Attorneys general said Thursday that General Motors will pay $220 million to three dozen states to settle claims that it illegally sold nearly 10.3 million drivers' behavior data and location information to third parties, including data brokers that passed it on to insurers.
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States Say GM Will Pay $220M To Settle Driver Privacy Claims

By Brian Steele

Attorneys general said Thursday that General Motors will pay $220 million to three dozen states to settle claims that it illegally sold nearly 10.3 million drivers' behavior data and location information to third parties, including data brokers that passed it on to insurers.

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Uber, Amazon, Instacart Fight NYC Courier Deactivation Law

By Linda Chiem

Uber, Amazon and Instacart have accused New York City of overstepping by enacting a law prohibiting them from "deactivating" delivery couriers without formal notice and investigation, claiming in a new federal lawsuit that the regulation unconstitutionally interferes with their contractual rights.

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Wash. Jury Asked To Pin Blame For Fatal 2022 Seaplane Crash

By Rachel Riley

The owner of a seaplane involved in a deadly 2022 crash told a Washington state jury on Thursday that a design flaw caused the aircraft to plunge into the bay below, contending an affiliate of the plane's Canadian manufacturer owes $1.14 million for equipment destroyed in the crash.

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Lessons From The Past For Weil's Final Curtain Call

By Rick Archer

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP leaders may have every reason to agree to an out-of-court wind-down, but dissolving such a storied law firm, which announced Wednesday it intends to shut down following an exodus of attorneys, is not as simple as a handshake among partners, experts said in interviews with Law360 on Wednesday.

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Weil's Demise Sparks Shock, Reflection In The Legal World

By Alison Knezevich and Andrea Keckley

The stunning collapse of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is the talk of BigLaw this week, as those in the industry grapple with how the powerhouse Wall Street firm could implode so quickly.

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AUTOMOTIVE

Mass. Panel Won't Undo OUI Plea Over Now-Void Breath Test

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts man cannot take back his 2015 admission to operating under the influence based on later revelations of state crime lab misconduct concerning the calibration of breath-test devices, given the other "overwhelming" evidence of drunken driving, an intermediate state appellate court said Thursday.

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NLRB Backs Tesla In Workplace Tech Rule Row

By Katherine Smith

Tesla did not unlawfully maintain a workplace rule restricting the use of its technology at a New York manufacturing plant where employees were organizing, the National Labor Relations Board has found, applying a 2019 ruling the board's former top prosecutor sought to revisit.

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EMT Immunity Doesn't Cover Driving, Wash. Justices Say

By Ben Adlin

Emergency medical technicians' qualified immunity from negligence claims in Washington does not extend to driving ambulances, a divided state Supreme Court held Thursday, ruling that the transportation of patients falls outside EMTs' statutory immunity for rendering emergency services.

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LOGISTICS

9th Circ. Probes Warehouse Workers' Arbitration Exemption

By Max Kutner

A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday appeared somewhat skeptical of an argument that a transportation worker exemption to federal arbitration requirements doesn't apply to a proposed class of warehouse workers, after the appellate court found warehouse workers fit the carveout in a separate case.

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9th Circ. Drops Speech Holding In Seattle Gig Worker Ruling

By Benjamin Morse

The Ninth Circuit on Thursday withdrew its earlier finding that Seattle's protections for app-based delivery workers don't regulate speech, replacing it with a narrower ruling that assumes the law involves speech but still passes First Amendment scrutiny.

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TRUCKING

Trucking Co. Says Insurer Must Cover Crash Cleanup Claim

By Hope Patti

A trucking company said its insurer wrongfully denied coverage for a claim stemming from a fatal crash involving one of its drivers on the grounds that the driver was not listed under the policy, telling a Texas federal court it requested that the employee be added weeks before the accident.

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SUPPLY CHAIN

Canada, UAE Sign Economic Partnership Agreement

By Jack McLoone

Canada and the United Arab Emirates have reached an agreement on a trade deal that is expected to double bilateral trade between the countries, up to CA$7 billion ($5 billion) annually, the Canadian government said, lauding the agreement as being reached in "record time."

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Brief

EU Pushes China For More Fair Trade Commitments

By Jack McLoone

The European Parliament's Committee on International Trade spent a three-day trip to China pushing for an expansion of a trade framework beyond a recently reached mutual understanding on hybrid vehicles, among other concerns, the committee said Thursday.

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EU Head Affirms Ties With Canada As Member Talks Open

By Jack McLoone

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday reaffirmed the European Union's commitment to strengthening its ties with Canada at the opening of a summit to consider whether to adopt Canada as the EU's first-ever associate member.

