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The Supreme Court handed down three major decisions on May 28, 2026, marking the final stretch of its term. Meanwhile, Google filed a critical appeal of a landmark antitrust ruling against its search monopoly, and EU regulators continue expanding enforcement of the Digital Markets Act against Big Tech's cloud and AI practices.
Google's landmark antitrust appeal dominated the legal week, with Alphabet filing at the D.C. Circuit on May 22 to overturn Judge Mehta's ruling that it holds illegal monopolies in search and search advertising — including a challenge to the order requiring data-sharing with rivals. Meanwhile, state attorneys general are flexing fresh enforcement muscles in tech and consumer-protection cases, and the EU continues expanding its Digital Markets Act reach toward cloud and AI services.
This week's most consequential legal developments center on the EU's Digital Markets Act enforcement expanding to cloud and AI services, with regulators investigating whether Amazon and Microsoft qualify as gatekeepers — a move that could reshape the digital economy on both sides of the Atlantic. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court enters its final stretch with landmark rulings still pending on birthright citizenship, transgender athlete bans, and gun rights, and state attorneys general are increasingly stepping into the antitrust enforcement vacuum left by shifting federal priorities.
This week's most consequential legal developments center on the EU's escalating Digital Markets Act enforcement, with regulators now eyeing Amazon and Microsoft's cloud services as potential DMA gatekeeper targets — a major expansion beyond the original Big Tech scope. Meanwhile, state attorneys general are increasingly asserting independent antitrust authority even when federal enforcers settle, and the 11th Circuit deepened a federal appeals-court split over Trump's mandatory immigration detention policy, setting up a potential Supreme Court showdown.
The week's most consequential legal developments center on the Supreme Court's looming opinion season, with major cases on immigration, executive power, and citizenship still outstanding. In the tech regulatory arena, EU DMA enforcement is extending into cloud computing, with Amazon and Microsoft now under examination as potential "gatekeepers." State attorneys general are also flexing new antitrust muscle, continuing to litigate even where the DOJ settles.
The biggest legal story of the week remains the fallout from the Supreme Court's landmark *Louisiana v. Callais* Voting Rights Act ruling, with new reporting revealing that Justice Alito's majority opinion cited data from a DOJ filing that relied on "questionable methodology." On the regulatory front, EU enforcers are expanding their Digital Markets Act investigations to cloud computing and AI, potentially designating Amazon and Microsoft as gatekeepers, while state attorneys general are ramping up independent antitrust enforcement that often outlasts federal action.
The week's most consequential legal developments were dominated by the Virginia Supreme Court's redistricting ruling — which effectively locks in Republican congressional gains ahead of the 2026 midterms — and mounting scrutiny of Justice Alito's use of contested DOJ data in last week's landmark Voting Rights Act decision. On the regulatory front, the EU moved to expand its Digital Markets Act gatekeeper investigations to Amazon and Microsoft's cloud services, signaling a major new frontier in tech antitrust enforcement.
The week's most consequential legal developments span immigration detention, EU cloud/AI regulation, and a deepening circuit split on bond hearings for noncitizens. The 11th Circuit's divided ruling against the Trump administration's no-bond mandatory detention policy headlines the week, joining the Second Circuit and intensifying pressure on the Supreme Court to resolve the split. Separately, EU regulators announced sweeping DMA enforcement expansions targeting Amazon and Microsoft's cloud services and AI products, signaling the next frontier for Big Tech accountability.
This week's most consequential legal developments center on two seismic shifts: the Supreme Court expedited its landmark *Louisiana v. Callais* ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act's Section 2, clearing the way for states to redraw congressional maps before the midterms, while EU regulators charged Meta's Facebook and Instagram with breaching the Digital Markets Act for failing to block underage users — and separately announced investigations into whether Amazon and Microsoft cloud services qualify as DMA gatekeepers.
The week's most consequential legal developments were dominated by the Supreme Court's landmark 6-3 ruling in *Louisiana v. Callais*, which significantly curtailed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and a federal appeals court's rejection of the Trump administration's sweeping immigration detention policy. Meanwhile, EU regulators accelerated enforcement under the Digital Markets Act, opening new gatekeeper investigations into Amazon and Microsoft's cloud services while publishing a comprehensive crackdown timeline against Big Tech.
The Supreme Court delivered its most consequential ruling of the term this week, gutting the Voting Rights Act in *Louisiana v. Callais* — a 6-3 decision along partisan lines that struck down Louisiana's majority-Black congressional district as an "unconstitutional racial gerrymander" and opens the door for states nationwide to redraw maps. Meanwhile, a federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration's mandatory immigration detention policy without bond hearings, and EU regulators announced a significant expansion of Digital Markets Act oversight to cover cloud computing and AI services from Amazon and Microsoft.
This week's most consequential legal developments center on a federal appeals court dealing a significant blow to the Trump administration's mandatory immigration detention policy, the EU's Digital Markets Act expanding its reach to cloud computing giants Amazon and Microsoft, and a landmark Supreme Court oral argument on Monsanto/Bayer's Roundup cancer liability shaping tens of thousands of pending lawsuits. The 9th Circuit immigration detention ruling stands as the week's most impactful decision, directly limiting executive power over hundreds of thousands of detainees.
The week's most consequential legal developments center on the U.S. Supreme Court's looming decision on birthright citizenship, where the justices signaled deep skepticism of the Trump administration's executive order during oral arguments now just weeks old. Meanwhile, the EU's Digital Markets Act enforcement machinery continues grinding forward against major tech platforms, and federal courts remain active on immigration detention and tariff litigation flowing from the Trump administration's second-term agenda.
This week's most consequential legal developments center on the Supreme Court's active "shadow docket" and its broader implications for hasty, far-reaching rulings outside normal deliberation — drawing renewed scrutiny as the Court prepares a high-stakes opinion window. On the labor front, the Fifth Circuit handed Starbucks a significant win against the NLRB, while federal appellate courts continued reshaping the boundaries of executive immigration enforcement power.
The U.S. Supreme Court made headlines this week with a unanimous ruling siding with oil and gas companies over Louisiana coastal damage, while the shadow docket drew scrutiny in a New York Times exposé. The birthright citizenship case continues to dominate legal discourse, with key justices expressing skepticism about the Trump administration's arguments during oral argument highlights published this week.
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