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October 22, 2025
Lewis Brisbois Adds Another Ex-Dickie McCamey Atty
An attorney specializing in representing commercial transportation clients has moved his practice to Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP's Pittsburgh office after more than 11 years with Dickie McCamey & Chilcote.
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October 22, 2025
NC Biz Court Bulletin: COVID Coverage, A Suspect Signature
The North Carolina Business Court has rounded the corner into fall with insurance disputes over COVID-19 coverage at a chain of outlet malls and the theft of over $900,000 in legal THC reportedly stolen from a warehouse in the Southwest.
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October 22, 2025
Uber, Nebius Plug $375M Into Self-Driving Car Biz Avride
Autonomous driving technology developer Avride, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Wednesday revealed that it has secured $375 million of strategic investments and commercial commitments from Uber, advised by Cooley LLP, and Nebius.
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October 22, 2025
Subprime Auto Lender PrimaLend Hits Ch. 11 Seeking Sale
Subprime auto loan company PrimaLend Capital Partners LP filed for Chapter 11 in Texas bankruptcy court Wednesday, listing more than $100 million in debt and saying that it is pursuing a value-maximizing sale transaction.
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October 21, 2025
Ga. Justices Weigh City's Duty In $33M Fatal Crash Case
The Georgia Supreme Court considered Tuesday whether to overturn a state appellate court's ruling that a metro Atlanta city must pay a $33 million verdict awarded to the parents of a college student who died after crashing into a roadside planter.
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October 21, 2025
Uber MDL Judge Sets Litigation Funding Disclosure Deadline
A California federal judge ruled Tuesday in multidistrict litigation accusing Uber Technologies Inc. of failing to prevent drivers from sexually assaulting passengers that plaintiffs' counsel must disclose any ties to third-party litigation funding companies by next week, but stopped short of ordering all plaintiffs' counsel to affirmatively deny any connection.
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October 21, 2025
Tribes Ask Justices To Keep Enbridge Suit In Mich. State Court
Ten tribal nations have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to refuse Enbridge Energy LP's bid to move the Michigan attorney general's lawsuit seeking to shut down a pipeline out of state court, saying Tuesday the company wrongly wants to change the rules on a deadline it missed.
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October 21, 2025
Senate Panel Clears Aviation Safety Bill After DCA Collision
A Senate committee advanced legislation Tuesday that would mandate aircraft-tracking technology in all aircraft, alongside fresh audits of Federal Aviation Administration and military procedures, a response to January's deadly midair collision between a U.S. Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet near Washington, D.C.
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October 21, 2025
NASCAR Drivers Demand Say In Antitrust Settlement Talks
A group of NASCAR drivers is seeking to weigh in on the highly publicized antitrust suit against the private stock car racing organization as the parties mull the possibility of a settlement, citing concerns Tuesday that their interests risk being overlooked.
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October 21, 2025
NTSB Member Urges DC Court To Nix Trump's 'Illegal' Firing
A National Safety Transportation Board member challenging his firing in May by President Donald Trump is urging a D.C. federal court to reinstate him, saying the board's removal protections are constitutional.
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October 21, 2025
Mitsubishi Electric Gets 1st Nod For $515K Wage Class Deal
A $515,000 deal to settle a suit accusing Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America of only paying workers based on their scheduled shifts will go forward, an Ohio federal judge ruled, finding the settlement fair and reasonable.
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October 21, 2025
UberEats Stole Pics From Nearly 2 Dozen Photogs, Suit Says
A group of nearly two dozen professional photographers slapped Uber with a copyright suit in Florida federal court Tuesday, claiming the company displayed their photos on the UberEats food delivery service platform without permission or compensation.
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October 21, 2025
Feds, Enviro Orgs. Clash Over Bid To Pause Climate Panel Suit
The Trump administration has urged a federal judge to pause a lawsuit challenging its formation of a climate change science advisory panel while the federal government is shut down, a move opposed by the environmental groups behind the suit.
