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April 14, 2026
A California federal judge on Tuesday granted an uncontested bid by school district plaintiffs to bar Meta and other social media companies from using nonpublic information — including their internal data — to investigate potential jurors for an upcoming bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over the alleged harms of social media addiction.
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April 14, 2026
An aluminum components manufacturer will pay $2 million to resolve a proposed class action alleging it mismanaged its employee stock ownership plan by investing non-company assets too conservatively, according to a Tuesday filing in California federal court.
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April 14, 2026
A Hims customer filed a proposed class action in California federal court Tuesday alleging the telehealth company, which provides prescription and over-the-counter medications for weight loss, sexual health, hair growth and personal care, failed to prevent a foreseeable data breach and waited two months to notify affected customers.
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April 14, 2026
The U.S. Department of Agriculture defended its move to condition grant funding on compliance with Trump administration policies on gender, women's sports, diversity and immigration, telling a Massachusetts federal judge that states can forgo the funding if they don't want to comply.
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April 14, 2026
California drivers have told the Ninth Circuit that they've offered sufficient evidence of Tesla's pervasive and misleading advertising to forge ahead with their certified class claims alleging Tesla deceived consumers into believing that its cars could fully drive themselves.
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April 14, 2026
A federal judge ruled that a former employee of a bankrupt esports company cannot pursue a Connecticut wage claim against the company's CEO in that state, saying it would impose an "immense burden" on the California-based executive, and leaving open the possibility of the suit being refiled elsewhere.
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April 14, 2026
OpenAI is pushing back after Elon Musk said he would seek to have Sam Altman removed as the artificial intelligence company's CEO in a case challenging its conversion to a for-profit entity, telling a California federal court that the last-minute change adds a host of issues just weeks before trial.
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April 14, 2026
Albertsons Cos. Inc. and the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Illinois and Oregon on Tuesday said that the pharmacy and grocery chain had agreed to a $773 million settlement in principle to end claims brought by states, local governments and Native American tribes over its role in the opioid crisis.
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April 13, 2026
Chinese artificial intelligence companies have urged a California federal court to throw out allegations from Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Universal that their service has been stealing the studios' intellectual property, calling it "ironic" that the case about artificial intelligence is "entirely artificial."
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April 13, 2026
The estate of a man who it claims was driven by ChatGPT to murder his mother and commit suicide can proceed with its federal suit against OpenAI, a California judge ruled Monday, saying there's "substantial doubt" that a state court case brought by the mother's estate would resolve the federal action's claims.
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April 13, 2026
Hyundai Motor America has asked a California federal judge to wipe out State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co.'s claims ahead of a bellwether trial next month seeking to hold the automaker liable for allegedly selling theft-prone vehicles that heightened the risk of insurance claims.
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April 13, 2026
Meta's recent state jury losses in suits over social media's harms to mental health provide clues as to what will happen this summer when a school district's suit against social platforms goes to trial in the first federal bellwether — and down the road in appeals some believe will reach the nation's high court.
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April 13, 2026
Immigrant detainees have asked a California federal judge to certify a class action challenging the inadequate medical care, poor food quality and lack of disability accommodations at a Mojave Desert detention center, arguing the allegedly unconstitutional practices harm all detainees held there.
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April 13, 2026
A Ninth Circuit judge expressed reluctance on Monday to revive a challenge to President Donald Trump's executive orders prioritizing fossil fuels to meet the country's energy needs, echoing a lower court's concern that the requested relief would give the judiciary the unmanageable task of scrutinizing countless federal agency actions.
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April 13, 2026
The Ninth Circuit refused Monday to revive a proposed class action accusing Bank of America of discriminating against Iranian citizens, affirming a California federal court's ruling that the lawsuit fails to show the bank acted with ill will when erroneously closing the plaintiff's account.
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April 13, 2026
An attorney representing a doctor and patient challenging California's law severely limiting interstate telehealth medical consultations urged a Ninth Circuit panel Monday to reverse a lower court's order dismissing the suit, saying the Supreme Court's recent decision nullifying Colorado's ban on "gay conversion therapy" applies to the case.
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April 13, 2026
Jack in the Box Inc. urged a Washington state judge to temporarily bar two franchisees from closing dozens of locations across the state, claiming that they owe nearly $1.4 million in unpaid marketing fees and that unilaterally shuttering the stores would violate their franchise agreements.
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April 13, 2026
Two biotechnology startup companies on Monday filed plans for their public debuts, with obesity-focused Kailera Therapeutics planning to raise an estimated $500 million in its initial public offering and protein biomarker detection platform Alamar Biosciences planning to raise around $150 million.
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April 13, 2026
After a federal judge tossed a Washington man's suit accusing Twitter of illegally collecting his phone number, the user argued the case shouldn't have been moved to federal court anyway, and the federal courts have wrongly extended Article III jurisdiction to the lawsuit. Here's a breakdown of the problem over standing that some officials say they see coming.
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April 13, 2026
California's high school sports governing body has told a California federal court that the athletes demanding name, image and likeness rights again failed to prove that the state's ban eliminates competition for their talents.
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April 13, 2026
A Los Angeles-based private security firm is suing several cannabis companies and two of their managers for $230,000, claiming they failed to pay for services provided at a number of locations.
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April 13, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission has approved a rule waiver for Hitachi Rail that will let Bay Area Regional Transportation upgrade a half-century-old train control system.
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April 13, 2026
A California federal court tentatively scheduled an October 2027 trial for a shuttered startup's antitrust suit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation, after the startup claimed that Ticketmaster's exclusive agreements with venues thwarted its ability to compete in the ticketing business.
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April 13, 2026
Twitter's former chief marketing officer has agreed to drop her $20 million severance suit, which defendants X Corp. and Elon Musk had appealed to the Ninth Circuit seeking to force arbitration, after parties reported a settlement of their dispute late last month.
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April 13, 2026
On the eve of jury selection in a bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation against Uber over alleged sexual assaults, the ride-share company is asking a North Carolina federal court to exclude an offer of proof purporting to cast a driver's deactivation as an admission from Uber that an alleged sexual assault occurred.