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  • August 12, 2026

    Army Corps OKs Enbridge Tunnel Amid Line 5 Permit Fight

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit Wednesday allowing Enbridge Energy LP to tunnel beneath four miles of the Straits of Mackinac for its Line 5 oil pipeline, and environmental and tribal groups fighting the project say a recent Michigan Supreme Court decision bars the construction.

  • August 11, 2026

    7th Circ. Says Ind. Railroad Can't Levy Fees For Telecom Lines

    Indiana railroad easements don't give rail companies the right to charge for access to the air above them or the ground below them, the Seventh Circuit has ruled in an opinion that means telecoms that installed fiber cables under a CSX Transportation easement won't be paying licensing fees.

  • August 11, 2026

    Split 11th Circ. Upholds FRA's Train Crew Size Rule

    A divided Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday upheld the Federal Railroad Administration's two-person train crew rule, saying the agency reasonably justified the safety rationale for the rule and rejecting the rail industry's claims of government overreach.

  • August 11, 2026

    Mich. Appeals Panel Restores Ethnic Threat Jury Standard

    Semantics matter, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel said in an unpublished opinion Monday, reversing a trial court's order regarding jury instruction language used in an ethnic intimidation trial.

  • August 11, 2026

    Geico Hit With $3.2M Verdict Over Florida Car Crash

    A Florida state jury awarded $3.2 million to a vehicle passenger for serious injuries he sustained following a collision in 2023, requiring Geico to pay damages after finding the man was entitled to more than the minimum compensation offered under an uninsured motorist policy. 

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