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July 28, 2025
Truck Drivers Get Final Nod For $4.25M Deal In Face Scan Suit
An Illinois federal judge has signed off on a $4.25 million deal to resolve a proposed class action accusing tech company Lytx of violating the state's biometric privacy law by collecting truck drivers' biometric data through AI-powered monitoring cameras without proper notice or consent.
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July 28, 2025
Tesla Defends Autopilot Technology At Trial Over Fatal Crash
Tesla vehicles with autopilot engaged reported fewer crashes than those without, a Tesla corporate representative told jurors Monday in a trial over a fatal Florida Keys crash.
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July 28, 2025
Ga. Appeals Court Sends DOT Crash Case Back For Another Go
Georgia's Department of Transportation can't escape a wrongful death lawsuit over a vehicle passenger killed by a tractor-trailer at an intersection, a state appeals court ruled Monday, saying that a jury has to decide whether overgrown vegetation, which the agency had a duty to trim down, contributed to or caused the crash.
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July 28, 2025
Hawaii Fights Back Against US Bid To Block Climate Suit
Hawaii on Monday asked a federal judge to throw out the Trump administration's "extraordinary and unprecedented" effort to block the state's climate change lawsuit against major energy companies.
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July 28, 2025
BLM Kills Biden-Era Policy Docs For Oil Drilling In Alaska
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Monday rescinded three Biden-era actions that aimed to restrict development activities in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.
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July 28, 2025
Mass. Judge Denies Injunction Against Trash Co. Hit By Strike
A Massachusetts state court judge on Monday denied a request by six communities for an injunction forcing trash hauler Republic Services to fully comply with the terms of its existing waste collection contracts, as a strike by its workers entered its fourth week.
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July 28, 2025
Widow Asks 4th Circ. To Revive Freight Broker Claim
A woman whose husband was killed in a 2022 South Carolina trucking accident told the Fourth Circuit on Monday that freight brokers cannot evade state-based requirements to exercise reasonable care in selecting safe motor carriers to transport shipments.
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July 28, 2025
Garbage Truck Co. Fights $58.9M Verdict, Seeks New Trial
A garbage truck manufacturer hit with a $58.9 million verdict for allegedly poaching a fleet management company's executive to create a competing business has asked an Illinois federal court for a new trial or a damages reduction, saying the plaintiff presented a speculative lost-profits damages theory.
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July 28, 2025
Firms Rip Ford's 'Retaliatory' RICO Suit Over Lemon Law Bills
Knight Law Group LLP and other firms urged a California federal judge Friday to toss The Ford Motor Co.'s allegations they conspired to dupe clients and defraud automakers by inflating billing, arguing that the racketeering claims are "retaliatory," insufficient and time-barred, and the firms are shielded under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine.
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July 28, 2025
Fla. Firm Must Pay $320K Sanction For Not Probing IP Claims
Peter Ticktin and Ticktin Law Group PA have been ordered by a Florida federal judge to pay roughly $321,000 in attorney fees as a sanction for "flagrant conduct" involving their failure to properly investigate patent infringement claims filed on behalf of a client related to smart glass technology.
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July 28, 2025
Space Tech Startup Firefly Launches Plans For $599M IPO
Private equity-backed space and defense technology company Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced terms for its initial public offering, with plans to raise approximately $599 million.
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July 25, 2025
11th Circ. Says Court Can't Nix Discovery Evidence In FCA Suit
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday revived a whistleblower lawsuit that said moving companies conspired to defraud the U.S. General Services Administration, saying a lower court can't dismiss an amended complaint while ignoring information obtained through discovery.
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July 25, 2025
Calif. Air Board Faces New Suit Over Carbon Fuel Standard
Environmental and public interest groups hit the California Air Resources Board with another lawsuit in Golden State court Friday, alleging that the state's recent amendments to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard will have the perverse effect of incentivizing large-scale factory farms, which pose significant environmental and public health risks.
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July 25, 2025
Drivers Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Fiat Chrysler Gear Shift Suit
Chrysler drivers are asking the Ninth Circuit to revive their proposed class action alleging defective gear shifters in Fiat Chrysler vehicles, in a bid to overcome a California federal court's finding that the injury is hypothetical.
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July 25, 2025
Feds Redirect First Phase Of Atomic Bomb Waste To Texas
Radioactive waste from the development of the first atomic bomb will no longer be sent to a landfill in Wayne County, Michigan, after a group of nearby communities sued to block the landfill from accepting 6,000 cubic yards of the material.
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July 25, 2025
Reviewing Stewart's Latest Discretionary Denial Decisions
Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart issued just eight discretionary denial decisions over the last week, including one that addressed arguments tying in the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act for the first time.
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July 25, 2025
Tesla Expert Says Autopilot Was Overridden Before Fatal Crash
An accident reconstruction expert told jurors in Florida federal court Friday that the driver of the Tesla that caused a fatal crash in the Florida Keys had overridden the autopilot and was in control of the vehicle for the 75 seconds before the crash.
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July 25, 2025
Jurisdiction Issue Leads To USAID Shutdown Suit's Dismissal
A Washington, D.C., federal judge dismissed a suit Friday by a union and other groups seeking to stop the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and denied a contractor association an order blocking the same, saying their claims belong before expert agencies rather than a district court.
