3 Attys Escape Ford's 'Retaliatory' Lemon Law RICO Suit

By Linda Chiem

A California federal judge has shut down Ford Motor Co.'s revised racketeering lawsuit accusing three attorneys affiliated with Knight Law Group LLP of orchestrating a massive fraudulent legal billing scheme, saying the attorneys' underlying conduct in pursuing lemon law litigation is shielded by First Amendment protections.

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Uber Argues It Doesn't Have Same Duty To Safety As Taxi Cos.

By Jonathan Capriel

Uber can't be held liable for the alleged sexual assault of a passenger by a North Carolina driver, the company told the California federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation over similar claims, arguing that it is a technology company and therefore doesn't have the same duty to ensure passenger safety as a taxi company.

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2nd Circ. Spurns DOT Bid To Re-Freeze Hudson Tunnel Funds

By Linda Chiem

The Second Circuit on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's bid to again freeze federal payments to New York and New Jersey for the ongoing $16 billion rehabilitation of aging commuter train tunnels under the Hudson River.

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Spirit Air Gets OK For $533M Baseline Bid In April Jet Auction

By Rick Archer

A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday gave bankrupt air carrier Spirit Airlines permission to put 20 of the 48 aircraft it owns on the auction block next month with a baseline bid set at more than half a billion dollars.

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Uber Must Fork Over Internal Docs In FTC Subscription Fight

By Dorothy Atkins

A California magistrate judge ordered Uber to produce numerous internal documents to the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday in litigation accusing the ride-share giant of enrolling consumers into its paid subscription service without consent, after the FTC accused the company of stonewalling discovery and producing only 72 documents totaling 179 pages.

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Texas Drone Defense Co. Says Execs Diverted IP To Rival

By José Luis Martínez

Dallas-area Delta Black Aerospace Inc. has accused its former executives and a minority shareholder company of orchestrating a scheme to divert intellectual property and licensing rights tied to military drone technology to a new startup.

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Airport Settles Suit Over Firm's 'Harmless Flirting' Ad

By Grace Elletson

An airport authority in Syracuse, New York, has agreed to settle a suit from an employment law firm claiming the authority violated the First Amendment when it rejected a billboard from the firm calling out companies that dismiss sexual harassment as "harmless flirting."

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Transportation Group Of The Year: WilmerHale

By Chris Villani

WilmerHale scored a win for Norfolk Southern in an $800 million investor suit and victories for Tesla in multiple cases, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Transportation Practice Groups of the Year.

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Archer Aviation Seeks ITC Probe Of Rival Joby's Air Taxis

By Jack McLoone

Electric air taxi company Archer Aviation accused rival Joby Aviation of using imported materials that infringe Archer's patents, asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate these claims while the companies also do battle in California federal court.

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Allstate Says Chiropractors Ran 'Personal Injury Mill'

By Gianna Ferrarin

Allstate told a Texas federal court in a lawsuit seeking at least $25.8 million that two chiropractors and their associated healthcare entities operated a racketeering enterprise to make money from automobile accident personal injury settlements.

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Fed. Circ. Lets Stand ZSPEC's Auto Hardware TM

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday backed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's denial of a bid from an automotive hardware and fastener company to cancel a competitor's trademark registration on the term "Dress Up Bolts."

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Calif. Wants Truck Cos., Feds' Clean Truck Pact Claims Nixed

By Bryan Koenig

California officials again asked a federal judge to gut key claims from heavy-duty truck manufacturers and the federal government challenging the 2023 deal in which the manufacturers agreed to stringent state emissions standards and stiff penalties for noncompliance in the coming years.

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Ex-DOJ Atty Who Said 'This Job Sucks' Running For Congress

By Courtney Bublé

The former federal government lawyer detailed to Minnesota to help with immigration cases who last month told a federal judge "this job sucks" says she is running for Congress in the state.

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$600M IP Award, Quinn Emanuel Contempt Faulted On Appeal

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday vacated a verdict against the maker of Norton antivirus software for infringing Columbia University patents and reversed a contempt ruling against Norton's former law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP that had caused the judgment to grow to just over $600 million.

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Feature

Exxon Cements Texas As Delaware's Emerging Rival

By Spencer Brewer

Last year, Vinson & Elkins partner Katherine Frank fielded about one call a week from companies thinking about redomiciling in Texas. Speaking to Law360 the day after ExxonMobil announced its plan to reincorporate in the Lone Star State due to its business-forward courts and policies, Frank said the callers fell into three categories.

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Firm Probed In $4B LA Sex Abuse Deal Hit With UPL Charges

By Rachel Rippetoe

A co-founder of the Los Angeles personal injury firm facing investigation for its involvement in a record $4 billion sex abuse settlement against Los Angeles County was hit with disciplinary charges by the California State Bar, alleging the firm illegally practiced law outside the state.

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Analysis

Trump Cybercrime Order Creates New Compliance To-Do List

By Phillip Bantz

President Donald Trump's recent executive order calling for a coalition of government agencies to combat cybercrime is far more forceful than efforts under prior administrations, according to white collar lawyers, who tentatively applaud the proposal while warning it could raise new compliance risks.

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Judges, Lawmakers Urge 4th Circ. To Affirm Halligan Ruling

By Ryan Boysen

Members of Congress and former federal judges have urged the Fourth Circuit to affirm that Lindsey Halligan was not properly appointed as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, saying the episode exemplifies why there are guardrails against installing political loyalists as federal prosecutors.

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VA, DOJ Cut Deal To Make Attys Mental Health Guardians

By Mark Payne

Under a new initiative, attorneys at the U.S. Department of Justice will serve as legal guardians for some homeless veterans, the Trump administration announced on Wednesday, though some veterans advocates expressed concern that the new program could involuntarily coerce veterans experiencing mental health issues into institutional care.

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