Transportation

  • July 21, 2026

    Spanish Auto Parts Maker For Ford, GM, Hyundai Seeks Ch. 15

    Spanish auto parts maker Grupo Antolin, which supplies interior components to major automakers including Ford Motor, General Motors and Hyundai Motor, on Monday asked a New York bankruptcy judge for U.S. recognition of its Spanish proceedings to restructure more than $1.4 billion in debt.

  • July 20, 2026

    Trump Unveils 50% Canada Tariffs Over 'Trade Discrimination'

    President Donald Trump Monday unveiled plans for 50% tariffs on a slew of Canadian products, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motor vehicles, pointing to "discriminatory treatment of U.S. commerce" and a provision of the Tariff Act that has seldom been used.

  • July 20, 2026

    Boeing Sues To Stop Cameroon Airlines' 1995 Crash Claims

    Boeing launched a lawsuit in Washington federal court on Friday accusing now-defunct Cameroon Airlines of wrongfully demanding $179 million in damages for a deadly 737 crash in 1995, saying the airline's jet purchase deal bars such claims and the African country did not fault Boeing in the accident investigation.

  • July 20, 2026

    Auto Parts Co., Investors Ink $12.8M Deal In Merger Suit

    Automotive equipment manufacturer Holley has reached a $12.8 million settlement with investors who accused it of concealing declining business trends following a 2021 merger with a special purpose acquisition company.

  • July 20, 2026

    NJ Court Backs Utility In Motorist's Tree-Fall Injury Suit

    A New Jersey man who suffered a "catastrophic" spinal cord injury after a tree fell on his car while driving cannot pursue damages against Jersey Central Power & Light Co., a state appeals court ruled Monday, saying utilities have no duty to cut vegetation to keep passing motorists safe.

  • July 20, 2026

    Michigan Says Airline Sick Leave Suit Lacks Factual Basis

    Susan Corbin, director of Michigan's Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, says the state's Earned Sick Time Act does not interfere with airline operations and urged a Michigan federal judge to dismiss an industry group's suit claiming the statute is unconstitutional and interferes with collective bargaining agreements.

  • July 20, 2026

    Joby Looks To Beat Aerosonic's Air Data Probe IP Suit

    Joby Aero Inc. is doubling down on its efforts to defeat Aerosonic LLC's case alleging Joby stole proprietary information over certain air data probes, arguing in a filing Friday that allegedly reverse engineering the technology is not a violation of trade secret law.

  • July 20, 2026

    Uber Decries Punitive-Damages Bid Ahead Of Sex Assault Trial

    Ahead of a third bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over alleged sexual assaults by Uber drivers, the company has asked a Texas federal judge to toss a bid for punitive damages, saying state law doesn't allow punitive damages for third-party criminal conduct.

  • July 20, 2026

    4th Circ. Overturns Class Cert. In Boeing Investor Case

    The Fourth Circuit on Monday reversed class certification granted in an investor lawsuit against Boeing over the company's alleged concealment of safety issues with its 737 Max fleet, finding that neither the plaintiffs nor the lower court met the standards for certification set in a 2013 Supreme Court ruling.

  • July 20, 2026

    Judge Orders EPA To Determine Soot Compliant Regions

    A California federal judge ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to designate areas of the country as either meeting, or not, national regulations for soot and other particulate matter by February, handing a win to 10 states and nonprofit groups that sued the agency for failing to do so.

  • July 20, 2026

    AIG Unit Must Face Trial Over Allocation Of Crash Settlement

    A dispute between an AIG unit and another insurer over coverage for a trucking company's crash settlement will proceed to trial to determine the allocation of the deal, an Ohio federal court said, declining to decide whether the company was liable for the crash as a motor carrier or broker.

  • July 20, 2026

    Uber, Lyft Urge Court To Block NYC Driver Deactivation Law

    Uber and Lyft have told a Manhattan federal judge that New York City overstepped in enacting an unconstitutional new ordinance prohibiting the ride-hailing companies from "deactivating" drivers without formal notice and investigation, saying that carving out certain provisions from the regulation still doesn't save it from scrutiny.

  • July 20, 2026

    Deportees Sue Airline Contractors Over CECOT Prison Flights

    Three Venezuelan men who were flown to El Salvador's CECOT prison without a hearing last year have brought a class action against the airline contractors who transported them, saying the companies "rushed" to whisk away hundreds of detainees despite ongoing hearings in which a judge blocked the scheme.

