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A ByteDance whistleblower who exposed CCP influence was sanctioned today by a federal court for lying in his deposition and fabricating a key witness. Yintao "Roger" Yu engaged in "obstructive and mendacious" conduct in his wrongful firing suit. https://t.co/jKkEAS1ODP

The 9th Circuit stops at nothing to administer justice lol The San Francisco tsunami alert came in the middle of oral arguments downtown this morning. Judge Bress: "Welcome to San Francisco." "That's a first for us with the tsunami warning, but why don't we go ahead."

Some interesting details in Sarah Silverman's AI copyright lawsuit against Meta. Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to a Dec. 17 deposition in Hawaii (where he has his vacation compound), if the court approves. AI Chief Yann LeCun will be deposed Nov. 21. https://t.co/p1jtRxo7Ox

NEW: Meta has failed to quickly escape a youth social media addiction lawsuit from 34 state attorneys general. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is out with a 100 page opinion on Meta's motion to dismiss. https://t.co/ZRcGGAIeyk

Founder of ADHD telemedicine startup Done Global was just returned to federal custody after a judge revoked her bail today. She had won an extremely hard fought set of conditions for 24-hour house arrest only two weeks ago. https://t.co/xMpdn69AHi

Judge Vince Chhabria has another bench slap at a hearing in SF today. A former Twitter/X employee suing over unpaid bonuses allegedly recommended to Elon Musk behind closed doors that he not pay the bonuses. https://t.co/wcWtsrFaU6

Wow Judge Vince Chhabria had some harsh words for the team litigating one of the first AI copyright cases: "I will not certify a class represented by this legal team,” he said. "There is no way that I would find adequacy of representation." https://t.co/xEBZntNPUv

NEW: X wins a preliminary injunction against a California law requiring social media platforms to disclose content moderation and hate speech policies. The 9th Cir. says X is likely to prevail on its First Amendment challenge, reversing a lower court. https://t.co/eNYKhWaC8D

RT @maia_spoto: https://t.co/ZIECdA4ANz Thomas Girardi found guilty on all four counts @BLaw

Founder of the SF-based startup called Done has been in custody since she was arrested in June. Prosecutors say she is likely to flee to China, her birthplace, but her attorneys say the feds' narrative is false. https://t.co/f3iqxfbRDL

Judge Charles Breyer in SF this morning said he can't decide whether to release indicted telehealth exec Ruthia He from custody ahead of her criminal fraud trial. He'll hold an evidentiary hearing addressing her flight risk on Friday. Some background: https://t.co/QOTYIKuenz

Big loss for Google today at the Ninth Circuit, which said the company must go to trial over claims that the Chrome browser surreptitiously collected user data even if they chose not to sync their account with the browser. https://t.co/fhS3JX55GQ

NEW: The San Francisco City Attorney has filed a first of its kind lawsuit against the owners of AI-generated deepfake porn sites. The sites allow users to "nudify" or "undress" women and girls without consent. https://t.co/c8W63g2u9o

It's hard to fully grasp the fall of Tom Girardi, the celebrity Los Angeles attorney known for winning huge settlements for consumers injured by corporations. He's now disbarred and bankrupt, and faces a criminal fraud trial tomorrow. w/ @maia_spoto: https://t.co/PhQUTyAO2V

A San Francisco federal jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict today in a case from former Bay Area Rapid Transit employees who say the agency's Covid vaccine mandate violated their religious rights. https://t.co/jyquCQT7Ds