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UK · EWHCCourt order

High Court spares 5,000 late-served Dieselgate claims but makes claimants share costs

Mr Justice Constable refused to strike out claims by about 5,000 Dieselgate claimants whose solicitors, Bingham Long, served the claim form after the cut-off in the Peugeot, Citroën and DS group litigation order. He gave them 21 days to serve particulars of claim and stayed the claims outside the group litigation, but ordered them to pay their share, nearly £1 million, of the adverse costs order that followed July's liability ruling.

Order (Legal Futures) →
9TH CIR.Court order

Ninth Circuit keeps California's captive audience meeting ban on hold

A Ninth Circuit panel affirmed a preliminary injunction blocking California's SB 399, which bars employers from disciplining workers who skip mandatory meetings about religious or political matters. Judge Richard Tallman wrote that the law applies only when employers express opinions at those meetings, so it regulates speech based on content. The court found the business groups likely to succeed on their First Amendment claim and did not decide federal labor-law preemption.

Order (Courthouse News Service) → · Law360
UK · UKSCCourt order

UK Supreme Court backs insurer against Spain and France in Prestige oil spill arbitration case

The UK Supreme Court unanimously allowed the London Steam-Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association's appeal against Spain and France in the Prestige oil spill dispute. It held that a third party suing in breach of an arbitration clause under the conditional benefit principle breaches a contractual obligation, so the remedy is common law damages rather than equitable compensation. The arbitrators' monetary awards were upheld on that corrected basis.

Order (UK Supreme Court) → · Law Society Gazette
9TH CIR.Court order

Judge rules Bill Essayli is unlawfully serving as de facto U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, bars him from two cases

Senior U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright ruled on Tuesday, October 27, that Bill Essayli is unlawfully serving as Los Angeles' top federal prosecutor and disqualified him from overseeing two criminal cases. Seabright found the Justice Department's revised delegation made no meaningful difference after a Ninth Circuit ruling on Nevada's Sigal Chattah. He declined to dismiss the indictments and delayed the disqualifications pending an expected stay request.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · Los Angeles Times
UK · EWHCCourt order

High Court voids assignment of £11 million claim to company part-owned by advising solicitors

The High Court of England and Wales ruled on October 27, 2026, that solicitors cannot avoid the common-law bar on acquiring clients' claims by transferring them to a company in which they hold shares. Master Sullivan held invalid the assignment of an £11 million loan claim to MSV Estates, whose directors had advised the original claimant, and said the rule applies before proceedings begin.

Order (ICLG) → · High Court (King's Bench Division)
N.Y.Court order

New York's top court removes Canandaigua town justice over racial slur and biased remarks

The New York Court of Appeals on October 27, 2026, removed Canandaigua Town Justice Walter W. Jones from office, accepting the Commission on Judicial Conduct's recommended sanction. The court found Jones used a racial slur while recounting a story to a court staff member and a public defender in May 2024, then days later said from the bench that a Black defendant had played the race card.

Order (WXXI News) → · Bloomberg Law, ABA Journal
U.S. FEDCourt order

Fourth Circuit strikes down West Virginia Daniel's Law in suits against Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis

The Fourth Circuit affirmed a ruling that West Virginia's Daniel's Law, which restricts publishing the home addresses and phone numbers of judicial and law enforcement officials, violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments. A former state law enforcement officer had sued Thomson Reuters America, LexisNexis Risk Solutions and other people-search providers under the law. The court said the statute's lack of a notice requirement, which similar laws include, was fatal.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · National Law Journal, Law360
UK · EWCACourt order

Court of Appeal caps Convatec costs budget at £4 million and lets inventor claim for combined patents

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales held on October 26, 2026, in Parsons v Convatec [2026] EWCA Civ 1357 that section 106 of the Patents Act 1977, on parties' financial position in costs orders, applies to costs budgeting, and that an employee may claim compensation for the combined benefit of several inventions. Lord Justice Arnold capped Convatec's budgeted recoverable costs at £4 million in former chemist David Parsons' claim, valued at up to £366 million.

Order (ICLG) → · Law Society Gazette, Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
INDIACourt order

Allahabad High Court dismisses challenge to 18% GST on online legal databases

The Allahabad High Court on October 26, 2026, dismissed a public interest petition challenging the 18% goods and services tax on online legal research databases such as SCC Online and Manupatra. Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra rejected the plea at the admission stage on grounds of delay, noting the rate has applied since 2017, and did not rule on the tax classification.

Order (Bar & Bench) → · LiveLaw

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S.D.N.Y.Court order

Judge rules Justice Department unlawfully fired prosecutor Maurene Comey

U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman ruled on October 26, 2026, that the Justice Department illegally fired Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in Manhattan and the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, because the firing violated civil service protections and her due process rights. He rejected the government's argument that presidential removal power covered the firing and said Comey is entitled to reinstatement and back pay. The department said it would appeal.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · NPR
8TH CIR.Court order

Eighth Circuit upholds vacatur of Federal Reserve's debit card swipe fee cap

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on October 26, 2026, affirmed a ruling that struck down the Federal Reserve's 21-cent cap on debit card interchange fees, finding the Fed improperly let banks count costs not tied to individual transactions, such as fraud prevention. The Fed must now write a fee structure that reflects the incremental-cost standard Congress set in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · American Banker
5TH CIR.Court order

En banc Fifth Circuit rules detained unadmitted immigrants have no right to bond hearings

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled 10-7 on October 23, 2026 that immigrants who entered the country without being admitted have no constitutional right to a bond hearing while detained during deportation proceedings, even if they are long-term residents. The decision in Sosnava Rodriguez v. Vergara reverses habeas rulings that freed three Texas men and backs the administration's no-bond detention policy in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

Order (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) → · The Texas Tribune
9TH CIR.Court order

Ninth Circuit rules Trump lacked authority to federalize California National Guard in Los Angeles

A split Ninth Circuit panel on October 23, 2026, affirmed a preliminary injunction against President Trump's June 2025 federalization of the California National Guard in Los Angeles. Judge Jennifer Sung, joined by Judge Eric Miller, held that the deployment exceeded the president's statutory authority and rejected claims of a rebellion, relying on the Supreme Court's Trump v. Illinois ruling. Judge Mark Bennett dissented.