  • July 20, 2026

    Exxon Climate Suit Fate May Hinge On Preemption Precedent

    A Connecticut state judge on Monday seemed inclined to wait for upcoming U.S. Supreme Court preemption guidance before ruling on the state's attempt to nix one of Exxon Mobil's defenses in an environmental marketing lawsuit, though both sides drew some skepticism during oral argument Monday.

  • July 20, 2026

    Water Transfer Co. Seeks $351K In Worker Credit Refunds

    The Internal Revenue Service owes a water transfer services company nearly $351,000 in employee retention tax credit refunds, the business told a Pennsylvania federal court, saying the agency improperly retained the overpayments to offset a supposed civil penalty against the company.

  • July 20, 2026

    Honda Driver Says Defective Camera Disables Safety Features

    A Honda driver said multiple vehicle models have a defect in their windshield-mounted front-facing sensor camera, which causes safety and driver assistance features to malfunction simultaneously, telling a California federal court that drivers are left with clusters of warning messages and costly repairs.

  • July 20, 2026

    BNSF, Family Settle Texas Suit Over Fatal Train Derailment

    BNSF Railway Co. asked a Texas federal court on Friday to dismiss a suit brought by the family of a man who died when a train derailed, saying the parties had reached a settlement, and to appoint the man's family as personal representatives of the estate.

  • July 20, 2026

    Masonry Co. Owner To Pay $7.2M Over Amtrak Bribery Plot

    The owner of an Illinois-based masonry contracting company who last year pled guilty to conspiring to bribe an Amtrak employee to get favorable contract terms for the renovation of Philadelphia's 30th Street Station has agreed to pay more than $7.2 million to resolve civil claims stemming from the scheme, prosecutors said.

  • July 20, 2026

    Pension Guarantor Proposes Rule On Disclosure Penalties

    The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. proposed a rule Monday on monetary penalties for failures to provide information on single-employer and multiemployer benefit plans that clarifies how plan sponsors can lower what's owed when they run afoul of their disclosure duties under federal benefits law.

  • July 20, 2026

    Emirates Stole Meal-Booking Trade Secrets, Startup Says

    An aviation technology startup accused aviation holding company The Emirates Group and two affiliates of stealing trade secrets for a passenger meal-preordering platform and launching a copycat service, according to a Colorado federal court complaint.

  • July 20, 2026

    Ex-Worker Says CSX Can't Avoid FMLA Trial

    A former CSX Transportation Inc. conductor has urged a Florida federal court to let his medical leave retaliation claims go to a jury, saying the company's investigation into his alleged misuse of approved leave was statistically baseless and fundamentally flawed.

  • July 20, 2026

    CIT Judge Changes IEEPA Test Case But Retains Schedule

    The U.S. Court of International Trade has selected a new underlying case as the one to test the federal government's updates on its system for refunding duties charged under President Donald Trump's struck-down global tariff regime, though it otherwise kept in place certain reporting and hearing deadlines.

  • July 20, 2026

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    The Delaware Chancery Court last week tackled disputes involving intellectual property, corporate control, fiduciary duties, artificial intelligence, trust administration and cryptocurrency litigation.

  • July 17, 2026

    Flyers Seek Class Cert. In JetBlue-American Pact Case

    Consumers accusing American Airlines and JetBlue of entering into a pact to allegedly increase fares and reduce flight choices have asked a New York federal judge to certify their narrowed class definition.

  • July 17, 2026

    Reexams Reach Record High As PTAB Reviews Hit Low

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's second quarter saw the agency receiving more requests for ex parte reexamination and fewer petitions for America Invents Act reviews than any quarter before, according to a new Unified Patents report.

Expert Analysis

  • What NY's GHG Reporting Program Means For Oil, Gas Cos.

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    New York's new Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program represents a significant compliance regime for the oil and gas industry, so any business touching the state's fuel market should determine its obligations, and be prepared to gather data, create a monitoring plan and institute controls for accurate reporting, say attorneys at White & Case.

