Meta's Zuckerberg Ordered Back For 2nd LA Social Media Trial

By Craig Clough

A Los Angeles judge Wednesday ruled that Mark Zuckerberg must testify at an upcoming bellwether trial over claims his social media company harms young users' mental health after she previously compelled the Meta CEO to testify in February at the first bellwether trial.

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Block To Pay $45M To End State Claims Over Cash App Fraud

By Aislinn Keely

A coalition of 46 states announced Wednesday that Cash App parent company Block Inc. will pay $45 million in a multistate settlement to resolve claims it misled users on the safety of its payment app and failed to protect them from fraud.

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9th Circ. Says Netflix Harassment Suit Belongs In Arbitration

By Patrick Hoff

A former Netflix employee must arbitrate her lawsuit alleging the streaming giant fired her for raising concerns about its sexually charged office environment, with the Ninth Circuit ruling Wednesday that her dispute began before a law banning mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment claims took effect.

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Google Slips Suit Over Alleged AI Spying On Users, For Now

By Allison Grande

A California federal judge has tossed, with permission to amend, a putative class action accusing Google of secretly tracking its email, chat and videoconferencing users' private communications through its Gemini AI assistant, finding that the plaintiffs had failed to provide enough specifics about what data Google accessed or any future harms they may face.

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Meta Nears Ax Of Suits Over Pump-And-Dump Facebook Ads

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge said Wednesday he's inclined to toss two proposed class actions alleging that Meta's AI tools enabled investment schemes advertised on Facebook, saying the litigation appears to be "on all fours" with a recent ruling in the same district finding such state claims are barred under federal securities law.

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Boston Jumps Into Social Media Addiction MDL

By Julie Manganis

The city of Boston said Wednesday it has joined the sweeping multidistrict social-media-addiction litigation against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat.

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NC Biz Court Told Insurers Owe Coverage To E-Commerce Co.

By Gianna Ferrarin

Insurers under Nationwide and Lloyd's of London are facing a suit in the North Carolina Business Court from a digital marketing company alleging the insurers owe it for costs it incurred defending itself from claims it invaded users' privacy.

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Calif. Judge Won't Reopen Asbestos Suit Against Reinsurers

By Joyce Hanson

A California federal judge has declined to reopen an asbestos suit by an insurance exchange for the trucking industry against a group of reinsurers as the parties battle whether to remove a supposedly "side-switching" arbitrator, saying the arbitration is proceeding in New York.

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Top Personal Injury, Med Mal News: 2026 Midyear Report

By Y. Peter Kang

A landmark social media addiction verdict and a U.S. Supreme Court decision overruling state law claims against Monsanto over the labeling of alleged Roundup cancer risks are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases from the first six months of 2026.

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BofA Customers Seek Final OK Of $2.25M Deal Over ATM Fees

By Gina Kim

Nearly 540,000 Bank of America account holders who sued over out-of-network fees they were charged for balance inquiries made at 7-Eleven ATMs asked a California federal judge on Tuesday for his final approval of a $2.25 million class settlement, bringing the years-long litigation closer to its end.

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

By Elliot Weld

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."

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Archer Looks To Toss Remainder Of Joby's Trade Secret Suit

By Elliot Weld

Archer Aviation has asked a California federal judge to throw out what's left of rival electric air taxi-maker Joby Aviation's trade secret suit, saying Joby had ignored the court's instructions to proceed with narrowed claims and instead tried to expand its allegations without adding more substance.

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Handa, Intas Face Patent Suits Over Exelixis Cancer Drug

By Adam Lidgett

Handa Pharmaceuticals and Intas Pharmaceuticals are wrongly trying to bring to market drugs that would compete with Exelixis Inc.'s blockbuster cancer pill Cabometyx before patents on the medication expire, according to a new lawsuit in Delaware federal court.

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Sam Smith Says Song IP Suit Fails Without Proof Of Access

By Elliot Weld

Pop singers Sam Smith and Normani and their record labels are seeking a favorable ruling in a suit claiming the 2019 song "Dancing With a Stranger" was copied from an older song with a similar name, saying that song's authors were unable to show how the defendants accessed it.

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

By Kellie Mejdrich

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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Telehealth Co. Wage Suit Alive But Moved To SC

By MJ Koo

A federal judge ruled that a California telehealth company cannot escape a misclassification lawsuit on venue grounds but ordered the case moved to South Carolina where the physician plaintiff lives and works.

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Seagate's $175M Investor Deal Over Illegal Sales Gets First OK

By Sydney Price

A California federal judge has preliminarily approved a $175 million deal between data storage company Seagate Technologies and its investors to end claims that the company misrepresented that it could sell products to a blacklisted Chinese company.

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AXT Beats Suit Over Subsidiary IPO Risk Disclosures For Now

By Katryna Perera

A California federal judge has tossed a suit alleging AXT Inc. and two of its executives misled investors about risks with a planned initial public offering of its Chinese subsidiary, finding the suit fails to plead adequately that the executives acted with knowledge of wrongdoing or that the alleged corrective disclosure caused AXT's stock price to drop.

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Cannabis Firm Escapes Default In Pot Product Supply Dispute

By Jonathan Capriel

A California cannabis products distributor has overcome a default judgment in a $306,000 contract dispute after a California state court judge said that the plaintiff's delivery of a copy of the summons and complaint to the company's warehouse floor manager at the wrong address does not count as serving the defendant.

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California Judge Says Tribe Can't Stop Wild Horse Roundup

By Crystal Owens

A California judge said the U.S. Department of the Interior can remove hundreds of horses from a 200,000-acre protected habitat after determining that an Indigenous nation's efforts to block the endeavor fail because evidence proves the tribe didn't respond to the federal agency's repeated attempts to consult with it.

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USTelecom Backs AT&T Bid To Escape Calif. Carrier Rules

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

USTelecom is urging the Federal Communications Commission to grant AT&T's petition to preempt California's "carrier of last resort" rules that the company says are delaying its rollout of all-IP phone networks.

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Sheppard Adds Transactional, IP Attys In Chicago And San Diego

By Adrian Cruz

Sheppard announced Wednesday 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.

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Longtime Fed. Prosecutor Joins Sanford Heisler In San Diego

By Adrian Cruz

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.

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Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

The year's second quarter brought several noteworthy financial services developments to California, including activity around a commercial finance oversight bill, the former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head's appointment to lead a new consumer agency, and a ruling reinforcing viable bank-fintech partnerships, say attorneys at Manatt.

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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.

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Conn. To Develop Pilot Behavioral Health Court In New Haven

By Christine DeRosa

A new task force has been formed in Connecticut aimed at developing a pilot behavioral health court in New Haven, with an eye toward expanding the program throughout the state.

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Ex-Associate Says Jackson Lewis Pushed Her Out After Leave

By MJ Koo

A former associate attorney who was on the partnership track at Jackson Lewis PC has brought suit against the employment law firm in California state court, alleging that it refused to accommodate her temporary medical restrictions after she returned from leave and pressured her to accept a demotion or resign.

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Squire Patton Adds Atty From House Epstein, Trump Probes

By Tracey Read

A key player in government investigations into Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and the assassination attempts on President Donald Trump has joined Squire Patton Boggs LLP to lead the firm's congressional investigations group, the firm announced Thursday.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Appeals Conviction In ICE Obstruction Case

By Ganesh Setty

A former Wisconsin state judge convicted of obstructing immigration authorities trying to arrest a defendant after he appeared in her courtroom lodged an appeal before the Seventh Circuit on Thursday, after avoiding a prison sentence but being fined $5,000.

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