(Subscription required) An Oakland federal judge approved Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery over objections from advocacy groups, cementing a deal with 12 state attorneys general that requires no studio or cable-network divestitures.

The US Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to hear a dispute over a policy by President Donald Trump's administration that subjects millions of immigrants who entered the United States illegally to mandatory detention during their ​deportation proceedings.

(Subscription required) Attorneys who have been members of the State Bar of California for at least 10 years are eligible to apply. The deadline is Dec. 1.

Ride-hailing giant Lyft agreed Thursday to pay $272.5 million to settle a lawsuit challenging its classification of drivers in California as contractors, rather than employees entitled to minimum wages, unemployment insurance and other benefits. But the settlement — most of which would be paid to drivers who worked for Lyft between April 2016 and December 2020 — doesn’t require Lyft to treat its current drivers as employees.