/california?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: California Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Mon, 16 Jun 2025 23:05:55 +0000 /california/articles/2354126?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2354126 A physician has agreed to plead guilty to helping supply the ketamine that killed "Friends" star Matthew Perry, according to a plea agreement filed in California federal court Monday. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:45:37 +0000 /california/articles/2353864?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353864 A California federal judge has found that a putative class action accusing a pair of DVD and video game sellers of unlawfully disclosing online buyers' personal information to Meta belongs in arbitration, finding that while the dispute presents a "close call," the defendants haven't waived their right to compel arbitration.  Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:34:13 +0000 /california/articles/2353942?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353942 The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and dozens of other affiliated legal organizations urged the First Circuit on Monday to uphold a Massachusetts federal judge's decision blocking President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, saying the White House order is unconstitutional and would "disproportionately harm" Asian American communities. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:29:39 +0000 /california/articles/2354060?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2354060 Actor Derek Dixon has accused Tyler Perry of sexually harassing and assaulting him while he was a series regular on the media mogul's political drama, "The Oval," and then retaliating against Dixon when he didn't reciprocate Perry's unwanted advances, according to the actor's $260 million lawsuit filed in Los Angeles. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:26:17 +0000 /california/articles/2354014?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2354014 A California federal judge Monday tossed a Washington husband and wife's lawsuit that alleged a Golden State Ritz-Carlton hotel served them bottled water contaminated with a hotel employee's semen, saying the couple failed to prove it was indeed a hotel employee who contaminated the water. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:55:41 +0000 /california/articles/2354116?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2354116 Two former Gree USA Inc. executives were sentenced to approximately three years in prison each by a California federal judge on Monday, after being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission by failing to report defective humidifiers in landmark criminal convictions under the Consumer Product Safety Act. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:31:25 +0000 /california/articles/2353960?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353960 A California federal judge has rejected three bids to dismiss a proposed shareholder class action against Silicon Valley Bank's brass, underwriters and auditor stemming from the bank's 2023 failure, finding the plaintiffs' "well-pleaded" allegations can continue. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:48:29 +0000 /california/articles/2353362?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353362 A Canadian securities attorney will pay over $323,000 to resolve U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that he drafted and executed sham consulting agreements at the heart of a scheme to conceal pay-for-play promotion of two so-called Regulation A offerings. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:32:02 +0000 /california/articles/2353490?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353490 A company that sells virtual private networks and is owned by an Israeli billionaire has been slapped with a lawsuit accusing it of enrolling customers in automatic subscriptions without their permission. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:24:39 +0000 /california/articles/2353748?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353748 Internet voice call providers are asking the Federal Communications Commission to preempt California from enforcing new rules that the providers consider "overreach" in regulating the businesses. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:12:18 +0000 /california/articles/2354030?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2354030 A California federal judge refused Monday to dismiss a proposed class action accusing Apple of maintaining a monopoly by keeping "full-service" cloud storage functionality limited to its own iCloud service while barring third-party cloud storage from accessing all files on iPhones and iPads. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:46:54 +0000 /california/articles/2353112?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353112 The California Gaming Association is backing a casino owner and operator in its U.S. Supreme Court bid to undo a Ninth Circuit ruling dismissing the company's challenge to Washington state tribal gaming compacts, arguing the nonprofit has an interest in ensuring its members can pursue their legal claims. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:28:24 +0000 /california/articles/2353990?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353990 The Cannabis Regulators Association, an international organization of government officials who oversee marijuana and hemp policy, on Monday announced its new executive board. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:18:29 +0000 /california/articles/2353910?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353910 A Mexican national entangled in a sprawling indictment accusing 11 people of producing and selling millions of counterfeit bottles of 5-Hour Energy drinks in a long-running criminal scheme has been extradited from Italy and made his initial appearance in California federal court Friday, after being a fugitive for the last decade.  Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:25:36 +0000 /california/articles/2353788?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353788 So-called sanctuary jurisdictions told a California federal judge Friday the Trump administration has conditioned entire swaths of federal funding on cooperating with its immigration crackdown, against the judge's April injunction, while the government argued the injunction can't broadly "prejudge an array of distinct issues that are not properly before the court." Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:12:52 +0000 /california/articles/2352408?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2352408 In light of recent high-profile patient privacy violations, health practices — especially in California — should better position themselves to comply with medical privacy laws by shoring up strategies ranging from mapping electronic protected health information to building a better compliance culture, says Suzanne Natbony at Aliant Law. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:45:52 +0000 /california/articles/2353672?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353672 A California federal judge has refused to certify a proposed class of HIV and AIDS patients alleging CVS Pharmacy Inc. violated federal disability bias protections by making their medication harder to access, finding the proposed group failed to meet the commonality standards under federal law.  Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:17:33 +0000 /california/articles/2353686?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353686 Cozen O'Connor announced the hiring of an up-and-coming insurance litigator to its expanding global insurance department, the department's second major addition in as many months, according to a news release Monday. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:12:25 +0000 /california/articles/2353742?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353742 A California federal judge has tossed a proposed class action claiming JPMorgan Chase & Co. misused 401(k) plan forfeitures to cover its contributions, noting dismissals from other federal courts on similar claims challenging how employers have used the unvested funds. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:25:50 +0000 /california/articles/2353731?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /california/articles/2353731 A California hemp farm is urging a Tennessee federal court not to throw out its suit as untimely against a Tennessee sheriff's office over $3.9 million in hemp flower the farm claimed was wrongly seized and then destroyed, saying it only learned that the hemp was illegally seized at a hearing for the hemp deliveryman months afterward.