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Less than .1: PM Edition, November 2
This evening on Less than .1, brought to you by AMBA: The State Bar fights attorney Paul R. Kiesel’s bid for more records in his DWP disciplinary case; the 9th Circuit grants qualified immunity to a San Jose officer who struck a protester with a foam round; and Los Angeles reports more than…
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Less than .1: AM Edition, November 2
This morning on Less than .1, brought to you by AMBA: Snap settles, ending the second social media addiction bellwether trial before opening statements, the first Eaton Fire trial is pushed to March, and the Justice Department sues Sacramento housing agencies, alleging they failed to move a…
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Less than .1: PM Edition, October 30
This evening on Less than .1, brought to you by AMBA: The 9th Circuit revives the NFL Sunday Ticket antitrust verdict but orders a new damages trial; California’s July bar exam pass rate falls to 48%, the lowest July mark in five years; and the state and Tesla clash in closing arguments over…
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Less than .1 : AM Edition, October 30
This morning on Less than 1: a judge decides whether to extend a bar on deporting a South Korean woman with a pending green card application, and Meta settles its final claims in the second social media addiction bellwether, leaving Snap as the sole defendant. Also: Newsom announces a state…
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Less than .1: PM Edition, October 29
This evening on Less than .1, brought to you by AMBA: A federal judge applies the Supreme Court’s mifepristone standing ruling to dismiss environmental groups’ challenge to Central Valley drilling permits; the 9th Circuit upholds an injunction against California’s law restricting mandatory...
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Less than .1: AM Edition, October 29
This morning on Less than .1, brought to you by AMBA: an Orange County jury awards nearly $4 million to a grandmother injured at John Wayne Airport, and Edison opposes the deposition of its chief operating officer in the Eaton Fire litigation. Also: the New York Times examines whether the Trump...
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Less than .1: PM Edition, October 28
This evening on Less than .1, brought to you by AMBA: Jones Day partners with Draftwise to turn institutional knowledge into AI advantage; a federal judge cuts nearly $5 million in fees from the Hawaiian Electric securities settlement; a South Korean woman awaiting a green card is temporarily...
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Less than .1: AM Edition, October 28
This morning on Less than .1: jury selection begins in the second social media addiction bellwether trial against Meta and Snap, a Los Angeles jury awards $67.7 million against Caesarstone in a silicosis case, and Uber asks the 9th Circuit to overturn a privilege-waiver ruling in the driver…
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Less than .1: PM Edition, October 27
This evening on Less than .1: The California Supreme Court rules a felony brandishing charge doesn’t require that the victim actually felt afraid; a federal judge weighs the Justice Department’s bid to segregate thousands of California ballots over citizenship questions; an Escondido production...
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Less than .1: AM Edition, October 27
This morning on Less than .1, brought to you by AMBA: the State Bar launches a generative AI readiness model for legal aid organizations, newly disclosed Bovino emails could shape a bid to reinstate limits on Central Valley immigration raids, and a judge rejects Edison's bid to dismiss inverse...
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Less than .1: PM Edition, October 26
This evening on Less than .1: Three Division III athletes sue the NCAA over its ban on athletic scholarships; a Los Angeles judge rules the Dominguez Channel odor litigation qualifies for an ongoing exception to California’s five-year trial deadline; Los Angeles County wins summary judgment in a...
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Less than .1: AM Edition, October 26
This morning on Less than 1: Sacramento court workers authorize a strike as labor unrest grows in state courts, and OpenAI is sued over an alleged pixel tracking tool used to target ChatGPT ads. Also: AI ‘hallucinations’ in court filings show signs of slowdown, Anthropic reveals a 14-fold revenue...
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Less than .1: PM Edition, October 23
This evening on Less than .1, brought to you by AMBA: Federal consumer protection lawsuits hit a decade high as attorneys debate why. NetChoice sues to block California's social media warning label law. A federal jury awards $51.8 million in a fatal San Bernardino County deputy shooting. And a...
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Less than .1 - AM Edition, October 23
This morning on Less than .1, brought to you by AMBA: a judge dismisses a proposed class action alleging Google recorded customer service calls to train AI, a judge names interim lead counsel in a class action over xAI’s Grok, and a late partner’s estate accuses Carpenter & Zuckerman of…
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Less than .1: PM Edition, October 22
This evening on Less than .1: A 9th Circuit panel weighs the Trump administration’s cutoff of legal aid for unaccompanied immigrant children. Educational Testing Service is sued over a data breach affecting 7 million California students. A San Francisco judge pauses discovery in a wage suit as…
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Less than .1: AM Edition, October 22
This morning on Less than 1: the 9th Circuit hears a dispute over how a $24 million Roundup fee fund was allocated among plaintiffs’ lawyers, and Meta, Snap and plaintiffs dispute jury instructions ahead of the second social media addiction bellwether trial. Also: a federal appeals court strikes...
