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Latest News in California

  • July 22, 2026

    AI Training Platform Misclassifies College Workers, Suit Says

    A company that recruits workers to train artificial intelligence models misclassified thousands of college students and others as independent contractors while controlling their assignments, pay and work methods, a proposed class and collective action in California federal court alleges.

  • July 21, 2026

    Data Capture Alone Doesn't Violate Calif. License Plate Law

    A California state appeals court has refused to revive a proposed class action that accused a vehicle location data company of unlawfully collecting drivers' data through automatic license plate readers, saying in a published opinion that the suit's plaintiff couldn't lean on his "subjective belief" that his privacy was invaded.

  • July 21, 2026

    Full Fed. Circ. Won't Review Apple's ITC Loss Against Masimo

    The full slate of Federal Circuit judges will not reconsider a panel's determination that Apple has infringed Masimo Corp.'s blood oxygen monitor patents in a high-profile case that led to some Apple Watch imports being banned.

  • July 21, 2026

    Claims Tossed That Fund Backed Child Sexual Abuse Material

    A hedge fund and its affiliates have escaped claims over financing and advice they provided Pornhub's parent company, as a California federal judge found the suit didn't show they had a direct connection to traffickers who uploaded child sexual abuse material or that they knew the platform was "rampant" with the content.

  • July 21, 2026

    Atty Immunity Should Cut Firm From Fee Suit, Judge Says

    A Texas federal judge has recommended letting California law firm Bartko Pavia out of a lawsuit brought by litigation boutique Williams Simons & Landis PC over alleged unpaid legal fees, saying attorney immunity shields the California firm.

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