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Latest News in California

  • September 02, 2026

    Split 9th Circ. Curbs Foreign Asset Forfeiture Without Control

    A split Ninth Circuit panel Wednesday held that courts must determine that they have, at the very least, constructive control over a foreign defendant's property to establish jurisdiction in a forfeiture case, pointing to the Fifth Amendment's due process clause.

  • September 02, 2026

    Walmart Says IP Suit Docs Can't Be Used In Malpractice Case

    Walmart has asked an Arkansas federal court to order food tech startup Zest Labs to comply with a protective order from the parties' settled trade secret dispute and block it from disclosing Walmart's confidential information in Zest's malpractice suit against its former attorneys.

  • September 02, 2026

    Alanis Morissette Accuses 'Terrible' Tour Manager Of Extortion

    Rock star Alanis Morissette sued her former tour manager in California federal court Tuesday over claims she was the victim of a "calculated blackmail campaign" in which the manager threatened to falsely report her for drug trafficking unless she paid "massive compensation" and agreed to employ the worker as a tour director for 15 years.

  • September 02, 2026

    USPTO Policies Spur Reps To Float Conditions On Fee Power

    Several lawmakers expressed concern at a hearing Wednesday about recent U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policies, including increased denials of patent reviews, and questioned if Congress should respond by putting conditions on the office's power to set its own fees.

  • September 02, 2026

    B. Riley Investors, Alleging Fraud, Seek Class Certification

    A group of investors has moved for class certification in their suit accusing B. Riley Financial Inc. of failing to disclose risks related to its dealings with Brian Kahn, an investment manager who recently pled guilty to securities fraud over his role in the collapse of a $400 million hedge fund.

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