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July 25, 2025
Feds End Probe Into Waymo Self-Driving Cars
The U.S. auto safety regulator closed its preliminary investigation into reports of Waymo LLC's autonomous vehicles exhibiting "unexpected driving behaviors," saying Friday that it won't take any action after the company's recalls and software updates.
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July 25, 2025
Airgas Says Pa. Teamsters Workers Violating No-Strike Clause
Airgas alleges multiple Teamsters pickets over the last month at the gas supplier's facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania, violate a no-strike clause in the union's collective bargaining agreement, according to a new lawsuit filed in federal court.
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July 25, 2025
Honda Must Face Suit Over OT Pay Affected By Kronos Hack
A Honda manufacturer must continue to face claims that it failed to properly pay its employees overtime wages following a ransomware attack, an Ohio federal judge has ruled, finding disputes remain in a consolidated putative class action, including regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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July 25, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the owner of a £6 million ($8 million) mansion once rented by Adele sue real estate consultants Strutt & Parker, Romanian-Australian mining investor Vasile Frank Timis bring a claim against reputation and privacy firm Schillings, and a Chinese businessman bring a legal action against his former lawyer over an alleged £12.5 million mortgage fraud.
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July 24, 2025
Jury Awards $45M To Conn. Man Paralyzed In Cycle Crash
A Connecticut towing company is on the hook for most of a $45 million verdict favoring a 26-year-old motorcycle rider left permanently paralyzed after striking a company customer's SUV as the driver tried to leave from behind an illegally parked tow truck, the biker's law firm announced Thursday.
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July 24, 2025
7th Circ. Erases Class Cert. Over Progressive's Car Valuation
The Seventh Circuit on Thursday reversed a policyholder's class certification win against Progressive Insurance over certain adjustments the insurer makes when calculating a totaled vehicle's actual cash value, finding that whether Progressive paid insureds the proper amount is a primarily individualized inquiry.
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July 24, 2025
FERC Chair Bids Goodbye At Last Monthly Meeting
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Mark Christie presided over his final monthly open meeting on Thursday, after President Donald Trump nominated Vinson & Elkins LLP energy regulatory counsel Laura Swett to fill the Republican commissioner's seat.
Expert Analysis
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Deep-Sea Mining Outlook Murky, But May Be Getting Clearer
U.S. companies interested in accessing deep-sea mineral resources face uncertainty over new federal regulations and how U.S. policy may interact with pending international agreements — but a Trump administration executive order and provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act should help bring clarity, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From ATF Director To BigLaw
As a two-time boomerang partner, returning to BigLaw after stints as a U.S. attorney and the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, people ask me how I know when to move on, but there’s no single answer — just clearly set your priorities, says Steven Dettelbach at BakerHostetler.
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IPR Decisions Clarify Stewart's 'Settled Expectations' Factor
Recent discretionary denial decisions from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart have begun to illuminate the contours of her "settled expectations" doctrine, informing when it might be worth petitioning for inter partes review if the patent at issue has been in force for a few years, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Clean Energy Tax Changes Cut Timelines, Add Red Tape
With its dramatic changes to energy tax credits, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will reshape project financing and investment planning — and wind and solar developers, especially those in the early stages of projects, face stricter timelines and heightened compliance challenges, says Dan Ruth at Balch & Bingham.
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Rule 23 Class Certification Matters In Settlements, Too
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Trump v. CASA Inc. highlighted requirements for certifying classes for litigation in federal court, but counsel must also understand how Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure may affect certifying classes for settlement purposes, say attorneys at Sidley.
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How Cos. In China Can Tailor Compliance Amid FCPA Shifts
The U.S. Department of Justice’s recently updated Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement guidelines create a fluid business environment for companies operating in China that will require a customized compliance approach to navigate both countries’ corporate and legal systems, say attorneys at Dickinson Wright.
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7 Ways Employers Can Avoid Labor Friction Over AI
As artificial intelligence use in the workplace emerges as a key labor relations topic in the U.S. and Europe, employers looking to reduce reputational risk and prevent costly disputes should consider proactive strategies to engage with unions, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.
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Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion
In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.
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Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss
Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ
New guidance from the California Air Resources Board on how businesses must implement the state's sweeping climate reporting requirements should help companies assess their exposure, understand their disclosure obligations and begin documenting good-faith compliance efforts, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.
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The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine
The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Business Takeaways Following CCPA Enforcement Actions
Advisories and recent enforcement activity by the California Privacy Protection Agency against Honda and Todd Snyder underscore the agency's enforcement interest in the intersection of data minimization and consumer rights, and could make it more challenging for a business to provide a streamlined consumer rights process, say attorneys at Covington.
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EU Space Act Could Stifle US Commercial Operators
The EU Space Act, proposed last month, has the potential to raise global standards for safety and sustainability in space, but the U.S. and EU need to harmonize their regulatory approaches to avoid imposing regulatory burdens that undermine commercial innovation and agility, say Jessica Noble and Adriane Mandakunis at Aegis Space Law.
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Cos. Face Convergence Of Anti-Terrorism Act, FCPA Risks
Recent moves by the U.S. Department of Justice to classify cartels and transnational criminal organizations as terrorist groups, and to use a range of statutes including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to pursue these types of targets, mean that companies operating in certain jurisdictions are now subject to overlapping exposure, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.