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After 56 days of trial and six days of deliberation, a federal jury in Houston convicted Enron's two former chief executives. Kenneth Lay was found guilty on all six counts he faced; Jeffrey Skilling was convicted on conspiracy, securities fraud, false statements and insider trading counts, closing the criminal case over the largest US corporate collapse of its time.

The founder of FTX was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $11bn, four months after a jury convicted him on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy over the theft of customer deposits from the cryptocurrency exchange.

Judge P. Casey Pitts entered the consent decree clearing HPE's Juniper Networks deal in a 41-page order that found DOJ leadership overrode its own antitrust staff, but held that 12 states and DC had not shown the Instant On sale and Mist source-code licence were against the public interest.

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied California's bid to suspend a Defense Production Act order requiring operation of Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Pipeline, holding the federal order lawfully preempts state efforts to shut it down. The court also shifted pipeline safety oversight under the consent decree from California's Office of the State Fire Marshal to the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected the DOJ's bid to make Google sell its AdX ad exchange, ordering behavioral remedies overseen by a Monitor and Technical Committee instead. Google still stands found liable for monopolizing ad tech.

Google and the Justice Department must file one jointly proposed Final Judgment in the ad tech antitrust case by 2 October 2026, writing Judge Brinkema's behavioral remedies into an order that takes effect 60 days after she enters it.

Twelve state attorneys general led by California's Rob Bonta, and separately the Writers Guild of America, get their day in court against Paramount Skydance's $111bn acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin set 12 court days, and the merger is on hold behind the result.

The FTC and state attorneys general take Amazon to a bench trial before Judge John Chun over claims it illegally keeps its online marketplace monopoly by overcharging sellers and punishing those who offer lower prices elsewhere. The trial has slipped twice from its original October 2026 date.