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At the fourth creditors' meeting on 11 September 2026, Hozon New Energy, the parent of Neta, put a draft reorganization plan to a vote under which Zhejiang Taiyi Shenglian would invest RMB 3 billion for about 70.62% equity and restart production of the Neta X.

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.

Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley refused to dismiss most claims that Salesforce's lax OAuth security let hackers steal Allianz, Farmers and TransUnion customers' data.

Universal Music Group and Capitol Records sued the distributor DistroKid in Delaware federal court, accusing it of flooding Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube with AI-generated tracks and unlicensed copies of their recordings while posing as an artist-first service.

New Balance sued Decathlon in Boston federal court, saying the logo on its Kiprun running shoes, a 'K' that becomes an 'N' when mirrored on the other side of the shoe, is virtually identical to New Balance's famous 'N'.

Judge Melissa Damian dismissed the reworked class action over faceless Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins, saying the buyers' "only injury is their subjective disappointment"; their lawyer said they would appeal.

Judge Maryellen Noreika heard two days of evidence, without a jury, on whether the five-year royalty-free provisions in the Qualcomm-Arm contracts can be enforced, ahead of the jury trial of Qualcomm's suit against Arm.

Nike and Lululemon stipulated to dismiss, with prejudice, Nike's 2022 suit claiming Lululemon's Mirror home gym infringed its fitness-tech patents, after the patent office struck down most of the asserted claims.

The court reinstated the prosecution's microplastics analyses that Nancy's criminal court had thrown out in March, sending the case over 473,000 m³ of waste dumped near Vittel and Contrexéville back for a full new trial.

Universal Music Group and Sony Music filed a second copyright suit against AI music generator Suno in Boston federal court, alleging its licensed-music v6 model was trained on users' interactions with earlier models built on their recordings, 'laundering' the infringement.

Crocs and its Jibbitz charm unit sued discount chain Five Below in Denver federal court, alleging its clogs copy the Crocs Classic Clog's registered 3D trade dress and a design patent, and that its shoe charms infringe three Jibbitz utility patents.

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.

Justice Curtis Farber sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 15 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision for the 2006 sexual assault of Miriam Haley, short of the 20 years the Manhattan DA sought.

The District Court of Gelderland in Arnhem ruled that Lidl's sandals copy the copyrighted footbed design of Birkenstock's Arizona, Madrid, Gizeh, Boston and Florida and ordered Lidl to stop selling them in the Netherlands on pain of EUR 5,000 a day.

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.

Qualcomm's breach-of-contract and interference case against Arm is set for a jury trial before Judge Maryellen Noreika in Wilmington, seven months later than first scheduled.

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.

On the first Monday in October the Supreme Court hears Suncor and ExxonMobil's bid to end Boulder's state-law suit seeking climate-change damages. The ruling will decide whether federal law blocks more than two dozen similar suits by cities, counties and states.

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is to hear the Trump administration's appeal of the injunction keeping Harvard able to enroll international students, in the Moakley Courthouse's en banc courtroom.

On 8 October 2026 Dongchedi published an emergency-braking test in which the brake pedal brackets broke on all three Maextro V800 cars tested; JAC shares fell 10.01% and Maextro promised a redesign and a free upgrade for owners.

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has listed Arm's appeal of the Delaware judgment for Qualcomm and Nuvia on the merits in Philadelphia, with oral argument at the panel's discretion.

Investors who bought Dick's Sporting Goods stock between 8 September 2025 and 24 August 2026 have until 3 November 2026 to ask the Pittsburgh federal court to appoint them lead plaintiff in the Foot Locker securities class action.

Kalshi traders favour a recorded House vote concerning Pete Hegseth impeachment before November 14, 2026. The forecast includes procedural votes and does not establish that the House will impeach him.

Judge Charles Breyer holds a case management conference in the authors' class action over Salesforce's xGen training data, with fact discovery due to close in July 2027.

The new federal hemp definition, capping finished products at 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container, starts on 11 December 2026 after Congress pushed it back a month from 12 November.

Judge Margaret Garnett is scheduled to sentence Luigi Mangione for stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson; each count carries up to life, and prosecutors have said they will seek a life term.

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.

China's mandatory standard GB 48001-2026 requires a mechanical release on every side door from 1 January 2027, effectively ending flush electronic-only door handles on cars sold there.

As of 21 October 2026 the 777-9 is still in FAA type-certification testing: ETOPS flight-test approval is on hold over a GE9X engine mid-seal issue, and the FAA Administrator has said he hopes certification comes early in 2027.

China's first mandatory national standard for L2 combined driver-assistance systems, GB 47955-2026, takes effect on 1 January 2027, defining three tiers up to NOA and curbing exaggerated "L2.5" marketing.

The first test trial in the mass lawsuit against Southern California Edison over the Eaton Fire, with eight plaintiffs, opens before Judge Laura Seigle in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Iceland's government plans to put a bill permanently banning commercial whaling before the Althing, which would close the legal route for fin whaling despite the five-year licences issued in 2024 and leave Norway and Japan as the only whaling nations.

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.

Member states must write Directive (EU) 2024/1385, the EU's first law on violence against women, into national law by 14 June 2027, including new crimes of female genital mutilation, forced marriage, cyber stalking and sharing intimate images without consent.

China's mandatory standard GB 44721-2026 for L3 and L4 autonomous-driving systems, announced on 4 August 2026, requires them to be at least as safe as a competent human driver and takes effect on 1 July 2027.

Every obligation the Cyber Resilience Act carries comes into force: products with digital elements may only be placed on the EU market if they meet the Act's essential cybersecurity requirements, carry a conformity assessment and are supported with security updates for their declared support period.

The 24-month reinforced health monitoring the Gard prefect imposed on Perrier's Romaine VI and VII boreholes runs out, and Nestlé must then show the spring's original purity and stable mineral content to keep its natural mineral water status.

SB 707, California's landmark textile extended-producer-responsibility law, requires its Producer Responsibility Organization to have a fully approved collection-and-recycling plan running statewide by July 1, 2030.