Order (Courthouse News Service) → · Bloomberg Law, Law360
N.D. CAL.Court order

Judge dismisses wiretap claims over Google's AI customer service agent, sends others to arbitration

U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California has dismissed, with leave to amend, claims that Google's Cloud Contact Center AI illegally listened to Home Depot customer service calls in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act. She ruled that none of the three callers alleged Google intended to record without consent, and she sent three other plaintiffs' claims to arbitration.

Order (Courthouse News Service) → · Bloomberg Law
DEL.Court order

Delaware Chancery approves $250 million Microsoft–Activision settlement, awards $60 million in fees

Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick on October 23, 2026, gave final approval to a $250 million settlement of stockholder class claims over Microsoft's $75.4 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. She overruled merger arbitrage funds that sought to carve their parallel federal securities claims out of the release, and awarded plaintiffs' counsel $60 million in attorney fees.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · Law360
CANADA · S.C.C.Court order

Split Supreme Court of Canada upholds $12 million award against anesthesiologist, clarifies remoteness test

A divided Supreme Court of Canada in Hemmings v. Padmore dismissed both appeals, leaving anesthesiologist Dr. Neil Jamensky solely liable for $12 million after Sophia Hemmings suffered permanent brain damage during an emergency C-section. The majority clarified that causation in law is a remoteness inquiry, separate from factual causation, asking whether injury was a reasonably foreseeable consequence, not a mere possibility.

Order (Canadian Lawyer) → · Law360 Canada
DEL.Court order

Delaware Supreme Court affirms that Verisk must pursue its $2.35 billion AccuLynx deal

The Delaware Supreme Court on October 23, 2026 affirmed a Court of Chancery judgment requiring Verisk Analytics to keep pursuing its $2.35 billion acquisition of AccuLynx. Vice Chancellor Bonnie David had held on August 7 that Verisk's termination of the merger agreement was invalid because its own willful conduct was the primary cause of the FTC second request that blocked closing, and ordered specific performance. Verisk said it respects the order and that the deal still needs FTC clearance.

Order (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo Finance) → · Law360, Delaware Court of Chancery
5TH CIR.Court order

Fifth Circuit vacates Mississippi anti-DEI injunction and reassigns case after AI-tainted rulings

A Fifth Circuit panel on October 22, 2026, vacated U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate's preliminary injunction against Mississippi's ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools and universities, and ordered the case reassigned on remand. Writing for the panel, Judge Jerry Smith cited AI hallucinations in Wingate's temporary restraining order and said the court misapplied the Supreme Court's facial-challenge standard.

Order (Law.com) → · Bloomberg Law, Courthouse News Service
N.Y. APP. DIV. 3D DEP'TCourt order

New York appeals court orders grievance committee to release Sarcone admonition

A New York Appellate Division panel on October 22, 2026, ordered the Attorney Grievance Committee to release the admonition it issued in April to John A. Sarcone III, the former interim U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, whom the Justice Department now lists as first assistant U.S. attorney. The court granted in part a petition by the watchdog Campaign for Accountability but refused to open the committee's investigative files.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · Law.com, Above the Law
UK · CATCourt order

Competition Appeal Tribunal publishes judgment approving £260 million Google Play settlement; lawyers take 32% cut

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has published its judgment approving a £260 million settlement of Professor Barry Rodger's collective claim alleging Google locked UK Android app developers into the Play Store. Solicitors Geradin Partners and counsel led by Robert O'Donoghue KC will share £12 million, 32% less than they are due, while funder Bench Walk Advisors' profit is cut to £56.2 million. The tribunal found the deal just and reasonable once the risks of trial were taken into account.

Order (Legal Futures) → · MLex
U.S. FEDCourt order

FLRA upholds telework award against HHS and finds most citations in agency's brief faulty

The Federal Labor Relations Authority has denied every exception HHS filed against an arbitration award finding that its return-to-office directive violated its contract with the National Treasury Employees Union. The authority said 35 of 42 citations in the agency's brief were fictitious, erroneous or irrelevant, said HHS may have used a generative AI tool, and warned parties using AI to verify their filings.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · Federal News Network, Above the Law, Federal Labor Relations Authority
FLA. 4TH DCACourt order

Florida's Fourth District refers lawyer to the Florida Bar over suspected AI-generated filings

Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal has referred lawyer Jaclyn R. Soroka to the Florida Bar after rejecting her 82-page response to an order to show cause over frivolous filings in a family-law case. In an October 21, 2026 order, the court said the response "does not deny using AI but evades the issue." Soroka has said she did not use AI and that a citation review found two human errors.

Order (Law360) → · ABA Journal, Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal
5TH CIR.Court order

Fifth Circuit special committee orders Judge Ada Brown to explain sharing sealed documents

An October 20, 2026, order from the special committee investigating U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas for the Fifth Circuit judicial council says Brown emailed confidential investigation materials and sealed court documents to approximately 140 judges, lawyers and journalists. The order directs Brown to answer three written questions by October 27 and urges her to reconsider her refusal to take part in the misconduct proceedings.

Order (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) → · ABA Journal
U.S.Court order

Supreme Court refuses to let Bureau of Prisons enforce policy ending transgender inmates' care

The Supreme Court on October 21, 2026, denied the Trump administration's request to pause a federal judge's order barring the Bureau of Prisons from enforcing its February 2026 policy on health care for transgender inmates. The policy would have stopped inmates from obtaining hormone therapy and social accommodations such as makeup and wigs. Justices Alito and Thomas would have granted the request.

Order (SCOTUSblog) → · ABA Journal (The Washington Post)
N.D. CAL.Court order

Judge orders Meta to identify who approved torrenting shadow libraries for AI training

A federal magistrate judge in San Francisco on October 19, 2026, ordered Meta to identify each person who made, authorized or approved decisions to obtain shadow-library datasets such as LibGen and Anna's Archive, including by BitTorrent. Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson's order covers the authors' class action led by Richard Kadrey and suits by publishers including Entrepreneur Media that accuse Meta of training AI on pirated works.

