Florida and 22 other GOP-leaning states have urged the D.C. Circuit to uphold the U.S. Department of Transportation's new restrictions on commercial drivers' licenses for foreign truckers, saying motorists and highways must be protected from threats posed by large commercial vehicles driven by unqualified truckers.
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Red States Back DOT In DC Circ. Immigrant Driver Rule Fight

By Linda Chiem

Florida and 22 other GOP-leaning states have urged the D.C. Circuit to uphold the U.S. Department of Transportation's new restrictions on commercial drivers' licenses for foreign truckers, saying motorists and highways must be protected from threats posed by large commercial vehicles driven by unqualified truckers.

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Ford Can't Ditch Bulk Of F-150 Oil Guzzling Defect Suit

By Mike Curley

A Michigan federal judge won't let Ford Motor Co. escape a proposed class action alleging its F-150 vehicles shipped with an engine defect causing excessive oil consumption, finding there is enough evidence to show that Ford was aware of the defect and failed to disclose it to buyers.

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Swiss Airline Hid Plane's Risks, Families Of Crash Victims Say

By Rachel Konieczny

The families of six passengers killed in a July 2024 plane crash in Wyoming alleged that the single-engine aircraft's manufacturer and related companies masked the plane's hazardous aerodynamic characteristics to obtain Federal Aviation Administration certification, according to a lawsuit in Colorado state court.

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AVIATION

Brief

Ex-Girardi Atty Says Probation's Enough For Role In Theft

By Lauraann Wood

A former Girardi Keese attorney argued Thursday that probation would be a sufficient punishment for his admitted role in helping once-celebrated plaintiffs' attorney Tom Girardi steal millions of settlement dollars from clients whose family members died in a plane crash.

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AUTOMOTIVE

Judge Orders 2 Joint Trials In NC Auto Parts Co. Wage Fight

By Benjamin Morse

Two pairs of auto parts workers will try claims over unpaid off-the-clock work together, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting the manufacturer's bid to force 11 workers to pursue separate trials.

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SUPPLY CHAIN

Trade Court Finds Bridgestone's Thai Tire Duties Justified

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Commerce correctly identified various shortcomings in Bridgestone's compliance during an antidumping duty administrative review for imported bus and truck tires from Thailand, according to a U.S. Court of International Trade opinion rejecting the company's challenge.

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LOGISTICS

RTX Contractor's Defenses Trimmed In $1.8M Contract Case

By Madeline Lyskawa

A Connecticut state judge dismissed most of consulting firm Delaware North America LLC's counterclaims against its subcontractor as unripe in litigation accusing the firm of failing to pay $1.8 million for out-of-scope data extraction work completed under an IT services contract with RTX Corp.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

After Wash. Ruling, Paid Claim May Not End Bad Faith Risk

In Labeaume v. First National Insurance, a Washington appeals court recently held that the insurer's benefit payment did not preclude the plaintiff's Insurance Fair Conduct Act claim, expanding the scope of the act's cure provision and making claim documentation even more significant, says Rishabh Agny at Clyde & Co.

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Series

Being A Singer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Before law school, I spent seven years trying to make it as a professional singer in Los Angeles, and nearly everything I learned about preparation, humility, confidence and more has followed me into my legal practice, says Jessica Caterina at Moses & Singer.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Simpson Thacher Warned Co. About Deal Terms, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A retired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner who handled the fundraising vehicle alleged to have destroyed Patriot National Inc. told a Florida jury Thursday that he flagged deal terms that later became detrimental to the insurance services company.

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ABA Rips DOJ's 'Absurd' Firm Subpoenas In Documents Fight

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association has blasted as "absurd" the government's move to subpoena law firms as an attempt to avoid a documents request from the organization amid allegations the Trump administration worked to intimidate law firms into conforming with his policy goals through executive orders last year.

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Judge's Deportation Probe 'Off The Rails,' DOJ Tells DC Circ.

By Britain Eakin

The Trump administration urged the full D.C. Circuit to either order U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to terminate his criminal contempt inquiry into the administration's Alien Enemies Act removals last year, or order him to forgo live testimony in the probe.

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Jack Smith's Lawyers Say Criminal Referral Twists Testimony

By Courtney Bublé

Former special counsel Jack Smith's legal team has said the criminal referral a U.S. Congress member sent the Department of Justice to investigate Smith is based on a "spurious claim."

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500-Member NYC Public Defender Union Ends Strike

By Andrea Keckley

The first and so far only New York City public defender union to go on strike this year announced on Wednesday that its approximately 500 members are returning to work after reaching a tentative agreement with their managers.

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Patent Atty Sues USPTO Over 'Flawed' Disciplinary Procedure

By Hailey Konnath

An Ohio patent lawyer Thursday accused the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of using an unlawful "pay for play" system for its disciplinary proceedings against attorneys, claiming the disciplinary proceedings are "inherently biased" and rigged against him and others facing discipline.

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Senate Confirms 2 Judges, Advances Ohio And Colo. Picks

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate on Thursday voted 48-47 to confirm Judge Daniel Traynor of the District of North Dakota to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and 49-44 to confirm Antonio M. Pozos, a partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, as a judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Federation of Teachers

Bridgestone Corp.

Brooklyn Defender Services

Center for Family Representation Inc.

Ford Motor Co.

GKN PLC

Instagram Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

Patriot National Inc.

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd.

Public Citizen Inc.

RTX Corp.

The Bronx Defenders

UBS Group AG

United Auto Workers

V2X Inc.

Vertex Aerospace LLC

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Archer & Greiner

Baron & Herskowitz

Bowman & Brooke

Brennan Manna

Burns Charest

Carlton Fields

Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP

Clyde & Co

Cohen Milstein

Conrad & Scherer

Covington & Burling

Crowell & Moring

Day Pitney

Edelson PC

Epstein Becker

Faegre Drinker

Finn Dixon

Girardi & Keese

Handley Farah

Katzman Lampert

Kelley Drye

Klein Thomas

Law Offices of Gilda A. Hernandez

Matthew G. Miller PC

Mayer Brown

McCabe & Ali

Moses & Singer

Ogletree Deakins

Pacifica Law Group

Sauder Schelkopf

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Stearns Weaver

Stoll PLLC

Susman Godfrey

Williams & Connolly

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Executive Office of the President

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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 Eastern District of Michigan

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio