CH Robinson CLO Talks Montgomery, Dallas Verdict Impacts

By Linda Chiem

Nearly five months after the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its pivotal ruling reshaping freight brokers' liability exposure, C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. said lingering uncertainty over protracted litigation and volatile verdicts will upend the U.S. supply chain without some intervention by regulators or Congress.

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Uber Settles Bellwether In Sex Assault MDL Before Trial

By Rae Ann Varona

Uber Technologies Inc. settled with a Texas woman just ahead of opening statements in the third scheduled bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over alleged sexual assaults by the ride-hailing company's drivers, her attorneys announced Friday.

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AGs, Enviros Sue Over Rollback Of Biden-Era Fuel Standards

By Dorothy Atkins

The Trump administration was hit with multiple suits by a coalition of 27 attorneys general and environmental groups Friday challenging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's recent decision to roll back Biden-era fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks.

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PACCAR Can't Nix Drivers' Faulty Diesel Engine Warranty Suit

By Gina Kim

A Washington federal judge ordered PACCAR Inc. to face a proposed class action alleging it sold faulty diesel engines, rejecting its Clean Air Act preemption defense and ruling that the suit plausibly pleads claims that the alleged defects breached the engine warranty. 

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5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Fall

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will convene Monday to begin its 2026 October term, which includes several cases that could determine the future of climate change tort litigation, expand religious freedoms and parental rights, and grant states authority to require proof of citizenship when individuals register for presidential elections using state forms. 

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Roberts Wants Less Talk. Supreme Court Attorneys Disagree.

By Katie Buehler

Near the end of last term, Chief Justice John Roberts voiced his frustration with the U.S. Supreme Court's lengthening oral argument sessions and suggested the justices might tweak their format over the summer. But as the new term begins Monday, the court has yet to announce any changes, and advocates see little need for improvement.

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Texas Justices Agree To Hear BNSF, Zurich Asbestos Suit

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas Supreme Court Friday agreed to take up Zurich American Insurance Co.'s challenge to a finding that it must continue to pay for the defense of BNSF Railway against hundreds of asbestos exposure suits.

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Mercedes-Benz Beats Class Cert. Bid In Piston Defect Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

A California federal judge denied class certification to Mercedes-Benz customers who allege the automaker failed to disclose a major piston defect in certain vehicles, saying issues common to the proposed class as a whole don't predominate over issues that affect only individual members.

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EDTX Judge Suggests Toyota Should Win Axle Patent Case

By Ryan Davis

Ahead of a trial scheduled for November, an Eastern District of Texas magistrate judge has recommended granting Toyota's motion for summary judgment that its vehicle transaxles do not infringe an individual inventor's patent on vehicle power generation technology.

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Rivian Accused Of Denying Wash. Workers Breaks, OT Pay

By Ben Adlin

Electric vehicle maker Rivian broke multiple employment laws in Washington state and Seattle by failing to provide mandated meal and rest breaks, shorting workers on pay and failing to reimburse business expenses, according to a former employee's proposed class action filed Tuesday.

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Contractor Says VA Changed Billing Method Mid-Contract

By Madeline Lyskawa

A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs contractor is seeking more than $2.4 million in damages after the agency allegedly changed the billing methodology for transportation services mid-contract and accused the company of trying to defraud the government.

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Judge Faults Lima's Delay In $196M Arbitration Challenge

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge appeared unmoved by Lima, Peru's claims that its former Foley & Hoag representation had an undisclosed conflict of interest that justified the reversal of two arbitral awards totaling $196 million, suggesting that the city sue the law firm rather than try to unwind the judgments.

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Full Fed. Circ. Won't Review NPE Marking, Ramey Sanctions

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Friday said it won't rethink its ruling that patent owners must ensure that all licensees mark their products with patent information in order to recover presuit damages, nor its denial of patent attorney William Ramey's appeal of sanctions against him at a lower court.

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AI Co. Reaches Deal To End Copyright Case Against Microsoft

By Adam Lidgett

Artificial intelligence company Cerence Inc. has agreed to a deal to end its copyright lawsuit in Delaware federal court against Microsoft Corp. over text-to-speech technology.

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Bell Sports, AIG Unit Settle Helmet Defect Coverage Dispute

By Alex Lawson

A motorcycle helmet company and an AIG-affiliated insurance company have resolved a lawsuit filed in California federal court over coverage stemming from claims of defects that allegedly caused a helmet to fly off a rider's head during a collision, according to court documents.

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Meet The Attys Arguing Colo. Climate Tort At The High Court

By Keith Goldberg

U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments over the future of climate change torts against energy companies on Monday will feature a trio of attorneys who have spent plenty of time at the high court's lectern. Here's who will be arguing for or against letting the city and county of Boulder, Colorado's climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy proceed in state court.

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Judge Clevenger Retires After 36 Years On Fed. Circ.

By Dani Kass

U.S. Circuit Judge Raymond C. Clevenger III has retired from the Federal Circuit, 20 years after taking senior status, the court said Friday.

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Religious Accommodation Lessons From Recent EEOC Focus

With several recent U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforcement actions focusing on religious accommodations, employers should identify the actual burden an accommodation imposes, distinguish operational hardship from co-workers' objections, and pay attention to how the accommodation is implemented, says Crystal Banse at Spencer West.

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FTC Proposal Puts Personalized Pricing On Notice

The Federal Trade Commission’s recent proposed policy statement on undisclosed personalized pricing signals the potential for harm when business practices diverge from consumer expectations, indicating a need to disclose not only data usage, but also how it influences the prices consumers see, says Linda Goldstein at CM Law.

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Judge Clevenger's Intellect Defined His Time On Fed. Circ.

By Dani Kass

Newly retired Federal Circuit Judge Raymond Clevenger has an "exceptionally keen intellect" that allowed him to spot holes or new paths in cases that the parties or fellow panel members hadn't explored, his former colleagues told Law360.

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Sotomayor Warns Judges: Don't Scare Your Jurors

By Brandon Lowrey

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday criticized an Alabama trial court judge who frightened a pool of prospective jurors by ordering the arrest of a latecomer to jury selection, saying in a statement accompanying a denial of certiorari in the case that fear can undermine a defendant's right to an impartial jury.

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Quinn Emanuel Seeks $750K After Defeating Buzbee Suits

By Lynn LaRowe

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is seeking nearly $750,000 in attorney fees after defeating claims in Texas state court that it conspired with rapper Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to retaliate against prominent Houston plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee and two of his former clients.

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9th Circ. Pauses Rogoff's Return As Seattle US Atty

By Jack Karp

The Ninth Circuit has put on hold a Washington federal judge's decision to reinstate Roger Rogoff as Seattle's top federal prosecutor, a post Rogoff held for less than an hour before he was fired by President Donald Trump.

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Jackson Walker Deal Stalled By Standing Issue, Trustee Says

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Trustee's Office told a Texas federal judge that its settlement with Jackson Walker LLP to disgorge fees from cases touched by scandal is on ice while a bankruptcy judge examines the watchdog's standing to seek such relief.

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Eckert Seamans Says Data Breach Harm Is Only Speculative

By James Boyle

Pittsburgh-based law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC told a Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday a pair of proposed class actions claiming damages from a data breach at the firm have not made specific complaints of actual harm caused by the breach and should be dismissed.

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