Less than 1: AM Edition, June 17

This morning on Less than 1: a San Bruno explosion victim testifies she was kept in the dark about her family's $28 million settlement — plus Tyra Banks' defamation suit against Netflix tests the limits of documentary storytelling, and California's judicial ethics committee seeks public comment on a spouse-as-counsel appointment question. Also: legal experts say Texas law would make it nearly impossible to block a SpaceX-Tesla merger, and a new study finds clerkship stacking is curtailing opportunities for law grads. Stories mentioned in this episode: San Bruno victim testifies she was kept in dark about $28M settlement https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/392230-san-bruno-victim-testifies-she-was-kept-in-dark-about-28m-settlement (NYT) Musk’s Next Move May Be a Megamerger of SpaceX and Tesla https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/business/spacex-tesla-merger-elon-musk.html (Reuters) Study finds law grads are 'stacking' judicial clerkships, curtailing opportunities for others https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/study-finds-law-grads-are-stacking-judicial-clerkships-curtailing-opportunities-2026-06-16/