Family-owned trucking companies have accused two of North America's largest freight brokers, C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. and Total Quality Logistics LLC, of steering long-haul shipments to illegal "fly-by-night" or "chameleon" carriers, muscling out legitimate trucking firms, according to a suit filed in Texas federal court.
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RICO Suit Claims CH Robinson, TQL Are Using Illegal Carriers

By Linda Chiem

Family-owned trucking companies have accused two of North America's largest freight brokers, C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. and Total Quality Logistics LLC, of steering long-haul shipments to illegal "fly-by-night" or "chameleon" carriers, muscling out legitimate trucking firms, according to a suit filed in Texas federal court.

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Ill. Justices Say Uber Can't Arbitrate Wrongful Death Suit

By Y. Peter Kang

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Uber can't compel arbitration of wrongful death claims arising from a fatal crash, finding that a widow's separate user agreement with the company did not apply to the estate's wrongful death claims.

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Plaintiffs Bar Says $243M Tesla Verdict Doesn't Hurt Innovation

By Mike Curley

An association of plaintiffs attorneys is urging the Eleventh Circuit to reject Tesla Inc.'s appeal of a $243 million verdict against it in a fatal crash suit, saying products liability law and punitive damages don't hinder or put a "tax" on innovation, but rather encourage it by creating an incentive to create better, safer products.

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Ex-Tricolor CEO Says Feds Botched Warrants In Fraud Case

By Stewart Bishop

The former CEO of Tricolor Holdings on Thursday urged a Manhattan federal judge to bar any evidence seized from searches of his communications from being used to support accusations that he deceived lenders and investors about the subprime auto lender's assets before it crashed into bankruptcy with $1 billion in debt, saying federal agents ran roughshod over the Fourth Amendment.

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AUTOMOTIVE

Maryland Judge Sends CarMax Investor's Tariff Suit to Virginia

By Katryna Perera

An investor suit accusing CarMax Inc. of mischaracterizing a sales bump prior to the Trump administration's tariffs as a sign of sustainable growth has been transferred to Virginia by a Maryland federal judge.

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GM Accused Of Defective Oil Cooling System In Trucks

By Susan Smiley

Certain models of Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra vehicles have a defective oil cooling system that can cause complete engine failure, a group of truck owners alleged Thursday in a proposed class action claiming General Motors knew about the problem, never issued a recall and refused to honor warranties when engines failed.

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TRUCKING

SEC Says Truck Leasing Co. Owner Ran $127M Ponzi Scheme

By Sydney Price

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday accused two trucking companies and their owner of fraudulently raising $127 million from hundreds of investors, many of which received Ponzi-like payments, with false claims about returns and the companies' fleet.

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MARITIME

Ga. Appeals Court Backs State Ports Authority In Injury Suit

By David Aaro

The Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a trial court's order granting judgment to the Georgia Ports Authority in a personal injury lawsuit from a longshoreman struck by a falling object from a crane, saying he abandoned his claims by not including credible evidence or logical reasoning in his appeal brief.

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PSI Marine Settles Boat Mooring TM Case Ahead Of Trial

By Brian Steele

Dueling manufacturers of dock and boat mooring equipment have settled a trademark infringement suit ahead of a planned jury trial in February, Connecticut federal court records show.

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IP & TECHNOLOGY

Roundup

ITC Takes On Patents, Trade Secrets In Large Decision Drop

By Dani Kass

The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a flood of decisions this week on investigations in which imports are being evaluated to see if they infringe patents or misappropriate secrets, including three cases where it will reconsider holdings from administrative law judges.

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EMPLOYMENT

Kellogg Seeks High Court Review Of 6th Circ. Pension Ruling

By Emily Brill

The U.S. Supreme Court should resolve a circuit split on whether actuaries must use up-to-date life expectancies when converting pension benefits from one form to another, Kellogg argued, asking the justices to scrap the Sixth Circuit's answer to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act query.

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ENERGY

Pipeline Groups Say Enbridge Ruling Weakens Tribal Deals

By Corey Rothauser

Two oil and gas industry groups have urged the Seventh Circuit to reconsider part of its ruling that Enbridge Energy is trespassing on Wisconsin tribal lands, arguing that the decision could make long-term pipeline agreements with tribes less reliable.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Playing Bid Whist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

As a child, I viewed bid whist as a family tradition and a source of friendly card game competition, but as a lawyer, I see it as a tool that has helped me cultivate skills like communication, teamwork, risk assessment and composure, says Keyonn Pope at Riley Safer.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Senior Lawyers Survey: Tell Us About Your Career

How are senior lawyers adapting to evolving career paths and emerging technologies? Share your perspective in this five-minute survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Reed Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit overturned a $140 million class verdict against CenturyLink, holding that the company had a reasonable interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Arkansas Firm 5th To Seal PE Deal With Uplift Investors

By Tracey Read

Arkansas' largest personal injury law firm is the latest legal entity to ink a deal to take private equity investment using Uplift Investors' associated management services organization.

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AI Mishap Has Judge Questioning 'Our Collective Character'

By Julie Manganis

A California attorney was barred from representing the plaintiffs in a Massachusetts insurance coverage dispute and ordered to pay legal costs of up to $10,000 to opposing counsel, after a federal judge found he relied on "inaccurate and fictitious" case cites and holdings in three filings.

