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October 01, 2025
Trump Unlawfully Fired Dem Member Of STB, Suit Alleges
A recently fired Democratic member of the Surface Transportation Board sued President Donald Trump in federal court Wednesday, alleging that he was unlawfully removed from his position and should be allowed to serve the rest of his term.
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October 01, 2025
White House Issues New NEPA Guidance To Federal Agencies
The White House Council on Environmental Quality has released guidance for federal agencies that are working to update their National Environmental Policy Act guidelines.
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October 01, 2025
Ohio Says Norfolk Southern Fully Liable In Derailment Suit
Ohio is asking a federal judge to find Norfolk Southern Corp. fully liable for pollution stemming from the 2023 East Palestine train derailment, saying the court should find that each railcar is a separate source of pollution under state law and assess penalties accordingly.
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October 01, 2025
Airbus Beats Ex-JetBlue Worker's Suit Over Toxic Fumes
A New York federal judge on Tuesday tossed a suit brought by a former flight attendant for JetBlue Airways Corp. who said she suffered brain injuries from being exposed to toxic fumes on an Airbus plane, finding that her suit was filed too late despite a COVID-19 extension on bringing claims.
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October 01, 2025
Ford Loses Bid To Overturn $13M Verdict In IP Dispute
A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday said he wouldn't touch a verdict awarding $13 million to a California-based vehicle technology supplier that alleged Ford Motor Co. profited from misappropriating a trade secret related to the supplier's interface module product, finding the jury had "substantial" evidence to find in favor of the tech company.
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October 01, 2025
Atty Asks 3rd Circ. For New Trial In Malicious-Litigation Case
A lawyer who lost her malicious-litigation lawsuit against three Blank Rome LLP attorneys and an aviation parts company has asked the Third Circuit to review a Pennsylvania federal judge's ruling that she was not entitled to a new trial.
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October 01, 2025
Trump's Bid To Cut NY Anti-Terror Funds Paused For Now
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's cut of $34 million to protect New York's massive transit system from terrorism, crediting the state attorney general's allegation that the White House unlawfully tied the grant to immigration policy.
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September 30, 2025
Texas Court Upends $13M Home Care Car-Train Crash Verdict
A Texas appeals court has vacated a $13 million verdict against a home care provider over a car-train crash that killed one of its clients and injured his wife, saying the trial court instructed the jury incorrectly and the evidence did not show that the provider's employee was acting in the course and scope of her employment.
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September 30, 2025
Shimano Still Has To Face Bike Injury Lawsuit In RI
Japanese bicycle parts manufacturer Shimano Inc., which has no physical presence in Rhode Island, can't escape a product liability lawsuit filed by a cyclist who claims its defective brake lever impaled his leg during a fall, a federal judge ruled Monday, saying the court has jurisdiction over the company because it made "deliberate efforts to serve the Rhode Island market."
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September 30, 2025
Credit Suisse Aided Looting Of Tech Exec's Stock, Suit Says
The co-founder of sensing-tech company Aeva Technologies says Credit Suisse provided "institutional cover" to conspirators who stole tens of millions of dollars in Aeva shares from him in what he described as a "calculated, multi-year orchestrated racketeering scheme," according to a suit filed Tuesday in New York federal court.
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September 30, 2025
Union Pacific Takes Chicago Metra Lines Fight To 8th Circ.
Union Pacific told the Eighth Circuit that a federal rail regulator acted arbitrarily when it recently granted terminal trackage rights on three of its rail lines to Metra, Chicago's commuter rail system, the latest escalation in a yearslong contractual dispute over access to the crucial rail hub.
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September 30, 2025
Spirit Airlines Brass Face Investor Suit Over Pre-Ch. 11 Claims
The CEO and chief financial officer of embattled budget airline Spirit face proposed shareholder class action claims that they misled investors about the company's prospects after its emergence from bankruptcy in March, only to announce months later that it had sought Chapter 11 protection once again.
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September 30, 2025
No Duty To Cover Over $20M Shooting Verdict, Court Rules
An auto insurer for a security business has no duty to indemnify a jury verdict exceeding $20 million over a fatal shooting involving one of the company's guards, an Oregon federal court ruled, finding the guard's acts were "wholly independent" of his use of a company patrol car.
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September 30, 2025
Jury Says Uber Was Negligent, But Not Liable For Sex Assault
A California state jury found Tuesday that Uber was negligent with respect to safety measures it took to protect a passenger who says she was sexually assaulted by her driver, but ruled it isn't liable for damages in the high-profile bellwether trial because its negligence wasn't a substantial factor in causing her harm.
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September 30, 2025
Money Damages Off Table In American Airlines ESG Battle
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday rejected American Airlines workers' bid for money damages in a class action alleging an investing emphasis on environmental, social and governance factors in their employee retirement plan violated federal benefits law, finding insufficient evidence that American's loyalty breach caused plan losses.
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September 30, 2025
Coke Bottling Co. Fired Driver Over Disability, EEOC Says
A Coca-Cola bottling company refused to accommodate a delivery driver with a history of kidney disease that requires dialysis and fired him because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Louisiana federal court.
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September 30, 2025
Low-Cost Airlines Push Congress For More Gate Access
Leaders from low-cost airlines and an anti-monopoly nonprofit told lawmakers on Tuesday that lack of gate access for the airlines harms competition.
