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Latest News in California
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March 03, 2026
Hawaiian Electric Investors Get First OK Of $48M Wildfire Deal
Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. and its investors have received initial approval of their nearly $48 million deal settling a California federal suit blaming it for the downturn in its stock price following a deadly 2023 fire on Maui.
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March 03, 2026
Charges Signal Tougher Stance On Execs' Bankruptcy Fraud
The recent criminal charges stemming from the Tricolor and First Brands bankruptcy cases may represent a sea change in the willingness of federal prosecutors to use bankruptcy fraud as a basis to charge corporate officers more frequently alongside traditional statutes such as wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering, say attorneys at White & Case.
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March 03, 2026
Thoma Bravo Acquires Logistics Provider WWEX In $5B Deal
Technology-focused private equity firm Thoma Bravo on Tuesday unveiled plans to acquire third-party logistics provider WWEX Group from a consortium of investors that includes CVC Capital Partners, and also announced a plan to merge WWEX Group with its existing portfolio company Auctane once the acquisition closes.
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March 03, 2026
How SF Family Zoning Suit Could Stymie City, Builder Goals
A recent suit asserting that San Francisco should further study the environmental impact before permitting taller buildings with more family residences could disrupt the work of project developers and local government — and give pause to other cities rezoning to add housing capacity, says Phillip Babich at Reed Smith.
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March 03, 2026
Social Media Trial Raises Key Product Safety Questions
The trial underway in a California state court against Meta and Google is unprecedented, because it marks the first time a jury has been asked to consider whether social media platforms' engagement-maximizing design can be treated as a product safety issue, or whether it is inseparable from protected expression, says Gary Angiuli at Angiuli & Gentile.
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