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US District Judge Anne Hwang declared a mistrial after jurors deadlocked 10-2 in favour of acquitting Jonathan Rinderknecht on all three arson charges, and prosecutors said they would try him again.

Tesla filed its opening brief in the Eleventh Circuit, with former Solicitor General Paul Clement arguing that Florida law bars the $200 million punitive award over the fatal 2019 Key Largo crash; the victims have hired another former Solicitor General, Elizabeth Prelogar.

A Ninth Circuit panel heard California and seven conservation groups argue that PHMSA unlawfully claimed federal control of Sable Offshore's onshore Las Flores pipelines and approved their restart; the case turns on whether oil processed at Las Flores Canyon is still in interstate transportation.

A South Bay jury found the Chula Vista father guilty after one day of deliberation, five years after May "Maya" Millete vanished; her body has never been found.

Attorney General Rob Bonta and the State Fire Marshal petitioned the Ninth Circuit to overturn PHMSA's 25 June special permit, which lets Sable Offshore run the onshore CA-324 and CA-325 lines without the rule to repair longitudinal seam weld corrosion within 180 days.

Taiwan's Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of Chen Li-ming and Chen Wei-chieh, making their 10- and 6-year sentences for leaking TSMC's 2nm and 14nm secrets final; both go straight to prison.

The only man ever charged in Tupac Shakur's 1996 drive-by killing went on trial in Las Vegas, where jury selection began nearly 30 years after the shooting and more than two years after the first trial date.

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.

Abbott agreed with three law firms to pay about $670 million to settle the Gill case, a $495 million St. Louis jury award, and NEC claims for about 2,000 other preterm infants fed its specialty formulas. About 1,700 lawsuits covering some 12,700 infants remain.

California asked the Ninth Circuit to reverse Judge Stephen Wilson's refusal to block Energy Secretary Chris Wright's Defense Production Act order, which keeps oil flowing through Sable Offshore's onshore Santa Ynez Pipeline System over state objections.

A Las Vegas jury convicted Duane 'Keffe D' Davis of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by killing of Tupac Shakur, the first conviction in the case, after less than three hours of deliberation.

Tesla asked a Ninth Circuit panel in San Francisco to decertify the California classes of Full Self-Driving buyers, arguing there is no proof every class member saw the self-driving claims on its website.

A federal judge in Los Angeles dismissed with prejudice the Center for Biological Diversity's suit over BOEM's decision to let Sable Offshore restart Platform Harmony without revising its 1980s development plan, finding the groups lacked standing.

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.

Abbott will pay about $385 million ($384,999,040) to resolve Justice Department, state and whistleblower claims over powdered infant formula made at its Sturgis, Michigan, plant, the site of the 2022 recall. Abbott admits no liability, and the government has closed its criminal investigation.

California's Civil Rights Department began its bench trial accusing Tesla of tolerating widespread harassment, segregation and lower pay for Black workers at its Fremont factory, the first government discrimination case against Tesla to reach trial.

Seven groups led by the Environmental Defense Center and the Center for Biological Diversity asked the Ninth Circuit to overturn PHMSA's 25 June special permit, which waives corrosion-repair rules for the onshore lines that caused the 2015 Refugio spill.

Judge Enrique Camarena will sentence Millete, who faces 25 years to life for first-degree murder plus up to three years for an unregistered assault weapon.

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.

The Ninth Circuit has set a hearing in San Francisco on three consolidated petitions by California and conservation groups against PHMSA's takeover of Sable Offshore's onshore pipelines from state regulators and its approval of their restart.

District Judge Carli Kierny is set to sentence Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, convicted of Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder, who faces life in prison; Davis waived jury sentencing and has said he will appeal.

Paul Hyon Kim, who shot out cameras and firebombed Teslas at a Las Vegas Tesla Collision center in March 2025, is due to be sentenced by Judge Jennifer Dorsey after pleading guilty to arson and a destructive-device charge that carry at least five years in prison.

Jonathan Rinderknecht goes before a new jury on a superseding two-count indictment that separates the New Year's Day Lachman Fire from the Palisades Fire, after his first trial ended 10-2 for acquittal.

A Los Angeles judge is set to hear Tesla's petition to overturn the California DMV's finding that its 'Autopilot' and 'Full Self-Driving' marketing was false advertising, a label Tesla wants removed even though it already complied with the order.

The previously reported March 2027 trial schedule has been superseded by settlements. A judge approved the states' agreement on September 30, and AP reported that the Writers Guild also settled its separate suit. Paramount completed the acquisition on October 6.

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.