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Covering Los Angeles courts for @BLaw. Was @postandcourier and @asheville. Tips? mblack@bloombergindustry.com. Signal is MitchBlack.50
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LA Social Media Trial Dismissal Leaves Vast Landscape of Cases Original

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By Mitchell Black
| Bloomberg Law Verified
A teenage boy’s last-minute decision to withdraw his social media addiction lawsuit against before trial is a setback for the sprawling litigation playing out in the Los Angeles court that saw early success with a jury awarding $6 million to a 20-year-old girl. However, the withdrawal of the second bellwether case’s plaintiff is a delay that doesn’t dramatically alter the landscape of the mass tort, with seven more trials still on the books in the initial tranche.
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Palisades Fire Homeowner Claims Against AAA Affiliate Move Ahead

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By Mitchell Black
| Bloomberg Tax Verified
A division of Southern California’s AAA affiliate must face claims that it systematically underinsured multiple homeowners whose houses burned in the Palisades Fire, after a California court ruled to allow the claims to proceed Wednesday. Judge Richard Kemalyan adopted his tentative order, ending the Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club’s attempt to dismiss the lawsuit at the early stage.
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Juror Bias Wipes Out Massive Pandemic Fraud Scheme Conviction Original

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By Mitchell Black
| Bloomberg Law Verified
A trial court failure to adequately investigate a juror’s apparent bias has wiped out the 44-count conviction of a man accused of carrying out schemes to defraud the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday vacated Attila Colar’s 2023 conviction, granting him a new trial. The three-judge panel found that Oakland US District Judge Haywood S.
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