Katyal AI Disclosure in SCOTUS Tariff Win Ignites Bar DebateMay 18, 2026Legal NewsNeal Katyal's TED Talk claim that Harvey AI predicted SCOTUS questions nearly verbatim draws bar criticism over credit, ethics, and AI-prep disclosure norms.
xAI Appeals to 9th Circuit to Kill California AI Disclosure LawMay 18, 2026Legal NewsxAI filed its 9th Circuit opening brief May 15 seeking to block California's AB 2013, which requires AI developers to disclose training-data summaries, on First and Fifth Amendment grounds.
Second Circuit Presses Both Sides on Acquitted-Conduct Sentencing in Combs AppealMay 18, 2026Legal NewsThe Second Circuit grilled prosecutors and Sean Combs's defense over whether acquitted racketeering conduct inflated his 50-month Mann Act sentence, with no ruling issued.
DOJ Charged Abrego Garcia After Deportation Loss, Court Record ShowsMay 18, 2026Legal NewsA Tennessee federal judge heard arguments that DOJ charged Kilmar Abrego Garcia with smuggling only after he won a wrongful-deportation case, raising a Fifth Amendment vindictive-prosecution claim.
2nd Circuit Stays $83 Million Carroll Judgment Pending Supreme Court ReviewMay 18, 2026Legal NewsThe 2nd Circuit paused Trump's $83 million Carroll defamation payment pending a Supreme Court petition, conditioning the stay on a $7.46 million bond increase.
Jury Rejects Musk’s OpenAI Claims on Limitations GroundsMay 18, 2026Legal NewsA federal jury found Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit time-barred; Judge Gonzalez Rogers adopted the verdict and dismissed Microsoft, leaving OpenAI's for-profit structure intact.
D.C. Circuit Hears Zaid Security Clearance Challenge Alongside Law Firm CasesMay 18, 2026Legal NewsThe D.C. Circuit heard Mark Zaid's security clearance challenge alongside law firm executive order cases, testing whether courts can review politically motivated revocations.
Bayer’s $7.25 Billion Roundup Settlement Hangs on Supreme Court Preemption RulingMay 18, 2026Legal NewsBayer's $7.25 billion Roundup settlement stalls as plaintiff attorneys seek more time and the Supreme Court weighs preemption in *Monsanto v. Durnell*.
Supreme Court Signals Further Limits on ATS Human Rights Suits in Cisco ArgumentMay 18, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court heard argument April 29 in Cisco v. Doe, with justices signaling they may further restrict human rights suits under the ATS and TVPA.
Supreme Court Hears Argument on Geofence Warrant ConstitutionalityMay 18, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument on April 28 in *Chatrie v. United States*, a Fourth Amendment challenge to law enforcement's use of geofence warrants,...