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This morning on Less than 1: a new securities class action targets Google over data collection disclosures, a judge hears demurrers and a status conference in the Palisades fire litigation, and an initial case management conference addresses the OpenAI JCCP. Also: the DOJ's push to speed civil antitrust investigations draws doubts, and LAFD closes its Lineage warehouse fire investigation without d...

This evening on Less than 1: more than 100 riders allege brain injuries from Six Flags' X2 coaster, a judge leans against dropping Edison's parent company from the Eaton Fire cases, and the 9th Circuit weighs HUD's bid to cut off LAHSA funding. Also: the Supreme Court's order gives parents custody of a baby in a closely watched surrogacy fight. Stories mentioned in this episode: More than 100 ride...

This morning on Less than 1: the State Bar sends Community Justice Worker rules to the California Supreme Court, Fresno and Sacramento counties seek remand in a cigarette-filter waste suit against tobacco companies, and summary judgment hearings begin in the Eaton fire litigation. Also: San Francisco sues to stop early access to Trump's Truth Social posts. Stories mentioned in this episode: (The N...

This evening on Less than 1: a judge questions the $100 million deal to end TikTok's privacy order, British Columbia sues OpenAI over a deadly school shooting, and Gan is reappointed to the 9th Circuit's bankruptcy appeals panel. Also: California's bar exam software provider agrees to pay $1.3 million in a class action over test failures. Stories mentioned in this episode: Judge questions $100M de...

This morning on Less than 1: Boutrous leads a media challenge to Trump's White House press ban, Paramount and states reach a settlement over the Warner Bros. merger, Newsom signs dozens of bills while vetoing a habeas corpus expansion, and a judge tentatively rejects the DOJ's bid to vacate a TikTok-related consent order. In our new law spotlight: how a new California law restricts corporate litig...

This evening on Less than 1: remembering former California Supreme Court Justice Joyce Kennard, Gov. Newsom nominates five appellate justices, including two from his office, an Oakland judge tentatively designates the Moss Landing fire exposure suit as complex, and a jury finds a mortuary negligent in a botched infant burial while awarding no damages. Also: Newsom signs an executive order to explo...

This morning on Less than 1: health care clinics accuse SEIU-UHW of racketeering over Proposition 44, Eli Lilly's chief scientific officer returns to the stand in a breach of contract suit brought by Nektar Therapeutics, and the California Trucking Association dismisses its Clean Fleets lawsuit after a regulatory repeal. Also: the LA City Council votes to withhold rebuilding permits for the Lineag...

This evening on Less than 1: an unusual publication decision puts a justice's Racial Justice Act concurrence in the spotlight, ChatGPT users sue OpenAI over human review of their conversations, and Downey Brand's Dreher joins the Eastern District bankruptcy bench. Also: a watchdog group asks California's bar to investigate the conduct of two DOJ attorneys in immigration cases. Stories mentioned in...

This morning on Less than 1: a federal judge limits ICE's warrantless civil arrest authority in California, Meta, YouTube and Snap seek to introduce attorney-advertising evidence in a social media bellwether trial, and a judge hears special master challenges in the Chiquita Canyon Landfill litigation. Also: a judge allows the Kennedy Center to remain temporarily closed amid an ongoing renovation d...

This evening on Less than 1: feds widen the LA homelessness fraud probe and warn more charges are coming, the DOJ challenges San Jose's $1,591 concealed carry fee, San Francisco's bench elects Hite as its next presiding judge, and Newsom signs an AI performer disclosure law. Also: Charlie Kirk's family says security failures by Utah officials led to his assassination. Stories mentioned in this epi...

This morning on Less than 1: A case management conference proceeds in the Depo-Provera meningioma litigation against Pfizer, and a judge weighs the path forward for more than 13,000 Carson odor litigation claims. Also: legal industry veterans launch an AI-powered employment firm, and the FTC chair voices suspicion of AI companies seeking antitrust exemptions. Stories mentioned in this episode: (Re...

This evening on Less than 1: new wildfire smoke standards could reshape insurance litigation, the death penalty persists in California despite the Reiner decision, and groups sue to block a 22-story Marina housing project above a storied Safeway. Also: traffic fatalities in LA are outpacing 2025 as advocates demand action, and the U.S. Senate fails to advance a sweeping cryptocurrency bill. Storie...

This morning on Less than 1: Governor Newsom signs a law excusing jurors over 80 from service without documentation, a judge considers reinstating dismissed plaintiffs in the Carson odor litigation, and a Kings County judge is charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a cyclist's death. Also: John Eastman asks the U.S. Supreme Court to undo his disbarment over efforts to overturn Trump's...

