A Georgia federal judge Wednesday narrowed the scope of claims filed on behalf of a proposed nationwide class of 16 million drivers whose OnStar driving data was allegedly used to spy on them, while largely preserving the wiretapping allegations at the heart of the suit.
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GM Must Face MDL Wiretap Claims Over OnStar Devices

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia federal judge Wednesday narrowed the scope of claims filed on behalf of a proposed nationwide class of 16 million drivers whose OnStar driving data was allegedly used to spy on them, while largely preserving the wiretapping allegations at the heart of the suit.

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Jury Awards $18.4M For Jeep Rollaway Accident Amputation

By Mike Curley

A Minnesota state jury has awarded an $18.4 million verdict to a man who lost his left leg after his 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee backed over him, while declining to award punitive damages against FCA US LLC.

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Family Files Negligence Suit Over NY Helicopter Crash

By Linda Chiem

The estates of the Barcelona family who died in a helicopter crash over the Hudson River last year have accused the New York tour charter company and its owner of negligently maintaining the helicopter, which broke apart midair, according to a new Manhattan state court complaint.

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Delta Pilots Fail To Get Military Bias Suit Off The Ground

By Hailey Konnath

The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a lower court's decision tossing former Delta Air Lines Inc. pilots' claims that they were forced out of their jobs for taking military leave, ruling the pilots would have been forced out anyway for abusing their sick leave.

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Uber, DoorDash Can't Pause NYC Tip Prompt Laws On Appeal

By Benjamin Morse

Uber and DoorDash cannot temporarily block New York City laws regulating how they display gratuity options as an appeal moves forward, the Second Circuit ruled, finding the companies failed to show that an injunction is warranted.

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Justices Won't Move Mich. Pipeline Suit To Federal Court

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to overturn a Sixth Circuit decision that rebuffed Enbridge's efforts to transfer from state court to federal court a lawsuit from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel seeking to shut down a pipeline between the U.S. and Canada.

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AVIATION

Regional Airline Settles Ex-Pilot's Disability Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

A regional American Airlines subsidiary has resolved a former pilot's lawsuit claiming she was forced to resign because the company denied requests for time off to deal with depression and anxiety exacerbated by intense training exercises, according to Colorado federal court filings.

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Frontier Pays Flight Attendants Only While In Air, Suit Says

By MJ Koo

Frontier Airlines underpaid flight attendants by compensating them only for time spent in the air while requiring hours of unpaid work before and after each flight, according to a proposed class action filed in New Jersey federal court.

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TD Bank, Airline Data Co. Accused Of Sharing Info With Govt.

By Sydney Price

TD Bank NA and airline-owned financial technology company Airlines Reporting Corp. are facing a proposed class action in Delaware federal court accusing them of funneling airfare transaction data to the government through a "secret pipeline," in violation of consumers' financial privacy rights.

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AUTOMOTIVE

Antitrust Panel Chief Raises Concerns On RV Part Cos. Merger

By Nadia Dreid

Two of the nation's biggest RV part suppliers are talking about merging, and it's got the head of the Senate's subcommittee on antitrust issues concerned — he's written to the companies to tell them that their union would warrant "close scrutiny."

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Tesla Wants Out Of Investor Suit Over Its Self-Driving Goals

By Emilie Ruscoe

Automaker Tesla Inc. seeks to shed a proposed investor class action alleging the company overstated its success developing autonomous driving technology, arguing that it had already defeated "nearly identical allegations" in a California federal court and before the Ninth Circuit.

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Hyundai, Kia Face Claims Over Defective Charging System

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group is facing a proposed class action in New Jersey federal court alleging it sold defective charging units and benefited financially from covering up the problems.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

NJ Co. Presses 3rd Circ. To Nix Hudson Tunnel Project PLA

By Tom Lotshaw

A New Jersey company has urged the Third Circuit to scrap a project labor agreement the Gateway Development Commission entered for the Hudson Tunnel Project, claiming the agreement unlawfully blocked it and its United Steelworkers employees from vying for a major segment of the project.

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Okla. Defines Entities Eligible For Development Tax Credits

By Zak Kostro

Oklahoma defined entities that are eligible to receive income tax credits for capital contributions to qualified economic development and infrastructure projects under a bill signed by the governor.

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LOGISTICS

Brief

Logistics Co. Strikes Deal To End Ex-Worker's Age Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

A logistics company wrapped up a suit Wednesday from a worker who said he was forced to retire in his 70s after his managers refused to train him in a new computer system and ignored his medical accommodation requests, according to a filing in North Carolina federal court.

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SUPPLY CHAIN

Commerce Opens Path For Canadian, Mexican Metal Tariff Cut

By Jack McLoone

Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum producers that commit to expanding their U.S. domestic production capacity and provide the goods to U.S. automotive manufacturers can apply to have the 50% tariff rate on the metals halved, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Wednesday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Draft Pleadings

Most law school graduates step into their first jobs without ever having drafted a complaint, answer, motion or other type of pleading, but that gap can be closed by understanding the strategy embedded in every filing, writing with clarity and purpose, and seeking feedback at every step, says Eric Yakaitis at Haug Barron.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey: Where Do You Stand?

How is your work-life balance? Are you content with your compensation and opportunities for advancement at work? Take the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey and share your thoughts.

