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General News
Thursday, February 6, 2025 |
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College athletes, including NFL players Brevin Jordan and Anthony Gould, sued the NCAA and five conferences for antitrust violations, claiming restrictions on compensation are anticompetitive, after opting out of a $2.5 billion settlement. |
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Thursday, February 6, 2025 |
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If you were planning to use your tax refund to buy the paper version of inflation bonds, you're out of luck: That option has been eliminated. |
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Thursday, February 6, 2025 |
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A law firm involved in a class action against Martinez Refinery might include a recent explosion in its lawsuit, citing toxic emissions affecting 40,000 residents. Health and property damages are central to the claims. |
General News
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 |
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An Alameda County judge said she is disinclined to award 33% of an $800,000 settlement fund as attorney fees in a wages and hours PAGA case against Peet's Coffee. |
General News
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 |
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Conceptually, scrubbing carbon from the state's economy, particularly transportation and utility sectors, has enjoyed broad popular support. But as the self-imposed deadline looms, specific strategies to reduce emissions are encountering resistance as Californians feel their real world impacts. |
General News
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 |
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Federal prosecutors challenged Hewlett Packard's $14B Juniper acquisition, signaling continued aggressive antitrust enforcement under President Donald Trump. Both companies plan to defend the deal, highlighting a competitive WLAN market. |
General News
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 |
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A complaint against Alaska Air claims the airline systematically underpays flight crew by failing to compensate for time spent on the ground between flights and rounding work hours in its favor. The suit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, seeks restitution for potentially hundreds of affected employees in California, alleging violations of wage laws and unfair labor practices. |
General News
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 |
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Parents beware. The money-lusting billionaires in Silicon Valley who, through social media, have already caused unprecedented child suffering -- including depression, eating disorders, suicide, drug-related deaths, invasions of privacy and sex trafficking -- they have unleashed a new horror. |
General News
Monday, February 3, 2025 |
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Trumpologists -- those who specialize in deciphering President Trump -- generally advise examining his actions rather than his words. |
General News
Monday, February 3, 2025 |
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A judge chided the San Francisco City Attorney's team for excessive discovery in a flood damage lawsuit, setting a trial date to ease the plaintiffs' burden. |
General News
Monday, February 3, 2025 |
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A new class action accuses Amazon of secretly tracking and selling California residents' sensitive location data through its advertising software. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, claims that Amazon's software development kit (SDK) operates as a "backdoor" to siphon user data without consent, violating state privacy laws. |
General News
Friday, January 31, 2025 |
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LinkedIn seeks dismissal of a class action lawsuit claiming the company's Insight Tag illegally collected medical data from CityMD patients, arguing the claims are repetitive and meritless. |
General News
Friday, January 31, 2025 |
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At this moment, California faces two crises: horribly destructive and deadly wildfires in Los Angeles County and fears that President Donald Trump will either deny federal relief or use it as leverage to force California to change its policies. |
General News
Friday, January 31, 2025 |
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Five plaintiffs dropped their lawsuits against Mead Johnson and Abbott Laboratories on Monday in a case involving claims that baby formula products increased health risks for premature infants. The litigation, part of a nationwide series of lawsuits, faces ongoing challenges over deadlines and document production. |
General News
Thursday, January 30, 2025 |
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Tax season opened Monday, and the IRS announced that it has expanded its free online system for filing 2024 returns directly with the federal government. |
General News
Thursday, January 30, 2025 |
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Attorney General Rob Bonta will join federal officials Tuesday to announce a Sacramento Regional Human Trafficking Task Force. While Democrats emphasize existing exceptions in California's sanctuary laws for serious crimes, Republican lawmakers, led by Assembly Member Kate Sanchez, are pushing legislation to expand exemptions for human traffickers and enhance coordination with federal authorities. |
General News
Thursday, January 30, 2025 |
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Apple seeks lawsuit dismissal, arguing no medical proof exists for hearing loss from Amber Alerts via AirPods Pro. They claim the theory is novel and unsupported by science. |
General News
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 |
