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This evening on Less than 1: Apple sues OpenAI alleging a systematic effort to steal trade secrets, a San Diego jury awards $15.5 million in a Hyatt wrongful death case, and a class action claims Google's Nest cameras collect facial recognition data without consent. Also: LA County warns LAUSD risks insolvency, a real estate agent is sentenced in a post-Eaton Fire rent hike case, and a California...

This morning on Less than 1: Judge Dolly Gee hears motions to dismiss key claims in Sable's suit against Santa Barbara County over pipeline permit transfers. Also: a new federal rule requires college programs to show graduates out-earn non-college workers or lose financial aid, Chicago Law bans phones and laptops from first-year classes to combat AI, and stablecoin issuer Circle wins federal appro...

This evening on Less than 1: a judge keeps MacLaren Hall sex abuse cases on track for trial, a grand jury backs the LA sheriff oversight panel in its records fight, and Gibson Dunn joins the LA28 legal team for the 2028 Olympics. Also: a published ruling says anti-gay harassment is sexual harassment under FEHA, two longtime 2nd District justices retire, and businesses brace for fallout as the Supr...

This morning on Less than 1: the state auditor details failures behind the flawed February bar exam, and a judge allows a class action to proceed testing whether utility billing companies qualify as debt collectors under California law. Also: the California Supreme Court affirms counties' power to oversee sheriff's offices, global deal-making hits a decade high fueled by AI and a permissive regula...

This evening on Less than 1: a judge narrows evidence disputes before the second social media addiction trial, and Chief Justice Roberts transfers a misconduct probe of a 9th Circuit judge to the 4th Circuit. Also: ex-pitcher Scott Erickson seeks a $14 million offset from the $198 million Iskander wrongful death judgment, Deere settles the FTC's right-to-repair lawsuit, Florida's OpenAI case lands...

This morning on Less than 1: the DOJ intervenes in California's clean trucks case calling the state's enforcement bid a "stunning act of defiance," a wedding dress shop owner sues OpenAI over ChatGPT business advice, and a former Alignment Healthcare executive alleges accounting irregularities and retaliation. Also: the ABA seeks White House records tied to Trump's law firm executive orders, LA Co...

This evening on Less than 1: the 9th Circuit questions California's ban on mandatory workplace meetings, a judge rejects Meta's bid to shield moderation claims under Section 230, and Sable asks the Trump administration to seize California land for its pipeline. Also: a Fresno city council candidate resigns from a legal aid board amid campaign controversy, Yale Law's dean pushes back against a Trum...

This morning on Less than 1: investors clear a key hurdle in their fraud suit against Steve Ballmer and Joseph Sanberg over a collapsed carbon-offset startup, and the 9th Circuit hands California a win in the fight over gas appliances. Also: Justices Kagan and Barrett will testify before Congress for the first time since 2019, an AI startup CEO's secret guilty plea in a law firm insider trading sc...

This evening on Less than 1: LA judge Pat Connolly survives a razor-thin reelection race, a Honda fraud verdict may strengthen defect claims in California lemon law cases, and a San Francisco public defender petitions to dismiss a misdemeanor case over a speedy trial violation. Also: the USPTO abandons its Board of Peace trademark applications, and a Central Valley farmer gives away 100,000 pounds...

This morning on Less than 1: a judge allows Edison's cross-claims against LA County to proceed in the Eaton Fire litigation. Also: the Supreme Court's next term shapes up with major cases on guns, voting rights and LGBT rights, the SEC proposes its biggest public company reporting overhaul in years, and a professor fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk reaches a $1.9 million settlement. Stories menti...

This evening on Less than 1: Netflix moves for $3 million in attorney fees after winning a patent case it says was built on fraud. Also: a Los Angeles judge refuses to lift a discovery stay in the dispute over dozens of child sex abuse plaintiffs caught between two competing probation camp settlements — and wants plaintiffs to identify their legal theory first. And: Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ta...

This morning on Less than 1: a judge strikes Huntington Beach's CEQA challenge to the state's housing enforcement lawsuit, dealing the city another loss in its yearslong fight against California's housing mandates. Also: a Los Angeles judge will hear arguments over whether to lift a discovery stay for dozens of child sex abuse plaintiffs caught between two competing settlements in the coordinated...

This evening on Less than 1: a judge denies Consumer Watchdog's bid to invalidate FAIR Plan cost-recovery guidance, a physician sues Sheppard Mullin over allegedly improper settlement discussions, and California's appeals court upholds dismissal of state charges against the Pelosi attacker. Also: a lawsuit alleges a drug-spiked water jug caused teens to overdose at an LA juvenile hall, and a feder...

