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  • August 10, 2026

    9th Circ. Won't Revisit Kids' Suit Over Trump's Energy EOs

    The full Ninth Circuit on Monday declined to rehear a group of youths' legal challenge of President Donald Trump's executive orders spurring the use of fossil fuels to meet the country's energy needs.

  • August 10, 2026

    JB Hunt Says Broker Role Clears It Of Liability For Fatal Crash

    J.B. Hunt has urged an Arizona federal judge to reject a lawsuit seeking to hold it vicariously liable as the alleged statutory employer of the commercial trucker involved in a 2023 head-on collision that killed two people and seriously injured three children.

  • August 10, 2026

    NYC Tour Boat Operator Charged In Deadly Harbor Accident

    The operator of what prosecutors say was an overcrowded tour boat was accused Monday of negligently causing the deaths of a young woman and her infant daughter, after the unlicensed charter vessel he was piloting overturned in New York Harbor, throwing all passengers overboard. 

  • August 10, 2026

    Boeing 737 Max Door Plug Suits Get Special Discovery Judge

    A Washington state court appointed retired King County Superior Court Judge Bruce W. Hilyer to oversee discovery matters in more than a dozen lawsuits related to the January 2024 blowout of a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet door plug that allegedly left passengers with physical and emotional injuries.

  • August 10, 2026

    Tax Man Who Shaved Insurance Crook's Income Gets 2 Years

    A Manhattan federal judge has sentenced a preparer of fraudulent tax returns to two years in prison after prosecutors said his cooperation against a client who operated a bribery-fueled insurance scam was marred by confusing proffers and altered records.

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