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Latest News in Transportation
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February 27, 2026
Social Media Trial Judge Threatens Media With Gag Order
The judge overseeing the landmark bellwether trial accusing major social media platforms of harming children's mental health lashed out at the media Friday morning, threatening to issue a gag order because she believed an outlet violated her orders to stay away from jurors in the hallway.
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February 27, 2026
Exxon's Bid To Pause Tribes' Climate Suit Met With Skepticism
A Washington state judge expressed reluctance on Friday to grant Exxon and other oil giants' request to pause two tribal lawsuits alleging a decades-long campaign to downplay the harm of fossil fuels until the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on the viability of climate torts in a Colorado case.
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February 27, 2026
Prairie Farms Hit With $241M Verdict Over Dry Ice Death
An Illinois state jury on Friday awarded $241 million, including $191.5 million in punitive damages, to the family of a man who died while transporting dry ice for a Prairie Farms subsidiary as part of his job as a courier, according to the family's counsel.
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February 27, 2026
Fla. Court Rejects Punitive Damages In Pipe Injury Case
There is no evidence of gross negligence to support punitive damages against a concrete company and its driver for injuring a worker with a pipe in a construction yard, a Florida state appeals court ruled Friday, reversing an order allowing a punitive damages claim.
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February 27, 2026
DC Circ. Revives 'Trespasser' Atty Metro Death Suit
A divided D.C. Circuit panel on Friday revived a negligence suit against D.C. Metro over the 2013 death of a lawyer who was intoxicated when he fell off a subway platform, saying a trial court can reassess what the transit agency might've known about the lawyer's presence or condition in the station.
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
- U.S. Maritime Administration
- National Transportation Safety Board
- U.S. Coast Guard
- State and international transportation regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Antitrust and consumer protection controls
- Transportation-related environmental rules
- Tax-related issues
- International trade agreements
- Transportation industry lobbying
- State and international legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Vehicle recalls
- Transportation safety actions
- Emissions rules enforcement
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Breach of contract disputes
- Labor and employment suits
- Antitrust disputes
- Insurance coverage suits
- Product safety cases
- International trade disputes
- Environmental suits
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- 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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