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  • October 05, 2026

    Justices Fret Any Climate Tort Ruling Will Open Pandora's Box

    U.S. Supreme Court justices Monday pondered the risks of far-reaching fallout whether they allow or restrict burgeoning lawsuits targeting oil companies, acknowledging fears of near-limitless litigation but also struggling to distinguish climate torts from famous legal battles involving tobacco and opioids.

  • October 05, 2026

    Air Ambulance Co. Says Pilot's 'Inattention' Wasn't Willful

    A pilot's actions in the cockpit during a patient transport flight that crashed in the mountains of North Carolina don't rise to the level of gross negligence or warrant punitive damages, an operator of air ambulance helicopters said in seeking to purge those claims from a personal injury suit.

  • October 05, 2026

    Spirit's Data Sale To Google Protects Consumers, Court Told

    Spirit Airlines and Google have taken "consequential steps" to protect the privacy of millions of consumers whose data is being sold as part of the airline's bankruptcy, a consumer privacy ombudsman said in a report lodged in New York federal bankruptcy court Monday.

  • October 05, 2026

    Oil Giants Seek 2029 Trial In Wash. Tribes' Climate Harm Suits

    Oil giants Exxon, Chevron, Shell and others are at odds with two Native American tribes over when to schedule a trial in the tribes' consolidated lawsuits in Washington state court accusing the companies of downplaying the risks of climate harm.

  • October 05, 2026

    Insurer's Late Filing Doesn't Doom Crash Deal, Ga. Court Says

    A Georgia appeals court found Monday that an insurer's late delivery of a coverage statement did not prevent the enforcement of a settlement in a suit stemming from a car collision, sending the case back to a lower court to determine whether the deal was validly rescinded.

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