Texas Jury Returns $46 Million Verdict Against Stone Supplier

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas jury slapped a stone supplier with a $46 million verdict, finding that a truck driver who ran over and killed a man in DeWitt County in 2019 was driving on behalf of the company at the time of the accident. 

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Truck Makers Say Calif. Delaying 'Clean Trucks Pact' Fight

By Linda Chiem

Heavy-duty truck manufacturers on Monday accused California officials of trying to delay litigation over a 2023 agreement that would saddle manufacturers with stringent state emissions standards and stiff penalties for noncompliance in the coming years.

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Meta, YouTube Sued By Subject Of Viral Turo Dash Cam Clip

By Rachel Riley

A Washington woman featured in a viral video that showed her texting while driving just before a crash claims she was illegally recorded by a secret camera in a car she rented on Turo, according to a new lawsuit against the rental platform, Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc., YouTube, Reddit and others.

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Mich. AG's Antitrust Suit Charts New Path For Climate Torts

By Keith Goldberg

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's antitrust lawsuit against fossil fuel companies opens a new front in climate change tort litigation, and is a riposte to red states using antitrust law to target pro-climate actions by companies.

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Delta Customers Get Green Light For Tweaked IT Outage Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

A federal judge has ruled that Delta Air Lines customers alleging their travel was disrupted by the 2024 CrowdStrike outage can pursue some claims that were previously dismissed, but blocked them from reraising others.

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DOJ Urges 6th Circ. To Uphold IRS Jet Fee Excise Tax

By Stephen K. Cooper

A fractional aircraft ownership company is liable for federal excise taxes, the U.S. Department of Justice told the Sixth Circuit, arguing that the company failed to establish any statutory or equitable defense while urging the appellate judges to affirm a lower court's ruling.

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BMW Drivers Sue Over Leaky Engine Oil Filter Housing

By Gina Kim

BMW drivers have filed a proposed class action in New Jersey federal court alleging it knowingly sold certain BMW and Mini Cooper, Clubman and Countryman vehicles from 2014 through 2021 containing faulty engine oil filter housing parts that prematurely fail while limiting the warranty period to avoid repair costs.

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Helmet Co. Says AIG Unit Must Defend It From Defect Claims

By Gianna Ferrarin

Lexington Insurance Co. ignored a helmet designer's repeated requests for coverage in a lawsuit alleging that product defects caused a helmet to come off a motorcycle rider's head during a collision, the manufacturer told a California federal court.

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H-2A Truck Drivers Seek Collective Certification In OT Suit

By Irene Spezzamonte

A Colorado company subjects all its tractor-trailer drivers to the same illegal policy of considering them overtime-exempt under federal law, a group of migrant workers said, urging a Colorado federal court to greenlight a collective.

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Southern Glazer's Wants To Compare FTC Case To Kroger

By Bryan Koenig

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits LLC urged a California federal judge Friday to give it key material from the Federal Trade Commission's successful challenge to the Kroger-Albertsons merger, sparring with the FTC on arguments that the agency is contradicting itself in a price discrimination lawsuit.

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Minnesota Appeals Court Won't Toss Climate Change Suit

By Elaine Briseño

A Minnesota appeals court on Monday affirmed a lower court's decision not to toss the state's lawsuit alleging that Exxon Mobil Corp., Koch Industries Inc. and the American Petroleum Institute concealed the climate change risks of fossil fuels.

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DOJ Can't Sue Mich. To Stop 'Hypothetical' Climate Claims

By Melanie Dorsey

A Michigan federal judge ruled on Saturday that the U.S. Department of Justice cannot preemptively block the state from filing climate-related claims against the fossil fuel industry, adding there's no precedent for such a move being allowed in the long history of state litigation against national industry groups.

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Navigating Battery Validation Risk In The EV Supply Chain

Vehicle electrification has moved battery system supply chains from a background component into the center of the automotive universe — and for legal teams, battery validation is now a driver of contractual disputes, regulatory exposure and even shareholder litigation, say Samuel Madden at Secretariat Advisors and Vanessa Miller at Foley & Lardner.

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What A Calif. Mileage Tax Would Mean For Employers

California is considering implementing a mileage tax that would likely trigger existing state laws requiring employers to reimburse employees for work-related driving, creating a new mandatory business expense with significant bottom-line implications for employers, says Eric Fox at Ogletree.

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Adapting To Private Practice: 5 Tips From Ex-SEC Unit Chief

My move to private practice has reaffirmed my belief in the value of adaptability, collaboration and strategic thinking — qualities that are essential not only for successful client outcomes, but also for sustained professional satisfaction, says Dabney O’Riordan at Fried Frank.

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Law Student Recruiting Moves Further Off Campus

By Emma Cueto

About four-fifths of law school summer associate recruiting in 2025 happened through employer-sponsored channels, as opposed to more traditional law school-sponsored channels, with recruiting also happening increasingly early, according to research unveiled Monday by the National Association for Law Placement.

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Fla. Bar Clears Gaetz Despite US House Ethics Report

By Courtney Bublé

The Florida Bar has decided to not discipline former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who was briefly President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, despite the House ethics committee's findings that Gaetz regularly paid for sex, including with a minor.

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Texas Law Firm-Linked Plane Crashes In Maine With Fatalities

By Lynn LaRowe

A private plane connected to Texas-based litigation firm Arnold & Itkin LLP overturned and caught fire Sunday night as it attempted to take off from a Maine airport, killing at least six people on board, according to authorities and public records.

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Indiana Judge Was Shot Through Front Door, Cop Says

By Hailey Konnath

An Indiana Superior Court judge and his wife were shot by a man standing on their front porch, through their closed front door, according to an affidavit, which noted that the suspected shooter was connected to a man with pending charges in the judge's courtroom.

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Foley & Lardner Can't Dodge Pro-Palestinian Atty's Bias Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A Chicago federal judge on Monday denied Foley & Lardner LLP's bid for an early win against claims brought by a former summer associate who said discrimination led to the firm's decision to rescind a job offer after she publicly supported Palestinians amid Israel's war with Hamas.

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Minn. Judge Probes Limits Of ICE Enforcement Actions

By Ganesh Setty

A Minnesota federal judge on Monday considered whether to preliminarily block the Trump administration from sending thousands of immigration enforcement officers to the state, questioning if the surge is a coercive federal act in violation of state sovereignty.

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Full 3rd Circ. Passes On Alina Habba DQ Challenge

By Carla Baranauckas

The Third Circuit on Monday declined to reconsider its decision blocking Alina Habba from serving as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, denying the Justice Department's petition for rehearing and leaving intact a decision that sharply curtailed the government's use of creative maneuvers to install interim federal prosecutors.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court wrapped up the week with a slate of high-stakes deal challenges, governance rulings and oversight decisions, including an emergency bid to block a $10.9 billion bank merger, a state Supreme Court reversal reshaping stockholder agreement litigation and a major opinion allowing sexual misconduct oversight claims to proceed.

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