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  • October 09, 2025

    9th Circ. Changes Stance On Appeals Of Anti-SLAPP Denials

    The full Ninth Circuit on Thursday held that denials of California anti-SLAPP motions can no longer be appealed in the midst of litigation, diverging from 22-year-old circuit precedent and finding that such orders aren't immediately appealable because they don't resolve issues "completely separate from the merits."

  • October 09, 2025

    Calif. Sentence Reform Laws Act 'Harmoniously,' Justices Say

    The California Supreme Court on Thursday held that prisoners up for sentence reductions under a recent law may also be eligible to have their indeterminate life terms thrown out under the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 during resentencing, saying the laws "operate harmoniously."

  • October 09, 2025

    Calif. Bans Some Ultraprocessed Foods In School Meals

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday signed a first-in-the-nation bipartisan law that will slowly phase out and eventually ban ultraprocessed foods from public school meals by 2032, marking one of the most significant changes in the state's efforts to reform nutritional standards for children in the Golden State. 

  • October 09, 2025

    Biotronik Wants Full 9th Circ. Review Of Whistleblower Ruling

    Biotronik Inc. urged the full Ninth Circuit to review a panel ruling that revived a whistleblower suit alleging the company used unlawful compensation tactics to boost heart-device sales, saying it should have been tossed based on prior disclosures in news articles.

  • October 09, 2025

    9th Circ. Probes Buyers On HIV Drug Antitrust Claims

    Insurers and health plans told a Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday that a lower court was wrong to toss their claims that Gilead orchestrated a product-hop scheme for its HIV drugs ahead of trial and for not seeing a price drop as evidence of an alleged agreement with Teva to delay generics.

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