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October 16, 2025
Judge Shields Migrants From ICE After Courthouse Arrests
A California federal judge on Thursday barred U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining two asylum-seeking mothers without notice and a hearing, ruling the agency's courthouse arrest tactics likely violate due process.
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October 16, 2025
Travelers Seeks Over $1M In Camera Theft Subrogation Suit
Travelers is seeking to recoup around $1 million in costs from a shipping logistics company that it says failed to verify to whom it was providing a shipment of cameras, resulting in their theft, according to a complaint filed in California federal court.
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October 16, 2025
States Battle Trump Admin To Recover Solar Program Funds
Attorneys general from across the country are suing the Trump administration for allegedly violating the Constitution and federal law by canceling a $7 billion program providing solar equipment to low-income households.
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October 16, 2025
Chubb Unit Challenges Tech CEO's Claim For Living Expenses
A Chubb unit urged a California federal court to rule that it needn't pay a software company CEO and his wife millions of dollars for living expenses related to a 2017 water damage claim, saying the couple made misrepresentations regarding the habitability of their Beverly Hills estate.
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October 16, 2025
Aerospace Workers Appeal 401(k) Suit Toss To 9th Circ.
Aerospace technology company workers told a California federal court Thursday that they'll seek Ninth Circuit review of the court's September decision to toss their proposed class action alleging an employee 401(k) plan was saddled with costly and underperforming investment options.
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October 16, 2025
Musk, Twitter Investors Denied Early Wins In Fraud Suit
Elon Musk and investors of X, formerly known as Twitter, are headed toward trial in a class action suit accusing the billionaire of intentionally tanking the social media platform's stock price, after a California federal judge denied the parties' cross-motions for an early win in the case.
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October 16, 2025
NLRB Says Fed. Law Preempts Calif.'s Labor Board Fill-In Law
The National Labor Relations Board claimed that newly enacted legislation to expand California's state labor board's powers was preempted by the National Labor Relations Act, in a complaint filed in California federal court.
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October 16, 2025
'GirlDad' TM Fight Expands To 'GirlMom,' 'BoyDad,' 'BoyMom'
A trademark battle over the "GirlDad" trademark expanded to the marks "GirlMom," "BoyDad" and "BoyMom" as an apparel company accused a rival of infringing all four in Ohio federal court.
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October 16, 2025
Wells Fargo To Settle Investors' 'Sham' Hiring Case For $85M
Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to pay $85 million to exit an investor class action accusing it of conducting "sham" job interviews to meet diversity quotas, settling a yearslong dispute before it could reach trial in California federal court.
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October 15, 2025
Ex-Angels Exec Denies Knowing 'Erratic' Staffer Sold Drugs
A former executive with the Los Angeles Angels denied on the witness stand Wednesday in a lawsuit over star pitcher Tyler Skaggs' overdose death that he was aware the team's then-communications director was selling drugs to players or had an illegal drug problem, but did say he displayed "erratic" behavior.
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October 15, 2025
Meta Likely Can't Nix Users' Claims It Profited Off Hackers
A California federal judge said Wednesday that he's not inclined to grant Meta's request to toss a putative class action claiming the company lets hackers take control of Facebook accounts while it still profits from users' data, but said he'd trim a "plausible" breach of contract claim with leave to amend.
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October 15, 2025
Monster Energy Gets Another Shot At Camping Gear IP Claims
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday found that a lower court erred in throwing out Monster Energy's trademark infringement suit against the manufacturers of 4Monster camping gear, finding that a reasonable juror could find that the marks are confusingly similar.
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October 15, 2025
ICE Policies Harm Noncitizen Crime Survivors, Suit Says
Legal advocacy groups and noncitizen victims of domestic violence and other serious crimes have lodged a proposed class action in California federal court, accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully ignoring deportation and exploitation protections that Congress took decades to craft.
