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Latest News in California

  • July 08, 2026

    Calif. Judge Won't Reopen Asbestos Suit Against Reinsurers

    A California federal judge has declined to reopen an asbestos suit by an insurance exchange for the trucking industry against a group of reinsurers as the parties battle whether to remove a supposedly "side-switching" arbitrator, saying the arbitration is proceeding in New York.

  • July 08, 2026

    Meta Nears Ax Of Suits Over Pump-And-Dump Facebook Ads

    A California federal judge said Wednesday he's inclined to toss two proposed class actions alleging that Meta's AI tools enabled investment schemes advertised on Facebook, saying the litigation appears to be "on all fours" with a recent ruling in the same district finding such state claims are barred under federal securities law.

  • July 08, 2026

    Google Slips Suit Over Alleged AI Spying On Users, For Now

    A California federal judge has tossed, with permission to amend, a putative class action accusing Google of secretly tracking its email, chat and videoconferencing users' private communications through its Gemini AI assistant, finding that the plaintiffs had failed to provide enough specifics about what data Google accessed or any future harms they may face.

  • July 08, 2026

    Cannabis Firm Escapes Default In Pot Product Supply Dispute

    A California cannabis products distributor has overcome a default judgment in a $306,000 contract dispute after a California state court judge said that the plaintiff's delivery of a copy of the summons and complaint to the company's warehouse floor manager at the wrong address does not count as serving the defendant.

  • July 08, 2026

    Seagate's $175M Investor Deal Over Illegal Sales Gets First OK

    A California federal judge has preliminarily approved a $175 million deal between data storage company Seagate Technologies and its investors to end claims that the company misrepresented that it could sell products to a blacklisted Chinese company.

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