Less than 1: AM Edition, August 31

This morning on Less than 1: California lawmakers reach a wildfire liability compromise that drops several utility-favored provisions, a judge rejects a bid to block California's Black Infant Health Program, and Sony Music Publishing and other publishers sue Anthropic over alleged lyric piracy. Also: U.S. data center resistance pushes AI infrastructure overseas, and U.S. law firm leasing jumps 17% in the first half of the year.

Stories mentioned in this episode:

California lawmakers reach wildfire liability compromise
https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/394030-california-lawmakers-reach-wildfire-liability-compromise

Judge rejects bid to block California's Black Infant Health Program
https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/394029-judge-rejects-bid-to-block-california-s-black-infant-health-program

(The New York Times) U.S. data center resistance pushes AI infrastructure overseas
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/business/dealbook/together-ai-humain-saudi-arabia-data-center.html

(Reuters) US law firm leasing jumped 17% in first half, report says
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/us-law-firm-leasing-jumped-17-first-half-report-says-2026-08-28/