Meta Must Pay, Bannon's Judge Pushes Back, and a Dolly Parton Shoutout from the Bench

OA1291 - This week on Rapid Response Friday: the single biggest consumer protection settlement ever reached with any U.S. company puts new guardrails on younger social media users, a federal judge refuses to let Steve Bannon off the hook just because DOJ asked him to, an under-the-radar example of ICE’s determination to get around federal court orders, and Trump’s new war on how law schools are accredited. Finally in today’s footnote, we honor absolute legend Dolly Parton with a cosmic coincidence: a special shoutout in a federal judicial decision published on the day we lost her.

1. Order on government’s motion to dismiss indictment in U.S. v. Bannon (8/26/26)

2. U.S. v. McIver, Nos. 25-3573 & 26-1122 (3rd Cir. 8/26/26)

3. Supplemental Findings and Conclusions of Law & Amended Order of Permanent Injunction in Extragrams et al v. Paxton, 

4. Order in Doe v. Guadian, N.D.MD (8/26/26)

5. Video for Dolly Parton’s cover of Collective Soul’s “Shine”