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This evening on Less than 1: California legislative leaders challenge Proposition 39 ballot arguments, the family of former NFL player Stanley Wilson Jr. seeks a delay in his custody death trial, and LAUSD faces a challenge over students' bid to join a desegregation lawsuit. Also: Trump threatens to pull his attorney general nomination as a standoff with Congress escalates, and ABC formally rebuke...

A federal judge in San Francisco indicated she is likely to rule that the Trump administration unlawfully retaliated against Anthropic over its AI policies, and a new Stanford study finds AI class action filings are on pace to nearly double this year. Also: President Trump threatens to withdraw Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination, Disney escalates its fight with the FCC over ABC station lic...

This evening on Less than 1: an Orange County attorney named after Atticus Finch challenges a legal technology company's ATTICUS trademark, and the Ninth Circuit revives claims against Orrick and Scenic Advisement over a failed stock transfer. Also: Republican senators threaten to block Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general over Trump's IRS settlement, and Washington law schools seek eme...

Minority investors seek to block Industrial Realty Group's proposed two point nine billion dollar restructuring pending arbitration. Northern District of California Judge Vince Chhabria joins the Eastern District to help manage a surge of immigration habeas petitions. A federal judge allows part of a class action challenging DraftKings' daily fantasy sports contests to proceed while barring recove...

This evening on Less than 1: a proposed class action over the Boyle Heights warehouse fire is removed to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act, and incoming LACBA Family Law Section Chair Tigran Palyan launches a summer associate program aimed at recruiting the next generation of family law attorneys. Also: the Trump administration expands ICE arrests at airports, federal prosecutors b...

A court-appointed monitor found ICE is violating a federal injunction requiring adequate medical care at the California City Detention Facility. Also on today's agenda: the Hollywood Foreign Press Association sues over control of the Golden Globes, and environmental groups challenge federal approval of the Cadiz Water Project. Also: the Los Angeles Times reports federal investigators are examining...

This evening on Less than 1: LAFC wins dismissal in litigation over the fatal stabbing of rapper Drakeo the Ruler, and the California Supreme Court clarifies limits on leave cashouts used to calculate public employee pensions. Also: Johnson & Johnson reaches a proposed $5.5 billion settlement of its remaining talc lawsuits, Paramount Skydance says its Warner Bros. Discovery merger remains on track...

This morning on Less than 1: California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara gives final approval to a settlement resolving State Farm's disputed homeowner insurance rate requests following the Los Angeles wildfires, and U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen receives an update on Quinn Emanuel's court-ordered ethics training program. Also: federal prosecutors move to dismiss the criminal case against...

This evening on Less than 1: Paramount Skydance agreed to delay closing its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery while California and other states pursue their antitrust challenge, California's 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled MICRA's damages cap does not apply to a nursing home's custodial neglect of an elderly resident, and a federal judge denied Visa's bid to sanction plaintiffs' lawyers in the...

A Los Angeles County Superior Court will consider whether a ratepayer challenging Los Angeles sewer rate increases can obtain internal city records outside the administrative record. Also on today's agenda, a federal judge will hear the City of Los Angeles' bid to stay or dismiss the Angels Landing civil rights lawsuit, and a San Francisco Superior Court jury has awarded $20.7 million to a woman i...

This evening on Less than 1: experts say early social media bellwether outcomes reveal strategy, not destiny, public defenders say Racial Justice Act impacts go beyond motion wins, and a federal judge remands a Ventura County dam case to state court. Also: The Justice Department moves to streamline company merger reviews, and the government withdraws subpoenas of three New York Times reporters aft...

This morning on Less than 1: a judge is set to hear arguments on returning a Santa Clara River dam dispute to state court, an appeals court limits judges' power to dismiss domestic violence restraining order petitions on scheduling grounds, and a judge will hear DraftKings' bid to dismiss a California gambling class action. Also: a federal judge casts doubt on 69,000 cases alleging J&J talc caused...

This evening on Less than 1: a federal judge bars a repeat CIPA filer from filing further suits without court approval, a class action targets Taco Bell and Taylor Farms over the Cyclospora outbreak, Tesla faces a new racial harassment and discrimination suit, and Lathrop GPM plans to combine with a Silicon Valley IP boutique. Also: Holland & Knight faces a legal malpractice suit from a client tar...

