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Clientron Corp. v. Devon IT Inc.
(United States Third Circuit) – Vacated and remanded. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37, the district court was not required to shield a company’s co-owner from a sanction imposed on her co-owner husband due to his discovery misconduct....

In re Marriage of Binette
(California Court of Appeal) – Affirmed an order setting aside a default judgment in favor of the wife in a family law case where the husband argued that the court relied on an incorrect legal standard in vacating the judgment. The appeals court held...

In re Sofia M
(California Court of Appeal) – Affirmed post judgment order. In a child abuse case, children were removed from their Mother and placed with relatives. The Mother appealed the decision to terminate her parental rights as to the oldest child Sofia, then...

In re E.A
(California Court of Appeal) – Two US citizen minors were found living in squalid conditions and neglected by their parents in Tijuana. The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency brought them to San Diego and initiated dependency petitions...