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Latest News in California
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March 20, 2026
5th Circ. Wipes Out FTC's TurboTax 'Deceptive' Ad Ruling
The Fifth Circuit on Friday vacated the Federal Trade Commission's cease-and-desist order imposed on Intuit Inc. for its TurboTax advertising that regulators say duped customers into thinking they could file their tax returns for free, saying the agency's in-house decision is unconstitutional, and the dispute must go to federal court.
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March 20, 2026
PowerSchool, Bain Can't Skirt MDL Over Student Data Breach
A California federal judge has refused to toss multidistrict litigation seeking to hold PowerSchool and its majority stakeholder Bain Capital liable for a data breach that exposed roughly 50 million individuals' personal data, finding that Bain's involvement in the education technology provider's cybersecurity operations "went beyond what an ordinary investor would do."
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March 20, 2026
Meta Exec Grilled On Messaging Policy Before Defense Rests
A New Mexico jury saw Meta's head of child safety policy questioned Friday regarding where the line is drawn on adult-to-minor messaging before the company rested its case at the end of a six-week bellwether trial.
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March 20, 2026
Supermicro Co-Founder Exported AI Tech To China, Feds Say
A founder of Super Micro Computer Inc. and two others associated with the information technology company were charged Thursday with conspiring to divert $2.5 billion worth of servers that use Nvidia's artificial intelligence technology to China, in violation of U.S. export controls, New York federal prosecutors said.
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March 20, 2026
Social Media Jury Signals Potential Trouble For Meta, Google
After six full days deliberating in a California bellwether trial over allegations that Meta Platforms Inc. and Google LLC harm children's mental health through their social media platforms, the jury submitted a question to the judge potentially indicating it may be leaning in favor of finding one or both defendants liable.
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