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Latest News in California

  • March 13, 2026

    Insurers Seek Early Win In Contractor's $1.7M Premium Suit

    Hartford insurers argued in a bid for an early win that a straightforward policy justified their decision to retroactively charge a government contractor an additional $1.7 million in premiums for misclassifying some workers as clerical, instead of warehouse, employees.

  • March 13, 2026

    Skullcandy Must Face Privacy Action Over Online Trackers

    Skullcandy Inc. cannot ditch a proposed class action accusing the headphone company of invading consumers' privacy with its use of online trackers on its website, a California federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the plaintiff adequately alleges her data was recorded without consent before being transmitted to third parties in real time.

  • March 13, 2026

    C3.ai Investor Suit Over IPO Claims Gets Final Trim

    Investors in artificial intelligence company C3.ai were told by a California federal judge that they can proceed with a slimmed-down version of their suit accusing the company and its executives of touting a worthless partnership with oil company Baker Hughes, but that they have no more chances to update it.

  • March 13, 2026

    9th Circ. Upholds Death Sentence For 1990 California Murder

    A California man sentenced to death for the murder of a female co-worker had his habeas petition challenging his conviction denied by a Ninth Circuit panel, which said a lower court had sufficient reason to prevent his arguments from moving forward.

  • March 13, 2026

    ROSS Says Anthropic Case Supports 3rd Circ. IP Appeal

    An artificial-intelligence-based legal search engine appealing a finding that its use of Thomson Reuters' Westlaw headnotes did not constitute fair use has pointed to arguments in a separate case it says supports the idea that AI training is connected to national security.

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