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Less than .1: PM Edition, October 21
This evening on Less than .1, brought to you by AMBA: Meta agrees to re-examine about 170,000 privilege claims in the social media addiction MDL. Data centers become a flashpoint in the fight over Proposition 45’s CEQA deadlines. And a San Francisco judge seeks coordination of hundreds of...
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Less than .1: AM Edition, October 21
This morning on Less than .1: two former eXp agents settle sexual assault claims, Taction seeks more on top of its $5.7 billion patent verdict against Apple, and a Dodgers trial over a fan's fall outside the stadium could wrap up today. Also: Meta is ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico, and...
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Less than .1: PM Edition, October 20
This evening on Less than 1, brought to you by AMBA: A divided 2nd District panel upholds a reduced sentence over a dissent warning of judge shopping. SCOTUS declines to hear the challenge to UC Hastings’ name change, ending a nine-year fight. And Meta and Snap seek tighter injury and causation...
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Less than .1: AM Edition, October 20
This morning on Less than 1, brought to you by AMBA: Compass sues California’s largest listing service over home sale restrictions, judges and lawyers debate tougher sanctions for discovery abuses, and a federal judge closes his courtroom to the public in an eXp Realty sexual assault trial. Also:...
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Less than 1: PM Edition, October 19
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....
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Less than 1: AM Edition, October 19
This morning on Less than 1, presented by AMBA: the Orange County district attorney agrees to narrow his DNA database in a taxpayer suit settlement, and an appeals court reinstates an elder financial abuse suit against Morgan Stanley and an adviser. Also: private equity group Charlesbank invests…
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Less than 1: PM Edition, October 16
The Judicial Council approves measures to address a courtroom interpreter shortage as interpreters raise concerns about pay and AI. Legal scholars see significant hurdles for California’s suit over ICE arrests at state courthouses. And a federal judge rejects an $80 million fee request from...
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Less than 1: AM Edition, October 16
This morning on Less than 1: roughly 13,500 Carson odor plaintiffs face possible dismissal under California’s five-year rule, California sues to block the closure of the Bay Area’s only National Archives facility, and law firm Miller & Axline sues Loeb & Loeb over $5.4 million in legal fees.…
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Less than 1: PM Edition, October 15
Seven baby food makers win summary judgment on claims their products cause autism and ADHD. A federal judge questions whether a 2017 state regulatory decision shields Lyft from passengers’ sexual assault claims. Drivers win class certification in a suit over affiliated insurers’ good-driver...
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Less than 1: AM Edition, October 15
This morning on Less than 1: California sues ICE over courthouse arrests, a judge shields marital communications in a homebuilders’ bribery case, and a State Bar report finds women of color are the fastest-growing group of new California attorneys but report the lowest workplace satisfaction.…
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Less than 1: PM Edition, October 14
Apple seeks to overturn a $5.7 billion patent verdict for Taction Technology. A Los Angeles judge questions his tentative ruling against Chiquita Canyon’s $11.6 million landfill fee refund bid. OpenAI accuses Apple of similar trade secret theft as a judge signals he’s likely to grant Apple an...
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Less than 1: AM Edition, October 14
This morning on Less than 1: the 9th Circuit orders an injunction against California’s law requiring federal agents to display identification, a judge rejects inverse condemnation claims against Edison and limits Palisades Fire suits to Malibu property owners, and former federal prosecutor Helen...
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Less than 1: PM Edition, October 13
The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s board curbs CEO Ian Choudri’s contracting power after a spending probe that scrutinized a Nossaman partner’s travel expenses. Children seek a share of OpenAI’s equity in a data privacy class action. GKN Aerospace agrees to a $125 million settlement over...
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Less than 1: AM Edition, October 13
This morning on Less than 1: a Los Angeles jury awards Ashtel Studios nearly $9.4 million in a fraud case over a nitrile glove order, and a man sues Meta over a disabled Facebook account. Also: the Supreme Court agrees to review a dispute over access to DOGE records, and a new Illinois study...
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Less than 1: PM Edition, October 12
A San Francisco law firm sues Google and UPS, alleging a package tracking widget shares users’ data with third parties despite saying only tracking numbers are sent. A federal jury clears Harley-Davidson in a fatal Marin County motorcycle crash. And Haynes Boone opens a San Diego office to expand...
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Less than 1: AM Edition, October 12
This morning on Less than 1: a judge denies Roblox’s bid to reconsider an arbitration ruling in a minor’s video game addiction suit, and two water organizations sue a state agency over State Water Project use. Also: the New York Times reports federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home, judges...
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Less than 1: PM Edition, October 9
A Kern County judge tentatively strikes down California's fracking ban, finding regulators unlawfully imposed a blanket prohibition. A federal judge threatens ICE with daily fines over its failure to provide medical records and photographs from the Adelanto detention center. And a Los Angeles…
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Less than 1: AM Edition, October 9
A federal judge in Riverside strikes down the Trump administration's original Remain in Mexico policy, finding that it violated federal immigration law and asylum seekers' constitutional rights. U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin questions dismissal motions in the Lyft sexual assault multidistrict...