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October 21, 2025
DC Circ. Won't Pause La. LNG Terminal OK Amid FERC Fight
The D.C. Circuit has refused to pause the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of a massive liquefied natural gas export terminal in Louisiana while environmental groups and fishermen challenge the decision.
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October 21, 2025
Pa. Justices Will Probe 'Ambiguous' Auto Policy Exclusion
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider whether insurance policy language blocking coverage for injuries "arising out of" the ownership or use of "autos" was unclear enough to be interpreted in favor of granting coverage for an accident involving a small terminal tractor truck.
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October 21, 2025
Judge Agrees With United That Wage Suits Are Linked
A suit accusing United Airlines of conspiring to underpay workers is related to another case in which flight attendants are bringing a grievance to arbitration without the Teamsters' support, a California federal judge ruled, turning down a worker's arguments that the cases didn't overlap.
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October 20, 2025
States, DC Fight Feds' Bid To Cut Billions In OMB Grant Case
Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have told a Massachusetts federal judge to hold onto their case challenging the Trump administration's use of "a single subclause" buried in a U.S. Office of Management and Budget regulation to shut off billions in federal grants.
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October 20, 2025
Marriott Tried To 'Hijack' Delta's Trademark, Airline Tells Judge
Delta Air Lines Inc. argued on Monday that Marriott International Inc. tried to "hijack" its brand and good will when it purchased and expanded a Canadian hotel chain called "Delta Hotels" into the United States, during the first day of a trademark bench trial.
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October 20, 2025
DOT's Immigrant Truck Driver Rule Gets DC Circ. Challenge
Workers and unions on Monday petitioned the D.C. Circuit to review a new U.S. Department of Transportation rule that blocks certain immigrants from holding commercial driver's licenses despite having authorization to work in the U.S.
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October 20, 2025
Funds Rip Boeing's 4th Circ. Bid To Decertify Max Fraud Class
Institutional investors have told the Fourth Circuit that they've sufficiently laid out their damages theories to advance certified class claims alleging Boeing kept its stock price trading at inflated levels by repeatedly misrepresenting the safety of its 737 Max fleet after two crashes and a door-plug blowout.
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October 20, 2025
Exxon Fights 2nd Circ.'s Atty Fees Ruling In NYC Climate Case
Exxon, BP, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute are asking the Second Circuit for en banc review of a panel's decision to award attorney fees to New York City, which is suing them for deceptive practices around climate change.
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October 20, 2025
Youths Appeal Dismissal Of Challenge To Trump Energy Orders
A group of youths filed a notice of appeal with the Ninth Circuit on Monday, seeking to overturn a Montana federal judge's dismissal of their lawsuit aimed at undoing President Donald Trump's energy-related emergency orders.
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October 20, 2025
Ford Says Solar Battery Co. Shared Trade Secrets
Ford Motor Co. has sued a battery maker with which it once had a business partnership, claiming the company filed multiple patent applications disclosing Ford's confidential technology.
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October 20, 2025
Tire-Maker Can't Thwart Asbestos Suits, NC Justices Are Told
More than a dozen plaintiffs locked in a long-running battle for workers' compensation tied to alleged asbestos exposure at a Continental Tire factory are urging North Carolina's top court to let stand a lower appeals court decision reviving their cases.
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October 20, 2025
Conn. Court Won't Disturb Motorcyclist's $45M Crash Verdict
A Connecticut state judge declined to set aside or reduce a $45 million award to a Marine Corps reservist who was paralyzed in a motorcycle crash, turning away a towing company's argument that the court improperly admitted evidence and the jury was unduly influenced by sympathy for the victim.
