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TOP NEWS

FAA Suggests $3.1M Boeing Fine For 2024 Door-Plug Blowout

By Hailey Konnath

The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed fining Boeing over $3.1 million for safety violations, including some related to the midair door-plug blowout on a 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines in 2024, according to an announcement made Friday.

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Uber Rider's Past Sex Conduct Off Limits In Sex Assault Trial

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California state judge overseeing a bellwether trial over sexual assault allegations against Uber warned attorneys for the ride hailing giant Friday that when it questions the plaintiff in coming days, it won't be allowed to elicit testimony about her other sexual activity unless her side "opens the door."

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John Deere Rival Won't Get Redo On Safeguards In FTC Case

By Emily Field

An Illinois federal court on Thursday refused a bid from a Deere & Co. competitor asking for reconsideration of an order denying a bid to block the distribution of confidential information produced during the Federal Trade Commission's right-to-repair investigation into the farming equipment company.

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EPA To Spike Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed repealing a 15-year-old program that requires power plants, fossil fuel and natural gas suppliers, and other facilities to report their greenhouse gas emissions, which the EPA said would save companies money.

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Trump Admin Asks Justices To Shut Down Climate Torts

By Keith Goldberg

The Trump administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to put an end to climate change lawsuits brought by state and local governments against fossil fuel companies, arguing that such suits are barred by both the U.S. Constitution and Clean Air Act.

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Split 9th Circ. Backs Cert. Denial In Progressive Car Value Suit

By Hope Patti

A split Ninth Circuit panel on Friday upheld a lower court's refusal to certify a class of Progressive policyholders in a suit over adjustments the insurer makes when calculating the actual cash value of a totaled vehicle, finding that individual questions predominate over common ones.

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SUPPLY CHAIN

Saudi Blockade Leads To $100M Award To Qatar Pharma Co.

By Caroline Simson

A Qatari pharmaceutical distributor and its chairman were awarded nearly $100 million in arbitration against Saudi Arabia after its business in the country was left "in shambles" due to a 2017 anti-terrorism blockade, though annulment proceedings in England remain ongoing, according to a newly removed lawsuit.

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MARITIME

French Court Rejects Russian Businesswoman's $100M Claim

By Joyce Hanson

A French appeals court has refused to revive a Russian businesswoman's $100 million claim against Kuwait after she was sentenced to more than two decades of hard labor in the Persian Gulf country for purportedly embezzling public funds.

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TRUCKING

Heavy Equipment Seller Hits Ch. 11 With $100M Of Debt

By Vince Sullivan

Construction equipment seller and rental company Worldwide Machinery Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas late Thursday, saying it has at least $100 million of debt in its initial court filings.

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Wabtec Wants Caterpillar Unit's Antitrust Claims Axed Again

By Nadia Dreid

Caterpillar subsidiary Progress Rail is trying "yet again" to "turn what are, at most, contract disputes into an antitrust lawsuit" after its claims against rail giant Wabtec over its 2019 merger with General Electric's transportation unit failed the first time around, a Delaware federal court has been told.

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LOGISTICS

Conn. Supreme Court Snapshot: Amazon Wages Top Sept.

By Aaron Keller

A wage and hour dispute between Amazon and its Connecticut warehouse workers is the top corporate dispute on the Connecticut Supreme Court's September docket after the justices agreed to answer a certified question over whether state law requires the retailer to pay employees undergoing security screenings.

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DOJ Says States Can't Reverse Grant Cuts In OMB Reg Fight

By Tom Lotshaw

The Trump administration urged a Massachusetts federal judge to throw out a suit brought by a score of states accusing it of misinterpreting an Office of Management and Budget regulation to slash thousands of grants, arguing they must seek relief in another forum.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Stewart Issues New Slate Of Discretionary Denials

By Dani Kass

Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart rejected 18 petitions for Patent Trial and Appeal Board review based on discretionary factors on Friday, but didn't introduce new elements to her analysis.

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INSURANCE

Assurant Rival Seeks Toss Of 'Scant' Racketeering Claims

By Chart Riggall

A former salesman for auto warranty underwriter Assurant called on a federal judge Thursday to release him from the company's suit alleging he hatched a conspiracy to poach clients and steal records, arguing his old employer had blown up a "garden-variety business dispute" into a bogus racketeering claim.

