U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Postal Service from implementing new mail-voting regulations tied to Trump's executive order, mirroring an earlier block by a Boston judge. Nichols ruled that without the injunction, many valid absentee ballots could go uncounted in the midterms. The case comes as the Supreme Court is already reviewing a similar injunction from a separate lawsuit.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-14
A federal judge dismissed proposed class-action lawsuits accusing LinkedIn of improperly scanning users' browser extensions. The court ruled that the plaintiffs failed to show they suffered any concrete harm from the alleged scanning practice.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-11
A federal judge ruled that Google must stop certain practices that have suppressed advertising rates paid to web publishers, addressing antitrust concerns about its dominance in ad technology. However, the court stopped short of ordering Google to sell off its ad exchange or other core advertising tools, rejecting the more severe remedy sought by antitrust enforcers.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-02
A federal judge in California ruled that the Trump administration illegally retaliated against Anthropic after the AI firm refused to lift restrictions on using its technology for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. Judge Rita Lin vacated orders that barred federal agencies from using Anthropic's products and blocked defense contractors from doing any business with the company, calling the government's national security justification baseless.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-08-28
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