This morning on Less than 1: a Los Angeles judge is set to hold a status conference in the Eaton fire litigation as parties prepare for January 2027 bellwether trials, and a federal judge grants final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors, trimming the requested attorneys' fees by $86 million. Also: a Florida pastor sues OpenAI over allegedly dangerous ChatGPT medi...

This evening on Less than 1: 9th Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke warns in dissent that a panel ruling gives schools sweeping power over teachers' speech, a failure to probe alternate juror bias dooms PPP fraud convictions, California's attorney general sues the Trump administration over greenhouse gas regulations, and a Berkeley encampment sweep challenge is cleared for class action. Also: the U.S....

This morning on Less than 1: a judge orders Huntington Beach to adopt ranked-choice voting after a CVRA violation, a judge splits on arbitration in a video game addiction suit, the California privacy agency launches its first audit targeting gig platforms, and a judge names class counsel in the Meta smart glasses privacy suit. Also: a decade-long decline in federal banking enforcement raises quest...

This evening on Less than 1: a State Bar judge sets a March trial for the Kiesel disciplinary case despite discovery concerns, the FDA's false-positive finding is unlikely to derail the Cyclospora investigation and lawsuits, a widow claims LASD ignored training protocols before a fatal grenade blast, and the DOJ's midtrial exit from the Pangang case raises questions among former prosecutors. Also:...

This morning on Less than 1: talks may resolve a dispute over overlapping LA abuse settlement claims, and a judge grants a TRO blocking the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. Also: an appeals court decertifies the Boeing shareholder class action over the MAX 9 blowout, Trump calls for a review of a scientific manual used by judges, and a postpartum psychosis defense heads to trial. Stories mentioned i...

This evening on Less than 1: Paramount signals willingness to accept a TRO as the fight shifts to the merger injunction timeline, Quinn Emanuel joins OpenAI's defense in Apple's trade secrets suit, a landlord challenges California's Section 8 requirements, state funding clears the way for the Stanley Mosk Courthouse to become the next priority, and lawyers embrace litigation analytics but still re...

This morning on Less than 1: a judge hears LA County's bid to dismiss an inmate sexual abuse suit, and 12 states seek a TRO to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal in a Friday hearing. Also: Cooley's startup practice makes it a natural fit for the LA28 Olympics, a court rules being unmarried can mean higher car insurance payments in California, and Trump's media firm plans to sell priority access...

This evening on Less than 1: Judge VanDyke urges the Supreme Court to "benchslap" the 9th Circuit over gun cases, California gun restrictions face renewed constitutional challenges, and the state Supreme Court upholds a restitution requirement for an attorney's reinstatement. Also: a judge rejects a bid to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, Epic and Google abandon their bid to rewrite the Go...

This morning on Less than 1: LA County seeks to share confidential DTLA Law Group records with the State Bar, a judge weighs a $75 million Northrop Grumman groundwater settlement, and Epic and Google seek a modified injunction in their Android antitrust case. Also: a federal judge relates the challenges to the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, bond denials grow sharply under Trump, Ohio moves to limi...

This evening on Less than 1: the LA sheriff oversight commission's chair accuses deputies' union of trying to intimidate the panel, Palisades Fire plaintiffs get another chance to amend their complaint, and Meta is sued over alleged AI-driven layoffs targeting protected workers. Also: the attorney general urges the appeals court to uphold the Ferguson murder conviction, the California Supreme Cour...

This morning on Less than 1: the SF police union backs a lawsuit against new parole regulations, and Fresno faces a legal challenge over a cannabis grow fine against an unaware landlord. Also: a new law lets prosecutors combine sex crime cases across county lines, law firm WilmerHale is sued after a data breach, advocacy groups sue over Trump's ICC sanctions, and a court rules an addiction treatme...

This evening on Less than 1: the Writers Guild follows states in a bid to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, the DOJ drops its 15-year economic espionage case against a Chinese steel company, and the 9th Circuit orders a new trial in a $40 million Comet trade secrets case. Also: OpenAI seeks $1 million in fees over xAI's bad-faith trade secrets suit, a towing company pays $160,000 over the s...