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Verified brief — 4 October 2026

A California judge vacates the agency policies that collected the $100,000 H-1B payment until notice-and-comment is done. The proclamation is not struck, and a D.C. court upheld the fee. Québec votes Monday; the next SCOTUS order list is expected then too.

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    U.S. (30 Sep, verified this pass): Judge Gilliam vacates USCIS, CBP, and State Department policies implementing the $100,000 H-1B payment and bars enforcement under Proclamations 10973 and 11069 until APA notice-and-comment and a regulatory-flexibility analysis. Not a holding that the proclamation is void.

    Read the article →N.D. Cal. Doc. 130

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    Same file, as the order describes it: Massachusetts already vacated those policies and the First Circuit denied a stay; the District of Columbia upheld the fee and is on appeal. Three dockets, not one final judgment.

    Read the article →California v. Mullin; Chamber of Commerce v. DHS

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    Big Bend: Judge Cardone’s 2 Oct preliminary injunction still pauses barrier and ground-disturbing work in that sector. The memorandum opinion has not landed.

    Read the article →W.D. Tex. Doc. 66

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    SCOTUS: no Sunday order list. Rhoney (26-104) remains a cert grant on interior mandatory detention, not a merits holding. The next regular order list is expected Monday.

    Read the article →Order List 1 Oct

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    Kingdom BOP gender-dysphoria application 26A416: response still due 8 October.

    Read the article →SCOTUS docket 26A416

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    DHS v. D.V.D. third-country removal stay and December argument unchanged.

    Read the article →SCOTUS 26A406

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    Québec: polling day Monday 5 October. No new threshold instrument this Sunday.

    Read the article →Élections Québec

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    Ottawa: House returns 5 October. Pacific Link stays a Schedule 1 listing (PC 2026-0925), not a CER certificate. Gazette Part II index still the 23 September issue.

    Read the article →OIC PC 2026-0925

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    LNG Canada Phase 2 FID remains the separate Kitimat file. No new company primary this pass.

    Read the article →LNG Canada / PMO 29 Sep

  10. Item 10

    Alberta: Forever Canadian compliance agreement unchanged — reporting, not a fine. Referendum day remains 19 October.

    Read the article →Elections Alberta

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    Section 338 exclusions still bar listed Canadian alcohol, dairy, and motor-vehicle products from U.S. entry.

    Read the article →Federal Register / CBP

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    UK Online Safety Act: no Category 1 judgment. High Court JR dates remain 13–14 October.

    Read the article →Judiciary.uk listing

  13. Item 13

    Gaines v. NCAA summary judgment and the Seattle Diemert remand are unchanged this Sunday.

    Read the article →N.D. Ga. Doc. 196/197; 9th Cir. No. 25-1188

  14. Item 14

    Fact check still stands: no verified nationwide Canadian trucker diesel strike.

    Read the article →