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Latest News in California
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February 20, 2026
Discord Caused Child To Stream Suicide For Cult, Parents Say
Discord Inc.'s failure to properly police its online platform enabled a sadistic cult focused on child abuse to convince a 13-year-old trans user to end his life as part of a suicide pact, according to a Washington state lawsuit filed Thursday.
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February 20, 2026
Real Estate Recap: REITs, FinCEN, Transfer-Based Cleanup
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney views into shareholder activism among public real estate investment trusts, FinCEN's new anti-money laundering rule, and the second-to-last U.S. state to shed certain pollution inspections for commercial and industrial property transfers.
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February 20, 2026
Roblox Faces Calif. Lawsuit Over Child Safety Failures
Roblox built a multibillion-dollar business by marketing its online gaming site as safe for children, but knowingly allowed its platform to become a "hunting ground for predators" where adults systematically groom and sexually exploit minors, according to a civil enforcement action brought by Los Angeles County.
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February 20, 2026
Evolve Bank Freed From Fintech Yotta's Fraud Suit, For Now
A San Francisco federal judge has dismissed Yotta Technology's lawsuit accusing Evolve Bank & Trust of operating a Ponzi scheme on the grounds that it can't proceed in federal court without now-defunct fintech intermediary Synapse Financial Technologies as a party, but the judge held it could be refiled in state court.
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February 20, 2026
Full 9th Circ. Revives Trafficking Case Against Calif. Importer
The full Ninth Circuit ruled on Friday that Congress' 2023 bill clarifying civil liability for companies that "attempt to benefit" from human trafficking retroactively applies to a group of Cambodian workers' lawsuit against a California importer, overturning a district court's refusal to vacate the importer's 2017 summary judgment win.
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