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Latest News in California

  • March 11, 2026

    Uber Must Fork Over Internal Docs In FTC Subscription Fight

    A California magistrate judge ordered Uber to produce numerous internal documents to the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday in litigation accusing the ride-share giant of enrolling consumers into its paid subscription service without consent, after the FTC accused the company of stonewalling discovery and producing only 72 documents totaling 179 pages.

  • March 11, 2026

    9th Circ. Reviews Stay Policy Amid Trump Appointees' Attack

    The Ninth Circuit's chief judge said the court is reviewing how to manage its "enormous immigration docket" after several judges appointed by President Donald Trump "unilaterally disrupted" the court's policymaking with a ruling questioning the legality of the court's practice to automatically stay deportations pending a review of the merits.

  • March 11, 2026

    Meta, Google Rest In Bellwether Social Media Harm Trial

    Meta Platforms and Google rested their defense Wednesday in a landmark California bellwether trial accusing their social media platforms of harming children, with the cases-in-chief ending in a somewhat anticlimactic manner as jurors were shown videotaped depositions after weeks of dramatic live testimony and attorney theatrics.

  • March 11, 2026

    Uber Argues It Doesn't Have Same Duty To Safety As Taxi Cos.

    Uber can't be held liable for the alleged sexual assault of a passenger by a North Carolina driver, the company told the California federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation over similar claims, arguing that it is a technology company and therefore doesn't have the same duty to ensure passenger safety as a taxi company.

  • March 11, 2026

    Calif. City Must Pay Dow, PPG $6.5M Over Hidden Reports

    A San Francisco judge on Wednesday ordered a California city to pay more than $6.5 million in sanctions for destroying and concealing reports in litigation against Dow Chemical and PPG Industries over dry cleaning chemicals that allegedly contaminated city sites, calling the withheld discovery an "explosive development."

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