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April 27, 2026
Fed. Privacy Bill Favors Biz Over People, Calif. Agency Says
The California Privacy Protection Agency is the latest to speak out against a recent congressional proposal to establish a federal data privacy framework that would wipe out more stringent state protections, arguing Monday that this approach would be a "significant step backward" in efforts to shield consumers from data misuse.
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April 29, 2026
Mapping The Affordability Crisis: A Special Report
With spring homebuying season in full swing, policymakers are pushing proposals aimed at expanding affordable housing. Law360 Real Estate Authority delves into these federal and localized developments, breaking down the contents of the proposals and how real estate attorneys are responding.
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April 27, 2026
Meta Seeks A Rally As Instagram Addiction Suit Losses Mount
After a run of litigation losses, Meta Platforms Inc. will have to rethink its strategy in and out of court in an effort to beat back suits from coast to coast claiming that it is illegally hooking kids on Instagram, experts said, with everything from aggressive litigation to a global settlement on the table.
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April 27, 2026
Did Hedge Fund 'Greed' Hurt Vaxart Investors? Jury To Decide
Armistice Capital and two of its executives used misleading press releases to pump and dump $250 million in Vaxart stock during the pandemic through misleading press releases in an act of pandemic-era "greed," investors' counsel told a California federal jury during closing arguments Monday, while the hedge fund defendants' lawyer countered Vaxart's announcements were "true and accurate."
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April 27, 2026
9th Circ. Affirms Calif. Officials' Immunity In Pollution Suit
The Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court's ruling that a citizen cannot sue two California officials over alleged groundwater contamination due to their sovereign immunity, brushing off a dissenting judge's warning the opinion could allow state facilities to "pollute willy-nilly."
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