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Latest News in California

  • March 18, 2026

    9th Circ. Upholds Bulk Denial Of Worker Tax Credits

    Two tax preparation companies don't have enough interest in their clients' refunds to stop the IRS from issuing batch denials of thousands of pandemic-era worker credit claims, the Ninth Circuit found, affirming an Arizona district court's ruling.

  • March 18, 2026

    Google Wins Dismissal Of Tech Patent Fight In Calif.

    A California federal judge has thrown out litigation accusing Google of infringing search and computer processing patents, finding the Irish company that sued it didn't have standing in one case and that a second case was duplicative of the first.

  • March 18, 2026

    Toy Co. Not Covered In Unpaid Judgment Fight, 8th Circ. Says

    An insurer needn't defend a toy company accused by a competitor of using legal proceedings to evade payment of an $8.5 million default judgment for false advertising, the Eighth Circuit has ruled, holding that the policy's malicious prosecution coverage doesn't extend to abuse of process claims.

  • March 17, 2026

    King & Spalding Adds Winston & Strawn IP Litigator In SF

    The parade of Winston & Strawn LLP litigators moving to King & Spalding LLP continues with a patent litigator being the latest to make the move, becoming a partner in the San Francisco office.

  • March 17, 2026

    Instagram Layers Backups To Catch Bad Content, Jury Told

    Instagram's algorithm data head told a New Mexico jury Tuesday that Meta layers processes to ward against harmful content, so if a violating post is missed and starts going viral, it can be caught by a backstop.

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