Transportation

  • August 20, 2024

    Terrorized Air Passenger Case Tossed For Failure To Amend

    Fifteen passengers can no longer pursue claims against American Airlines and regional carriers for negligently allowing a worker to tap into their private information so he could fuel a monthslong harassment campaign, a Connecticut federal judge ruled, saying the plaintiffs failed to meet a filing deadline.

  • August 20, 2024

    EPA Urges DC Circ. To Uphold Particulate Matter Rule

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is defending its decision to ratchet down a fine particulate matter air pollution standard, telling the D.C. Circuit that states and industry groups challenging it aren't seriously questioning the scientific support for the change and misread the Clean Air Act to argue that the agency overstepped.

  • August 20, 2024

    Estates Say BNSF, Zurich Delayed Settling Asbestos Claims

    BNSF Railway Co. and its Zurich insurer breached their claim handling duties owed to asbestos claimants, the estates of two claimants told a Montana federal court, saying the companies turned insurance protection into "an investment in accrued and ongoing human suffering."

  • August 20, 2024

    Forward Air Investor Urges Co. To Evaluate Sale Options

    Forward Air Corp. top-10 shareholder Ancora Holdings Group LLC on Tuesday urged the asset-light transportation services provider's board of directors to evaluate "any and all" strategic alternatives after Forward Air's $3.2 billion merger with Omni Logistics LLC "wiped out a tremendous amount" of shareholder value.

  • August 20, 2024

    LOT Polish Airlines Objects To DOJ-Boeing 737 Max Plea Deal

    LOT Polish Airlines has urged a Texas federal judge to reject Boeing's plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, saying the deal deprives restitution to airline customers that incurred millions in losses because Boeing defrauded regulators about the 737 Max 8's development.

  • August 20, 2024

    Pa. Justices Say No Public Benefit To Railroad Land Grab

    The general public needed to be the primary beneficiary for a railroad to use eminent domain to take over part of a property and reactivate a siding, and that standard was harder to meet now compared with when a century-old precedent was set, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday.

  • August 20, 2024

    Insider Trading Won't Impact Pilot's Tax Sentencing Guidelines

    A Manhattan federal judge found Tuesday that insider trading allegations won't bump up the guidelines sentencing range for a pilot for U.K. billionaire Joe Lewis who pled guilty to tax evasion.

  • August 20, 2024

    US Forest Service Sued Over Ariz. Canyon Road Approval

    Environmental groups have slapped the U.S. Forest Service with a complaint in Arizona federal court, accusing the agency of violating the National Environmental Policy Act by allowing the construction of three roads into remote canyons in the Coronado National Forest that could destroy one of the last natural jaguar habitats in the United States.

  • August 20, 2024

    Ex-NFLer Says False Claim He's 'Insolvent' Merits Sanctions

    A former NFL player has asked a state judge to sanction a former employee who recently dropped her sexual abuse claims by saying he was likely "insolvent" and unlikely to pay even if she won, arguing the false comments about his finances cost him work opportunities. 

  • August 20, 2024

    Pa. Panel Says Estate Is Entitled To Stacked UIM Coverage

    The estate of a Pennsylvania man who died assisting a motorist is entitled to stacked underinsured motorist benefits under a commercial policy issued to a trucking business the man controlled, a state appeals court ruled, noting the trucking company already paid higher premiums for such coverage.

  • August 20, 2024

    Kansas Resolves Fired Trans Highway Worker's Bias Suit

    Kansas lawmakers approved a $50,000 settlement ending a former highway patrol worker's lawsuit alleging he was fired because he's transgender amid an investigation into whether he'd harassed a female colleague.

  • August 20, 2024

    Appeal Board Says Unpaid Army Invoice Claims Too Late

    The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals has tossed as untimely a moving company's appeals over unpaid invoices, saying that although the U.S. Army caused the payment delays, the contractor could and should have filed its claims earlier.

  • August 20, 2024

    NLRB Is An 'Illegitimate Decisionmaker,' Auto Parts Co. Claims

    The National Labor Relations Board is an "illegitimate decisionmaker" with agency officials who are unconstitutionally protected from removal by the president, an auto parts maker alleged in federal court, seeking a halt to an unfair labor practice proceeding against the company.

