9th Circuit narrows CA social media law • Judge Alsup balks at Anthropic copyright deal • Oxnard campaign finance caps back in court • Lenders sue over “zombie mortgage” law • Norwalk settles AG housing suit

Santa Monica eyes fiscal emergency • SCOTUS lifts ICE limits • Bonta sues LA jails • Trader Joe’s wins appeal • Uber assault trial begins

Today's episode covers X's tentative settlement with former employees over post-acquisition layoffs, a judge striking down Huntington Beach's library book restrictions as violating California's Free to Read Act, Attorney General Pam Bondi's reinstatement of limits on asylum for domestic violence survivors, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's procedural dispute over climate disclosure laws, and a San Francisco privacy lawsuit against Future US over website tracking tools under California's wiretap law.

In today’s episode we cover new legislation targeting misleading attorney ads, federal lawsuits against SoCal Edison over deadly wildfires, the LegalMatch founders’ dispute, Munchkin’s arbitration fight with its ex-general counsel, a state Supreme Court reversal of a death penalty, and suspended Judge Jeffrey Ferguson’s bid for a new trial.

In today's episode, we cover Kirkland & Ellis’ pro bono LAUSD learning-loss settlement heads to approval; Mark Geragos moves to vacate a $100K verdict; Judge Laura Seigle urges category-based discovery in the Eaton Canyon fire cases; a Ninth Circuit panel tests the limits of Trump’s refugee-entry order; and an Oakland Airport slip-and-fall sees a tentative denial of terminating sanctions.

Today's episode covers California's advancement of a bill to crack down on deceptive attorney advertising and referral schemes, Segal McCambridge's absorption of 36-attorney Los Angeles firm Chapman Glucksman, personal injury lawyer Christopher Dolan's criticism of reduced Uber and Lyft insurance requirements, Alexandra Zarini's dismissal of claims against her mother in the Gucci family sexual abuse case, and Disney's $10 million settlement with the FTC over children's privacy violations on YouTube.

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Today's episode covers Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero's emergence as the California Supreme Court's most frequent dissenter in criminal cases, Los Angeles County DA Nathan Hochman's opposition to mandatory verbatim deportation warnings for noncitizen defendants, a federal ruling that the state violated civil rights law by rescinding a job offer over loyalty oath religious accommodation, a judge striking down California's law banning deceptive political deepfakes, and a request to delay an OnlyFans RICO case hearing after attorneys submitted briefs containing AI-generated fake legal citations.

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Today's episode covers the public admonishment of Judge Enrique Monguia for courtroom misconduct, a malpractice lawsuit against Reed Smith involving "Toy Story" screenwriter Joel Cohen, the California Supreme Court's reversal of a death sentence in a gang case, a property tax dispute over hotel revenue at L.A. Live, a dismissed Robinhood class action over cash sweep programs, and a $20 million Live Nation settlement over antitrust compliance claims.

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Today's episode covers the California Supreme Court's rejection of a challenge to Governor Newsom's congressional redistricting initiative, the appointment of Adam Brezine as chief counsel for the high-speed rail authority amid project scrutiny, a housing advocates' lawsuit against Santa Clarita over ADU restrictions, Delta Air Lines' $78 million settlement for a fuel dump incident, and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles' annual conference in Las Vegas.

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Today's episode covers a wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI over ChatGPT's alleged role in a teen's suicide, Anthropic's settlement in a copyright class action over AI training data, the California Interscholastic Federation's motion to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit over high school athlete name-image-likeness rights, a copyright dispute between real estate platforms CoStar and CREXi, and Santa Ana's partnership to provide legal services amid heightened ICE enforcement including a mistaken identity detention of a disabled teen.

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