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October 15, 2025
SEC Says Couple's $26.5M Ponzi Scheme Targeted Minorities
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused a California couple Wednesday of running a $26.5 million unregistered securities fraud that targeted Vietnamese and Latino communities in multiple states.
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October 15, 2025
Parents Urge 9th Circ. To Reject Meta's Section 230 Appeal
Parents and school districts are urging the Ninth Circuit to reject Meta Platforms Inc.'s bid for immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, saying the company behind Facebook and Instagram can't use the measure for vaguely defined publishing-related activity.
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October 15, 2025
Fed. Circ. Says Anti-SLAPP Motion Wrongly Denied In IP Case
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday said a California district court wrongly denied several semiconductor manufacturers' anti-SLAPP motion in a case where they are accused of stealing trade secrets, saying in a precedential opinion that filing a patent application is protected activity under the state's law.
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October 15, 2025
Meat Industry Fights To Defend Nix Of Slaughterhouse Rules
A meat and poultry industry group has told the Ninth Circuit it opposes green groups' challenge to the federal government's decision to rescind a Biden-era proposal that would have imposed stricter water discharge regulations on slaughtering, processing and rendering facilities.
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October 15, 2025
States Want To Keep Eye On $14B HPE-Juniper Deal Review
The Justice Department is in the middle of trying to settle its challenge to Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks, but a dozen states are now trying to get involved and have asked a California federal judge to allow them to intervene in the litigation.
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October 15, 2025
Cal Poly Athletes Told Objections To NIL Deal Don't Hold Water
The members of a college swimming and diving team that was eliminated by its school last March should blame the school itself for its demise, not the negotiators of a $2.78 billion class action athlete compensation settlement, the NCAA and the athlete class representatives told a California federal court in response to their objections.
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October 15, 2025
Wash. Urges 9th Circ. To Deny GEO Detention Law Rehearing
Washington state called on the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to reject Geo Group's request that the full appellate court revisit a panel's decision siding with the state in a case challenging a new law imposing additional health and safety standards at the state's privately run immigration detention center.
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October 15, 2025
Phone-Maker Oppo Wants Out Of Apple Trade Secret Case
Chinese phone-maker Oppo has asked a California federal judge to release it from a case brought by Apple Inc. alleging that a former employee stole trade secrets when he moved to Oppo, saying the suit had no allegation that Oppo received any trade secrets.
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October 15, 2025
States Seek To Revive FEMA's Disaster-Mitigation Funding
A group of 22 states and the District of Columbia urged a Massachusetts federal court Wednesday to block the Trump administration's termination of a disaster mitigation program under the Federal Emergency Management Agency, arguing such authority lies with Congress.
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October 15, 2025
9th Circ. Lets Alaska Flyers Redo Hawaiian Merger Case
The Ninth Circuit found that a lower court was right to toss a case from flyers and travel agents challenging the $1.9 billion merger between Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines but said they should have been given a chance to revise their allegations.
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October 15, 2025
Greenberg Traurig Lands Wilson Sonsini Life Sciences Pro
Greenberg Traurig LLP has added a California partner from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati with in-house and government legal experience to enhance its capacity to handle matters for clients in life sciences, artificial intelligence, biotechnology and other industries.
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October 15, 2025
Some Federal Workers Win Quick Block On Shutdown Layoffs
A California federal judge on Wednesday granted a request from two unions representing thousands of federal workers to immediately block the Trump administration from laying them off during the government shutdown, saying she believes the plaintiffs will show that "what's being done here is both illegal and is in excess of authority."
Expert Analysis
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Lessons As Joint Employer Suits Shift From Rare To Routine
Joint employer allegations now appear so frequently that employers should treat them as part of the ordinary risk landscape, and several recent decisions demonstrate how fluid the liability doctrine has become, says Thomas O’Connell at Buchalter.
