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  • September 29, 2026

    Boeing Can't Avoid Punitives With HQ Move, Passengers Say

    Passengers suing The Boeing Co. over the 2024 blowout of an aircraft door panel told a Washington state court on Monday that the aerospace giant can't escape punitive damages under Illinois law, claiming that corporate decisions made at the company's former Chicago headquarters are to blame for the event.

  • September 29, 2026

    7th Circ. Skeptical Of Reviving License Plate Surveillance Suit

    A Seventh Circuit panel seemed skeptical Tuesday that it should revive two Cook County residents' lawsuit claiming the Illinois State Police subject residents to unconstitutional searches through automatic license plate reading cameras whose data is saved for months.

  • September 29, 2026

    NHTSA Fuel Economy Regs Overhaul Crushes EV Ambitions

    The elimination of strict federal mandates for higher fuel efficiency in new cars crushes momentum for the U.S. auto industry to pivot toward alternative-powered vehicles, ensuring that manufacturers will again be caught in litigation limbo as environmental groups prepare challenges to seemingly inconsequential standards with no penalties, experts say.

  • September 29, 2026

    Ford Hybrid Engine Fire Defect Suit Gets Trimmed

    A proposed class action against Ford Motor Co. was trimmed from 11 to two plaintiffs Tuesday after a Michigan federal judge concluded that merely owning a recalled vehicle without an actual defect manifestation is insufficient to establish an injury.

  • September 29, 2026

    Aviation Co. Gets Pretrial Win In Remote Workers' Layoff Suit

    A Florida federal judge said Tuesday that a proposed class of remote employees did not have to be noticed under the WARN Act, handing an aviation company an early win in a suit by terminated employees who claimed they were abruptly fired in violation of the federal law.

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