• California sues websites that publish blueprints for 3D printer ghost guns

    CalMatters
    February 7, 2026

    Two websites that distribute instructions for how to manufacture ghost guns are facing a new lawsuit from the state of California alleging that they provide access to illegal and untraceable firearms.

  • Daniel Kremer, former presiding justice of San Diego-based appellate court, dies at 88

    The San Diego Union-Tribune
    February 7, 2026

    Daniel Kremer, a former presiding justice of the state appellate court’s San Diego branch and former member of the state Judicial Council, has died. He was 88. Among his accolades: The state Judicial Council in 2002 tapped him as Jurist of the Year, the highest honor that body bestows.

  • The law that built the internet and continues to test the courts

    Daily Journal
    February 6, 2026

    (Subscription required) Saturday marks 30 years since President Clinton signed the Communications Decency Act, creating Section 230's immunity shield for online platforms. Courts are still grappling with its limits in cases testing whether social media companies can be held liable for allegedly addictive algorithms. 

  • Meta must strip inactive accounts from usage metrics, judge rules

    Daily Journal
    February 6, 2026

    (Subscription required) U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter Kang ruled Meta inflated its defense in the social media addiction MDL by counting dormant accounts in average time-on-app figures. The company must reproduce the data with a far tighter margin of error, handing plaintiffs more precise metrics for damages and causation arguments.