This evening on Less than 1: opioid plaintiffs seek discovery into McKinsey's work for Johnson & Johnson, high-speed rail legal fights shift as construction advances, and the Santa Maria courthouse bomber pleads guilty to his 2024 attack. Also: L.A.'s City Council backs fast-food worker scheduling protections, immigrants' lawyers say the U.S. is redacting documents proving legal status, and law fi...

This morning on Less than 1: the 9th Circuit revives insurers' claims against Hyundai and Kia over vehicle thefts, and a judge hears Triumph Foods' reconsideration bid in its Prop. 12 preemption challenge. Also: a look at whether a "Teach for America" model can save public defense, Paramount's threatened California exit could devastate the LA economy, and states and cities challenge DHS' new "publ...

This evening on Less than 1: the 9th Circuit won't reconsider a landmark veterans housing ruling, a panel reverses the disqualification of a county attorney who concealed his outside practice, and investors seek terminating sanctions in a $35 million Patten University fraud suit. Also: an Afghan woman is deported in the first use of an obscure terrorism court. Stories mentioned in this episode: 9t...

This morning on Less than 1: producers seek discovery from Rebel Wilson in a defamation suit, and a hearing proceeds on an antisemitism writ of mandate against Oakland Unified. Also: election officials ban certain public workers from trading on prediction markets ahead of the midterms, and a new survey finds 41% of lawyers say the profession is detrimental to their mental health. Stories mentioned...

This evening on Less than 1: Newsom signs child online safety laws amid warnings of legal challenges, the DOJ says Berkeley Law discriminated by race in admissions, a revival law opens a path for a decades-old Cesar Chavez assault claim, and Lucas Museum delays spur a contractor's $1.9 million cost claim. Also: an explainer on whether Trump's proposed $5,000 "dividend" is legal and how it would wo...

This morning on Less than 1: the 9th Circuit asks the California Supreme Court to resolve Prop. 103 insurer rate questions in a USAA case, local governments scramble to support beleaguered prosecutors' offices, and the 2nd District backs a state civil rights probe of SpaceX. Also: federal judges' interns may accept recruiting stipends from law firms, and a DHS proposal would eliminate the H-1B pos...

This evening on Less than 1: 9th Circuit Judge Tung makes his mark with pointed dissents, Nektar tells a jury Lilly's acquisition doomed their drug partnership, and a judge sets two new social media addiction trials for 2027. Also: a litigation finance disclosure rule in Louisiana expands the transparency push in U.S. courts, and Trump's proposed census overhaul would exclude some immigrants and r...

This morning on Less than 1: a federal judge hears arguments on reconsidering Uber's RICO claims against attorney Jacob Emrani, Womble adds a 29-person product liability team from Lewis Brisbois, and a case management conference proceeds in a proposed class action over PG&E's Dixie fire smoke exposure. Also: U.S. states sue the Trump administration over weakened endangered species protections, and...

This evening on Less than 1: a factual innocence ruling gives one exoneree a path to compensation and a cleared record, a judge finds triable issues over whether a lawyer aided his wife against his own client, and Deel seeks sanctions over Rippling's "honeypot" spy trap. Also: LIV Golf files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Stories mentioned in this episode: Factual innocence ruling gives exo...

This morning on Less than 1: a hearing is set in a discovery dispute between Eaton fire plaintiffs and Southern California Edison, and the California Coastal Commission seeks dismissal of Pacific Pipeline's lawsuit over the Las Flores pipeline restart. Also: the ABA repeals its DEI rule for law schools as an accreditation decision looms, two Minnesota inmates who earned law degrees in prison face...

This evening on Less than 1: a sealed DTLA dismissal raises questions about the bar's next move, the 9th Circuit says Roblox waived arbitration by litigating first, tobacco giants move California filter pollution lawsuits to federal court, and Marin County Women Lawyers marks 50 years of mentorship and leadership. Also: the Supreme Court sides with Republicans in a TV ad fight. Stories mentioned i...

This morning on Less than 1: attorney Danny Abir sees AI reshaping law firms as industry consolidation accelerates, a conservative YouTuber sues to block California's immigration-services privacy law, a judge denies Epic Games' bid to arbitrate a minor's Fortnite addiction claims, and a judge moves to enjoin an expert accused of threatening to sell Lenovo secrets. Also: Quinn Emanuel is ousted fro...