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May 27, 2026
The Third Circuit has refused to revive a proposed class action accusing the now-defunct Spirit Airlines of recording communications by visitors to its website, finding the plaintiffs voluntarily provided information to look for flights and that, at any rate, many understand "'that what we do on the Internet is not completely private.'"
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May 27, 2026
An Indiana federal judge on Wednesday dismissed consolidated shareholder derivative litigation alleging engine manufacturer Cummins Inc.'s top executives breached their fiduciary duties by overseeing a scheme to rig vehicles with emissions-cheating software, prompting $2 billion in penalties to settle regulators' claims concerning Clean Air Act violations.
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May 27, 2026
A Florida federal judge has adopted a magistrate's recommendation denying arbitration for Royal Caribbean in a suit alleging a now-former employee secretly filmed passengers after placing hidden cameras in their rooms.
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May 27, 2026
A man sentenced for seven crimes in connection with crashing his car into another vehicle was not unfairly prejudiced when the trial court admitted into evidence photos from the crash showing the Confederate flag tag he had affixed to his car, a Florida state appeals court said Wednesday.
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May 27, 2026
Spirit Airlines received approval Wednesday for $275 million in Chapter 11 financing that aims to simplify the previously approved sale of 20 aircraft to a stalking horse buyer as it seeks to preserve assets during its wind-down.
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May 27, 2026
A New York federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking a pair of Queens pharmacies from selling any human immunodeficiency virus medications that bear the Gilead name or the name of two of its products.
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May 27, 2026
Energy companies and farm representatives urged the IRS on Wednesday to expedite the release of an updated greenhouse gas emissions model reflecting the 2025 budget law's changes, saying the guidance is needed to determine eligibility for and calculate the clean fuel production tax credit.
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May 27, 2026
A Georgia appeals panel has ordered a new trial for a woman who was injured when her stopped vehicle was struck by a speeding Ford F-150 truck on a Georgia highway, finding that the jury was improperly instructed on the "sudden emergency" doctrine.
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May 27, 2026
Truck stop operator Pilot Travel Centers LLC and an affiliate have secured a more than $22 million judgment in the Texas Business Court after settling claims over a financed oilfield transportation business sale.
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May 27, 2026
Southwest's union asked a Texas federal court to bar the airline from accessing every text message of two of its members at the center of a suit alleging Southwest retaliated against union activity, saying that the airline failed to show why it should get complete access.
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May 27, 2026
An electric golf cart company hit with interim U.S. Customs and Border Protection measures, including an over 500% duty rate on its imports, doesn't need to wait until CBP issues a final determination to bring a due process challenge, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled.
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May 27, 2026
More than 15,000 motorists asked a Washington federal judge Tuesday to give the initial approval to an $8.8 million deal to resolve a proposed class action alleging State Farm failed to adequately pay for the diminished value of vehicles under its underinsured and uninsured motorists coverage.
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May 27, 2026
An Illinois federal judge Tuesday refused to dismiss a putative class action brought by flight attendants alleging American Airlines failed to properly compensate them for overtime work, saying the airline's argument that their claims are preempted and require interpreting collective bargaining agreements is premature.
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May 27, 2026
Signals from President Donald Trump's visit to China indicate an ongoing trade truce with the U.S. may continue, though concrete details on tariff reductions and policy changes were largely absent from the meetings.
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May 27, 2026
The U.S. is capping tariffs on certain Taiwanese products while eliminating some derivative tariffs on aircraft components as part of the implementation of a deal aimed at bringing semiconductor production to the U.S., the U.S. Department of Commerce said Wednesday.
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May 27, 2026
Construction equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. has added to an intellectual property dispute between it and rival Doosan Bobcat by filing patent infringement claims in Delaware federal court and seeking a ban on Bobcat's imports of certain heavy machinery at the U.S. International Trade Commission.
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May 27, 2026
Toyota has settled a lawsuit over the fatal carbon monoxide poisoning of a man who accidentally left his 2017 Tacoma running in his attached garage, just before trial was set to start on his wife's claims that buyers weren't warned about risks associated with the truck's keyless ignition system.
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May 26, 2026
A Texas bankruptcy judge denied conditional approval of the Chapter 11 plan disclosure statement of car parts maker First Brands Group on Tuesday because the complicated plan proposal would not provide all creditors with their required procedural rights to review and vote on the plan.
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May 26, 2026
A North Dakota federal judge agreed Tuesday to overturn the state of North Dakota's $28 million verdict against the U.S. for failure to control Dakota Access pipeline protesters, clearing the way for a settlement the parties have said is ready to go.
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May 26, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel refused on Tuesday to reinstate a proposed class action accusing Amazon of failing to live up to scheduled delivery promises, echoing a lower court's conclusion that the e-commerce giant's terms and conditions don't entitle customers to automatic shipping fee refunds for late arrivals.
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May 26, 2026
A Connecticut towing company is on the hook for an additional $8 million after a state court judge found that a co-defendant's portion of a $45 million award to a paralyzed motorcyclist is uncollectible.
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May 26, 2026
The Third Circuit on Tuesday scolded a Pennsylvania federal judge for his "inappropriate attempted witticisms" while presiding over a lawsuit in which a parent blamed transportation companies for the deaths of his two children in a highway collision, saying the judge's "ill-conceived attempts at levity" in a fatal injury case could be misinterpreted by the public.
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May 26, 2026
A proposed class of drivers is suing Kia America Inc. in California federal court, alleging its 2023-2025 Kia Telluride vehicles have a latent defect that causes the digital dashboard screen to go blank, depriving drivers of important information such as speed, safety alerts and gears.
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May 26, 2026
A pair of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office examiners discretionarily denied a request for reexamination of a Fractus SA patent, saying the effort rehashed arguments from an America Invents Act challenge of the same patent that was denied for so-called settled expectations.
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May 26, 2026
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America Inc. will fund approximately $180,000 in attorney fees and costs as part of a $515,000 settlement resolving claims that it used a time-rounding policy that shorted workers at Ohio and Kentucky facilities, after an Ohio federal judge granted the deal final approval Tuesday.