/california?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: California Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 26 Nov 2025 22:22:26 +0000 /california/articles/2416085?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2416085 Apple tricks consumers into believing that it responsibly sources the key minerals used in its phones, computers and other tech products, when in reality it sources cobalt and coltan from companies that commit human and labor rights abuses, International Rights Advocates alleges in a lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 21:33:43 +0000 /california/articles/2415666?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415666 California's data privacy regulator has taken several notable steps in recent months, including handing down its first penalty upward of $1 million dollars and finalizing long-awaited rules on topics such as cybersecurity audits and technologies that use artificial intelligence, and the groundbreaking agency shows no signs of slowing down as its fifth anniversary approaches.  Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:08:54 +0000 /california/articles/2415882?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415882 Hourly agricultural laborers who accused California cannabis company Glass House Brands Inc. and some of its subsidiaries of bilking them out of sick pay, minimum wage and lunch breaks while enforcing quotas have agreed to settle what is left of their state court labor violation lawsuit for $305,000. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:50:16 +0000 /california/articles/2416006?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2416006 Twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday over new agency guidance barring certain categories of lawful permanent residents from receiving federal food assistance benefits. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:11:22 +0000 /california/articles/2416052?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2416052 The Ninth Circuit defied U.S. Supreme Court precedent and opened a circuit split when it upheld a National Labor Relations Board order making Macy's rehire striking workers and dole out novel remedies covering workers' losses, the company argued Wednesday in a bid for the high court's review. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:57:37 +0000 /california/articles/2415997?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415997 A title company is partially liable for mishandling $13 million wired into escrow by an investor seeking a 50% ownership interest in a 17-hotel deal, a California federal judge ruled, finding that the title company owed the investor a duty of reasonable care. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:27:25 +0000 /california/articles/2415632?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415632 Swimmers suing World Aquatics over alleged antitrust violations say the objection to an additional $1.16 million in attorney fees is "absurd," arguing the international governing body knows payment would come from a fund separate from the already negotiated attorney fees. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:13:48 +0000 /california/articles/2415990?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415990 Attorneys general from 32 states are urging Congress to preserve their ability to pass laws regulating artificial intelligence, contending that the Trump administration's renewed proposal to insert a moratorium into a federal spending bill would leave states powerless in the face of AI-powered scams, harmful chatbot hallucinations and other emerging dangers. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:03:13 +0000 /california/articles/2415516?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415516 A Delaware federal judge has ruled that two patents on transferring content, which were originally issued to Philips, are invalid for claiming only abstract ideas, handing a victory to accused infringer Intel Corp. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:43:28 +0000 /california/articles/2415867?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415867 A California federal magistrate judge on Wednesday warned attorneys representing Databricks in a group of writers' copyright lawsuit over AI training that they cannot discuss deposition testimony with witnesses during breaks other than for privilege reasons, but she rejected the writers' accusation that defense counsel had improperly coached witnesses. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:26:37 +0000 /california/articles/2415221?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415221 The former owner of an island in the San Francisco Bay is asking the Ninth Circuit to reverse a lower court ruling that he illegally destroyed "critical" wetlands without first receiving a Clean Water Act permit. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:24:44 +0000 /california/articles/2415998?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415998 California appellate justices refused to revive a lawsuit by a Marshall's customer who tripped and fell after hitting her ankle on a platform behind her while looking at vases on a shelf, pointing out that the customer admitted she wasn't looking at where she was going when she stepped backward. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:04:51 +0000 /california/articles/2416045?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2416045 Warner Bros. Studio Operations and related companies made California employees work through their meal breaks, required them to work unpaid overtime and didn't pay them for on-call or standby time, according to a proposed wage-and-hour class action filed Nov. 25 in Los Angeles County Superior Court.    Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:02:42 +0000 /california/articles/2415987?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415987 OpenAI hit back at allegations that its ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot aided and abetted a California teen's suicide, saying the boy's misuse of the platform caused his actions, according to documents filed in San Francisco County Superior Court. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:55:49 +0000 /california/articles/2415814?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415814 Kalshi has asked the Ninth Circuit to weigh in on a Nevada federal judge's decision to vacate an earlier order shielding the trading platform's sports event contracts from the state's gaming regulators. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:52:59 +0000 /california/articles/2415768?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415768 A California state judge cleared Keesal Young & Logan to pursue most of its lawsuit alleging Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young crossed the line when it recruited 10 former Keesal Young attorneys, finding that claims such as inducing breach of contract could move forward, in part, because of conversations among the attorneys. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:50:13 +0000 /california/articles/2414479?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2414479 The U.S. Department of Transportation's plan to scrap its requirement that airfare ads include all fees and taxes in price listings means that airlines, travel agents and other affected businesses must balance competitive pricing against the risk of alienating consumers, say Kimberly Graber at Steptoe and Serena Viswanathan, formerly at the FTC's Division of Advertising Practices. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:56:30 +0000 /california/articles/2415787?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415787 The U.S. Department of Justice has not sufficiently justified its demands for Michigan voters' personal information, so a lawsuit seeking the data should be dismissed, the League of Women Voters of Michigan has told a federal judge. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:26:52 +0000 /california/articles/2415394?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415394 An investor suing the principals of cannabis company Devi Holdings Inc. over an undisclosed $13 million tax liability is urging a Florida federal court to deny a motion for summary judgment from Devi's CEO, saying it ignores undisputed facts and rehashes old arguments that were rejected at the dismissal stage. Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:38:23 +0000 /california/articles/2415778?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2415778 Shareholders of Synopsys Inc. have launched a class action in California federal court alleging the chip software design company concealed concerns about its pre-designed semiconductor components business segment before it acquired Ansys for $35 billion.