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  • September 16, 2026

    9th Circ. Revives Bad Faith Claim In Title Insurance Row

    A split Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday partially reinstated Washington state property owners' suit accusing an insurer of bad faith by refusing to defend them and representing their opposing neighbors in an easement dispute, saying the lower court improperly relied on a case that didn't address bad faith.

  • September 16, 2026

    SEC Fines Ex-Okta Employees In Insider Trading Case

    Two former Okta sales managers have reached settlements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve claims that they traded Okta stock on insider information before the company announced that its financial plan for the year needed adjustment.

  • September 16, 2026

    Vanguard Trims But Can't Shake Users' Data Tracking Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge tossed federal wiretapping and California invasion of privacy claims brought against investment management company Vanguard in a user class action over third-party tracking and sharing of data, but allowed the plaintiffs to amend the suit while keeping a state-based wiretapping claim alive. 

  • September 16, 2026

    Ford Says Quill & Arrow Can't Escape Lemon Law Fee Fight

    Ford Motor Co. has told a California federal judge that Quill & Arrow LLP must face claims that it saddled Ford with high-priced legal bills for work purportedly handled by virtual assistants overseas or nonlawyers, saying the personal injury firm's "fraud factory" tactics cannot continue unchecked.

  • September 16, 2026

    9th Circ. Backs OpenAI, Microsoft Win Over Source Code Suit

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the dismissal of a case brought by a group of anonymous programmers who accused OpenAI and Microsoft of taking source code from public repositories on GitHub, ruling that the programmers had not sufficiently put the court on notice that it wished to pursue a theory related to artificial intelligence inputs.

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