20 h. ago California lawsuit says makers of plastic bags lied about products being recyclable

California is suing three plastic-bag makers, alleging they misled people by falsely claiming their products were recyclable

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69 h. ago Judge temporarily blocks firings by Trump administration during shutdown

Judge says White House office of management and budget took advantage of government shutdown in firing workersA federal court has granted a temporary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s firings of federal employees during the government shutdown.The ruling by Judge Susan Illston of the US district court’s northern district of California came in response to a lawsuit filed by labor unions representing federal workers. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago NRA sues California after Newsom signs ban on ‘switches’ that turn handguns into machine guns

Firearms groups accuse Golden State of seeking to ‘disarm law-abiding citizens’

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1 week ago California and Oregon to fight Trump as both sue over deployed national guard

Governors Newsom and Kotek push back on Trump administration as it looks to escalate crackdown in PortlandCalifornia’s governor, Gavin Newsom, said on Sunday he would go to court to fight the move by Donald Trump to send national guard members from his state to Oregon, where protesters have gathered near a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) building in Portland.Oregon’s governor, Tina Kotek, said 101 California national guard members arrived in her state on Saturday night by plane and more were on the way. Kotek said there has been no formal communication with the federal government about the deployment. A day earlier, a judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying 200 members of Oregon’s guard to Portland. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Judge blocks national guard deployment to Oregon after legal action by Newsom

California governor says president ‘attacking rule of law’ as Trump-appointed judge rules twice to stop national guard from any state being used in OregonA federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any national guard units to Oregon a few hours after the California governor, Gavin Newsom, announced he would sue the president over the planned deployment of his state’s troops.Both states sought the temporary restraining order after the president sent guard members from California to Oregon earlier in the day. On Saturday, the same judge temporarily blocked the administration from deploying Oregon’s national guard troops to Portland. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tesla hit with second lawsuit over deadly California Cybertruck crash

Parents of another victim of 2024 crash say ‘catastrophic’ design flaw to blame for deaths of three peopleTesla is being sued by the parents of a another victim killed in a Cybertruck crash in the quiet town of Piedmont, California. This is the second suit filed against the car maker this week alleging a design flaw in its vehicle is to blame for the deaths of the passengers involved in the accident, according to court filings.The parents of Jack Nelson allege that the company that helped Elon Musk become the world’s richest man knew about the flaw for years and could have moved faster to fix the problem but did not, leaving the passengers trapped amid flames and smoke that eventually killed them. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago California jury clears Uber of liability in landmark passenger sexual assault lawsuit

The California jury’s verdict is the first of over 500 state and 2,500 federal Uber sexual assault lawsuits to go to trial

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2 w. ago Woman beaten unconscious during show at Rose Bowl sues venue over ‘mental anguish’

Shelby Lynn Elston’s attorney said that she stopped breathing after the attack and was only revived when her fiancé performed CPR

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3 w. ago Elon Musk’s xAI accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets in new lawsuit

Suit alleges OpenAI has a ‘troubling pattern’ of hiring former xAI workers to access secrets about the Grok chatbotElon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has accused rival OpenAI of stealing its trade secrets in a new lawsuit, the latest in Musk’s legal assault on his former business partner, Sam Altman.The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in California federal court, alleged that OpenAI was engaged in a “deeply troubling pattern” of hiring away former xAI employees to gain access to trade secrets related to its AI chatbot Grok. The company says OpenAI is pursuing unfair advantages in the race to develop AI technology. Continue reading...

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last month West Lothian company celebrates reaching construction waste milestone

Livingston-based Brewster Brothers, which recycles construction waste into high-quality aggregate products, extracts the valuable materials from construction, demolition and excavation waste via its state-of-the-art recycling plant, using a wet-processing system.

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last month Judge dismisses Indigenous Amazon tribe's lawsuit against the New York Times and TMZ

A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by an Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon against the New York Times and TMZ

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