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Latest News in California

  • October 19, 2026

    High Court Won't Hear Google's 'Settled Expectations' Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case in which Google argued that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has exceeded its authority by using the age of patents as a reason to refuse to review them.

  • October 19, 2026

    Justices Decline To Consider Police Raid Takings Circuit Split

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a pair of cases that ask whether there is a police power exemption to the Fifth Amendment's takings clause, a question that has fractured the lower courts.

  • October 16, 2026

    Wells Fargo Beats Ex-CEO's $34M Back-Pay Lawsuit

    Wells Fargo prevailed in a California state court battle with its former CEO Timothy Sloan over roughly $34 million in compensation he has accused it of wrongfully withholding after his 2019 departure from the bank amid intense public scrutiny of its compliance record.

  • October 16, 2026

    Real Estate Recap: Adaptive Reuse, NYC Affordable Housing

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney interviews on adaptive reuse as a defense against tariff-induced price spikes and New York's latest effort to fast-track affordable housing.

  • October 16, 2026

    State Telecom Roundup: Clearing The Way For BEAD Funds

    Nearly five years after the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program was signed into law by then-President Joe Biden, states have finally started disbursing funds to subgrantees who will carry out the projects that are supposed to end the digital divide.

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