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• February 13, 2026

  State Lawmakers Advance Flurry Of Psilocybin Reform Bills

  Since the beginning of the year, lawmakers in several states have introduced and advanced numerous bills regarding psilocybin, the active compound in psychoactive mushrooms, including bills decriminalizing it, funding research into its medical uses and establishing a regulated medical program.

• February 13, 2026

  Cheap Costco Chicken Made At Tainted Plant, Suit Says

  Costco on Thursday was hit with a proposed class action alleging that its highly popular rotisserie chickens— one of the wholesaler's staple loss leaders— are processed at a plant systematically tainted with salmonella.

• February 13, 2026

  Real Estate Recap: Office Conversions, Multifamily Oversupply

  Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into the office conversion puzzle and a look at multifamily oversupply heading into 2026.

• February 13, 2026

  HP Investors Win Final OK For $39M Deal, Attys Get $11.7M

  A California federal judge said Friday he will approve HP Inc.'s $39 million settlement to resolve securities fraud litigation that the Ninth Circuit revived in 2023 and agreed to grant the investors' attorneys $11.7 million from that total, commending the parties for working together to reach a "very fair" and reasonable settlement.

• February 13, 2026

  Amazon Workers Ask 9th Circ. To Revive 401(k) Forfeiture Suit

  A proposed class of Amazon workers said Friday they'll ask the Ninth Circuit to revive their federal benefits lawsuit alleging 401(k) forfeitures were misspent, after a Washington federal judge tossed the case for failure to state a claim in January.

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