Order (Digital Music News) → · Ars Technica
UK · EWCOPCourt order

Court of Protection makes Irwin Mitchell trust company repay 60% of client's claim to keep deputyship

The Court of Protection ruled on October 20, 2026, that Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation can keep acting as property and affairs deputy for a protected person, PW, only if it repays into her estate a sum equal to 60% of her potential compensation claim. A 2024 judgment found the trust company breached the self-dealing rule by appointing Irwin Mitchell's own asset management arm to invest her money.

Order (Solicitors Journal) → · Legal Futures
11TH CIR.Court order

Eleventh Circuit: Escambia school board members can be deposed over library book removal votes

A divided Eleventh Circuit panel on October 19, 2026, held that Escambia County, Florida, school board members cannot use legislative privilege to avoid depositions about why they voted to remove specific library books. Judge Andrew Brasher, joined by Judge Jill Pryor, ruled the votes applied existing policy and were administrative acts. Chief Judge William Pryor dissented. PEN America, Penguin Random House, authors and parents allege First Amendment violations.

Order (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit) → · Courthouse News Service
N.D. TEX.Court order

Fifth Circuit Judicial Council makes public misconduct orders against Judge Ada Brown

The Judicial Council of the Fifth Circuit on October 19, 2026, made public orders in misconduct proceedings against U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas. It acted after Brown emailed the confidential materials to others, including reporters, on October 17. A September 29 order temporarily reassigned her cases and removed her from new assignments for three months.

Order (Judicial Council of the Fifth Circuit) → · ABA Journal, The Texas Lawbook
U.S.Court order

Supreme Court will hear Asian-American parents' challenge to Maryland magnet school lottery

The U.S. Supreme Court on October 19, 2026, agreed to hear Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education, a challenge by mostly Asian-American parents to admissions for four selective magnet middle schools in Montgomery County, Maryland. The justices limited review to whether a plaintiff attacking a facially neutral admissions policy as racially discriminatory must show aggregate disparate impact relative to the group's share of applicants.

Order (Supreme Court of the United States) → · NBC News, SCOTUSblog
U.S.Court order

Supreme Court lacks quorum in BMG v. Vetter after four justices with Penguin Random House book deals sit out

The U.S. Supreme Court on October 19, 2026, affirmed by default a Fifth Circuit ruling that songwriter Cyril Vetter's U.S. copyright termination recaptured worldwide rights to "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)." Justices Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Barrett and Jackson took no part, leaving five justices, short of the six-justice quorum. BMG's parent, Bertelsmann, also owns Penguin Random House, which has published books by all four.

Order (Supreme Court of the United States) → · Bloomberg Law, Courthouse News Service, ABA Journal
U.S.Court order

Supreme Court declines Hastings descendants' challenge to UC Law San Francisco renaming

The U.S. Supreme Court on October 19, 2026, denied review in Hastings College Conservation Committee v. California, No. 25-1231, leaving in place California's 2023 law removing Serranus C. Hastings' name from the San Francisco law school. Six descendants and a group of alumni argued that the 1878 founding statute was a binding contract, but California courts held it was an ordinary law the Legislature could repeal.

Order (Supreme Court of the United States) → · San Francisco Chronicle, ABA Journal
U.S.Court order

Supreme Court agrees to decide whether 1868 federal ban on home distilling is constitutional

The U.S. Supreme Court on October 19, 2026, granted the federal government's petition in Department of Justice v. McNutt, agreeing to decide whether an 1868 law banning the production of distilled spirits at home is a valid exercise of Congress's taxing power. The Fifth Circuit struck the ban down in a suit by the Hobby Distillers Association, while the Sixth Circuit upheld it in a separate case.

Order (Supreme Court of the United States) → · CBS News, SCOTUSblog
U.S.Court order

Supreme Court turns away 9/11 defendants' bid to revive scrapped plea deals

The Supreme Court on October 19, 2026, declined to hear appeals from Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, Walid bin 'Atash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi seeking to enforce 2024 plea agreements that would have spared them the death penalty in exchange for life sentences. The denial leaves in place a D.C. Circuit ruling that then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin validly withdrew the deals. Justice Brett Kavanaugh did not participate in Mohammad's case.

Order (Supreme Court of the United States) → · NBC News, CBS News, SCOTUSblog
U.S.Court order

Supreme Court turns away fired NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox, leaving at-will removal ruling in place

The U.S. Supreme Court on October 19, 2026, declined to hear Wilcox v. Trump, the challenge by former National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox to President Trump's decision to fire her in early 2025. The denial leaves in place a December 2025 D.C. Circuit ruling that the statute letting presidents remove board members only for neglect of duty or malfeasance violates the separation of powers.

Order (Supreme Court of the United States) → · Bloomberg Law, SCOTUSblog
UK · EWHCCourt order

High Court rules London black cab drivers' conspiracy claims against Uber are time-barred

The High Court in London on October 19, 2026, held that unlawful means conspiracy claims by nearly 13,300 London black cab drivers, and by the assignee of two dissolved private hire operators, against Uber are time-barred. Mr Justice Birt, deciding a preliminary limitation issue in White v Uber London Ltd, found the claimants could with reasonable diligence have discovered the alleged fraud and concealment before June 2018, more than six years before they sued.

Order (The National Archives (Find Case Law)) → · Law360, The Lawyer, Solicitors Journal
D.D.C.Court order

Judge rejects DOJ bid to disqualify Susman Godfrey as ABA counsel in law firm executive order suit

Judge Amir H. Ali of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on October 16, 2026, denied the Justice Department's motion to disqualify Susman Godfrey from representing the American Bar Association in its suit challenging the administration's executive orders against law firms. The government called the firm a central player, but conceded it could not identify any Susman lawyer likely to be a necessary witness at trial.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (CourtListener RECAP)
DEL. CH.Court order

Delaware Chancery blocks Cloudflare founder-control recapitalization in major test of Section 144 safe harbor

Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster on October 16, 2026, preliminarily enjoined Cloudflare's recapitalization, which would have preserved co-founders Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn's voting control through new preferred and nonvoting shares. The court sided with defendants on every question under the 2025 DGCL Section 144 safe harbors but found stockholders reasonably likely to prove the special committee failed to act in good faith, and ordered a prompt trial.