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IP & TECHNOLOGY

US Tells Justices FedEx Can't Appeal Interested Party Order

By Elliot Weld

The U.S. government has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to ignore a petition from FedEx Corp. seeking review of whether Qualcomm Inc. complied with real-party-in-interest requirements when it challenged FedEx patents, saying the Federal Circuit got it right by declining to hear the case.

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INSURANCE

1st Circ. Seeks Mass. Justices' Input On USAA Rate Row

By Gianna Ferrarin

The First Circuit asked Massachusetts' highest court to weigh in on a suit by service members alleging USAA improperly considered their military pay grade when issuing auto insurance policies, finding the dispute implicates questions of state law.

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ENERGY

Courts Can't Nix Calif. Waiver Moves, EPA Tells DC Circ.

By Keith Goldberg

The Trump administration has urged the D.C. Circuit to restore the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's move to make Clean Air Act waivers for California subject to potential rescission by lawmakers, saying a lower court wrongly intruded on Congressional authority in blocking the effort.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

NHTSA Vehicle Recorder Rule Highlights Crash Data Protocols

An amended rule from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will soon require vehicle event data recorders to capture more information about crashes — but to turn that data into evidence, attorneys, claims professionals and fleet managers must properly obtain and preserve it after an incident occurs, says Andrew Haling at Pathway Law.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

'Leadership Vacuum' Preceded Weil's Collapse

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson and Aebra Coe

A series of leadership failures and strategic missteps preceded the precipitous downfall of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, sources told Law360 Pulse.

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Weil's Collapse Ends Firm's Long Run As Bankruptcy Leader

By Alex Wittenberg

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP helped pioneer modern bankruptcy practice and earned hundreds of millions of dollars leading many of the biggest Chapter 11 cases in U.S. history. Its collapse this week marks a stunning end to that legacy and reflects major changes in how law firms function today, attorneys told Law360.

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Troutman, Baker McKenzie Report Data Breaches

By Lynn LaRowe

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP and Baker McKenzie experienced data breaches last month as a result of social engineering attacks, according to notices submitted this week to the attorneys general offices in California and Texas.

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Morgan & Morgan Seeks To Block Celebrity Ad Ban In Florida

By Ryan Boysen

Personal injury giant Morgan & Morgan PA has asked a Florida federal court for a preliminary injunction to block a Sunshine State bar rule that forbids celebrity endorsements in attorney advertisements.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alliance for Automotive Innovation

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bankruptcy Institute

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers

American Petroleum Institute Inc.

Baretz & Brunelle LLC

Caesars Entertainment Inc.

DP World Ltd.

Daimler AG

DoorDash Inc.

Dragerwerk AG & Co. KGaA

FCA US LLC

FedEx Corp.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV

First Brands Group

Flowers Foods Inc.

Fossil Group Inc.

Gavin Solmonese LLC

General Motors Co.

Greyhound Lines Inc.

Instacart

International Business Machines Corp.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Level 3 Communications Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

OnStar LLC

QUALCOMM Inc.

Randstad NV

SAE International

Stericycle Inc.

Steward Health Care System LLC

Tesla Inc.

The District of Columbia Bar

The Florida Bar

Uber Eats

Uber Technologies Inc.

United Airlines Holdings Inc.

United Services Automobile Association

VOYlegal LLC

Washington Mutual Inc.

Zeughauser Group LLC

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Akerman LLP

Baker McKenzie

Ballard Spahr

Buchalter LLP

Clarkson Law Firm PC

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cravath Swaine

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dewey & LeBoeuf

Dunn Isaacson Rhee

Eckert Seamans

Finnegan

Fragomen Del Rey

Gibson Dunn

Greenberg Traurig

Gupta Wessler

Hayes Dolce

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Littler Mendelson

Lowenstein Sandler

McAngus Goudelock

McDermott Will & Schulte

Mehri & Skalet

Melmed Law Group

Morgan & Morgan PA

Morgan Lewis

Norton Rose

Paul Weiss

Seyfarth Shaw

Shapiro Haber

Sidley Austin

Stoel Rives

Stroock & Stroock

Sullivan & Cromwell

Summit Law Group

Tripp Scott

Troutman

Walters Balido

Weil Gotshal

Wells Trumbull

Willkie Farr

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

California Supreme Court

City of New York

Connecticut Attorney General's Office

European Commission

European Parliament

European Union

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Illinois Attorney General's Office

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Labor Relations Board

New York City Council

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Texas Attorney General's Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Supreme Court