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Latest News in California

  • September 04, 2026

    Real Estate Recap: Law Firm Office Tips, Remote Data Centers

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into law office strategies in premier markets and the pros and cons of building data centers on unincorporated land.

  • September 04, 2026

    9th Circ. Tosses Conviction Over Hand Tattoo Testimony

    The Ninth Circuit has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of robbing a store in Washington, finding that he was not testifying in his own defense when he showed jurors that he had tattoos on his hand, unlike the hand of the man seen committing the robbery in security camera footage.

  • September 04, 2026

    Verisign, ICANN Accused Of Locking In .Com Monopoly

    Verisign, which controls the database that makes every .com website functional, has monopolized .com registry services and keeps its power through a financial arrangement with the nonprofit charged with promoting competition in the domain name marketplace, according to a consumer antitrust lawsuit filed Friday in California federal court.

  • September 04, 2026

    Calif. Privacy Agency Flags Data Brokers' Reporting Gaps

    California's privacy agency is warning data brokers that they run the risk of accumulating hefty daily fines for not only failing to register with the agency, but also for providing inaccurate information about their data collection and sale activities in connection with that registration. 

  • September 04, 2026

    DivX Loses Bid For New Patent Trial After Loss To Netflix

    DivX cannot have a new trial over anti-copying and image-quality patents after a California jury cleared Netflix of infringement in March, a federal judge ruled Friday, saying the video compression technology company hasn't shown the jury's decision was not supported by substantial evidence.

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