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If you're looking for a new reason to be nervous about artificial intelligence, try this: Some of the smartest humans in the world are struggling to create tests that AI systems can't pass. |
General News
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 |
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A judge kept alive British beverage company Diageo's claim that San Francisco's tax on alcohol - in addition to the state tax - is preempted but otherwise dismissed much of the company's case. |
General News
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 |
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Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Robinhood LLC have renewed their motion for class certification, alleging the trading platform misled users about its reliance on payment for order flow, which they claim led to inferior stock trade prices. |
General News
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 |
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President Donald Trump's energy agenda calls for drilling more oil and gas, something that could take years. But he took other actions last week that could more quickly affect the way the country prepares for and adapts to climate changes driven by the burning of fossil fuels. |
General News
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 |
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Justices ruled that landowners cannot divide an East Oakland lot into multiple parcels, reversing an appellate court decision and siding with a deputy city attorney who warned of "rogue development" across the state. |
General News
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 |
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San Francisco judge denies Apple's motion to dismiss gender pay discrimination lawsuit, allowing class action and PAGA claims to proceed for 12,000 female employees. |
General News
Monday, January 27, 2025 |
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Angry residents blamed Karen Bass for the fires not just in Pacific Palisades, which is part of her city, but Altadena, which isn't. |
General News
Monday, January 27, 2025 |
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Google seeks dismissal of Epic Games' antitrust lawsuit, claiming no involvement in Samsung's auto blocker feature that limits app downloads to Google Play and Galaxy Store. A case hearing is set for April 3. |
General News
Monday, January 27, 2025 |
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The Justice Department is threatening to prosecute state and city officials who refuse to help the Trump administration carry out its immigration agenda, a provocative move that will reignite President Donald Trump's first-term fight with liberals over "sanctuary" policies. |
General News
Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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InMarket Media's attorneys seek dismissal of a putative class action claiming the company uses spyware in apps to collect and sell location data. InMarket denies direct ad targeting. |
General News
Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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Wishing you could buy a home? It can be challenging to save enough for a down payment, given how much houses now cost. |
General News
Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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Attorneys general from 22 states sued President Donald Trump in two federal district courts on Tuesday to block an executive order that refuses to recognize as citizens the U.S.-born children of immigrants in the country illegally, the opening salvo in what promises to be a long legal battle over the Trump administration's immigration policies. |
General News
Thursday, January 23, 2025 |
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A technology trade group has urged the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to halt parts of a California law restricting social media notifications and personalized feeds for minors. The law, set to take effect next month, has sparked a legal battle over First Amendment rights and child protection. |
General News
Thursday, January 23, 2025 |
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Trump and Republicans in Congress say they plan to eliminate most of the federal aid for electric cars and trucks and reverse emissions rules, raising doubts about the future of such vehicles and the billions of dollars that automakers have invested to design and build them. |
General News
Thursday, January 23, 2025 |
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has filed a high-stakes lawsuit against 17 former Silicon Valley Bank executives and directors, claiming their reckless actions and neglect of fiduciary duties caused the bank's catastrophic 2023 collapse. |
General News
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 |
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Samsung asked a judge to dismiss Epic Games' antitrust lawsuit, claiming no anticompetitive effects from the "auto-blocker" feature. Epic claims Samsung and Google colluded to monopolize app distribution. |
General News
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 |
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The election of Donald Trump, who embraced bitcoin on the campaign trail, galvanized the crypto industry and sent prices skyrocketing. |
General News
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 |
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The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the largest apartment landlord in the United States, Greystar Real Estate Partners, accusing it of charging tenants hundreds of millions of dollars in hidden fees. |
General News
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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Rep. Kevin Kiley aims to limit the California Coastal Commission's authority through new legislation, citing its overreach in decisions affecting SpaceX launches, amid debates over environmental oversight and political bias. |
General News
