Less than 1: PM Edition, July 17

This evening on Less than 1: Paramount signals willingness to accept a TRO as the fight shifts to the merger injunction timeline, Quinn Emanuel joins OpenAI's defense in Apple's trade secrets suit, a landlord challenges California's Section 8 requirements, state funding clears the way for the Stanley Mosk Courthouse to become the next priority, and lawyers embrace litigation analytics but still rely on human judgment. Also: SoCal cities stop making landlords pay when rent hikes push out tenants after courts step in, and California and 19 other states back DC's power to punish Trump ally Jeffrey Clark.

Stories mentioned in this episode:

Paramount signals willingness to accept TRO as fight shifts to merger injunction timeline
https://dailyjournal.com/articles/393068-paramount-signals-willingness-to-accept-tro-as-fight-shifts-to-merger-injunction-timeline

Quinn Emanuel joins OpenAI defense in Apple trade secrets suit
https://dailyjournal.com/articles/393081-quinn-emanuel-joins-openai-defense-in-apple-trade-secrets-suit

Landlord challenges California's Section 8 requirements
https://dailyjournal.com/articles/393086-landlord-challenges-california-s-section-8-requirements

State funding clears way for Stanley Mosk Courthouse to become next priority
https://dailyjournal.com/articles/393079-state-funding-clears-way-for-stanley-mosk-courthouse-to-become-next-priority

Lawyers embrace litigation analytics but still rely on human judgment
https://dailyjournal.com/articles/393080-lawyers-embrace-litigation-analytics-but-still-rely-on-human-judgment

(LAist) SoCal cities made landlords pay when rent hikes pushed out tenants. Then courts stepped in
https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/los-angeles-pasadena-landlord-tenant-relocation-payment-rent-increase-struck-down-courts

(Reuters) California, 19 other states back DC's power to punish Trump ally Clark
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/california-19-other-states-back-dcs-power-punish-trump-ally-clark-2026-07-17/