Archer, Joby Spar Over Claims In Battle To Gain Air Taxi Edge

By Linda Chiem

Archer Aviation has told a federal court that rival electric air-taxi company Joby Aviation cannot ditch counterclaims alleging Joby concealed its China-based sourcing and misclassified imports to evade tariffs, while Joby accuses Archer of riding its coattails and trying to reframe the narrative around its own shady dealings.

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DOT Releases $4.7B To Aid Upgrades At Penn, Union Stations

By Nate Beck

The U.S. Department of Transportation said Monday it will invest $4.7 billion into rail improvement projects in Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, including rehabilitations for New York's Penn Station and Washington, D.C.'s Union Station.

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Insurer Says Firm Owes $2.2M For Botched Representation

By Hope Patti

A Wisconsin-based insurer has sued the law firm it hired to defend an auto policyholder in a crash suit, telling a California federal court that the firm's inadequate representation has cost it more than $2.2 million.

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Scooter Rental Company Can't Escape SEC Fraud Suit

By Sydney Price

A Florida federal judge denied scooter rental company Go X's bid to dismiss a suit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging it misled hundreds of investors to raise $4 million, finding the agency has adequately alleged the company's investment program offered scooters as unregistered securities.

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Ukraine Co. Brings $5M Drone Award To NY For Enforcement

By Joyce Hanson

A Ukrainian company has urged a New York federal court to enforce an approximately $5 million arbitral award it won against a U.S.-based safety supply company for partly reneging on an $84.5 million contract to provide shipments of drones.

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Ex-Tesla Worker Tells 9th Circ. That Arbitration Was Flawed

By Vin Gurrieri

A Black former Tesla employee told a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday that the company's win in arbitration over his race discrimination claims shouldn't stand because the process was administered improperly, while the electric vehicle company countered that the arbitrator was well within her authority.

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Drivers Drop Stellantis Door Panel Defect Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

A Michigan federal judge has dismissed a putative class action accusing Stellantis of selling certain Dodge Chargers and Chrysler 300 vehicles with interior door panels prone to warping, after the car company and its customers stipulated to end the case following earlier rulings that had narrowed the claims to a single cause of action. 

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USTR Says Mexican Auto, Steel Tariffs Will Remain, Per Report

By Jack McLoone

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Mexican business leaders that tariffs on the automotive and steel sectors will not be eliminated as part of renegotiations of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, according to a news report Tuesday.

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Chicago Transit Authority Seeks To Block Refreeze Of $3B

By Celeste Bott

Chicago's transit agency has asked a federal judge to convert his recent temporary restraining order to a preliminary injunction that would block the Trump administration from refreezing $3 billion in funding for city train line upgrades while its lawsuit plays out, saying while work on the projects has been allowed to continue with the TRO, "that peace is fragile."

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Pan Am Games Bus Contractor Says Arbitration Is Unfair

By Caroline Simson

A Peruvian consortium that provided ground transportation services for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, has filed an emergency petition asking a New York federal court to halt its $17 million arbitration with a United Nations entity, saying the tribunal is actively preventing the consortium from presenting its case.

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DC Circ. Won't Ax US Bid To Seize Iranian Oil From 2 Tankers

By Madeline Lyskawa

The D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday that the U.S. can proceed with seizing more than 700,000 barrels of crude oil from two tankers linked to Iran's state oil company, rejecting a Turkish company's attempt to assert ownership over the oil. 

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NJ Panel Rejects Arbitration In Wrongful Death Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

A staffing company and New Jersey's public transportation provider must face in court claims they negligently caused a vehicle crash that killed a woman, a state appeals court ruled, saying there isn't proper evidence to support the claim the woman signed an arbitration clause.

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11th Circ. Mulls Septic Permit Ban In Fla. Manatee Dispute

By Kelcey Caulder

The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday considered vacating an injunction requiring Florida environmental regulators to temporarily stop issuing new septic tank permits over concerns for the well-being of manatees, with one judge appearing concerned that the ban didn't do enough to address pollution.

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Chevron's $52M Iran Oil Loss Not Covered, Insurers Say

By Hope Patti

Primary insurers for Chevron urged a California federal court to find that they owe no coverage for nearly $52 million worth of crude oil that was taken by the Iranian government in March 2024, saying their combined marine cargo and war risks policy does not cover losses caused by confiscation.

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Plug Power Gets Some Claims Snipped From Investor Suit

By Katryna Perera

A Delaware federal judge has trimmed a shareholder suit against hydrogen fuel cell company Plug Power Inc., finding that statements about the company's revenue projections and one of its production facilities are inactionable.

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Latham, Loeb Guide AI Battery Co.'s $250M SPAC Merger

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Electra Vehicles Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence-driven battery technology that is represented by Latham & Watkins LLP, outlined Tuesday its plans to go public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company advised by Loeb & Loeb LLP, in a deal valued at more than $250 million.

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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On ESI Control

Several recent federal court decisions have perpetuated a split over what constitutes “control” of electronically stored information — with judges divided on whether the standard should turn on a party's legal right or practical ability to obtain the information, say attorneys at Sidley.

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Some Firms Break Lobbying Revenue Records Again

By Alison Knezevich

After raking in record-breaking federal lobbying revenue last year, several firms reported this week that they had their strongest quarter ever in the first three months of 2026, with practice leaders predicting another busy period ahead as midterms approach.

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Breyer Says 'Shadow Docket' Not A Top Court Power Grab

By Carolyn Muyskens

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Tuesday that the rise of the so-called shadow docket is a consequence of the post-COVID era and not a bid to usurp influence by the high court. 

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Sullivan & Cromwell Alerts SDNY To AI Errors In Ch. 15 Case

By Andrea Keckley

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP told a New York bankruptcy judge Saturday that an emergency motion it filed in Prince Global Holdings Ltd.'s Chapter 15 case contained several inaccurate citations and other errors, including what the firm described as artificial intelligence "hallucinations."

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Pillsbury Unlawfully Fired Pregnant Recruiter, Bias Suit Says

By Lauren Berg

The former Black female director for associate recruiting at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP says she was unlawfully fired just weeks after disclosing her high-risk pregnancy to her supervisor, according to her discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed Tuesday in Tennessee federal court.

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WDTX Judge Albright Stepping Down At End Of Summer

By Dani Kass

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright is resigning after nearly eight years presiding over cases in the Western District of Texas, Law360 confirmed Tuesday.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Argues ICE Case Reversal Backs Her Acquittal

By Craig Clough

Former state Judge Hannah Dugan asked a Wisconsin federal judge Tuesday to reconsider an order not to overturn her felony obstruction conviction for directing a defendant in her courtroom away from immigration agents, arguing the Fourth Circuit recently reversed a decision the trial court repeatedly relied upon.

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Warsh Rejects Claim He'd Be Trump's 'Sock Puppet' At Fed

By Jon Hill

Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh sought at his Tuesday confirmation hearing to rebut Democratic accusations that he would be a White House "sock puppet," distancing himself from President Donald Trump's calls for rate cuts and downplaying their significance.

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Copyright Head Touts 6,000 Registrations Of Human-AI Works

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Copyright Office has issued more than 6,000 registrations for works that incorporate artificial intelligence-generated materials and follow the agency's guidance for combined human-made and AI-created works, U.S. Copyright Office leader Shira Perlmutter said Tuesday.

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