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Latest News in California

  • November 06, 2026

    Pornhub Gets Initial Nod For $120M Child Content Class Deal

    A California federal judge granted preliminary approval Friday to a $120 million settlement reached by the companies behind Pornhub to end certified class claims in California and Alabama by child sex trafficking and sexual abuse material survivors who allege the video-sharing website profited from crimes committed against them.

  • November 06, 2026

    LA Judge Won't Toss $1.7M Freight Suit Against Vape Biz

    A vape manufacturer cannot escape a $1.7 million lawsuit over unpaid freight, a Los Angeles judge ruled, finding the complaint adequately pleaded to alter ego and fraud claims.

  • November 06, 2026

    Threat Claims In $1M Usury Suit Need More Facts, Judge Says

    A lender can't fully escape claims that he charged illegal interest on a $1 million loan, a California state judge has ruled after trimming the borrowers' emotional-distress claim, which leaned on speculation that the lender had illicit ties to the cannabis industry.

  • November 06, 2026

    Cities, Counties Fight Revival Of FEMA Election Conditions

    Cities and counties in Ohio, Tennessee and Texas, along with two dozen state allies, urged the D.C. Circuit to reject the Trump administration's push to revive a vacated Federal Emergency Management Agency rule that conditioned counterterrorism grant funding on election policy changes.

  • November 06, 2026

    Calif. Picks Atty With Overhaul Plans For New Insurance Chief

    California voters elected as their new insurance commissioner a former San Francisco supervisor who wants to overhaul the state's insurance system by establishing a state-run universal disaster insurance program that would guarantee coverage for wildfires and floods.

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