This morning on Less than 1: a judge overturns the $8.8 million Carson odor verdict and grants a new trial, SB 690 heads to committee to clarify California's wiretapping law's reach online, and a judge rules Yelp need not re-prove Google's monopoly in its antitrust suit. Also: the LA City Council pulls its noncitizen voting proposal at the last minute, and LA County takes control of its homeless s...

This evening on Less than 1: a California appeals court voids a law firm's arbitration clauses over undisclosed client conflicts, a San Francisco judge rules the state DOJ exceeded its authority with cardroom regulations, and a judge dismisses the Visa investor suit over the DOJ antitrust probe. Also: veteran LA judge Stephen Czuleger announces his retirement, the DOJ settles an egg price-fixing p...

This morning on Less than 1: a judge finds Meta violated child privacy law but leaves a key COPPA question for the jury, TikTok settles the second social media bellwether case weeks before trial, and SB 574 heads to committee to regulate AI use by judges and neutrals. Also: the Supreme Court hands down three major rulings on transgender athletes in sports, campaign finance limits and birthright ci...

This evening on Less than 1: the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority sues the Trump administration over HUD's suspension of more than $200 million in federal homelessness funding. Also: the Archdiocese of San Francisco agrees to a $395 million clergy abuse settlement — what plaintiffs' attorneys are calling the largest per-survivor settlement in any clerical bankruptcy. And: the fight over San...

This morning on Less than 1: the U.S. Supreme Court shields Bayer and Monsanto from state-law failure-to-warn claims over Roundup's alleged cancer risks — and plaintiffs' attorneys warn the ruling could threaten California's Proposition 65 warning regime. Also: a status conference is set in the coordinated social media addiction litigation as the second bellwether trial takes shape. And: the Supre...

This evening on Less than 1: nine bail bond insurers agree to a $66 million antitrust settlement over allegations they fixed the price of a nonrefundable fee charged to Californians who post bail. Also: a federal judge signals she will deny Meta's bid to exclude internal documents from an August trial brought by state attorneys general over alleged adolescent social media addiction. And: a Los Ang...

This morning on Less than 1: a federal judge declares a mistrial in the Palisades Fire arson case — prosecutors say they will retry. Also: a Santa Barbara attorney unseats one of California's longest-serving trial judges in a rare contested judicial election. And: Governor Newsom signs the rideshare compromise bill, keeping dueling Uber and CAOC ballot measures off the November ballot. Plus: OpenA...

This evening on Less than 1: a judge denies the DA's bid to pause $4 billion in juvenile abuse settlement payouts, a federal judge limits California's call-recording law to traditional phones, and Judge Chhabria picks Bursor and Edelson to lead Flock license plate reader privacy litigation. Also: the California Legislature unanimously passes SB 623 to avert the Uber-attorney ballot fight, and a ju...

This morning on Less than 1: the Supreme Court rules federal law preempts Roundup failure-to-warn claims, and a judge tentatively orders Huntington Beach to adopt ranked choice voting. Also: the Supreme Court clears the way for deportation of TPS holders and allows border turn-backs, strikes down a Hawaii gun law, and SB 623 passes the Assembly and heads to the Senate with a deadline looming. Plus...

This evening on Less than 1: the First Amendment Coalition sues San Jose State over a World Cup records request, and a warehouse owner loses its bid to erase an $8.8 million Carson odor verdict. Also: a federal appeals court deals the Trump administration its biggest setback yet in the voter roll fight, senators introduce a bipartisan AI labeling bill, and judges jockey for a potential Trump Supre...

This morning on Less than 1: a federal judge hears motions to dismiss in Uber's RICO suit against LA personal injury attorneys, a judge upholds Inglewood's 20-year kiosk advertising deal over SoFi Stadium and Intuit Dome objections, and Yolo County appoints a new district attorney. Also: an NLRB judge orders Amazon to bargain with the Teamsters, and a federal judge vacates Trump's immigration cour...

This evening on Less than 1: the Supreme Court bars a Falun Gong lawsuit against Cisco under the Alien Tort Statute — plus YouTube settles before the second social media addiction bellwether trial, the 9th Circuit blocks key parts of California's school gender identity law, and Uber and trial attorneys advance a compromise bill to avoid a November ballot fight. Also: Southern California law enforc...