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  • Consumers who say Advanced Micro Devices falsely advertised certain computer chips as having eight “cores” when they really had fewer can pursue their claims against the tech company as a class, a California federal judge ruled Thursday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Roughly 5 million people who applied for a job at Walmart Inc. can pursue a class action alleging the retail giant added extraneous material to background check notices it issued to applicants and new hires in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, a California federal judge ruled Thursday… Read this piece in its entirety…

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  • A California appeals judge engaged in a two-decade pattern of misbehavior that included repeatedly groping a fellow judge, making unwanted sexual advances toward police officers and appearing drunk while purportedly on official business, according to a filing in a disciplinary action made public Monday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • The Mongol Nation motorcycle club has to give up its trademarked emblem, a California federal jury said Friday, in what prosecutors described as a first-of-its-kind verdict based on links between the image and the criminal activities attributed to the group, including drug trafficking and murder… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • A California federal judge agreed with Uber Technologies Inc. on Wednesday that a conflict of interest involving its opponents’ attorneys at Keller Lenkner LLC is grounds to boot them from a case claiming the ride-hailing company misclassifies its drivers as independent contractors to gain a competitive edge… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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