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Latest News in California

  • July 17, 2026

    Wealth Management Co. To Pay $1.85M In SEC's Scam Case

    A California federal judge has ordered a purported wealth management company and its managing member to pay $1.85 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission stemming from a pair of fraud schemes, including one involving an elaborate ruse invoking ties to the wealth of the royal family of Qatar.

  • July 17, 2026

    9th Circ. Tosses Child Sex Abuse Conviction Over Bad Search

    A Ninth Circuit panel threw out the conviction of a man who pled guilty to recording himself raping his 7-year-old daughter in Washington, saying Friday that officers discovered the videos on his computer after going beyond the bounds of an unrelated search warrant.

  • July 17, 2026

    Judge Decries 'Extreme' Penalty Bids In Social Media MDL

    A California federal judge overseeing an upcoming trial over states' social media addiction claims against Meta took issue with both sides' "extreme" penalty estimates during a pretrial hearing Friday, saying the states' $1.4 trillion proposal is "unreasonable," but Meta's $4 million estimate "is not even a slap on the hand."

  • July 17, 2026

    Extreme Networks Investors Win Cert. In COVID Sales Dip Suit

    A California federal judge has certified a class of Extreme Networks investors who say they were misled about its financial prospects during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding their out-of-pocket damages are measurable on a classwide basis and that they don't have to prove their case via common evidence.

  • July 17, 2026

    Taylor Farms, Taco Bell Sued Over Cyclospora Outbreak

    Taylor Farms and Taco Bell are facing proposed class litigation in California, Michigan and Ohio federal courts after public health officials linked contaminated lettuce that was supplied to Taco Bell to a parasitic outbreak that's sickened more than 1,600 people in several states.

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