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Maia Spoto

Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., United States

California Courts Reporter at Bloomberg Law

LA-based reporter writing about lawsuits & courts @blaw. was @texastribune @chalkbeatchi @thedailynu. mspoto at bloombergindustry dot com they/them

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  • ‘Varsity Blues’ USC Coach Gets New Trial on Fraud Charge

    5 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Maia Spoto |Stephanie Gleason

    The University of Southern California water polo coach tied to the “Varsity Blues” admissions scandal will get a new trial on a fraud charge but remains convicted on a bribery charge, a panel of First Circuit judges ruled. It’s impossible to tell if the jury reached its guilty verdict on Jovan Vavic’s honest services wire fraud charge using a recently invalidated legal theory, the judges said in a Friday opinion.

  • ‘Varsity Blues’ USC Coach Gets New Trial on Fraud Charge

    5 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Maia Spoto

    May 30, 2025, 10:44 PM UTC Jovan Vavic, former water polo coach at the University of Southern California, leaves following his arraignment at Boston Federal Court on March 25, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Musk’s SpaceX Political Bias Suit on Launches Poised to Advance

    5 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Maia Spoto |Stephanie Gleason

    Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s evidence that a California agency targeted the company with regulation over Elon Musk’s political views is sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss but isn’t necessarily “compelling,” a federal judge said Friday.

  • Musk’s SpaceX Political Bias Suit on Launches Poised to Advance

    5 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Maia Spoto

    Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s evidence that a California agency targeted the company with regulation over Elon Musk’s political views is sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss but isn’t necessarily “compelling,” a federal judge said Friday.

  • LA Mayor Bass Testimony Looms Over Homelessness Court Hearing

    5 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Maia Spoto

    May 30, 2025, 1:31 AM UTC Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks to unhoused people at an encampment during an Inside Safe operation on September 26, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

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8 May 25

Tom Girardi, the ex-lawyer who stole millions from his clients, is hospitalized for 'liver dysfunction' on eve of key hearing to determine whether he's medically fit for a prison sentence: https://t.co/HZwHfmQypI

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3 May 25

RT @meghanncuniff: Four federal prosecutors withdrew from a civil rights case against a convicted ex-LA sheriff's deputy today after their…

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2 May 25

California February Bar Exam can be scored despite turmoil over AI-generated questions, state Supreme Court says. They ordered a return to the Multistate Bar Exam for July multiple choice qs: https://t.co/hiT6j96Fyu