  • August 20, 2024

    Argentina Must Face $325M Arbitral Award Suit, Judge Says

    A District of Columbia federal judge will not toss a suit seeking to enforce a $325 million arbitration award against Argentina related to a decade-old dispute over the renationalization of the country's state-owned airline, ruling that the lawsuit is timely under a 12-year statute of limitations period.

  • August 20, 2024

    Honigman Boosts Regulatory Team In DC With Ex-NHTSA Atty

    Honigman LLP announced that a former senior attorney with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has joined the firm as senior counsel in Washington, D.C.

  • August 20, 2024

    Mass. AG Can't Enforce Housing Act, State's Top Court Told

    Massachusetts' attorney general lacks the authority to force compliance with a law requiring communities to create multifamily housing zoning districts because lawmakers have already included the loss of some types of state aid as a penalty, but no other enforcement powers, lawyers for the town of Milton have told the state's highest court.

  • August 20, 2024

    A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's 2024 Women In Law Report

    The legal industry continues to see incremental gains for female lawyers in private practice in the U.S., according to a Law360 Pulse analysis, with women now representing 40.6% of all attorneys and 51% of all associates.

  • August 20, 2024

    These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships

    The legal industry still has a long way to go before it can achieve gender parity at its upper levels. But these law firms are performing better than others in breaking the proverbial glass ceiling that prevents women from attaining leadership roles.

  • August 20, 2024

    BNSF Urges 5th Circ. To Nix Colorblind Conductor's ADA Suit

    BNSF Railway Co. urged the Fifth Circuit to reject a colorblind conductor's bid to revive his disability bias suit claiming he was illegally fired for failing a vision test, arguing that the former employee's impairment disqualified him for the job.

  • August 20, 2024

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    A nearly record-breaking attorney fee got the nod in Delaware last week, along with Chancery Court settlements involving an international private jet service and a chain of trampoline parks. New disputes involved a famous burger restaurant chain, a computer-chip maker, a now-defunct genomic science company, and a historic manor house in west London.

  • August 20, 2024

    Alaska, Hawaiian Airlines Clear DOJ Review Of $1.9B Deal

    Alaska Airlines said Monday that the deadline for the U.S. Department of Justice to complete the review of its planned $1.9 billion merger with Hawaiian Airlines has expired, paving the way for the closure of the deal after the DOJ's deadline had been extended several times.

  • August 20, 2024

    BCLP Biz Litigator Jumps To Faegre Drinker In Chicago

    Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP is boosting its trial team, announcing Monday it has brought in a business litigator from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP as a partner in its Chicago office.

  • August 20, 2024

    EU Tweaks Anti-Subsidy Duties On Chinese EVs

    The European Commission said Tuesday that it is adjusting the anti-subsidy duties that it will charge Chinese exporters of electric vehicles, a move that it had provisionally announced at the beginning of July.

  • August 19, 2024

    Military Reservist Tells High Court Top-Up Pay Law Is Broad

    A federal employee who was denied top-up pay while on active duty as a military reservist urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to rule that all federally employed reservists are owed differential pay if serving during a national emergency, regardless of the circumstances.

  • August 19, 2024

    Judge Suggests Atty, Firm Pay Up For Not Probing IP Claims

    A Florida lawyer who once represented former President Donald Trump and the lawyer's firm should pay $150,000 in attorney fees as a monetary sanction for failing to properly investigate patent claims before suing, a federal magistrate judge has recommended, which is far below the $684,000 the defendants in the case sought.

Expert Analysis

  • Proactive Strategies Can Reduce Truck Cos.' Accident Liability

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    The legal complications of trucking accidents can be grave — so transportation companies and their attorneys should implement proactive strategies that include driver safety programs, pre-accident legal counseling, electronic monitoring and attorney involvement at crash scenes, says Mandy Kolodkin at Segal McCambridge.

  • Assigning Liability In Key Bridge Collapse May Be Challenging

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    In the wake of a cargo ship's collision with Baltimore's Key Bridge last month, claimants may focus on the vessel's owners and the agencies responsible for the design and maintenance of the bridge — but allocating legal liability to either private or governmental entities may be difficult under applicable state and federal laws, says Clay Robbins at Wisner Baum.

