The Sixth Circuit on Monday upheld a $750 million judgment and a separate $20 million contempt ruling against the owner of an auto parts manufacturer in a 24-year-old fight over a defaulted loan, ruling that the mogul must "pay up."
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6th Circ. Says Auto Mogul Must 'Pay Up' In Lengthy Loan Spat

By Hailey Konnath

The Sixth Circuit on Monday upheld a $750 million judgment and a separate $20 million contempt ruling against the owner of an auto parts manufacturer in a 24-year-old fight over a defaulted loan, ruling that the mogul must "pay up."

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Shipowner Says Baltimore Can't Recover Economic Losses

By Linda Chiem

The owner and manager of the cargo ship that slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge told a Maryland federal judge on Monday that Baltimore, local businesses and dockworkers cannot recover millions in alleged economic losses from the 2024 wreck because they have no proprietary interest in the bridge.

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Chevy Bolt Owners Ask 6th Circ. To Let Them Opt Out Of Deal

By Susan Smiley

Individual class members in litigation alleging General Motors sold Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles with defective batteries are urging the Sixth Circuit to reverse the decision of a Michigan federal court that rejected their opt-outs in a $150 million settlement for not being signed on paper.

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AVIATION

Drone Supplier Urges NY Court To Pause $5M Ukrainian Award

By Elaine Briseño

A U.S.-based supply company told a New York federal court its appeal of a $5.09 million Ukrainian arbitral award stemming from the firm's alleged failure to deliver a shipment of drones has warranted a pause on its enforcement.

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AUTOMOTIVE

Trade Court OKs Chinese Tire Value Calculation In Review

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce properly calculated the surrogate value for a Chinese company's car and truck tires, the U.S. Court of International Trade found, saying the company's preferred method would have distorted the provided data.

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Squires Rejects 7 AIA Cases, Explains Earlier Tesla Decision

By Theresa Schliep

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has granted five patent challenges and rejected seven others, and he also issued a decision Monday explaining why he allowed a group of Tesla petitions to go ahead to the merits stage of review.

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RAIL

Network Cos. Call For Bill To Expand Broadband On Railroads

By Christopher Cole

High-speed network providers are pressing Congress to advance legislation that would expand broadband along freight railroads by touting the benefits of AI-driven inspections and real-time rail monitoring.

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LOGISTICS

Amazon Workers In Colo. Seek Cert. In COVID Screening Suit

By Gina Kim

Roughly 13,000 current and former hourly Amazon employees at its Colorado fulfillment centers who underwent mandatory pre-shift COVID-19 screenings and post-shift exit security screenings without pay asked a federal judge to certify both their classes Friday, arguing that common evidence can resolve liability and damages on a classwide basis. 

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Home Depot, Macy's, Others Targeted In Patent Suits

By Elliot Weld

Retailers Home Depot and Macy's, and restaurant chains Flower Child and Shake Shack were among several large companies sued in Texas federal court over accusations that they infringed a set of patents covering card-reading electronics components.

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Constitution Shields Livestreamed ICE Agent Chase, Attys Say

By Rae Ann Varona

Attorneys for two women convicted of stalking after they livestreamed their pursuit of an off-duty U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officer to his home urged a California federal judge to overturn their convictions, arguing at a hearing Monday that the First Amendment protected their clients' actions.

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MARITIME

Iran Oil 'Ghost Fleet' Captain Admits Dodging Coast Guard

By Gina Kim

The master of a ghost fleet crude oil tanker with ties to Venezuela has pled guilty in D.C. federal court to ignoring U.S. Coast Guard orders during a weeklong pursuit as it was transporting Iranian oil to Asia, putting lives at risk, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. 

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SUPPLY CHAIN

'Skill Games' Should Be Treated Like Slots, Pa. Justices Say

By Matthew Santoni

Tens of thousands of "skill games" that have proliferated around Pennsylvania should be considered slot machines and restricted to licensed and regulated gambling facilities, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.

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ENERGY

Tribe Moves To Drop Dakota Access Pipeline Suit In DC Circ.

By Crystal Owens

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is asking the D.C. Circuit to dismiss its appeal to a decision that found its efforts to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline were premature after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a new environmental impact statement for the project last month.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

3 Things To Know About Trump's Pick To Lead SDNY

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

President Donald Trump has announced that he plans to appoint Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner James M. McDonald to lead the Southern District of New York. Here are three things to know about him.

