Less than 1: AM Edition, June 5

This morning on Less than 1: a Los Angeles judge largely preserves Pasadena and the Rose Bowl Operating Company's suit against UCLA, rejecting the university's anti-SLAPP motion as untimely and allowing breach of contract and related claims to proceed. Also: a federal judge throws out a lender challenge to California's subordinate-mortgage foreclosure law, finding sovereign immunity bars the case because Attorney General Rob Bonta doesn't directly enforce it. In case you missed it: a proposed class action accuses State Farm of spending a decade illegally restricting appraisal rights for more than one million California homeowners. And from Business Insider: Pope Leo the Fourteenth's encyclical on AI and human dignity may be handing faith-based employees legal grounds to seek workplace exemptions from AI mandates.

Stories mentioned in this episode:

State Farm accused of restricting appraisal rights in California
https://dailyjournal.com/articles/391907-state-farm-accused-of-restricting-appraisal-rights-in-california

(Business Inside) She won a religious exemption from using AI at work. The Pope's remarks could fuel similar appeals.
https://www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-religious-exemption-using-ai-at-work-2026-6