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September 30, 2025
DC Circ. Backs FERC Approval Of Tenn. Pipeline
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday used a recent landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision curtailing federal environmental reviews to reject a challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of a Tennessee pipeline project.
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September 30, 2025
Wash. Panel Keeps Wage Suit Against Logistics Co. In Court
The arbitration agreements that a logistics company gave to two workers were unconscionable because they either didn't contain a severability clause or included a class waiver, a Washington state appellate panel ruled, affirming a decision to keep the workers' wage and hour suit in court.
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September 30, 2025
Nationwide Insurers Must Defend Auto Co. In BIPA Dispute
Two Nationwide units must defend an automotive accessory company accused of violating Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, an Illinois federal court held Tuesday, following a ruling in a separate case that found no coverage for the company under its Hanover Insurance policies.
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September 30, 2025
Ford Says 'Reckoning' At Hand For Lemon Law Firms
The Ford Motor Co. has urged a Los Angeles federal judge to keep alive a racketeering lawsuit alleging three law firms specializing in California's lemon law engaged in a "death-by-a-thousand-cuts" fraudulent billing scheme to bleed the automaker dry, arguing the firms' immunity claims don't hold up.
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September 30, 2025
Workers Can't Get $1M Attorney Fees In $30K Wage Case
Two workers who agreed to settle their wage-and-hour claims against an automotive technology manufacturer for $30,000 didn't show why their attorneys should snag $1 million in fees, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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September 30, 2025
Fiat Chrysler Can't Exit Workers' 401(k) Mismanagement Suit
A Michigan federal judge rejected Fiat Chrysler's bid to toss a proposed class action alleging mismanagement of two employee 401(k) plans, ruling Tuesday that current and former employees had sufficiently backed up allegations that underperforming fund offerings breached fiduciary duties under federal benefits law.
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September 30, 2025
Judge Recommends Tribal Win, Talks In NY Thruway Row
A U.S. magistrate judge is recommending a summary judgment win and negotiations for the Seneca Nation and New York officials in an ongoing dispute over a portion of a thruway that runs through the tribe's reservation, saying the state obtained a 1954 easement for the superhighway in violation of federal law.
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September 30, 2025
Delta Yanked Pregnant Worker's Job Offer, EEOC Says
Delta Airlines Inc. illegally pulled an offer it extended to a prospective employee at New York's LaGuardia Airport because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged Tuesday in a lawsuit.
Expert Analysis
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Federal Construction Considerations Amid Policy Overhaul
The rapid overhaul of federal procurement, heightened domestic sourcing rules and aggressive immigration enforcement are reshaping U.S. construction, but several pragmatic considerations can help federal contractors engaged in infrastructure and public construction avoid the legal, financial and operational fallout, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
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Tesla's Robotaxi Push Exposes Gaps In Product Liability Law
As Tesla's deployment of robotaxis on public roads in Austin, Texas, faces regulatory scrutiny and legislative pushback, the legal community confronts an unprecedented challenge: how to apply traditional fault principles, product liability laws and insurance practices to vehicles that operate as rolling computers, says Don Fountain at Clark Fountain.
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Justices Rewrite Rules For Challenging Enviro Agency Actions
Three recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings — Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas, Oklahoma v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining — form a jurisprudential watershed in administrative and environmental law, affirming statutory standing and venue provisions as the backbone of coherent judicial review, say attorneys at GableGotwals.
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Series
My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer
Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein.
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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work
Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.
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Kousisis Concurrence Maps FCA Defense To Anti-DEI Suits
Justice Clarence Thomas' recent concurrence in Kousisis v. U.S. lays out how federal funding recipients could use the high standard for materiality in government fraud cases to fight the U.S. Justice Department’s threatened False Claims Act suits against payees deviating from the administration’s anti-DEI policies, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients
Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.
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Trending At The PTAB: Shifts In Parallel Proceedings Strategy
Dynamics are changing between the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and federal courts, with two recent discretionary denials and one Federal Circuit decision offering takeaways for both patent owners and challengers navigating parallel proceedings, say attorneys at Finnegan.
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How State AG Consumer Finance Enforcement Is Expanding
As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau becomes less active, state attorneys general are increasingly shaping the enforcement landscape for consumer financial services — and several areas of focus have recently emerged, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm
My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.
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Opinion
Senate's 41% Litigation Finance Tax Would Hurt Legal System
The Senate’s latest version of the Big Beautiful Bill Act would impose a 41% tax on the litigation finance industry, but the tax is totally disconnected from the concerns it purports to address, and it would set the country back to a time when small plaintiffs had little recourse against big defendants, says Anthony Sebok at Cardozo School of Law.
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Tips For Litigating Apex Doctrine Disputes Amid Controversy
Litigants once took for granted that deposition requests of high-ranking corporate officers required a greater showing of need than for lower-level witnesses, but the apex doctrine has proven controversial in recent years, and fights over such depositions will be won by creative lawyers adapting their arguments to this particular moment, say attorneys at Hangley Aronchick.
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Series
Performing As A Clown Makes Me A Better Lawyer
To say that being a clown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has changed my legal career would truly be an understatement — by creating an opening to converse on a unique topic, it has allowed me to connect with clients, counsel and even judges on a deeper level, says Charles Tatelbaum at Tripp Scott.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths
Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing
Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.