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Power To The Paralegals: How And Why Training Must Evolve
Empowering paralegals through new models of education that emphasize digital fluency, interdisciplinary collaboration and human-centered lawyering could help solve workforce challenges and the justice gap — if firms, educators and policymakers get on board, say Kristine Custodio Suero and Kelli Radnothy.
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Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My time on the softball field has taught me lessons that also apply to success in legal work — on effective preparation, flexibility, communication and teamwork, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.
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Why Early Resolution Of Employment Liability Claims Is Key
A former Los Angeles fire chief's recent headline-grabbing wrongful termination suit against the city is a reminder that employment practices liability disputes can present risks to the greater business, meaning companies need a playbook for rapid, purposeful action, says Karli Moore at Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: Choosing MDL Venues
One of the most interesting yet least predictable facets of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's practice is venue — namely where the panel decides to place a new MDL proceeding — and its choices reflect the tension between neutrality and case-specific factors, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.
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How Securities Test Nuances Affect State-Level Enforcement
Awareness of how different states use their securities investigation and enforcement powers, particularly their use of the risk capital test over the federal Howey test, is critical to navigating the complicated patchwork of securities laws going forward, especially as states look to fill perceived federal enforcement gaps, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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Analyzing AI's Evolving Role In Class Action Claims Admin
Artificial intelligence is becoming a strategic asset in the hands of skilled litigators, reshaping everything from class certification strategy to claims analysis — and now, the nuts and bolts of settlement administration, with synthetic fraud, algorithmic review and ethical tension emerging as central concerns, says Dominique Fite at CPT Group.
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IPO Suit Reinforces Strict Section 11 Tracing Requirement
A California federal court's recent dismissal of an investor class action against Allbirds in connection with the company's initial public offering cites the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 Slack v. Pirani decision, reinforcing the firm tracing requirement for Section 11 plaintiffs — even at the pleading stage, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.
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What Novel NIL Suit Reveals About College Sports Landscape
A first-of-its-kind name, image and likeness lawsuit — recently filed in Wisconsin state court by the University of Wisconsin-Madison against the University of Miami — highlights new challenges and risks following the NCAA’s landmark agreement to allow schools to make NIL deals and share revenue with student-athletes, say attorneys at O'Melveny.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management
Law students typically have weeks or months to prepare for any given deadline, but the unpredictability of practicing in the real world means that lawyers must become time-management pros, ready to adapt to scheduling conflicts and unexpected assignments at any given moment, says David Thomas at Honigman.
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Calif. Bill May Shake Up Healthcare Investment Landscape
If signed by the governor, newly passed California legislation would significantly expand the Office of Health Care Affordability's oversight of private equity and hedge fund investments in healthcare companies and management services organizations, and raise several questions about companies' data confidentiality and filing burdens, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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Privacy Policy Lessons After Google App Data Verdict
In Rodriguez v. Google, a California federal jury recently found that Google unlawfully invaded app users' privacy by collecting, using and disclosing pseudonymized data, highlighting the complex interplay between nonpersonalized data and customers' understanding of privacy policy choices, says Beth Waller at Woods Rogers.
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How Hyperlinks Are Changing E-Discovery Responsibilities
A recent e-discovery dispute over hyperlinked data in Hubbard v. Crow shows how courts have increasingly broadened the definition of control to account for cloud-based evidence, and why organizations must rethink preservation practices to avoid spoliation risks, says Bree Murphy at Exterro.
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Recent Precedent May Aid In Defending Ad Tech Class Actions
An emergent line of appellate court precedent regarding the indecipherability of anonymized advertising technology transmissions can be used as a powerful tool to counteract the explosion of advertising technology class actions under myriad statutory theories, say attorneys at Duane Morris.
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Earned Wage Access Providers Face State Law Labyrinth
At least 12 states have established laws or rules regulating services that allow employees to access earned wages before payday, with more laws potentially to follow suit, creating an evolving state licensing maze even for fintech providers that partner with banks, say attorneys at Venable.