  • Courts Are Reanchoring Antitrust Enforcement In Evidence

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    Recent U.S. antitrust disputes, including with Meta and HPE-Juniper, illustrate how judicial scrutiny combined with internal institutional checks is pushing enforcement toward an evidence-based footing and refinements, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.

  • How States Are Advancing Enviro Justice Policies

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    The federal pullback on environmental justice creates uncertainty and impedes cross‑jurisdictional coordination, but EJ diligence remains prudent risk management, with many states having developed and implemented statutes, screening tools, permitting standards and more, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • NC Ruling Shows Mallory's Evolving Effects For Policyholders

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    A recent North Carolina decision, PDII v. Sky Aircraft, demonstrates how the U.S. Supreme Court's consequential jurisdiction decision in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern may permit suits against insurers anywhere they do business so long as the forum state has a business registration statute that requires submitting to in-state lawsuits, says Christopher Popecki at Pillsbury.

  • Malpractice Claim Assignability Continues To Divide Courts

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    Recent decisions from courts across the country demonstrate how different jurisdictions balance competing policy interests in determining whether legal malpractice claims can be assigned, providing a framework to identify when and how to challenge any attempted assignment, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin & Lodgen.

  • As Federal Enviro Justice Policy Goes Dormant, All Is Not Lost

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    Environmental justice is enduring a federal dormancy brought on by executive branch reversals and agency directives over the past year that have swept long-standing federal frameworks from the formal policy ledger, but the legal underpinnings of EJ have not vanished and remain important, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • When Bankruptcy Collides With Product Recalls

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    The recent bankruptcy filing by Rad Power Bikes on the heels of a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warning about dangerously defective batteries sold by the company highlights how CPSC enforcement clashes with bankruptcy protections, leaving both regulators and consumer litigants with limited options, says Michael Avanesian at Avian Law Group.

  • Series

    Teaching Logic Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Teaching middle and high school students the skills to untangle complicated arguments and identify faulty reasoning has made me reacquaint myself with the defined structure of thought, reminding me why logic should remain foundational in the practice of law, says Tom Barrow at Woods Rogers.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Resilience

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    Resilience is a skill acquired through daily practices that focus on learning from missteps, recovering quickly without internalizing defeat and moving forward with intention, says Nicholas Meza at Quarles & Brady.

  • State Of Insurance: Q4 Notes From Illinois

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    In 2025's last quarter, Illinois’ appellate courts weighed in on overlapping homeowners coverages for water-related damages, contractual suit limitation provisions in uninsured motorist policies, and protections for genetic health information in life insurance underwriting, while the Department of Insurance sought nationwide homeowners' insurance data from State Farm, says Matthew Fortin at BatesCarey.

  • NYC Bar Opinion Warns Attys On Use Of AI Recording Tools

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    Attorneys who use artificial intelligence tools to record, transcribe and summarize conversations with clients should heed the New York City Bar Association’s recent opinion addressing the legal and ethical risks posed by such tools, and follow several best practices to avoid violating the Rules of Professional Conduct, say attorneys at Smith Gambrell.

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    The Biz Court Digest: Dispatches From Utah's Newest Court

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    While a robust body of law hasn't yet developed since the Utah Business and Chancery Court's founding in October 2024, the number of cases filed there has recently picked up, and its existence illustrates Utah's desire to be top of mind for businesses across the country, says Evan Strassberg at Michael Best.

  • Aerospace And Defense Law: Trends To Follow In 2026

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    Some of the key 2026 developments to watch in aerospace and defense contracting law stem from provisions of this year's National Defense Authorization Act, a push to reform procurement, executive orders that announced Trump administration priorities, the upcoming Artemis space mission and continuing efforts to deploy artificial intelligence, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • Aviation Watch: Busy Skies, Tough Market For Airlines In 2026

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    After a turbulent year in the U.S. commercial aviation sector, demand for air travel and premium service shows no signs of slackening in 2026, with airlines facing the need to compete in a saturated market, while seeking opportunities for consolidation and pursuing other avenues to profitability, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.

  • 4 Quick Emotional Resets For Lawyers With Conflict Fatigue

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    Though the emotional wear and tear of legal work can trap attorneys in conflict fatigue — leaving them unable to shake off tense interactions or return to a calm baseline — simple therapeutic techniques for resetting the nervous system can help break the cycle, says Chantel Cohen at CWC Coaching & Therapy.

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