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  • August 13, 2026

    Spirit Execs Ax Investor Suit Over Pre-Ch. 11 Claims, For Now

    A Florida federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Spirit Airlines' current and former top brass of misleading investors about the budget air carrier's prospects amid two bankruptcy filings, saying Thursday that the challenged statements are either corporate "puffery" or otherwise nonactionable, but the plaintiffs can rework their complaint.

  • August 13, 2026

    Boeing Beats Suit Over Board's 737 Max Safety Oversight

    The Boeing Co. won dismissal Thursday of a Delaware Chancery Court derivative suit seeking to hold current and former directors and officers responsible for safety and manufacturing problems that culminated in the January 2024 Alaska Airlines door-plug blowout.

  • August 13, 2026

    5th Circ. Nixes Fed Approval For Offshore Oil Export Port

    A Fifth Circuit panel overturned a license approval for a deepwater port off Texas, ruling that the Trump administration failed to properly consider how a pipeline serving the offshore crude oil export facility would intersect a pipeline for another approved port.

  • August 13, 2026

    United Asks Justices To Void 'Destabilizing' Vax Bias Class

    United Airlines has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a "destabilizing" Fifth Circuit ruling preserving class certification for workers who sued the airline for religious discrimination after they opposed United's COVID-19 vaccine mandate and were placed on unpaid leave.

  • August 13, 2026

    States Say DOT Illegally Sought 17M CDL Driver Records

    A group of 21 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia accused the Trump administration on Thursday of illegally pressuring a nonprofit commercial driver database operator to hand over millions of Social Security numbers for immigration enforcement by threatening to cut funding for noncompliance.

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