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  • Mercury Insurance Co. has agreed to pay California authorities more than $41 million to resolve a long-running legal battle centering on allegations that its brokers tacked illegal fees onto auto policyholders’ premiums, the Golden State’s Department of Insurance announced on Tuesday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Tesla Inc. and its founder Elon Musk broke federal labor laws meant to protect employees’ rights to organize as a union through various actions and, in Musk’s case, a tweet, according to a ruling made Friday by a National Labor Relations Board judge… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Business partners of the legendary superhero creator Stan Lee orchestrated a scheme to “loot” his intellectual property through a bankruptcy proceeding, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in California federal court by the late comic book icon’s daughter… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Rap mogul Kanye West and his longtime publisher, EMI, have tentatively agreed to a deal to resolve West’s claims that EMI locked him into a “lopsided” business arrangement barred by California labor code, West told a Golden State federal court Monday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • A former Sequoia Capital partner beat a lawsuit brought by a woman who had accused him of years of sexual and emotional abuse when a California judge dismissed the case over the woman’s repeated failure to hand over documents and show up for mandated proceedings… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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