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John Morgan On Why Luck Matters More Than Most Admit

By Y. Peter Kang

John Morgan, founder of personal injury giant Morgan & Morgan PA, built the largest personal injury firm in the U.S., with 1,110 attorneys in 140 locations. In his new memoir, "Life Is Luck," the attorney who Forbes estimates has a net worth of $1.5 billion argues that success is about more than talent, intelligence or determination. It is also about recognizing opportunities, taking risks and capitalizing on fortunate breaks when they appear.

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Boeing Admits Liability, Seeks Appeal In 737 Door Plug Suit

By Ben Adlin

The Boeing Co. has acknowledged that a 737 Max jet manufactured in Renton, Washington, "was not reasonably safe in construction" when the plane left the aerospace giant's care — an oversight it said resulted in the blowout of the aircraft's door panel during a 2024 Alaska Airlines flight.

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Union Pacific Sees Jury's $1.7M Injury Award Wiped Out

By Mike Curley

A Texas appellate court on Tuesday vacated a $1.7 million injury verdict and ordered a new trial on damages for a Union Pacific Railroad Co. employee who says he was injured on the job, saying that while there is enough evidence to support the jury's findings on causation, the same can't be said about the damages.

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FedEx Hit With $3M Calif. Privacy Fine Over Ad Tracking

By Allison Grande

FedEx has agreed to pay nearly $3 million and overhaul certain data privacy controls to resolve the California Privacy Protection Agency's claims that the company shared website visitors' personal information with advertisers without telling the customers or giving them an opportunity to opt out of the disclosures, the agency announced Tuesday.

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Texas Appeals Court Leery Of Dismissing Fatal Crash Suit

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas appeals court seemed skeptical of dismissing a lawsuit alleging that a construction company that didn't place warning signs near a roadway construction site caused a fatal crash, suggesting Tuesday that the plaintiffs' failure to file a certificate of merit at first didn't doom the suit.

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House Dem Tells Agencies, Cos. To Preserve Trump Records

By Lauren Berg

A Democratic representative warned federal agencies and private companies, including The Boeing Co., Chevron Corp. and TikTok, that they must preserve all documents related to the House Committee on Natural Resources' investigations of the Trump administration, following whistleblower reports that materials have already been illegally destroyed.

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Parking Lot Operators Stuck With Fla. Suit Over DMV Records

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge ruled that parking lot operators must face a proposed class action brought by motorists who claimed the companies used license plate readers to obtain personal information and charge them fees, saying that violations of the Driver's Privacy Protection Act were sufficiently alleged.

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Unions Drop Fight Over Spirit Data Sale To Google

By MJ Koo

A flight attendants union said Tuesday that it and other unions have withdrawn their objections to Spirit Airlines' sale of former employees' data to Google in the airline's New York bankruptcy case, after securing new limits on the data included in the sale and safeguards for its de-identification.

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RV Parts Maker LCI Says Revised Monomoy Bid Isn't Superior

By Al Barbarino

LCI Industries said Tuesday it has rejected a second buyout offer from Monomoy Capital Partners, stating that the proposal is not superior to LCI's existing plan to create a $7.7 billion company through its combination with fellow RV parts maker Patrick Industries.

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CDK Nixes Tekion's Auto Dealer Software Monopoly Claims

By Matthew Perlman

A California federal court granted CDK Global LLC's request for summary judgment on Tuesday, tossing antitrust claims from rival auto dealership software provider Tekion Corp. after finding a lack of evidence showing CDK had monopoly power during the relevant time period.

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Ex-NASCAR Exec Says Discovery Shows He Stole No Secrets

By Nadia Dreid

The ex-competition director for one of NASCAR's biggest teams says he beats claims that he ran off to join the competition with his old employer's trade secrets in his pocket, telling a North Carolina federal court that Joe Gibbs Racing still can't show he ever shared anything he wasn't supposed to.

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Bombardier Says Free Fix Moots Boat Buyers' Losses

By Carolina Bolado

Canadian boat manufacturer Bombardier asked a Florida federal court Monday to dismiss a proposed class suit over an allegedly deceptive safety recall on a line of vessels, arguing that the plaintiffs' claimed economic losses were remedied by the free fix provided in the recall.

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Toyota Insurance Loses TRO Bid In Farmers Underwriting Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

A Delaware Chancery Court judge has denied Toyota Insurance's request to pause policy renewal letters slated to start rolling out this week from underwriter Farmers Insurance Exchange, saying the automaker waited too long before filing its contract breach suit against Farmers, and now there's insufficient time to craft a workable temporary restraining order.

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Wash. Appeals Court Cuts $87M Of Crash Verdict

By Danielle Ferguson

A Washington state appeals court on Tuesday cut a large portion of a $103 million judgment against insurer Nationwide over coverage for a car crash that killed three children, reversing awards based on what the court said was the inappropriate application of Ohio law and an unsuccessful Insurance Fair Conduct Act claim.  

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Blue Cross Appeals Denial Of Ford Health Benefits Discovery

By Susan Smiley

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has asked a federal judge to reconsider a magistrate judge's ruling that rebuffed its attempt to obtain discovery from Ford Motor Co. and rejected its requests for additional depositions in an antitrust lawsuit brought by the automaker.

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No 3rd Circ. Redo For Green Group Over Pa. Pipeline Permits

By Matthew Santoni

The Third Circuit won't grant an en banc rehearing to an environmental group's challenge to a pair of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. pipeline projects in Pennsylvania, after ruling in October that the state's permitting process wasn't deficient.

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Feds Swiped State Power For Calif. Pipeline, 9th Circ. Told

By Hailey Konnath

Environmental groups and the state of California have asked the Ninth Circuit to block the federal government's approval of a Texas company's restart plan for an oil pipeline system near Santa Barbara, arguing that regulation of the pipeline lies with the Golden State. 

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Planning Personal Phone Collections Before Discovery Begins

For counsel planning a personal phone collection as part of the litigation discovery process, it's important to take early steps to ensure that necessary information will be obtained without exposing unrelated information or running into access issues, says Jeremy Horowitz at MARA Forensics.

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How A Child Of Immigrants Defends Abrego Garcia

By Corey Rothauser

Hecker Fink attorney Jeffrey Then grew up translating English-language letters for customers at his Dominican immigrant family’s Bronx business. Decades later, he drew on that experience while defending Kilmar Abrego Garcia from federal human smuggling charges, becoming a lifeline for Abrego Garcia during his detention.

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Wachtell To Probe Nvidia CEO's Affair With Alleged China Spy

By Anna Scott Farrell and Sue Reisinger

Nvidia has hired Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz to lead an investigation into allegations that its founder and CEO had an affair with a business executive who U.S. intelligence believes is a Chinese spy, the artificial intelligence chipmaker said Tuesday.

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Grassley Defends Rush To Confirm Trump Judicial Picks

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday defended how quickly the committee is moving to confirm President Donald Trump's judicial picks before Democrats control the Senate.

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Trump Swaps Out Blocked 8th Circ. Nominee With Ark. Justice

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump on Tuesday withdrew his pick for the Eighth Circuit and replaced him with a different nominee amid apparent opposition from Arkansas' senators. 

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Girardi Estate's $54M Claim Put Behind Other Creditors

By Craig Clough

The trustees overseeing Tom Girardi's and his former law firm's bankruptcies struck a deal to put their claims against each other behind other approved general unsecured claims, according to a California bankruptcy court filing, with the firm's trustee saying neither estate is expected to collect on those claims.

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