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Less than 1: PM Edition, October 8
The Trump administration suspends Microsoft, Adobe and six outsourcing firms from the PERM program, and immigration lawyers question whether it can do so indefinitely. The Justice Department invokes Loper Bright to defend dropping habitat modification from the Endangered Species Act’s definition…
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Less than 1: AM Edition, October 8
This morning on Less than 1: an LA court tests a new approach to child custody disputes, a class action over a race-based kidney calculation reaches a summary judgment hearing, and Edison seeks to delay the first Eaton Fire bellwether trial. Also: three states invoke public nuisance law in new...
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Less than 1: PM Edition, October 7
This evening on Less than 1: a judge accused of bias echoes disputed language in his misconduct defense, justices question an "absurd consequences" argument for resentencing, Umberg/Zipser co-founder Dean Zipser is set to retire and join JAMS, and a judge rejects a sweeping J&J discovery bid in…
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Less than 1: AM Edition, October 7
This morning on Less than 1: LA County opens an investigation into the FAIR Plan's handling of Eaton and Palisades fire claims, environmental justice groups sue LA over records on the Boyle Heights fire response, and a judge limits a trademark defense in the Blue Cross antitrust case. Also: a...
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Less than 1: PM Edition, October 6
This evening on Less than 1: Senior Judge Jeffrey White is set to retire from the Northern District bench, Austin Beutner sues Chubb over testing and coverage after the Palisades Fire, and AirTag stalking cases are centralized in the Northern District of California. Also: a New York Times...
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Less than 1: AM Edition, October 6
This morning on Less than 1: Eaton Fire plaintiffs seek to depose a former Edison executive, and a judge adds $184 million in interest to Masimo's $634 million patent verdict against Apple. Also: San Diego County launches a consumer protection division, the Trump administration seeks to keep law...
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Less than 1: PM Edition, October 5
This evening on Less than 1: a proposed artificial stone ban could bolster silicosis lawsuits, longtime family law commissioner and mediator Gretchen Taylor dies, a judge ends a constitutional challenge to San Jose's Flock camera network, and the 9th Circuit revives Invisalign maker antitrust...
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Less than 1: AM Edition, October 5
This morning on Less than 1: the Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans while it appeals, advocacy groups sue San Jose over its use of Flock cameras, and Chiquita Canyon Landfill's $825 million suit against LA County and state water...
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Less than 1: PM Edition, October 2
This evening on Less than 1: UCLA faces two Title VI battles under sharply different legal standards, a bike shipper claims 180 athletes' bicycles were held hostage, and a judge allows a sheriff oversight commission's subpoena fight to proceed. Also: robotaxi operators will face fines for…
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Less than 1: AM Edition, October 2
This morning on Less than 1: the Supreme Court returns to the 9th Circuit as its new term opens, a jury awards $11.5 million against Caltrans for an injured longshoreman, and a law firm sues Thomson Reuters over the Casetext shutdown. Also: the legal sector outpaces broader U.S. job growth in...
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Less than 1: PM Edition, October 1
This evening on Less than 1: Newsom signs limits on older childhood sexual abuse claims, Google defeats a consumer challenge to its default search deals, immigration lawyers warn new contempt powers could chill advocacy, and Edison says it's offered $1 billion to Eaton Fire claimants. Also: the...
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Less than 1: AM Edition, October 1
This morning on Less than 1: Lyft agrees to a $272.5 million settlement over California driver classification, GEO Group sues the state over new immigration detention rules, Arnold Schwarzenegger seeks a security cost shift ahead of trial, and the first lawsuits are filed under California's new…
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Less than 1: PM Edition, September 30
This evening on Less than 1: the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger wins final court approval, the Los Angeles court seeks attorneys to serve as temporary judges, Jay-Z seeks rehearing after his accuser recants rape allegations, and Oakland police oversight is set to end after 23 years. Also: the FTC...
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Less than 1: AM Edition, September 30
This morning on Less than 1: Governor Newsom signs a major overhaul of California antitrust law giving officials new power over single-firm conduct, and a tech law nonprofit sues OpenAI over an AI model's alleged cyberattack on Hugging Face. Also: Mayor Bass orders an independent review of how…
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Less than 1: PM Edition, September 29
This evening on Less than 1: YouTube settles as Meta executives may testify in upcoming addiction trial, California expands veterans benefits on housing, leave and college access, and Newsom signs a sweeping immigration package while vetoing a legal fellowship bill. Also: an exclusive look inside…
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Less than 1: AM Edition, September 29
This morning on Less than 1: California's new Lindalee's Law expands AG oversight of health plan arbitration, and a judge holds a final status conference ahead of the second social media addiction bellwether trial. Also: LA28's Olympics budget report draws scrutiny for missing key details, and…
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