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Tarter Krinsky Faces Suit After Disclosing Data Breach

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP maintained "intentional opacity" about a recently disclosed cybersecurity attack last year that may have compromised protected health information, a proposed class action alleged in New York federal court.

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A2J At The High Court: Gun Bans, Voting And Civil Remedies

By Marco Poggio

From the right to own semiautomatic rifles to the rules governing voter registration, the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term will see the justices tackle a broad swath of constitutional and access to justice issues.

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Domino Foods Fights Paul Weiss DQ Bid In Price-Fixing MDL

By Madison Arnold

Domino Foods is pushing back on an attempt to disqualify its counsel from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in a sugar price-fixing multidistrict litigation, arguing Hershey, J.M. Smucker and other food makers filed the motion as a "strategic attempt to gain tactical advantage" at a critical point in the dispute.

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Duane Morris To Settle Employee's Tax Withholding Claim

By Asha Glover

Duane Morris LLP has agreed to private mediation to settle a proposed class action by an employee who alleged that the firm failed to withhold taxes for workers who were misclassified as partners, according to a notice.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen Glencore Energy sue a refinery for allegedly defrauding it out of more than $236 million worth of crude oil, the former CEO of ankle-tag maker Big Technologies file a defamation claim against the company, and property investment group Hunter Jones hit by a claim from the Financial Conduct Authority. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Wilson Sonsini topped a list of law firms that have alumni attorneys working at six of the country's most prominent tech companies. And general counsel at most large companies expect to increase their litigation budgets next year.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Association for Justice

American Petroleum Institute Inc.

Anthropic PBC

Apple Inc.

AstraZeneca PLC

BTI Consulting Group Inc.

Block Inc.

Boston University

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

CarMax Inc.

Cardinal Health Inc.

Christenson Transportation LLC

Cloudflare Inc.

Compass Lexecon LLC

Coupang, Inc.

Duke University

Eli Lilly & Co.

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

Enterprise Holdings Inc.

FedEx Corp.

Florida Justice Association Inc.

Garmin Ltd.

Glencore PLC

GoDaddy Inc.

Google LLC

IMDb.com Inc.

Instagram Inc.

Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Inc.

Johnson Controls International PLC

Kellanova Co.

Kellogg Co.

Leggett & Platt Inc.

Lenovo Group Ltd.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

Line 5 LLC

Liquid Energy Pipeline Association

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Lumen Technologies Inc.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Meta Platforms Inc.

NVIDIA Corp.

Nektar Therapeutics

Netlist Inc.

News Corp.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

PepsiCo Inc.

Pfizer Inc.

Proof

RELX PLC

Red Bull GmbH

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television & Radio Artists

Seiko Epson Corp.

Skydance Media LLC

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

Tesla Inc.

The Hershey Co.

The J. M. Smucker Co.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

The Travelers Cos. Inc.

TikTok Inc.

Total Quality Logistics Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

University of Miami

Walmart Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Western Flyer Express LLC

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Beasley Allen

Beveridge & Diamond

Boies Schiller

Bottaro Law Firm

Bowman & Brooke

Brabners LLP

Browne Jacobson LLP

Campbell Johnston

Carpmaels & Ransford

Center for Constitutional Litigation

Clarke Willmott

Clement & Murphy

Clifford Law Offices

Clyde & Co

Cohen Milstein

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

DAC Beachcroft

DLA Piper

DWF LLP

Demeo LLP

Duane Morris

Dudley DeBosier

Dunn Isaacson Rhee

Eaton & Wolk

Eckland & Blando

Emery Reddy

Federman & Sherwood

Fell Law PC

Gibson Dunn

Gillam Smith

Gordon Rees

Greenberg Traurig

Harness IP

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

Holon Law Partners

Hooper Hathaway

Hughes & Coleman

Husch Blackwell

Jenner & Block

John Foy & Associates

Jones Day

Kanji & Katzen

Keches Law Group

Keller Rohrback

Kennedys Law LLP

Kirkland & Ellis

Labaton Keller

Latham & Watkins

Lerner Law Firm & Associates

Lowenstein Sandler

Martocchio & Oliveira

Maslon LLP

Matthew G. Miller PC

McDermott Will & Schulte

Mills & Reeve

Morrison & Foerster

Nix Patterson

O'Melveny & Myers

Oliver Maner

Paris Smith LLP

Paul Weiss

Pinsent Masons

Podhurst Orseck

Polsinelli PC

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

RWK Goodman

Rainwater Holt

Reed Smith

Reising PC

Riley Safer

Robbins Geller

Russell-Cooke

Sauder Schelkopf

Schlam Stone

Selendy Gay

Shipman & Goodwin

Silver Golub

Silverman Thompson

Singleton Schreiber

Siri & Glimstad

Skadden Arps

Spencer Fane

Spencer West LLP

Steptoe LLP

Stris & Maher

Sullivan & Cromwell

Tarter Krinsky

Venable LLP

Ventura Law (Danbury, CT)

Weil Gotshal

Whalen Law Office

Wiley Rein

Wilson Elser

Wilson Sonsini

Withersworldwide

gunnercooke LLP

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe

California Civil Rights Department

Companies House

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Financial Conduct Authority

Georgia Court of Appeals

Georgia Ports Authority

Georgia Supreme Court

Illinois Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

Montana Department of Revenue

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

New York Attorney General's Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court