Opinion (Delaware Court of Chancery) → · Bloomberg Law, Law360
CANADA · S.C.C.Court order

SCC: rape-shield limits do not categorically bar sex-work history in trafficking and sexual-services trials

The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously held on October 16, 2026, in R. v. A.M., that Criminal Code section 276 does not categorically apply to human-trafficking and sexual-services offenses, so commercial evidence of a complainant's prior sex work may be admissible. The Court dismissed the Crown appeal and upheld new trials on the sexual-services counts, Canadian Lawyer reported.

Order (Canadian Lawyer) → · Supreme Court of Canada
4TH CIR.Court order

Fourth Circuit rules Catholic Relief Services violated Title VII by ending same-sex spouse's coverage

A divided Fourth Circuit on October 16, 2026, affirmed that Catholic Relief Services violated Title VII and Maryland law by terminating a gay employee's husband's health coverage. The 2-1 panel held Title VII's religious-organization exemption covers only religion-based employment decisions, not sex discrimination motivated by religious belief, and rejected the group's RFRA, church autonomy and Free Exercise defenses.

Order (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit) → · Bloomberg Law, Law360 Employment Authority
OHIOCourt order

Ohio Supreme Court reciprocally suspends Jeffrey Keiffer after Colorado discipline

The Supreme Court of Ohio on October 16, 2026, reciprocally suspended Jeffrey Christopher Keiffer for one year and one day after the Colorado Supreme Court imposed the same sanction, with six months to be served and the rest stayed on probation. Keiffer, registration number 0059409, last known in Lone Tree, Colorado, cannot resume Ohio practice until reinstated in Colorado.

Order (Supreme Court of Ohio) →
OHIOCourt order

Ohio Supreme Court enters interim default suspension against Akron lawyer Ronald Spears

The Supreme Court of Ohio on October 16, 2026, immediately suspended Akron attorney Ronald Scott Spears on an interim default basis after he failed to answer a Lorain County Bar Association formal complaint. The Chronicle Telegram reported the underlying allegations include soliciting nude photos from a client and failing to communicate in a custody matter.

Order (Supreme Court of Ohio) → · Chronicle Telegram
E.D. LA.Court order

Former New Orleans lawyer Danny Keating gets 32 months in staged truck crash scheme

U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown of the Eastern District of Louisiana on October 15, 2026, sentenced former personal injury lawyer Danny Patrick Keating Jr. to 32 months in prison and about $657,000 in restitution for his role in Operation Sideswipe, a scheme to stage crashes with 18-wheelers for insurance payouts. Keating pleaded guilty in 2021 and testified against convicted lawyers Vanessa Motta and Jason Giles.

Order (WDSU) → · The Times-Picayune | nola.com, Fox 8 WVUE, ABA Journal +1
GA.Court order

Georgia Supreme Court disbars injury lawyer over felony plea in stolen accident report scheme and unreported conviction

The Supreme Court of Georgia on October 14, 2026 disbarred personal injury lawyer William Taylor Payne for violating Rule 8.4(a)(2), by entering an Alford guilty plea to one felony count under the Georgia RICO Act, and Rule 9.1(a)(2), by failing to notify the State Bar of the conviction. The count alleged Payne and three others used stolen Georgia Electronic Accident Reporting System data to obtain personal injury clients and money. The ABA Journal reported more than 30,000 accesses.

Order (Supreme Court of Georgia) → · ABA Journal
U.S.Court order

Supreme Court pauses Fourth Circuit order forcing FCC to rule fast on party ad rates

The Supreme Court on October 14, 2026 granted the FCC's request to stay a Fourth Circuit order directing the agency to rule within 48 hours on Democratic candidates' challenge to discounted political advertising rates for parties and joint fundraising committees. The unsigned opinion said the FCC may set its own schedule, so it need not decide before the November election.

Order (Supreme Court of the United States) → · SCOTUSblog
U.S. FEDCourt order

Eleventh Circuit lets Florida enforce social media limits for children under 14

A three-judge Eleventh Circuit panel on October 14, 2026 reversed and vacated a preliminary injunction against Florida's HB 3, holding the law likely constitutional as applied to members of the Computer & Communications Industry Association. The panel said HB 3 is likely content-neutral and survives intermediate scrutiny. HB 3 bars children under 14 from opening accounts on platforms with certain addictive features and requires parental consent for 14- and 15-year-olds.

Order (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit) → · Florida Phoenix, NetChoice
NETHERLANDS · ONDERNEMINGSKAMERCourt order

Amsterdam Enterprise Chamber rejects shareholder inquiry into Philips sleep apnea recall, finding no reason to doubt its policy

The Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal rejected a request by the VEB investors' association and institutional investors for an inquiry into Philips over its 2021 sleep apnea recall. It found no well-founded reasons to doubt Philips' policy: internal systems followed international standards, reliable foam-risk data emerged only in early 2021, the boards were not informed late, supervision was not shown lacking, earlier intervention at Respironics was not required, and disclosures were not misleading.

Order (De Rechtspraak) → · Reuters, De Telegraaf, TPO.nl
D.D.C.Court order

D.C. judge vacates DOJ voter roll policy as unauthorized, arbitrary and capricious, and contrary to Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan vacated the Justice Department's Voter List Maintenance Policy on Oct. 9. She held that the Civil Rights Act of 1960, the NVRA and HAVA did not authorize it, and found it arbitrary and capricious under the APA and contrary to the Privacy Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act. The court granted partial summary judgment to Common Cause and individual voters.

