Less than 1: PM Edition, July 8

This evening on Less than 1: a judge narrows evidence disputes before the second social media addiction trial, and Chief Justice Roberts transfers a misconduct probe of a 9th Circuit judge to the 4th Circuit. Also: ex-pitcher Scott Erickson seeks a $14 million offset from the $198 million Iskander wrongful death judgment, Deere settles the FTC's right-to-repair lawsuit, Florida's OpenAI case lands with Judge Aileen Cannon, and the ABA weighs further rollbacks to law school diversity rules.

Stories mentioned in this episode:

LA Judge narrows evidence disputes before 2nd social media trial
https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/392877-la-judge-narrows-evidence-disputes-before-2nd-social-media-trial

Roberts sends misconduct probe of 9th Circuit judge to 4th Circuit
https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/392880-roberts-sends-misconduct-probe-of-9th-circuit-judge-to-4th-circuit

Ex-pitcher seeks $14M offset from $198M wrongful death judgment
https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/392825-ex-pitcher-seeks-14m-offset-from-198m-wrongful-death-judgment

(Reuters) Deere settles lawsuit by US FTC, states over equipment repair restrictions
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/deere-settles-lawsuit-by-us-ftc-states-over-equipment-repair-restrictions-2026-07-08/

(Politico) Florida's OpenAI lawsuit moves to federal court -- and gets assigned to Aileen Cannon
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/08/floridas-openai-lawsuit-federal-court-aileen-cannon-00990156

(Reuters) ABA eyes more rollbacks to law school diversity rules
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/aba-eyes-more-rollbacks-law-school-diversity-rules-2026-07-08/