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Latest News in California

  • July 08, 2026

    Authors Must Wait To Appeal Meta AI Order In 'Tidy Package'

    Authors suing Meta Platforms Inc. will have to wait to appeal a judge's order that the tech giant's use of their works to train its Llama large language model was fair use, as the judge decided Wednesday to wait until the issue can be presented along with other cases in a "tidy package."

  • July 08, 2026

    Pregnancy Bias Suits Highlight EEOC's Expanding Reach

    Recent U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suits show that enactment of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act has drawn scrutiny to a wider range of employment decisions and an increasing focus on individual decisions as indicators of whether an employer's policies comply with evolving federal requirements, say attorneys at Krevolin Horst.

  • July 08, 2026

    Longtime Fed. Prosecutor Joins Sanford Heisler In San Diego

    Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Wednesday a longtime federal prosecutor and former executive counsel at energy equipment company GE Vernova has joined the firm's San Diego office as a partner.

  • July 08, 2026

    Sheppard Adds Transactional, IP Attys In Chicago And San Diego

    Sheppard announced today that the firm has added an experienced intellectual property attorney focused on life sciences as a San Diego area-based partner, a day after announcing the addition of two Chicago-based transactional partners.

  • July 08, 2026

    Fed Board Prevails Over Ex-Wells Fargo Exec's Comp Fight

    Federal bank regulators rightly denied a golden parachute payout of more than $450,000 to a former Wells Fargo executive who was found responsible for significant problems that led to a consent order against the bank a decade ago, a California federal judge ruled.

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