Opinion (Democracy Docket) → · The Hill, Courthouse News Service
CT. INT'L TRADECourt order

Court of International Trade certifies class of importers seeking refunds of invalidated IEEPA tariffs

Senior Judge Richard K. Eaton of the Court of International Trade on October 8, 2026 certified a Rule 23(b)(2) class in Freestyle World v. CBP. It covers all importers of record that paid IEEPA duties between February 1, 2025 and February 19, 2026, excluding entities that filed separate refund actions. The class seeks an injunction directing liquidation or reliquidation without the duties. Barnes Richardson and Lieff Cabraser were appointed class counsel.

Opinion (U.S. Court of International Trade) → · InsideTrade.com, Law360, GEODIS
UK · EWCACourt order

Court of Appeal says judges sentencing by live link should be rare and cuts fraud sentence for guideline errors

In R v Priestley [2026] EWCA Crim 1284, the Court of Appeal said a judge sentencing by live link, especially where custody is likely, should be rare and administrative convenience is not enough; the resident judge should be consulted, counsel given reasons and a chance to object, and a short ruling uploaded to the digital case system. It cut Frederic Priestley's fraud sentence from 35 to 24 months for harm-category and mitigation errors but refused to suspend it.

Order (The National Archives (Find Case Law)) → · Solicitors Journal, Law Gazette
FLA. 1ST DCACourt order

Florida appeals court expunges Hope Florida grand jury report, finding Centene settlement lawful and its release improper

Florida's First District Court of Appeal on October 7 ordered expunged a Leon County grand jury report that found $10 million from a Medicaid settlement with Centene was misappropriated. The 19-page ruling held the settlement lawful because no civil action had been filed, found the money paid to the Hope Florida Foundation was not diverted, and faulted State Attorney Jack Campbell for distributing the report before those named could seek to suppress it.

Order (WGCU (News Service of Florida)) → · NBC 6 South Florida
UK · EWCACourt order

Court of Appeal quashes five former Barclays traders' rate-rigging convictions after Hayes ruling

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales on October 7 quashed the Libor and Euribor conspiracy-to-defraud convictions of former Barclays traders Jay Merchant, Jonathan Mathew, Alex Pabon, Philippe Moryoussef and Colin Bermingham. The appeals, referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, argued their juries received directions like those the UK Supreme Court found wrong when it quashed Tom Hayes's conviction in July 2025; the Serious Fraud Office did not oppose them.

Order (BBC News) → · The Independent, Criminal Cases Review Commission
AUSTRALIA · HCACourt order

Australia's High Court rules planners must weigh overseas emissions in Mount Pleasant coal mine case

The High Court of Australia on October 7, 2026, dismissed MACH Energy's appeal over its Mount Pleasant coal mine expansion in a 3-2 ruling, finding planning authorities had to consider conditions minimizing all greenhouse gas emissions, including Scope 3 emissions from coal burned overseas. The decision upholds a 2025 NSW Court of Appeal win by a Hunter Valley residents' group.

Order (ABC News) → · Al Jazeera, AAP
UK · SDTCourt order

Disciplinary tribunal lets former Post Office general counsel Jane MacLeod attend hearing remotely

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on October 6, 2026, granted former Post Office general counsel Jane MacLeod's application to attend her disciplinary hearing remotely from Australia, over the Solicitors Regulation Authority's objection. The SRA has charged her with failing to cooperate with the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. The four-day hearing is set to start January 25, 2027.

Order (The Lawyer) → · Law Gazette
U.S.Court order

Sotomayor warns judges after Alabama juror was arrested in front of jury pool

Justice Sonia Sotomayor on October 5, 2026, criticized an Alabama trial judge who had a prospective juror arrested in front of the jury pool for arriving late, warning that such conduct can intimidate jurors. She wrote in a statement concurring in the Supreme Court's denial of review in Steven Mulkey's capital murder case, noting his lawyers had not objected at trial.

Order (Law360) → · ABA Journal
E.D. VA.Court order

Federal judge rejects Justice Department challenge to Virginia in-state tuition laws for noncitizen students

A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia on October 5, 2026, dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit challenging two Virginia laws that it said improperly gave in-state tuition rates to noncitizen students. Judge Robert E. Payne granted Virginia's motion for summary judgment and denied the federal government's, holding that neither the Domicile Pathway nor the Tuition Equity Pathway is preempted by federal law.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · Courthouse News Service
U.S.Court order

Supreme Court declines to hear Corporate Transparency Act challenges

The U.S. Supreme Court on October 5, 2026, declined to hear two cases challenging the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act, the federal beneficial ownership reporting law. The petitions argued the law violates the Fourth Amendment and exceeds Congress's commerce power; the denials came in the order list on the first day of the court's 2026 term.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · MLex, Law360 Tax Authority, National Law Journal
U.S.Court order

Supreme Court vacates rulings on Washington legislative map, orders Ninth Circuit review under Callais

The Supreme Court granted certiorari in Garcia v. Hobbs and Trevino v. Hobbs, vacated the judgments and remanded both cases to the Ninth Circuit for further consideration in light of Louisiana v. Callais. The challengers, including a Republican state lawmaker, had argued that Washington's court-drawn Yakima Valley legislative map was a racial gerrymander after a 2023 ruling found the prior map violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Order (Supreme Court of the United States) → · Courthouse News Service, Democracy Docket, Campaign Legal Center
U.S.Court order

Supreme Court declines Maine lobstermen's Fourth Amendment challenge to boat tracking

The U.S. Supreme Court on October 5, 2026, declined to review a challenge by Maine lobstermen to a state Department of Marine Resources rule requiring continuous tracking of vessels that hold federal lobster permits. The denial leaves in place a First Circuit ruling that the rule does not violate the Fourth Amendment's protection against warrantless searches because commercial fishing is a closely regulated industry.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · Law360
9TH CIR.Court order

Ninth Circuit pauses reinstatement of fired Seattle U.S. attorney Roger Rogoff

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on October 4, 2026, granted the Justice Department an administrative stay of a district court's October 1 order reinstating Roger Rogoff as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington, in Rogoff v. Trump, No. 26-6445. The unsigned order keeps Rogoff out of the post while the court considers the government's emergency motion for a stay pending appeal and does not decide the merits.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · Reuters, Lynnwood Times
E.D. PA.Court order

Pennsylvania federal court denies Starbucks bid to dismiss, transfer or stay union trademark suit

U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson on October 2 denied Starbucks' motion to dismiss a declaratory judgment lawsuit brought by Workers United in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The union seeks a ruling that its name and raised-fist logo do not infringe or dilute Starbucks trademarks or infringe its copyrights. The court held that a 2024 memorandum of understanding did not end the live controversy and declined Starbucks' alternative request to transfer or stay the case.

