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The European Commission decided on 4 June 2026 to refer Ireland to the Court of Justice of the European Union over alleged failures to enforce environmental-impact assessment rules for peat extraction, according to the Law Society of Ireland Gazette and The Journal.
The US Supreme Court ruled on 4 June 2026 that the Federal Communications Commission does not violate the Seventh Amendment when it issues telecom forfeiture orders without a jury before any court enforcement action, according to the Court's opinion in FCC v. AT&T, No. 25-406, consolidated with Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC, No. 25-567.
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority imposed a conduct requirement on Google Search on 3 June, requiring publisher controls, attribution and engagement metrics for generative-AI search services shown to UK users.
A federal jury in Los Angeles found Citron Research founder Andrew Left guilty on Monday of one securities-fraud scheme count and 12 securities-fraud counts, while acquitting him on four securities-fraud counts tied to specific trades.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a lower-court order blocking Alabama's 2023 congressional map, allowing the state to use the legislature-drawn plan while litigation over the map continues.
The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated an Eleventh Circuit ruling in the Florida death-penalty case Whitton v. Dixon, holding that the appeals court wrongly considered DNA evidence developed after trial when assessing whether false jailhouse-informant testimony affected the jury's verdict.
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, 26 May 2026, declined to hear the NFL's appeal seeking to move former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores's racial-discrimination claims into league-run arbitration, leaving a Second Circuit ruling in place in docket 25-790, New York Football Giants, Inc., et al. v. Brian Flores.
The Supreme Court of South Carolina on May 13, 2026 unanimously overturned Alex Murdaugh's double murder convictions and ordered a new trial, ruling that improper jury communications by the court clerk who supervised the trial constituted a structural violation of Murdaugh's right to a fair trial. [1]