/california?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: California Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:44:50 +0000 /california/articles/2356831?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2356831 Grocery chain Albertsons has resolved a proposed class action alleging its Signature Select Fruit & Grain cereal bars were deceptively labeled "Naturally Flavored" while containing an artificial ingredient derived from petroleum. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:50:26 +0000 /california/articles/2355905?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2355905 A California federal court's recent dismissal of a class action against Dfinity, holding that the claims were time-barred by the Securities Act's three-year statute of repose, provides a useful defense for cryptocurrency issuers, which often solicit investments years before minting and distributing the associated tokens, say attorneys at Paul Weiss. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:08:26 +0000 /california/articles/2357377?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2357377 A split Ninth Circuit panel has refused to vacate a Mexican national's conviction for possession of a firearm while present in the U.S. without authorization, saying there's no reasonable likelihood that the jury would have reached a different conclusion with different instructions. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:21:35 +0000 /california/articles/2354692?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2354692 Despite the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s May warning that it will impose stiff sanctions on bid protesters whose filings contain artificial intelligence-generated mistakes and hallucinations, generative AI can be a valuable tool for the bid protest bar if used with safeguards, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:25:23 +0000 /california/articles/2348925?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2348925 Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:03:27 +0000 /california/articles/2357287?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2357287 Several federal agencies must stop enforcing a part of President Donald Trump's executive order that would ax labor contracts covering agencies that have "national security" aims, a California federal judge ruled, finding unions showed they would suffer irreparable harm by losing collective bargaining rights. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 23:09:17 +0000 /california/articles/2357155?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2357155 A Seattle federal judge Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from withholding funds for electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects in 14 states, but stopped short of applying it to two other states and Washington, D.C., and stayed the order to give the administration time to appeal. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:44:25 +0000 /california/articles/2357065?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2357065 The first federal court decision on the fairness of taking copyrighted material to train generative artificial intelligence is a mixed outcome for tech companies and content creators that could prompt both parties to seek coexistence, according to attorneys, with the judge concluding that while the technology is "spectacularly" transformative, using pirated material is inexcusable. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:10:52 +0000 /california/articles/2357140?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2357140 The widow of Billy Crystal's longtime manager sued the actor in California state court Tuesday, alleging he owes fees from his acting and voice-over work and arguing that the "When Harry Met Sally" star stopped paying her late husband's management firm two years ago in breach of an oral and implied contract. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:10:41 +0000 /california/articles/2357053?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2357053 A coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia filed suit Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court, accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully using a single clause "buried in federal regulations" to nix billions of dollars in federal grant funding to the states. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:02:33 +0000 /california/articles/2356341?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2356341 Hockey players' unions and individual players have appealed to the Ninth Circuit after a Washington federal judge dismissed their antitrust lawsuit accusing the National Hockey League and the Canadian Hockey League of conspiring to suppress wages for junior league players. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:48:17 +0000 /california/articles/2356858?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2356858 San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. filed a lawsuit Monday in California state court alleging that a future earnings deal he signed with Big League Advance when he was a minor league baseball player is an illegal, predatory loan that could cost him $34 million.  Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:42:42 +0000 /california/articles/2356600?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2356600 Two men and a woman filed new sexual assault suits against Sean "Diddy" Combs in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, claiming that they were drugged, raped and assaulted by both Combs and his son at different parties. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:41:16 +0000 /california/articles/2356384?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2356384 A former Gree USA executive has appealed his conviction and 38-month prison sentence in the first-ever criminal prosecution of individuals under the Consumer Product Safety Act, according to a Tuesday filing in California federal court. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:52:58 +0000 /california/articles/2356752?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2356752 A California federal judge has once again tossed an investor class action accusing shoemaker Allbirds Inc. of failing to warn investors about the risks of its shifting business strategy ahead of its initial public offering, ruling that shareholders would need to prove they can overcome the U.S. Supreme Court's Slack test in order to move forward with the case. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:39:38 +0000 /california/articles/2357071?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2357071 X Corp. challenged a request from former Twitter employees in Washington state to make the social media giant arbitrate claims about unpaid severance and bonuses, telling a federal judge that there is a lack of evidence showing the workers have valid arbitration agreements with the company. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:37:59 +0000 /california/articles/2356309?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2356309 Poor training and persistent quality control lapses on Boeing's manufacturing and assembly lines, along with the Federal Aviation Administration's ineffective oversight of the plane-maker, led to the January 2024 door-plug blowout aboard a 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:26:05 +0000 /california/articles/2356912?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2356912 Retired Carolina Panthers defensive lineman Mike Rucker and his wife unknowingly invested in a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by their longtime financial adviser who is now under criminal indictment in North Carolina, according to a state court complaint they filed accusing him of mismanaging their money for decades. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:09:08 +0000 /california/articles/2356948?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2356948 A California federal judge Tuesday declined to acquit a cryptocurrency company founder convicted of fraud and money laundering in a case that also involved disgraced ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, calling the defendant's assertions that the court wrongly blocked evidence showing Abramoff had conspired against the company "laughable." Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:53:48 +0000 /california/articles/2356690?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2356690 A group of Apple customers from New Jersey and Illinois who were denied class certification last year in a suit alleging the company falsely markets the storage capacity of 16-gigabyte iPhones and iPads preinstalled with the iOS 8 operating system filed a new proposed class action Monday in California federal court.