Order (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania) → · Reuters, USA Herald, Hoodline
ARIZ. CT. APP.Court order

Arizona appeals court vacates manslaughter sentence over reliance on AI victim video impact statement

The Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed Gabriel Horcasitas's manslaughter conviction but vacated his 10.5-year sentence and remanded for resentencing, holding that the trial judge's consideration of an AI-generated video of the deceased victim, Christopher Pelkey, rendered the sentencing fundamentally unfair. The three-judge panel found the video, scripted by Pelkey's sister to depict him addressing the court and forgiving the defendant, lacked sufficient reliability.

Opinion (Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One) → · Reuters, FOX 10 Phoenix, AZFamily
S.D.N.Y.Court order

Manhattan federal judge enjoins New York ban on algorithmic rent-setting software on First Amendment grounds

U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni preliminarily enjoined New York from enforcing Section 3 of General Business Law 340-B, the state's ban on algorithmic rent-setting tools, and denied Attorney General Letitia James's motion to dismiss RealPage's suit. In a 27-page opinion filed September 29, she called it a close call but found RealPage marginally likely to show the law restricts speech protected by the First Amendment.

Opinion (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York) → · Reuters, Law360, MLex
3D CIR.Court order

Third Circuit affirms Thomson Reuters win over ROSS on Westlaw headnotes and AI training

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on September 29, 2026, affirmed a Delaware federal judgment that ROSS Intelligence infringed Thomson Reuters Westlaw headnotes and could not claim fair use for using them to train a competing AI legal research tool, Bloomberg Law and Copyright Lately reported. The precedential opinion, filed under temporary seal on September 29, is now public on the court's website.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · Copyright Lately, LawSites, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit +1
UK · ETCourt order

Employment tribunal orders barrister to pay £6,767 wasted costs after he appeared from trains in Germany

Birmingham Employment Tribunal ordered barrister Michael Engelhardt-Sprack to pay £6,767.44 in wasted costs to the first respondent in Burns v Gitpod GmbH after he tried to conduct the first day of a remote final hearing from two trains in Germany on 12 May 2025, Legal Futures reported. In a costs judgment dated 18 February 2026, Employment Judge Wedderspoon called the conduct totally inappropriate and unprofessional and a breach of presidential guidance. The hearing resumed the next day in person.

Opinion (Employment Tribunals (England and Wales)) → · Legal Futures
D. MASS.Court order

Massachusetts federal court rejects challenge to Trader Joe's 401(k) forfeitures but orders $1.2M fee award

U.S. District Judge William Young issued findings of fact and rulings of law following a six-day bench trial in an ERISA class action against Trader Joe's. The court rejected claims that Trader Joe's unlawfully used forfeited retirement funds to offset employer contributions and a claim over a poorly performing fund, but ruled for participants on claims that fiduciaries failed to monitor recordkeeping fees, awarding $1,187,221 in damages and interest.

Order (U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts) → · Reuters, Law360
N.D. CAL.Court order

California federal judge denies class certification in Energizer and Walmart battery price-fixing lawsuits

A California federal court denied class certification to three putative purchaser classes accusing Energizer Holdings and Walmart of conspiring to inflate disposable battery prices through wholesale distribution agreements. U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts held that the plaintiffs failed to establish commonality and antitrust impact on a classwide basis, finding that their economists' difference-in-differences regression models did not satisfy the foundational parallel trends assumption.

Order (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California) → · Reuters, VitalLaw, Hoodline
D. DEL.Court order

Delaware federal court denies Pfizer and Moderna bids to dismiss Bayer COVID-19 vaccine mRNA patent lawsuits

U.S. Circuit Judge William Bryson, sitting by designation in Delaware federal court, denied motions to dismiss filed by Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna in patent infringement litigation brought by Bayer over messenger RNA technology. The court held that Bayer's asserted claims are not directed to patent-ineligible natural laws under Section 101 and that Bayer plausibly pled infringement under Section 271.

Opinion (U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware) → · Reuters, Law360, GuruFocus
UK · CATCourt order

UK Competition Appeal Tribunal will certify revived £306M Apple-Amazon consumer claim, refuses off-Amazon claims

Britain's Competition Appeal Tribunal said it will certify an opt-out consumer collective claim against Apple and Amazon over an alleged 2018 agreement restricting Apple resellers on Amazon's UK marketplace, subject to changes to the funding arrangements and the class representative's pay before any collective proceedings order is made. The tribunal refused to certify claims covering purchases directly from Apple and other retailers, finding they rested on a speculative theory of harm. The judgment, [2026] CAT 75, is unanimous.

Opinion (Competition Appeal Tribunal) → · Reuters, PYMNTS, Shopifreaks
UK · SDTCourt order

SDT strikes off Hereford conveyancer Fiona Parsons after client-money fraud

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal struck off Fiona Hunter Blair Parsons after she diverted nearly £250,000 in client payments to her personal account while a conveyancer at Lambe Corner in Hereford, Legal Futures and the Law Gazette reported on September 28, 2026. Parsons pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position and received a 30-month prison sentence. The SDT approved an agreed outcome with the SRA and made no costs order because of her finances.

Order (Legal Futures) → · Law Gazette, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
NICARAGUA · NI HIGH COURTCourt order

NI High Court upholds Parades Commission Drumcree Garvaghy Road determination

In a hearing that ended at 2:15am BST on September 27, 2026, Mr Justice Michael Humphreys of the High Court in Northern Ireland dismissed a remitted challenge by Garvaghy Road residents to the Parades Commission determination allowing a limited Orange Order parade along the road, Belfast Live, The Irish Times and The Independent reported. He held the commission’s decision was reasoned and not irrational, saying the court cannot substitute its view for the commission’s.

