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• February 10, 2026

  Justices Asked To Review $600M Train Derailment Deal

  Norfolk Southern and residents affected by the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment who reached a $600 million class settlement told the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday they don't plan to respond to objectors' petition seeking review of the Sixth Circuit's decision to toss their appeals of the settlement.

• February 10, 2026

  7th Circ. Mulls Taking Sides In Arbitration Enforcement Split

  Seventh Circuit judges Tuesday debated a nationwide circuit split over who decides whether disputes belong in arbitration, seemingly leaning toward joining circuits that leave the question to courts instead of arbitrators.

• February 10, 2026

  5th Circ. Says Bank Worker's ERISA Claims Can Be Arbitrated

  The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday held that a former employee at a Texas-based bank must arbitrate his proposed class claims accusing the bank of failing to invest retirement funds, reversing a lower court's finding that the arbitration clause didn't apply to him because it was added after his employment ended.

• February 10, 2026

  Appeals Judge Questions Sanctions In Hurricane Straps Suit

  A Ninth Circuit judge on Tuesday said he's "scratching [his] head" over a magistrate judge's order sanctioning Robins Kaplan lawyers for "baseless filings" in the first version of a complaint later amended over allegedly corroding construction connectors and fasteners, saying it might just "not have been the best written complaint."

• February 10, 2026

  7th Circ. Mulls Outcome Health Execs' $1B Fraud Convictions

  Seventh Circuit judges hearing former Outcome Health executives' challenge to a $1 billion fraud conviction seemed critical of the U.S. government's handling of the case on Tuesday as they questioned why its admitted asset over-restraint and introduction of certain grand jury statements should not require reversal.

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