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• February 11, 2026

  9th Circ. Partly Reverses Ford's 'Death Wobble' Class Cert.

  The Ninth Circuit Wednesday partly remanded a class certification ruling in litigation brought by Ford buyers alleging some of the auto giant's pickup trucks have a steering defect known as the "death wobble," saying the record shows that the claimed defect manifested at varying rates in different model years.

• February 11, 2026

  Amazon Says $309M Returns Deal At Risk If Detail Unsealed

  Amazon urged a Seattle federal judge to keep secret a provision of a recently announced $309 million settlement agreement that would resolve claims the e-commerce giant shorted consumers on refunds for returned goods, arguing that revealing the details could torpedo the deal.

• February 11, 2026

  Wash. Atty 'Vehemently' Denies Using AI In Supplement Suit

  A Washington state plaintiff's attorney "vehemently" denied allegations that she submitted filings riddled with artificial intelligence hallucinations in a product liability case, as defense counsel countered during a hearing Wednesday that the misconduct has persisted and called on a Washington federal judge to "stop the bleeding."

• February 11, 2026

  9th Circ. Won't Rethink GEO Wash. Detention Law Decision

  A split Ninth Circuit spurned a bid from GEO Group on Wednesday for the full court to revisit a panel opinion siding with Washington state in the company's challenge of new health and safety standards for immigrant detention, with dissenting federal appellate judges contending that the earlier ruling "ignores both our circuit precedent and common sense."

• February 11, 2026

  Wash. 'Millionaires Tax' Bill Clears First Legislative Hurdle

  A lawmaking committee in Washington state has advanced an amended "millionaires tax" proposal, voting mostly along party lines to pass a bill that would levy a 9.9% income tax on earnings above $1 million.

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