Order (The Irish Times) → · The Independent, Belfast Live
NICARAGUA · NI CACourt order

NI Court of Appeal overturns injunction barring Drumcree Garvaghy Road parade

At an 11:30pm sitting on September 26, 2026, Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal allowed an appeal against a High Court injunction that had temporarily blocked the Parades Commission’s determination permitting an Orange Order parade along Portadown’s Garvaghy Road on September 27, The Independent and The Irish Times reported. Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan said Justice Patricia Smyth, who granted the Saturday injunction, had “unfortunately erred in law.”

Order (The Independent) → · The Irish Times
6TH CIR.Court order

Sixth Circuit rules states can regulate Kalshi sports event contracts, finding CEA does not preempt state gambling laws

A unanimous Sixth Circuit panel ruled that state regulators in Ohio and Tennessee can enforce gambling laws against Kalshi's sports prediction markets. Judge Gibbons wrote that Kalshi failed to prove event contracts are statutory swaps under CFTC exclusive jurisdiction, and alternatively held the Commodity Exchange Act does not preempt state gaming statutes. The court affirmed denial of an Ohio injunction and vacated Tennessee injunctive relief.

Order (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit) → · Courthouse News Service, CoinDesk, Unchained
D. OR.Court order

Oregon federal judge vacates CFPB defunding decisions, declaring Vought funding cutoff unlawful

U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken granted partial summary judgment on Friday to twenty-two state attorneys general challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's refusal to request operating funds from the Federal Reserve. The court held that former Acting Director Russell Vought's decision to defund the agency violated the Dodd-Frank Act and the separation of powers. Judge Aiken vacated the defunding decisions and declared the Federal Reserve must transfer the funds the director deems necessary, declining injunctive relief for fiscal 2026.

Opinion (U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon) → · Courthouse News Service, State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General, Law360
U.S.Court order

Supreme Court stays Eighth Circuit order requiring Missouri to use 2025 congressional redistricting map

The Supreme Court of the United States granted an emergency application for a stay in People Not Politicians v. Onder, blocking lower federal court orders that required Missouri to use a 2025 congressional redistricting map in the 2026 elections. The per curiam order held under the Purcell principle that federal courts cannot alter election rules while voting is actively underway, and reaffirmed that the state must conduct elections under its 2022 map.

Order (Supreme Court of the United States) → · SCOTUSblog, NPR, Democracy Docket
U.S.Court order

Supreme Court stays block on modified SAVE voter citizenship database

The Supreme Court on September 25, 2026 stayed a District of Columbia federal court order that had vacated DHS’s modified Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program used to help states verify voter citizenship. The unsigned majority said challengers likely have standing but are unlikely to succeed on Social Security Act, Privacy Act and APA claims, citing 8 U.S.C. §1373. Justices Jackson, Sotomayor and Kagan dissented.

Order (SCOTUSblog) → · Supreme Court of the United States, BBC News, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
D.C. CIR.Court order

D.C. Circuit upholds Pentagon designation of Anthropic as supply-chain risk over autonomous weapons limits

A divided D.C. Circuit panel denied Anthropic PBC's petitions challenging the Department of War's exclusion of Claude from the military supply chain under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act. Judge Katsas, joined by Judge Rao, held the Secretary reasonably found Anthropic's contractual limits on autonomous lethal warfare and domestic surveillance a supply-chain risk, and rejected Anthropic's notice, due process and First Amendment claims. Judge Henderson dissented on the statute's definition of supply chain risk.

Order (U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit) → · Courthouse News Service, CNBC, WIRED +1
UK · EWHCCourt order

High Court dismisses Sex Matters challenge to CPS deception-as-to-sex guidance

The Divisional Court on September 25, 2026 dismissed Sex Matters’ judicial review of CPS guidance on deception as to sex in sexual-offence charging. Dame Victoria Sharp P and Mrs Justice Heather Williams held deception as to gender identity is not incapable of vitiating consent under section 74 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and that the draft guidance did not misstate the law, while criticising a trans/non-binary experiences passage as surprising in charging guidance.

Order (Find Case Law (National Archives)) → · Judiciary of England and Wales, Solicitors Journal
UK · EATCourt order

EAT: TUPE assignment unaffected by allegedly unlawful redeployment

In McConnell v WM Morrisons Supermarkets Ltd [2026] EAT 149, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the lawfulness of an employer’s redeployment decision forms no part of the TUPE “assigned” test, Solicitors Journal and GOV.UK reported on September 25, 2026. HHJ Feeny nonetheless remitted the claimant’s indirect disability discrimination and reasonable-adjustments complaints after finding the employment tribunal had misunderstood those claims.

Order (Solicitors Journal) → · GOV.UK
CAL.Court order

California Supreme Court orders Riverside sheriff to return 650,000 ballots and affirms state AG oversight

The Supreme Court of California issued two unanimous opinions on Thursday ordering Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return approximately 650,000 voted ballots seized following the November 2025 special election. Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero held that Elections Code section 15551, as it then read, prohibited removing ballots from election officials' custody even during criminal investigations. The court also held that Article V, Section 13 of the California Constitution grants Attorney General Rob Bonta binding supervisory authority over county sheriffs' investigations.

Order (Supreme Court of California) → · KQED, State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General, Horvitz & Levy LLP
HENNEPIN CNTY. DIST. CT.Court order

Minnesota Attorney General settles False Claims Act suit against Partners in Nutrition for $18.5 million

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a civil False Claims Act lawsuit and concurrent settlement in Hennepin County District Court on Thursday against child nutrition program sponsor Partners in Nutrition. The agreement resolved allegations that the nonprofit submitted fraudulent meal reimbursement claims to the Minnesota Department of Education between October 2020 and February 2022. Partners in Nutrition agreed to pay $18,517,909.27, representing its entire remaining funds, produce internal records to investigators, and permanently dissolve as a corporate entity.

