Less than 1: PM Edition, May 12

Tonight on Less than 1: parents sue OpenAI over their son's drug-overdose death, a jury finds Kanye West liable for copyright infringement on "Hurricane," a discovery fight erupts over LA County's $828M juvenile abuse settlement, and Sam Altman defends his honesty on the stand in Musk versus Altman -- plus Anthropic's new legal-AI tools, Newsom taps former CFPB chief Rohit Chopra for California's new consumer agency, and a tease for tomorrow's Capital & Counsel on California's nuclear study bill.

Stories mentioned in this episode:

Parents sue OpenAI, claim ChatGPT encouraged drug use that led to son's death
https://dailyjournal.com/articles/391370-parents-sue-openai-claim-chatgpt-encouraged-drug-use-that-led-to-son-s-death

Kanye West found liable for copyright infringement over Grammy-winning song 'Hurricane'
https://dailyjournal.com/articles/391371-kanye-west-found-liable-for-copyright-infringement-over-grammy-winning-song-hurricane

Discovery fight erupts over disputed payments in LA juvenile abuse settlements
https://dailyjournal.com/articles/391373-discovery-fight-erupts-over-disputed-payments-in-la-juvenile-abuse-settlements

Musk lawyer presses Altman on honesty in OpenAI trial testimony
https://dailyjournal.com/articles/391361-musk-lawyer-presses-altman-on-honesty-in-openai-trial-testimony

(Business Insider) Anthropic says its newest lawyer tools are 'like giving an engineer a legal degree'
https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-expands-legal-ai-tools-claude-cowork-2026-5

(Politico) Newsom appoints former CFPB head to lead California consumer agency
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/12/newsom-appoints-rohit-chopra-california-consumer-agency-00917844