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Latest News in Transportation
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July 11, 2025
6th Circ. Tosses Arbitration Denial In FCA Minivan Fire MDL
A Michigan federal judge flubbed it when he denied Fiat Chrysler's bid to push into arbitration some of the plug-in hybrid minivan drivers who claim in multidistrict litigation that their vehicles could spontaneously explode, the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday, saying the judge tipped the scales against the automaker by raising arguments the drivers hadn't mentioned.
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July 11, 2025
5th Circ. Cites Expert Errors In Rejecting BP Spill Sinus Claims
The Fifth Circuit has ended a cleanup worker's toxic tort lawsuit against BP Exploration & Production Inc. claiming he suffered sinus issues from cleaning up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, saying his experts' testimony, some of which was riddled with errors, was properly ejected by the trial court.
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July 11, 2025
Ethiopian Airlines Case Settles '2 Minutes' Before Last Hearing
A Chicago damages trial set for a man who lost his immediate family in an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash can be taken off the books because his case settled "literally two minutes" before his final pretrial hearing, attorneys told an Illinois federal judge Friday.
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July 11, 2025
9th Circ. Upholds Feds' Arctic Ringed Seal ESA Protections
The Ninth Circuit on Friday upheld the federal government's Endangered Species Act protections for Arctic ringed seals and rejected Alaska's effort to roll them back.
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July 11, 2025
Tesla Faces Trial Over Fatal Autopilot Crash In Florida
The first third-party wrongful death case involving Tesla's autopilot system is headed to trial Monday in Miami federal court, where jurors will determine whether the autopilot was at fault for the death of a pedestrian in a Florida Keys crash.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Federal Highway Administration
- Federal Maritime Commission
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Federal Railroad Administration
- Federal Transit Administration
- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Surface Transportation Board
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- National Transportation Safety Board
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- Transportation-related environmental rules
- Tax-related issues
- International trade agreements
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- State and international legislation and regulation
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- Emissions rules enforcement
- Merger reviews
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- International trade disputes
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- Bankruptcy proceedings
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- Transportation infrastructure projects
- Capital market financing
- Public-private partnerships
- Major transportation contract awards and solicitations
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of transportation practices
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