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Trump Personal Atty In Carroll Cases Confirmed To 8th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 48-43 on Monday evening to confirm Justin Smith, who represented the president in the defamation and sexual abuse cases brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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Hagens Berman Must Cover Fees After Misconduct Findings

By Adrian Cruz

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP must cover the fees and costs of a special master who alleged the firm committed misconduct in product liability litigation over the morning sickness drug thalidomide, a Pennsylvania federal judge has said.

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Analysis

Newman's Appeal Loss Shows Limits On Suspension Reviews

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court's rejection on Monday of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's appeal in the long-running dispute over her suspension made clear that the available routes to challenge such orders are narrow, and spurred critics to contemplate ways to revise the system.

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Justices Turn Down Judge Newman's Suspension Case

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's effort to revive her lawsuit against her colleagues for suspending her, leaving intact a D.C. Circuit decision that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.

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Attys Want Up To $33M In Long-Running UBH Benefits Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich

Attorneys for employee benefit plan participants who sued to change how United Behavioral Health processed claims for mental health and substance use disorder treatment asked a California federal court for up to $33 million in fees and expenses for their work on the "groundbreaking" case.

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Ex-SEC Atty Reprimanded Over Misstatements In Crypto Case

By Julie Manganis

A former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney has received a public reprimand for misleading a judge in a cryptocurrency fraud case that led to sanctions against the agency.

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Barnes & Thornburg Profit-Share Admin Wants Legal Bills Paid

By James Boyle

A company that oversaw recordkeeping duties of Barnes & Thornburg LLP's profit-sharing plan says in a complaint in Pennsylvania state court it is owed legal fees over a previous suit filed by a former firm partner.

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FBI Misplaced Nadine Menendez's Jewelry, Judge Told

By Parker Quinlan

An attorney for Nadine Menendez on Monday told a Manhattan federal judge that the FBI is still unable to locate pieces of her jewelry seized as part of the investigation that led to Menendez and her husband, former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, being convicted of participating in a bribery scheme.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving shareholder voting rights, take-private transactions, merger disclosures, board control battles and investor litigation, while the Delaware Supreme Court heard arguments over the wind-down of an oil-and-gas investment fund.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

A.P. Moller-Maersk

AT&T Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

Apollo Global Management LLC

Apple Inc.

Association of American Railroads

Authentic Brands Group LLC

B. Riley Financial Inc.

Boston College

Cloudflare Inc.

Dollar Tree Inc.

DraftKings Inc.

Elliott Investment Management LP

Energy Transfer LP

GSK PLC

Guess Inc.

HDR Global Trading Ltd.

Instagram Inc.

International Longshoremen's Association

J. Crew Group Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

LinkedIn Corp.

Lowe's Cos. Inc.

Macy's Inc.

Michaels Stores Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Morgan Stanley

National Holdings Corp.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

Otis Worldwide Corp.

Pace-O-Matic Inc.

Paragon 28

SPAR Group, Inc.

Sanofi

Shake Shack

Tesla Inc.

The Charles Schwab Corp.

The Home Depot Inc.

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

Therapeutics Inc.

TopBuild Corp.

Toyota Motor Corp.

Treace Medical Concepts Inc.

United Steelworkers

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

University of Virginia

X Corp.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arnold & Porter

Barnes & Thornburg

Blank Rome

Cohen Seglias

Cooley LLP

Cozen O'Connor

Croke Fairchild

Crowell & Moring

Demeo LLP

DiCello Levitt

Drew Cooper & Anding

Duane Morris

Foster Swift

Hagens Berman

Horn Wright

Kleinbard LLC

Kreindler & Kreindler

Lankler Siffert

Lochner Law Firm

Mayer Brown

Mike Scott Law

Morrison & Foerster

Myers Brier

Psych-Appeal Inc

Reed Smith

Saxton & Stump

Schagrin Associates

Seyfarth Shaw

Shook Hardy

Sidley Austin

Stris & Maher

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Hine

Zuckerman Spaeder

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Internal Revenue Service

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers

Missouri Department of Agriculture

New York State Assembly

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office

Pennsylvania Department of Revenue

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado