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Latest News in California

  • April 30, 2026

    Fox News Can't Yet Duck Newsom's $787M Defamation Suit

    A Delaware state judge Thursday refused to throw out California Gov. Gavin Newsom's $787 million defamation claims over Fox News' coverage of his June 6 phone call with President Donald Trump, ruling that Newsom has plausibly alleged that Fox News knew it was making false statements when it made them.

  • April 30, 2026

    5 States Join Bid To Block $6.2B Nexstar-Tegna Merger

    Five states on Thursday joined a coalition of others who sued to challenge Nexstar Media Group Inc.'s then-proposed $6.2 billion merger with Tegna Inc., alleging in an amended antitrust complaint that the currently frozen deal will eliminate consumers' choices for local news and diminish diversity in news coverage.

  • April 30, 2026

    OpenAI Judge Pauses Trial To Probe Musk Attys On $97B Bid

    A California federal jury trial over Elon Musk's challenge to OpenAI's for-profit conversion paused on a precarious note Thursday after Musk's legal team failed to object to a document during Musk's cross-examination, and inadvertently opened the door to wide-ranging and potentially damaging evidence into Musk's $97.4 billion acquisition proposal.

  • April 30, 2026

    Ad Network Can't Ditch Suit Over Mobile App User Tracking

    A California federal judge refused to toss a putative class action accusing mobile advertising network InMobi of unlawfully collecting detailed, sensitive information from users of apps that integrate its software tools, finding the plaintiff adequately alleged the technology functions as a "pen register" that's prohibited by the state's wiretap law. 

  • April 30, 2026

    Monsanto Keeps Trial Win In Roundup Cancer Case

    A California state appeals court has affirmed a defense verdict for Monsanto in a Roundup cancer lawsuit, saying the trial court did not allow improper regulatory evidence concerning the herbicide.

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