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  • October 30, 2026

    OCC Has 'Serious' Concerns On Calif. Climate-Disclosure Law

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is lobbying California environmental regulators for a national bank carveout from their anticipated state climate-related disclosure rules, signaling it could otherwise seek to shield banks with its federal preemption powers.

  • October 30, 2026

    Real Estate Recap: Weil Leases, CEQA, Trudeau

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including an early look at CMBS exposure to Weil Gotshal as the firm charts a wind-down, how streamlining the California Environmental Quality Act could affect data centers, and industry observations from former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Urban Land Institute's annual meeting.

  • October 30, 2026

    Split 9th Circ. Won't Let Feds Set Aside 20K Calif. Ballots

    A split Ninth Circuit panel on Friday denied the Trump administration's request for an order requiring California to set aside some 20,000 mail-in ballots it claims were sent to suspected noncitizens, saying the government hadn't shown that "such extraordinary relief, during an ongoing election, is clearly required by law."

  • October 30, 2026

    'Why Would I Deceive You?': Fact-Checking The Holmes Doc

    With former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' criminal case receiving renewed attention following the recent release of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's documentary "You Can See Everything," Law360 answers questions about Holmes' 2022 securities fraud conviction and fact-checks some of the documentary's most talked-about moments.

  • October 30, 2026

    'I Can't Get An Answer': Fair Use Fight Irks Anthropic Judge

    A California federal judge overseeing music publishers' high-stakes copyright fight with Anthropic over song lyrics expressed frustration during a hearing Friday, calling Anthropic's fair use arguments "slippery" and citing an "overarching concern" that she can't get clear answers about the categories of AI outputs at issue.

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