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• February 12, 2026

  5th Circ. Won't Revive Firing Claim Against American Airlines

  The Fifth Circuit won't revive an airline mechanic's claim that American Airlines fired him because of his work as a union representative, agreeing with a Texas federal judge that the claim belongs in arbitration rather than federal court.

• February 12, 2026

  2nd Circ. Seems Wary Of Restarting Norfolk Derailment Suit

  The Second Circuit appeared skeptical Thursday of investors' bid to revive a proposed class action against Norfolk Southern alleging that the company botched disclosures about how an efficiency plan might cause derailments, as judges seemed open to a lower court's interpretation that railroad statements about safety were puffery.

• February 12, 2026

  BREAKING: EPA Sews Up Repeal Of GHG Endangerment Finding

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalized the repeal of an Obama-era finding that greenhouse gases endanger people's health, and clawed back the vehicle emissions standards that relied upon that finding.

• February 11, 2026

  9th Circ. Partly Reverses Ford's 'Death Wobble' Class Cert.

  The Ninth Circuit Wednesday partly remanded a class certification ruling in litigation brought by Ford buyers alleging some of the auto giant's pickup trucks have a steering defect known as the "death wobble," saying the record shows that the claimed defect manifested at varying rates in different model years.

• February 11, 2026

  7th Circ. May Seek Ill. Justices' Input In Hyundai BIPA Row

  A Seventh Circuit panel on Wednesday appeared skeptical about whether Hyundai Motor America had any control over biometric data captured by cameras installed in certain Hyundai vehicles and how a proposed class of drivers was injured under Illinois' biometric privacy law, but one judge suggested the case presents a question the state's top court may need to answer.

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