Expert Analysis
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Civil Maritime Nuclear Sector Poised For Growth, Challenges
The maritime industry now stands on the verge of a nuclear-powered renaissance, with the need for clean energy, resilient power generation and decarbonized logistics driving demand for commercial maritime nuclear technology — but these developments will raise significant new legal, regulatory and technical questions, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Painting trains me to see both the fine detail and the whole composition at once, enabling me to identify friction points while keeping sight of a client's bigger vision, but the most significant lesson I've brought to my legal work has been the value of originality, says Jana Gouchev at Gouchev Law.
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3 Trends From AI-Related Securities Class Action Dismissals
A review of recently dismissed securities class actions centering on artificial intelligence highlights courts' scrutiny of statements about AI's capabilities and independence, and sustained focus on issues that aren't AI-specific, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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What The New Nondomiciled-Trucker Rule Means For Carriers
A new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration interim final rule restricting states' issuance of commercial drivers licenses to nondomiciled drivers does not alter motor carriers' obligations to verify drivers' qualifications, but may create disruptions by reducing the number of eligible drivers, say attorneys at Benesch.
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Protecting Sensitive Court Filings After Recent Cyber Breach
In the wake of a recent cyberattack on federal courts' Case Management/Electronic Case Files system, civil litigants should consider seeking enhanced protections for sensitive materials filed under seal to mitigate the risk of unauthorized exposure, say attorneys at Redgrave.
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Why Feds' Criminal Vehicle Tampering Theory Falls Short
In recent years, federal regulators have advanced a novel theory that reprogramming a vehicle's onboard diagnostics system is a crime under the Clean Air Act — but a case now pending in the Ninth Circuit shows that the government's position is questionable for a host of reasons, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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Judging Figure Skating Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Judging figure skating competitions helps me hone the focus, decisiveness and ability to process complex real-time information I need in court, but more importantly, it makes me reengage with a community and my identity outside of law, which, paradoxically, always brings me back to work feeling restored, says Megan Raymond at Groombridge Wu.
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$100K H-1B Fee May Disrupt Rural Healthcare Needs
The Trump administration's newly imposed $100,000 supplemental fee on new H-1B petitions may disproportionately affect healthcare employers' ability to recruit international medical graduates, and the fee's national interest exceptions will not adequately solve ensuing problems for healthcare employers or medically underserved areas, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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What Ethics Rules Say On Atty Discipline For Online Speech
Though law firms are free to discipline employees for their online commentary about Charlie Kirk or other social media activity, saying crude or insensitive things on the internet generally doesn’t subject attorneys to professional discipline under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, says Stacie H. Rosenzweig at Halling & Cayo.
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Junior Attys Must Beware Of 5 Common Legal Brief Mistakes
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Junior law firm associates must be careful to avoid five common pitfalls when drafting legal briefs — from including every possible argument to not developing a theme — to build the reputation of a sought-after litigator, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.
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Power To The Paralegals: How And Why Training Must Evolve
Empowering paralegals through new models of education that emphasize digital fluency, interdisciplinary collaboration and human-centered lawyering could help solve workforce challenges and the justice gap — if firms, educators and policymakers get on board, say Kristine Custodio Suero and Kelli Radnothy.
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Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My time on the softball field has taught me lessons that also apply to success in legal work — on effective preparation, flexibility, communication and teamwork, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: Choosing MDL Venues
One of the most interesting yet least predictable facets of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's practice is venue — namely where the panel decides to place a new MDL proceeding — and its choices reflect the tension between neutrality and case-specific factors, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management
Law students typically have weeks or months to prepare for any given deadline, but the unpredictability of practicing in the real world means that lawyers must become time-management pros, ready to adapt to scheduling conflicts and unexpected assignments at any given moment, says David Thomas at Honigman.
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How Hyperlinks Are Changing E-Discovery Responsibilities
A recent e-discovery dispute over hyperlinked data in Hubbard v. Crow shows how courts have increasingly broadened the definition of control to account for cloud-based evidence, and why organizations must rethink preservation practices to avoid spoliation risks, says Bree Murphy at Exterro.