Audi To Invest $4B In 1st US Manufacturing Facility In Georgia

By Nate Beck

German carmaker Audi said it plans to start work next year on its first U.S. manufacturing facility, spending $4 billion at a Georgia site that could employ 4,500 workers.

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GM Knew Of Brake Defect Before Sales, Drivers Say

By Susan Smiley

Drivers alleging General Motors failed to warn them that the brakes in their cars could suddenly fail told a Michigan federal judge Monday the automaker can't dodge their proposed class action by artificially splitting the complaint's individual allegations. 

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Boeing Door Plug Plaintiffs Say No Doubts On Defect, Notice

By Mike Curley

Passengers who were aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 when its door plug blew out are asking a Washington state court to grant summary judgment on the issues of product defect and The Boeing Co.'s notice of foreseeable risk, saying Boeing's own admissions remove any dispute about those issues.

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Stellantis Tells 2nd Circ. To Reject Car Inventory Fraud Suit

By Linda Chiem

Stellantis and two former executives have told the Second Circuit that a New York federal judge correctly dismissed a proposed securities fraud class action accusing the automaker of loading dealerships with excess vehicle inventory in order to pump up Stellantis' operating margins.

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Blue Cross Says National TM Link Dooms Ford Antitrust Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association have asked a Michigan federal judge to hand them a win in Ford Motor's antitrust suit alleging supracompetitive pricing, arguing the Blue Cross trademark means the association and affiliates act as a "single entity" that "cannot conspire with itself."

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Kirkland, Gibson Dunn Steer Merger Forming $50B Gas Co.

By Nate Beck

EQT Corp. said Monday that it plans to acquire Range Resources Corp. for $13 billion, creating a natural gas company valued at more than $50 billion in a transaction steered by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

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Clyde & Co. Bolsters Global Aviation Team With 2 Partners

By Jack Rodgers

Clyde & Co. LLP has hired a former airline CEO with more than 30 years of senior legal, financial, commercial, operational and aviation safety experience, who will work with the firm across several offices in San Francisco, Atlanta and Washington, D.C.

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DC Circ. Ruling Clarifies Standards For Buy America Waivers

The D.C. Circuit's recent decision to uphold a Federal Railroad Administration Buy America waiver offers clarifying guidance about assessing domestic availability, distinguishing manufacturing capabilities from future production plans and creating a well-supported administrative record, says Todd Overman at Bass Berry.

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2nd Circ. EFAA Ruling Shifts Employer Litigation Strategy

In Diaz-Roa v. Hermes Law, the Second Circuit recently held that, under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, employers can't carve out nonharassment claims and send them to arbitration, which has implications for discovery, litigation costs and resolution strategy in EFAA-covered disputes, say attorneys at Krevolin Horst.

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At 4th Circ., DOJ Admits But Downplays Goldstein Trial Errors

By Jeff Overley

The U.S. Department of Justice late Tuesday acknowledged that it confused key statutory terms related to jury instructions at famed appellate advocate Tom Goldstein's criminal trial, while also insisting "the government's mistake here was understandable" and shouldn't upend a jury's guilty verdict.

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Fenwick & West To Match $235K Salary Scale For Associates

By Tracey Read

Fenwick & West LLP is reportedly the latest firm that will raise associate pay in the new year.

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Ex-Fla. Bar Prez Accused Of Botching $350M Estate Claim

By Carolina Bolado

The widow of a Miami real estate investor is suing a former president of the Florida Bar for malpractice, claiming his botched representation left her without a claim to her late husband's $350 million estate.

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3 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In November

By Ryan Davis

A high-stakes case that will determine whether the U.S. government should face patent infringement claims over Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines and Labcorp's appeal of a nine-figure patent verdict against it are among the arguments the Federal Circuit will hear in November.

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4th Circ. Says W.Va. Daniel's Law Is Unconstitutional

By Rose Krebs

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a district court determination striking down as unconstitutional West Virginia's law restricting the publication of the home addresses and phone numbers of law enforcement and judicial officials, saying the district court applied "well-established" First Amendment principles.

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