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Oct 20, 2026 2 min

Less than 1: PM Edition, October 19

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A 9th Circuit panel vacates class certification in a suit over Tesla’s self-driving claims. SCOTUS declines to hear Google’s challenge to the patent office’s power to deny inter partes review. A judge orders the defense to narrow intimate text messages as an eXp Realty sexual assault trial opens. And Paul Hastings adds three class action defense litigators from Sheppard. Also: The Justice Department charges 28 in California with voting-related crimes. Stories mentioned in this episode: 9th Circuit overturns class certification in Tesla self-driving lawsuit https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/395435-9th-circuit-overturns-class-certification-in-tesla-self-driving-lawsuit Supreme Court rejection of Google appeal bolsters patent office’s power to deny reviews https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/395436-supreme-court-rejection-of-google-appeal-bolsters-patent-office-s-power-to-deny-reviews Explicit texts spark evidentiary fight as eXp Realty assault trial opens https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/395430-explicit-texts-spark-evidentiary-fight-as-exp-realty-assault-trial-opens Paul Hastings adds 3 Sheppard litigators to bolster class action defense practice https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/395433-paul-hastings-adds-3-sheppard-litigators-to-bolster-class-action-defense-practice (The New York Times) Justice Dept. charges 28 in California with voting-related crimes https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/us/politics/doj-california-voting-crimes-trump-midterms.html

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