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.
Federal Judge Blocks USCIS Policy Penalizing Travel-Ban Country ApplicantsMay 18, 2026Legal NewsA Boston federal judge blocked a USCIS policy marking travel-ban country nationals as a negative factor in green-card, asylum, and naturalization cases, citing the INA's anti-discrimination bar.
Supreme Court Enters Final Opinion Stretch With 33 Decisions PendingMay 18, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court's May 18 orders list sets the stage for 33 remaining decisions, including birthright citizenship, Roundup preemption, and campaign finance rulings due by July.
Andrew Left Securities Fraud Trial Opens in Los AngelesMay 18, 2026Legal NewsAndrew Left's criminal securities fraud trial opened May 11 in Los Angeles, putting activist short-selling commentary on trial for the first time in a federal courtroom.
2nd Circuit Questions Combs Sentence Built on Acquitted ConductMay 18, 2026Legal NewsThe 2nd Circuit heard arguments April 9 on whether Sean Combs' 50-month sentence improperly relied on conduct a jury rejected, raising a nationally divisive sentencing doctrine.
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on FIFRA Preemption of Roundup Tort ClaimsMay 18, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court heard arguments April 28 in Monsanto v. Durnell, weighing whether FIFRA preempts Roundup failure-to-warn claims affecting 65,000 pending cases.
Supreme Court Justices Signal Skepticism Over Birthright Citizenship OrderMay 18, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court heard arguments April 1 in Trump v. Barbara, with multiple justices skeptical of the administration's 14th Amendment domicile theory on birthright citizenship.