https://www.law360.com/california?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: California Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 23:26:41 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333185?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333185 A California federal judge granted preliminary approval Wednesday to a group of roughly 1,000 Division I volunteer baseball coaches for their settlement under which the NCAA would pay $49.5 million to resolve their proposed antitrust class action challenging a since-repealed "uniform wage fix" bylaw. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:30:45 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332768?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332768 A former construction company employee can't appeal an order denying his class certification motion in a putative wage and hour class action, a California state appeals court has ruled, finding it does not qualify under the so-called death knell doctrine because Private Attorneys General Act claims remained active when he appealed. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:29:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333089?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333089 A defunct advertising app that alleged Google's decision to boot it from the Google Play Store harmed market competition for digital advertising asked the Ninth Circuit to reinstate its claims, arguing Wednesday the lower court wrongly concluded that eliminating a "nascent competitor" in a large market didn't rise to antitrust injury. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:06:00 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333179?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333179 A California federal judge presiding over a damages trial over how much Israeli spyware-maker NSO Group owes for hacking 1,400 WhatsApp users' devices ruled Thursday NSO's counsel violated multiple pretrial orders, finding corrective instructions are warranted and barring counsel from making the "outlandish" claim Meta Platforms' spyware-attack remediation was trade secret theft. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:01:27 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333124?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333124 Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP will represent a proposed class of investors in a suit alleging Jack Dorsey's fintech company Block Inc. created a "haven for criminal and illicit activities" on its Cash App and Square payment platforms despite touting its anti-money laundering protocols. Thu, 01 May 2025 21:21:46 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333454?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333454 A Colorado federal judge told a group of athletes Thursday that any stigma they perceive over his choice of pronouns to refer to a transgender volleyball player is "self-inflicted," according to an order declining to get the Tenth Circuit involved in his decision not to recuse from the case.  Thu, 01 May 2025 20:46:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332772?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332772 The Federal Circuit's argument calendar for May includes appeals of two nine-figure patent verdicts — one against Apple and one against Medtronic — and Roku's bid to revive its remote control patent suit at the U.S. International Trade Commission after a loss tied to the commission's domestic industry requirement. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:21:00 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333522?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333522 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security turned to the nation's highest court on Thursday, asking the justices to pause a nationwide injunction blocking the agency from undoing the Biden administration's extension of temporary protected status for Venezuela during its appeal. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:59:24 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332741?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332741 Whether it was fair for Meta Platforms to use copyrighted books without permission to train an artificial intelligence platform will come down to how the market for those books is impacted, regardless of how transformative the innovation may be, the California federal judge overseeing a proposed class action from a group of bestselling authors said Thursday. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:26:20 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332760?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332760 A panel of insurance experts stressed in front of a U.S. Senate committee Thursday the importance of mitigation efforts, such as strengthening building codes and hardening homes, as the experts discussed how prices in the property insurance market have soared because of recent natural disasters across the country. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:14:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333022?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333022 A U.S. Army contractor sued a custom cable manufacturer in Texas federal court Thursday, alleging that it is owed more than $1.3 million for specialized cable sets that were never delivered. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:59:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332720?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332720 U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis and Chris Coons on Thursday brought back two significant patent reform bills from last term that overall aim to make invalidating patents more difficult. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:48:36 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333137?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333137 Open Artificial Intelligence said key questions in a trademark dispute with OpenAI should go before a jury, arguing there were too many factual issues for the ChatGPT developer to obtain a ruling in its favor in the fight. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:34:06 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2331850?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2331850 A PetroSaudi unit continues fighting the Trump administration's bid to pause litigation to seize a $380 million arbitral award while related proceedings in Switzerland play out, saying a California federal judge has already denied its stay request once before. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:53:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333097?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333097 The American Chemistry Council can move forward with its challenge to a since-withdrawn subpoena from the California attorney general tied to a plastics pollution probe, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:08:23 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333053?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333053 A Ninth Circuit decision allowing a Guam group to challenge an Air Force permit renewal application to detonate expired munitions conflicts with precedent and threatens to burden permit applicants, agencies and courts, the U.S. government said in a rehearing petition filed Wednesday. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:56:06 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332959?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332959 The Executive Office for Immigration Review told a California federal judge it plans to take over the direct administration of legal access services for thousands of immigrant families that were separated under the first Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:35:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332918?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332918 A California Assembly panel has passed a bill to cap internet prices for low-income families, similar to New York legislation now in effect that went through appellate court challenge. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:16:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332519?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2332519 While businesses may have been given a reprieve from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures, they must still track evolving requirements in states including California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York that will soon require reporting of direct and indirect carbon emissions, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:14:37 +0000 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333012?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2333012 The legal malpractice suit in which gene sequencing company GenapSys Inc. argued Paul Hastings LLP caused GenapSys' bankruptcy appears to have been settled.