(Subscription required) The second Los Angeles social media addiction bellwether trial ended before jury selection after the Florida minor voluntarily dismissed his remaining claims against Meta.

A judge has declared Carlos Reales Dominguez legally insane, and he will be committed to a state hospital following his conviction in the stabbing deaths of two men during a 2023 Davis knife rampage. Yolo Superior Court Judge Samuel T. McAdam ordered a hearing for Aug. 19 to determine where Dominguez will be housed.

The ruling—resting on the First Circuit’s existing precedent—is a win for states seeking to maintain restrictions on certain firepower following the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, which created a framework that analyzed firearms law through the eyes of the nation’s founders.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a judgment in favor of a company against its former vice president/general counsel requiring that the defendant repay the entire amount he received for his services over a 14-month period, the damages being based on his post-termination conduct including representation of a vendor of his ex-employer in connection with a dispute over an agreement he had negotiated.