(Subscription required) The U.S. Supreme Court will consider if internet users can sue websites for sharing their data with Facebook under a 1988 law aimed at protecting customers' private video rental history. Plaintiff Michael Salazar has asked the high court to revive his putative class action against Paramount claiming that a news website owned by the media conglomerate illegally shared his personal data with Meta Pixel so that he can receive targeted advertising.

The state’s property manager unveiled a new dashboard Monday designed to speed up California’s efforts to sell excess government property that can be turned into commercial projects. The portal is designed to reduce how long it takes for developers to begin construction on state-owned surplus property, the state’s Department of General Services announced in a Monday news release.

In a ceremony held last week, Navraj Singh Rai—known locally as “the Bako kid”, took the oath as Pro Tem Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Kern. The moment etched a new chapter in the county’s legal history, marking the first time a Sikh (and Punjabi Sikh) has ever sat on its bench. 

Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal held yesterday that a trial judge erred in denying a street vendor’s request for a preliminary injunction in a case seeking to enjoin enforcement of a San Diego ordinance scheme precluding sidewalk sellers from, among other things, operating in the area around the city-owned Petco Park stadium for the hours before and after Padres games and other popular events.