The U.S. government and several legal and business groups have submitted amicus briefs to the Supreme Court supporting Apple's bid to overturn a civil contempt ruling stemming from its App Store dispute with Epic Games. The contempt finding arose after Apple began charging a 27% commission on purchases made through external links, which Epic argued violated a prior injunction. Apple maintains the injunction's original wording never explicitly barred such a commission, and that lower courts wrongly invoked the 'spirit' of the order rather than its text.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-22
The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's emergency request to impose new restrictions on mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections, allowing states to keep using their existing mail voting procedures. The unsigned majority order found the administration's legal case unlikely to succeed, while Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented, with Alito arguing the Postal Service has broad authority to enforce such limits.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-15
The New Mexico Supreme Court held attorney Stephen Aarons in contempt and fined him $5,000 after he submitted an appellate brief containing fictitious police testimony and witnesses invented by ChatGPT. Aarons said he used the AI tool to summarize trial proceedings for a murder conviction appeal, claiming he didn't realize it could fabricate facts. The court is also referring him to a disciplinary board for further investigation.
slashdot.org
· 2026-09-15
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan argued on X that regulators don't need new legislation to rein in AI companies, pointing to decades-old consumer protection and antitrust statutes as tools to hold firms and executives accountable. She cited product liability and unfair competition laws as grounds to prosecute companies releasing unvetted or defective AI systems, or engaging in risky behavior that pressures rivals to match it.
theregister.com
· 2026-09-15
The Supreme Court voted 7-2 to uphold a lower court injunction blocking a new Postal Service rule that would have required states to submit lists of eligible voters so USPS could verify ballot recipients. Justices Alito and Thomas dissented, while Kavanaugh and Jackson noted the rule could be legally sound but was impractical to apply so close to the 2026 elections, since mail voting had already begun in several states.
wired.com
· 2026-09-15
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan argues that regulators do not need new legislation to hold AI company executives accountable, pointing to established legal precedent such as a 1934 Supreme Court ruling that barred a competitive 'race to the bottom' among companies. Her comments push back on the idea that AI's novelty exempts its leaders from existing corporate and antitrust law.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-14
Apple has submitted its opening merits brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, formally contesting a lower court's decision that held it in contempt over its compliance with an antitrust injunction from the Epic Games case. The injunction required Apple to let developers link to outside payment options, but Apple's move to charge commissions on those external purchases prompted Epic to challenge its compliance, leading a court to find Apple in contempt.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-14
Sam Bankman-Fried has asked the US Supreme Court to grant him a new trial and to void the $11 billion forfeiture order tied to his 25-year prison sentence. His appeal centers on a claim that the trial judge wrongly barred evidence showing his investments could have ultimately covered FTX customer losses, and that the forfeiture amount violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on excessive fines. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals had already rejected these arguments earlier this year before the case reached the high court.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-13
The New Mexico Supreme Court found veteran defense attorney Stephen Aarons in direct contempt after he filed an appellate brief containing invented testimony from nonexistent witnesses, generated using ChatGPT. Aarons admitted he never verified the AI-produced content before submitting it in the appeal of client Oscar Renee Sandoval's murder conviction, nor did he tell his client about the errors. The case has been referred to a disciplinary board for further review.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-11
New Mexico's Supreme Court fined attorney Stephen Aarons $5,000 and held him in contempt after he submitted an appeal brief containing AI-invented witnesses and false police testimony about a shooter's appearance. Aarons admitted he used ChatGPT expecting it to produce a reliable trial summary but never checked its accuracy before filing it in his client's murder case.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-11
The U.S. carried out another round of military strikes targeting tankers carrying Iranian oil, escalating pressure on Tehran's crude exports. Separately, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to approve use of a voter verification system, and Meta launched a new consumer-facing AI agent.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-08
The Supreme Court ruled on September 4 that broadcast TV stations must sell election ads to political parties and joint fundraising committees at the same lowest unit charge rates required for individual candidates. The order came after the National Republican Congressional and Senatorial Committees petitioned the court, overturning a Fourth Circuit ruling that had sided with Democratic candidates who challenged an FCC notice mandating the discount.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-08
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