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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The case's outcome could have major implications for California statutes that also aim to protect minors and are facing similar constitutional challenges. |
General News
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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As much of Los Angeles smolders, wind warnings return and fire crews stand guard, scientists say almost unprecedented climatic conditions throughout Southern California led up to the disaster. |
General News
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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Bankers traditionally cloak themselves as a risk-averse bunch, and given the questions about the future for interest rates, deal making and the geopolitical world, their optimism about what's ahead is noteworthy. |
General News
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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As multiple wildfires continue to incinerate homes and displace tens of thousands of people in Los Angeles County, experts worry about the long-term effects the fires will have on the state's already dire homelessness crisis. |
General News
Thursday, February 6, 2025 |
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The new measure, backed by Mayor Daniel Lurie and state Sen. Scott Wiener, would give law enforcement greater authority to cite and penalize illegal resellers while protecting legitimate vendors. |
General News
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 |
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In a ruling watched by many religious organizations, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel said the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints did not commit fraud by using tithes for a commercial property investment |
General News
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 |
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Attorneys for Anthropic PBC and authors presented a tutorial on the AI model Claude to a federal judge in San Francisco, focusing on copyright infringement claims related to training data use. |
General News
Monday, February 3, 2025 |
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Judge Ursula Jones Dickson was selected as Alameda County's new DA after Pamela Price's recall. Dickson, a former prosecutor, will serve until 2026, focusing on public safety and community trust. |
General News
Friday, January 31, 2025 |
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A San Francisco judge has postponed a decision on a motion to add a co-representative to a Private Attorneys General Act lawsuit against Adecco USA. The case, connected to claims of unlawful speech restrictions at Google placements, hinges on an appellate ruling in a related matter. |
General News
Thursday, January 30, 2025 |
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has called for a return to a narrower scope of agency oversight, warning that expanded disclosure mandates risk burying material information in responses to special interest demands. Speaking in San Diego, Peirce urged revisions to shareholder proposal thresholds and cautioned against politicizing capital markets. |
General News
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 |
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California's withdrawal of a contested emissions waiver for clean truck rules highlights a strategic retreat to navigate ongoing legal challenges. Experts anticipate a surge in climate litigation, with the state's zero-emission vehicle mandates and other clean air regulations at the center of political and legal disputes. |
General News
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 |
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Consumers sue Apple, claiming its Watch bands contain harmful PFAs, contradicting health claims. The lawsuit highlights increased chemical absorption during exercise, with Apple acknowledging PFAs but planning their phase-out. |
General News
Monday, January 27, 2025 |
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At a Sacramento conference, Sen. Tom Umberg pushed back on claims that Proposition 36 enforcement would burden local governments, stating it's a state responsibility. Health experts warned of potential underfunding and the need for tailored approaches to addiction treatment, as debates over the measure's implementation continue. |
General News
Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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Opponents of President Donald Trump's executive orders have launched a wave of lawsuits since his inauguration, but shifts in judicial landscapes are influencing where these legal battles are being fought. With the 9th Circuit less predictable than during Trump's first term, plaintiffs are turning to other courts, including the 1st Circuit and D.C. Circuit, to challenge key policies like an end to birthright citizenship. |
General News
Thursday, January 23, 2025 |
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As President Trump begins his second term with vows of mass deportations, California attorneys and officials are preparing for heightened legal clashes over the state's sanctuary policies. Huntington Beach has filed a lawsuit challenging the California Values Act, claiming it obstructs federal immigration enforcement. |
General News
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 |
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Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said she will avoid political fights, focusing on judicial duties, wildfires and budget issues. She emphasized court access, judge safety, and AI's role in courts. |
General News
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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An Anthropic co-founder seeks to quash a subpoena in a lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming no unique knowledge about the company's practices, though he worked there for 18 months. Writers claim copyright infringement by ChatGPT. |