Less than 1: PM Edition, October 6

This evening on Less than 1: Senior Judge Jeffrey White is set to retire from the Northern District bench, Austin Beutner sues Chubb over testing and coverage after the Palisades Fire, and AirTag stalking cases are centralized in the Northern District of California. Also: a New York Times examination of recent hires at the Justice Department's civil rights division, Tennessee joins other states in limiting the ABA's law school oversight, and a California couple is arrested on child abuse charges in a surrogacy probe.

Stories mentioned in this episode:

Senior Judge Jeffrey White to retire from Northern District bench
https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/395069-senior-judge-jeffrey-white-to-retire-from-northern-district-bench

Beutner sues Chubb over testing, coverage after Palisades Fire
https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/395067-beutner-sues-chubb-over-testing-coverage-after-palisades-fire

AirTag stalking cases centralized in Northern District of California
https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/395065-airtag-stalking-cases-centralized-in-northern-district-of-california

(NYT) Justice Dept. turns to partisans and conspiracists to fill depleted ranks
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/politics/justice-department-civil-rights-division.html

(Reuters) Tennessee joins other states in limiting ABA's law school oversight
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/tennessee-joins-other-states-limiting-abas-law-school-oversight-2026-10-05/

(LAist) California couple arrested on child abuse charges in surrogacy probe
https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/california-couple-arrested-on-child-abuse-charges-in-horrifying-surrogacy-probe