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Bar Complaint Calls Out EEOC Chair's Law Firm DEI Letters

By Grace Elletson

A legal advocacy group asked the Virginia State Bar to investigate whether U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas violated ethics rules by declining to investigate LGBTQ+ bias complaints and sending letters demanding information from law firms on their diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

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Analysis

Judge Albright Changed The Landscape Of Patent Litigation

By Dani Kass

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas became infamous in 2019 when he drew repeated chastising from the Federal Circuit for hoarding patent cases, but in the wake of his plans to step down, attorneys say the judge's biggest legacy has become his efficient, common sense approach to litigation.

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'Cheap' Judge OKs $19.5M Snap Deal Fees But 'No Bentleys'

By Craig Clough

After warning counsel who negotiated a $65 million securities settlement with Snap that he is "notoriously cheap," and in a tentative order gave a "haircut" to their $19.5 million fee request, a California federal judge talked himself out of the trim at a hearing Thursday but quipped, "No Bentleys."

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Paul Clement, Abbe Lowell To Argue For Firms In EO Appeals

By Lauren Berg

Four BigLaw firms and a national security attorney informed the D.C. Circuit on Thursday that heavyweight litigators Paul D. Clement of Clement & Murphy PLLC and Abbe David Lowell of Lowell & Associates PLLC will present their arguments against the Trump administration's appeal seeking to reinstate executive orders that were deemed unconstitutional.

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Another 'Inventing Anna' Attorney Gets Disbarred

By Emily Sawicki

A New York state appeals court has accepted the resignation of a New York City attorney amid a misconduct investigation, reportedly leaving high-profile socialite scammer Anna Sorokin without legal counsel while facing fee claims from her former lawyer, according to a Thursday notice by opposing counsel.

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DOJ Watchdog To Review Handling Of Epstein Files

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Department of Justice watchdog announced Thursday that it will be reviewing the department's release of the Epstein files after much bipartisan pushback that it has been slow and error-ridden.

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Ex-DA's Defamation Claims Tied To Menendez Work Risk Toss

By Rae Ann Varona

A Los Angeles County prosecutor-turned-public defender fought uphill Thursday to pursue defamation claims against a former colleague who criticized her advocacy for the release of Erik and Lyle Menendez, with a California state court judge saying that alleged comments like calling the attorney a "quisling" — or traitor — were nonactionable opinions.

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ICE Courthouse Arrest Policy Faces New Stay Bid After Error

By Adrian Cruz

Civil rights groups suing the U.S. government to block immigration courthouse arrests asked a New York federal judge to stay the enforcement of the arrest policy, arguing that government attorneys have retracted their original position on the legality of the arrests.

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Immigration Board Says Judge Glossed Over Inconsistencies

By Tom Lotshaw

An immigration judge failed to address and explain inconsistencies before finding a Cameroonian man credible and granting him withholding of removal protection, the Board of Immigration Appeals said in a decision designated as precedential.

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Ex-EEOC Official Accuses Agency Of 'Ironic' LGBTQ+ Bias

By Hailey Konnath

A former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission director sued the agency in California federal court Thursday, alleging it forced him, a queer and transgender man, to participate in the "erasure" of LGBTQ+ individuals, a move his attorney called "ironic" for the agency tasked with upholding antidiscrimination laws.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

APC

African Communities Together

Airlines Reporting Corp.

American Airlines Group Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union

Apple Inc.

Delta Air Lines Inc.

Deutsche Bahn AG

DoorDash Inc.

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

FCA US LLC

Frontier Airlines Inc.

Hyundai Motor Co.

Kwik Trip Inc.

LCI Industries

Learning Resources Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc.

Line 5 LLC

Make the Road New York

National Wildlife Federation

New York Civil Liberties Union

OnStar LLC

PSA Airlines Inc.

Patrick Industries Inc.

RELX PLC

Snap Inc.

Tesla Inc.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

Toronto-Dominion Bank

Uber Technologies Inc.

United Steelworkers

Virginia State Bar

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Baker Botts

Bienert Katzman

Bird Marella

Bracewell LLP

Bradley Grombacher

Cafferty Clobes

Casey Gerry

Childers Schlueter

Clement & Murphy

Connell Foley

Cooley LLP

Cotchett Pitre

DiCello Levitt

Dickinson Wright

Emery Celli

FBT Gibbons

Farrar & Ball

Fish & Richardson

FordHarrison

Fox Rothschild

Gersowitz Libo

Gibson Dunn

Girard Sharp

Haug Barron Law Group

Hecker Fink

Hogan Lovells

Jenner & Block

Kantrowitz Goldhamer

Kaster & Lynch

Kaster Lynch

Katz Banks

Keller Rohrback

Kenneth S. Nugent PC

King & Spalding

Klein Thomas

Kopelowitz Ostrow

Koskoff Koskoff

Kreindler & Kreindler

Labaton Keller

Lehotsky Keller

Levi & Korsinsky

Levin Law PA

Lowell & Associates

Lynch Carpenter

Matthew G. Miller PC

McElroy Deutsch

McKool Smith

McLaughlin & Stern

Meshbesher & Spence

Miller Barondess

Morgan & Morgan PA

Morgan Lewis

Motley Rice

Munger Tolles

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Pomerantz LLP

Quinn Emanuel

Robbins Geller

Saxena White

Scheef & Stone

Scott&Scott

Shegerian & Associates

Soule & Stull

Squitieri & Fearon

Steptoe LLP

Stonebarger Law

Stueve Siegel

Susman Godfrey

Troutman

Tycko & Zavareei

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Young Williams

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

City of New York

Clayton County, Georgia

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Executive Office of the President

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Judicial Conference of the United States

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Transportation Safety Board

New York State Unified Court System

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

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

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 Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

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 Northern District of Georgia

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado