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  • June 25, 2026

    Universal Trucker Gets Class OK In Ill. Biometric Privacy Row

    An Illinois federal judge granted class status to a former Universal Intermodal Services employee in his suit accusing the company and affiliates of illegally collecting workers' biometric data, finding the potential inclusion in the certified classes of temporary workers or those who might have signed consent forms didn't foreclose the move.

  • June 25, 2026

    Tesla Autopilot Crash Killed Grandmother, Lawsuit Claims

    A crash where a Tesla Model 3 plowed through a Texas family's home, fatally wounding a 76-year-old grandmother, is currently the subject of a federal probe and a wrongful death lawsuit, the latter of which claims the automaker knowingly sold dangerously defective self-driving systems.

  • June 25, 2026

    Trucking Co. Can't Nix $2.8M Crash Judgment, 5th Circ. Says

    A trucking company accused of triggering a pileup on Interstate 20 in Mississippi cannot evade a $2.8 million default judgment, the Fifth Circuit ruled in a published opinion, saying "equity and justice do not compel giving" the company "a do-over now."

  • June 25, 2026

    Wash. Justices Back Climate Act Farm Fuel Exemption Regs

    The Washington Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Washington Farm Bureau's challenge to regulations surrounding a farm fuel exemption in a landmark 2021 law establishing the state's cap-and-invest program, finding Thursday the rule aligns with lawmakers' ultimate goal of curbing top greenhouse gas emitters.

  • June 25, 2026

    NHTSA Floats Rule Nixing Brake Pedals In Autonomous Vehicles

    The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday proposed eliminating brake pedal requirements for cars equipped with higher levels of automated driving systems as the Trump administration presses ahead with efforts to ease regulations and accelerate U.S. development of self-driving vehicles.

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