Order (District Court of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District) → · Minnesota Attorney General's Office, FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, Sahan Journal
U.S. FEDCourt order

District of Minnesota approves settlement ending state usury suit against online lender Plain Green

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan approved a settlement agreement between Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and officials of tribal online lender Plain Green on September 23, 2026. The order resolves federal litigation alleging Plain Green charged Minnesota borrowers annual interest rates approaching seven hundred percent, exceeding state rate caps. Plain Green cancelled all interest on existing loans, credited prior payments toward principal, and agreed to stop marketing or making loans in Minnesota unless it complies with state lending law.

Order (U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota) → · Minnesota Attorney General's Office, Red Lake Nation News, Ingstad Media +1
UK · EWCACourt order

Court of Appeal: judges should hear cases from bed only as a last resort

In Patel v General Optical Council [2026] EWCA Civ 1206, handed down on September 22, 2026, the Court of Appeal refused permission for a second appeal by suspended optometrist Suleman Patel but held Deputy High Court Judge Richard Clayton KC should not have heard the High Court appeal remotely from bed while recovering from Achilles surgery. Lord Justice Phillips, with Lady Justice Falk, said bed hearings should be a last resort when conventional listing is not feasible.

Opinion (Solicitors Journal) → · Legal Futures, The Guardian
W.D. MICH.Court order

Western District of Michigan dismisses Michigan’s antitrust suit against oil majors for lack of antitrust standing

U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering dismissed Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s antitrust suit against BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, and the American Petroleum Institute on September 22, 2026. The court held Michigan lacked antitrust standing under the Sherman and Clayton Acts: the alleged decades-long conspiracy was not plausibly pleaded to have proximately caused retail energy overcharges, and Illinois Brick bars most indirect-purchaser overcharge damages. Beckering dismissed the federal claim with prejudice and declined supplemental jurisdiction over the state claim.

Opinion (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan) → · Reuters, Legal Newsline, The Seattle Times
UK · EWHCCourt order

High Court holds SRA cannot use s.44B notices to compel client-privileged documents

Mr Justice Butcher in the High Court (King’s Bench) held on September 21, 2026 that a Solicitors Regulation Authority notice under s.44B of the Solicitors Act 1974 cannot require solicitors to produce documents subject to a client’s unwaived legal professional privilege. The Part 8 claim by Carter-Ruck and Mohamed Amersi followed three production notices in an SRA investigation of the firm’s work for Amersi; the SRA said it will seek permission to appeal.

Order (Judiciary of England and Wales) → · Legal Futures, Law Gazette, ICLG +1
UK · EWCACourt order

Court of Appeal bars Part 18 ATE-commission probes in solicitor-own-client assessments

The Court of Appeal held on September 21, 2026 that a costs judge assessing a solicitor’s bill under the Solicitors Act 1974 cannot use CPR Part 18 to force answers about alleged after-the-event insurance commissions. Lady Justice Andrews, with Lord Justices Lewison and Phillips, allowed Coupland Cavendish Ltd (trading as Gowing Law) to overturn Sweeting J in Turner v Coupland Cavendish Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 1204.

Order (Find Case Law (The National Archives)) → · Solicitors Journal, Legal Futures
N.D. TEX.Court order

Northern District of Texas denies OpenAI motion to compel confidential Apple settlement in AI antitrust suit

U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman denied OpenAI's emergency motion to compel production of a confidential settlement agreement between Apple, X Corp, and SpaceXAI in an antitrust lawsuit over artificial intelligence integration. Following an in camera inspection, the court held that the agreement contains no information relevant to summary judgment or trial issues. The court cited federal policy protecting confidential settlements to encourage compromise, noting discovery had closed on July 31, 2026.

Order (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas) → · Politico, 9to5Mac, MLex
UKCourt order

UK EAT warns litigants after 300-page ChatGPT skeleton in Hancox appeal

Deputy High Court judge Marcus Pilgerstorfer KC, sitting in the Employment Appeal Tribunal, on September 17, 2026 warned litigants in person that they remain personally responsible for AI-drafted filings after Terence Hancox submitted a 300-page, 132,000-word ChatGPT skeleton. The judgment in Hancox v Sutherland said unchecked generative AI output is unacceptable and that noncompliant documents are likely to be rejected.

Order (GOV.UK) → · Legal Futures, Law360
OKLA.Court order

Oklahoma judge used ChatGPT in order citing nonexistent cases

Stephens County Associate District Judge Lawrence Wheeler told an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agent he used ChatGPT while preparing a 2025 paternity order that cited two nonexistent cases, according to an August 17 letter from District Attorney Jason Hicks. The OSBI investigated at the request of the Council on Judicial Complaints. The attorney general's office declined to prosecute, saying the Oklahoma Supreme Court and Court on the Judiciary retain discipline authority.

Order (Reuters) → · Minnesota Lawyer, Virginia Lawyers Weekly
UKCourt order

SDT strikes off foreign lawyer over immigration conviction and AI citations

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal struck Abhishek Kumar off the register of foreign lawyers after proving a 2024 conviction for knowingly employing a person disqualified by immigration status and, separately, AI-generated misleading citations in his defense to the SRA. The judgment is dated August 25, 2026; Law360 reported the ruling on September 3, 2026 as the tribunal's first AI-citation case. Dishonesty was not alleged; the tribunal said either allegation alone would have led to strike-off.

Opinion (Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal) → · Law360 UK, Legal Futures, ComplexDiscovery +1
D.C.Court order

D.C. Court of Appeals strikes Deutsche Bank brief over AI-hallucinated citations

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals struck Deutsche Bank National Trust Company's appellate brief in Douglas v. Deutsche Bank after counsel admitted four nonexistent citations came from Google's generative AI search tool. The per curiam panel held every firm attorney who signed the brief bears some responsibility and referred the matter to the D.C. Bar's Office of Disciplinary Counsel. The panel referred the scope of its sanctions authority to the court's Rules Committee; Senior Judge Glickman concurred separately.

Order (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) → · ABA Journal, Law360, Reason (Volokh Conspiracy)