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October 28, 2026
A Texas appellate court froze a lower court's order giving state Rep. Gina Hinojosa access to unredacted correspondence between Gov. Greg Abbott's office and the sometime trillionaire Elon Musk.
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October 28, 2026
A Los Angeles attorney and his business partner are accused in a California state lawsuit of diverting investor money to pay for private jet flights, bar dues and other personal expenses instead of funding business-to-consumer cannabis trade shows, including the failed 2022 Green Street Festival.
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October 28, 2026
A Ninth Circuit judge doubted Uber's request Wednesday to claw back 42 documents inadvertently produced in sexual assault multidistrict litigation during its attorney-client privilege rereview, telling counsel, "At a certain point, we have to say stop, put your pencils down," and asking why this shouldn't be "an example of lessons learned."
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October 28, 2026
A Chicago federal judge on Wednesday set an evidentiary hearing for December to investigate whether a trademark lawsuit against 100 online sellers was used to obtain a court order directing Amazon to transfer more than $711,000 in frozen seller funds, some of which the company says were already subject to unrelated restraints.
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October 28, 2026
A Missouri federal judge has issued sanctions against mining companies, including one run by billionaire Ira Rennert, in a lawsuit by Peruvians alleging the defendants exposed children to toxins, finding that the companies filed two separate actions in Florida to get around discovery orders in the present case.
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