's drug testing administrator, and enforce an additional subpoena, as part of an ongoing grand jury investigation into illegal steroid use by professional athletes. Read more...

State Can't Bar "Choose Life" License Plates
ARIZONA LIFE COALITION INC. V. STANTON
(U.S. 9th Cir., Jan. 28, 2009) - The Arizona License Plate Commission violated plaintiff's First Amendment right to free speech in denying its application for a special Arizona organization license plate that would portray its message "Choose Life". Through its special organization license plate program, Arizona created a limited public forum for all nonprofit organizations that meet the state's statutory requirements. Thus, because the Commission denied plaintiff's application on grounds not specified in the statute or related to the limited purpose of the license plate forum, it acted unconstitutionally. Read more...

Related Resources
• The First Amendment
• Civil Rights and the Law