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March 06, 2026
Breyer Urges Attys In Heated Twitter Investor Trial To Cool Off
The judge overseeing a California federal trial over Twitter investors' allegations that Elon Musk intentionally tanked the company's stock urged lawyers to cool down over the weekend and "gain composure," after a heated fight in which a lawyer for the investors called a Musk attorney's conduct disgraceful.
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March 06, 2026
Meta, Google Begin Defense As Mental Harm Plaintiff Rests
Attorneys for the plaintiff in a landmark bellwether California trial in a suit accusing Instagram and YouTube of harming children's mental health rested their case Friday, opting not to call the plaintiff's mother to testify live despite the defense portraying her as the potential cause of the plaintiff's mental health struggles.
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March 06, 2026
Investor's Memoir 'Lifted' Account Of Sex Assault, Suit Says
The bestselling memoir "The Tell," written by investor Amy Griffin and featured by Oprah's book club, contains a fabricated account of a middle school sexual assault that was "lifted" from the life of a teenage acquaintance, according to a privacy suit filed in California state court.
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March 06, 2026
Disney To Pay $50M To End YouTube, DirecTV Stream Claims
The Walt Disney Co. will pay $50 million in its settlement with YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream users in antitrust litigation alleging Disney drove up the cost of streaming live pay television by forcing its pricey ESPN sports channel on streaming platforms, the plaintiffs have told a California federal judge.
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March 06, 2026
Polymarket Pushes For Block On Mich. Gambling Enforcement
Polymarket US urged a Michigan federal judge to block the Great Lakes State from initiating any illegal gambling enforcement action against it, saying its prediction market exchange falls entirely under the purview of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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