March 31, 2026
In our inaugural Law360 Transportation Tracker, a New York district court walloped the Trump administration's effort to cancel Manhattan's congestion pricing, the federal government continued its assault on California's vehicle emissions regulations, and Boeing investors scored class certification in 737 Max-related securities fraud litigation.
March 03, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation acted unlawfully when it purportedly terminated a federal agreement that gave New York's congestion pricing the green light, handing the state a decisive victory against the Trump administration's efforts to eliminate the program.
February 09, 2026
New York agencies have told a Manhattan federal judge that the U.S. Department of Transportation violated their due process rights when it purportedly terminated a federal agreement that gave congestion pricing the green light, while the federal government maintained that the district court lacks jurisdiction over this dispute.
June 30, 2025
The U.S. Department of Transportation has told a Manhattan federal judge that courts cannot handcuff it to now-disfavored policies of earlier administrations, while New York transportation agencies maintain that the federal government is grasping at illusory legal arguments to justify trying to shut down congestion pricing.
May 28, 2025
New York's congestion pricing program can keep running at least through the fall, after a federal judge on Wednesday signaled that the U.S. Department of Transportation likely overstepped its authority by purportedly terminating a federal agreement that gave congestion pricing the green light.
May 27, 2025
A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked as "arbitrary and capricious" a Trump administration threat to withhold federal transportation funds from New York as part of a White House effort to undo New York City's congestion pricing program.
May 15, 2025
A New York federal judge has determined that the federal government's mistakenly filed memo in litigation over Manhattan's congestion pricing program is privileged and cannot be cited in the parties' arguments, but the memo won't be sealed because it's already been widely reported on.
May 07, 2025
New York transportation agencies have asked a federal judge to block the U.S. Department of Transportation from following through on its threat to withhold federal funding for Manhattan roadway projects if the Empire State doesn't halt congestion pricing.
May 02, 2025
New York officials told a federal judge on Friday that a mistakenly filed memo from the federal government detailing its weak rationale for trying to cancel Manhattan's congestion pricing program is fair game and cannot be shielded after media outlets widely reported on it.
April 24, 2025
The U.S. Department of Transportation said Thursday it replaced its defense counsel after the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York's Southern District accidentally filed publicly a confidential memo advising the DOT it's "very unlikely" to win litigation challenging the DOT's bid to kill New York's congestion pricing.