  • The Practical Effects Of Justices' Arbitration Exemption Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries, that a transportation worker need not work in the transportation industry to be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act, may negatively affect employers' efforts to mitigate class action risk via arbitration agreement enforcement, say Charles Schoenwetter and Eric Olson at Bowman and Brooke.

  • Highlights From The 2024 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting

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    U.S. merger enforcement and cartels figured heavily in this year's American Bar Association spring antitrust meeting, where one key takeaway included news that the Federal Trade Commission's anticipated changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino form may be less dramatic than many originally feared, say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • Series

    Whitewater Kayaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Whether it's seeing clients and their issues from a new perspective, or staying nimble in a moment of intense challenge, the lessons learned from whitewater kayaking transcend the rapids of a river and prepare attorneys for the courtroom and beyond, says Matthew Kent at Alston & Bird.

  • Contract Disputes Recap: Interpretation And Jurisdiction

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    Edward Arnold and Sarah Barney at Seyfarth examine three decisions by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims that show the importance of knowing who your contracting partner is, addressing patent ambiguities in a solicitation prior to award and keeping basic contract principles in mind when evaluating performance obligations.

  • This Earth Day, Consider How Your Firm Can Go Greener

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    As Earth Day approaches, law firms and attorneys should consider adopting more sustainable practices to reduce their carbon footprint — from minimizing single-use plastics to purchasing carbon offsets for air travel — which ultimately can also reduce costs for clients, say M’Lynn Phillips and Lisa Walters at IMS Legal Strategies.

  • Exploring Patent Trends In Aerospace Electrification

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    As blue-chip companies lead the charge to power large-scale commercial airplanes with electricity, and startups advance the trend on a regional scale, patent applications directed at improving energy storage and electric motor efficiency are on the rise, say attorneys at Finnegan.

  • Blocked JetBlue-Spirit Deal Illustrates New Antitrust Approach

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    The U.S. Department of Justice’s recent successful block of a merger between JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines demonstrates antitrust enforcers’ updated and disparate approach to out-of-market benefits versus out-of-market harms, say Lisa Rumin and Anthony Ferrara at McDermott.

  • Comparing Corporate Law In Delaware, Texas And Nevada

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    With Elon Musk's recent decision to reincorporate his companies outside of Delaware, and with more businesses increasingly considering Nevada and Texas as corporate homes, attorneys at Baker Botts look at each jurisdiction's foundation of corporate law, and how the differences can make each more or less appealing based on a corporation's needs.

  • Opinion

    Federal MDL Rule Benefits From Public Comments

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    The new Federal Rule of Civil Procedure concerning multidistrict litigation that was approved this week by the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules incorporates ideas from public comments that will aid both plaintiffs and defense attorneys — and if ultimately adopted, the rule should promote efficient, merits-driven MDL case management, say Robert Johnston and Gary Feldon at Hollingsworth.

  • Practicing Law With Parkinson's Disease

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    This Parkinson’s Awareness Month, Adam Siegler at Greenberg Traurig discusses his experience working as a lawyer with Parkinson’s disease, sharing both lessons on how to cope with a diagnosis and advice for supporting colleagues who live with the disease.

  • Opinion

    Aviation Watch: Not All Airline Mergers Hurt The Public

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's actions to block recent attempted airline mergers have been touted as serving the interests of the consumers — but given the realities of the deregulated air travel market, a tie-up like the one proposed between JetBlue and Spirit might have been a win for the public, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.

  • The Merger Cases That Will Matter At ABA Antitrust Meeting

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    While the American Bar Association's Antitrust Spring Meeting this week will cover all types of competition law issues in the U.S. and abroad, expect the federal agencies' recent track record in merger enforcement to be a key area of focus on the official panels and in cocktail party chatter, say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • Climate Disclosure Mandates Demand A Big-Picture Approach

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    As carbon emissions disclosure requirements from the European Union, California and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission take effect, the best practice for companies is not targeted compliance with a given reporting regime, but rather a comprehensive approach to systems assessment and management, says David Smith at Manatt.

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