(Subscription required) The [U.S. Supreme Court] justices should decide as soon as next week whether to accept review of the writs of certiorari filed by Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. of separate rulings by the 2nd District Court of Appeal. In both cases, the appellate court panels – subsequently joined by the California Supreme Court – ruled that plaintiffs whose individual claims are referred to arbitration do not lose standing to pursue nonindividual claims for their co-workers.

(Subscription required) California Assistant Attorney General Paula Blizzard said she's made it her mission to capitalize on the broadness of the state's antitrust statute, the Cartwright Act, and bring cases.

A California law barring the purchase of more than one gun in a 30-day period was struck down on Monday by a federal judge who said it failed a test for state laws laid out in the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights.

Newsom administration officials say that their internal polling had always forecast a close vote. Turnout in California is usually lower in primaries than in general elections and is less heavily dominated by like-minded Democrats.