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ENERGY

Feds Back Chevron And Exxon In High Court Pollution Case

By Keith Goldberg

The Trump administration has backed Chevron and Exxon's U.S. Supreme Court bid to overturn a ruling that Louisiana courts should hear pollution lawsuits stemming from the companies' World War II-era oil production, saying their work clearly puts the litigation in federal court.

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DEALS

4 Companies Led By 4 Firms Ride IPO Wave, Raising $1.9B

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Four companies across wide-ranging industries — including an engineering firm, a transportation tech startup, a cryptocurrency exchange and a coffee chain — began trading Friday after raising a cumulative roughly $1.9 billion in their initial public offerings, capping off the year's busiest week for new listings.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Agentic AI Puts A New Twist On Attorney Ethics Obligations

As lawyers increasingly use autonomous artificial intelligence agents, disciplinary authorities must decide whether attorney responsibility for an AI-caused legal ethics violation is personal or supervisory, and firms must enact strong policies regarding agentic AI use and supervision, says Grace Wynn at HWG.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Analysis

When The Supreme Court Says Using Race Is OK

By Marco Poggio

The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing government agencies to expressly use race in furthering their immigration enforcement goals, while prohibiting the use of race as even one of the factors to consider in college admissions. Some legal scholars see a double standard.

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Quinn Emanuel's $30M Fee Bid Flouts Ch. 11, Co. Says

By Julie Manganis

Israeli printed circuit maker Nano Dimension has told a Massachusetts federal judge that Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP can't claim a $30 million attorney's lien to make an "end run" around the bankruptcy of 3D printing company Desktop Metal, a former client that Nano acquired.

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Hagens Berman Doubles Down On AI-Tainted Brief Correction

By Adrian Cruz

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP said that the firm has an ethical duty to correct briefs tainted by artificial intelligence errors and that the corrected versions shouldn't be stricken from a proposed class action against online platform OnlyFans' parent company.

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Calif. Bill Blocking Fee Sharing With ABS Firms Heads To Gov.

By Emily Sawicki

A bill heading to California Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk is poised to tighten rules to restrict alternative business structure law firms from operating in the Golden State by blocking lawyers from sharing fees with out-of-state firms owned by non-lawyers.

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Analysis

Appeals Courts Rethink Harsh Youth Sentences, Search Rules

By Brandon Lowrey

State appellate courts across the country have issued major criminal law opinions this year, softening some of the harshest sentences for young defendants while shifting rules for searches and evidence collection.

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NYC Eviction Counsel Program Struggles To Meet Its Goals

By Andrea Keckley

More than half the households eligible for New York City's Right to Counsel program are not receiving legal representation in eviction cases, with representation rates for all households that appear in court peaking at just over half of tenants in 2022 before falling to roughly one-third of citywide tenants in 2024, according to a report.

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Analysis

New Guidance Hacks Away At Immigration Judges' Powers

By Britain Eakin

A steady stream of Board of Immigration Appeals decisions and Executive Office for Immigration Review memos, capped by recent guidance on handling constitutional claims, shows a Trump administration reining in immigration judges overseeing removal cases.

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Analysis

Mich. AG's Loss Spells Trouble For Other Fake Elector Cases

By Carolyn Muyskens

The dismissal of charges against Michigan Republicans who participated in the so-called fake elector plot after the 2020 presidential election shows that establishing intent could be a hurdle for prosecutors as they pursue similar cases in other states, legal experts said.

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'Tyrant' Indiana Judge Ousted Over Misconduct

By Lynn LaRowe

An Indiana superior court judge who "wielded his position of power like a tyrant" during his three years on the bench has been permanently barred from judicial service by the state's Supreme Court.

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Analysis

Fresh Angles On Display In ERISA Summer Filing Uptick

By Kellie Mejdrich

Attorneys dealing with a rise in Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases are paying close attention to a handful of recent suits with allegations that put a twist on traditional benefits disputes. Here, Law360 looks at three cases with fresh angles that lawyers are keeping an eye on.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen former Master Chef presenter Gregg Wallace sue the BBC, Elon Musk's xAI take legal action against a staff engineer, and fashion mogul Kevin-Gerald Stanford file a fresh claim against Lion Capital-owned Klotho and EY amid a long-running All Saints share acquisition dispute.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

The federal government has accused Uber Technologies Inc. of discriminating against riders with disabilities, including individuals traveling with service animals or using stowable wheelchairs. Meanwhile, a new Law360 analysis shows that male lawyers still hold nearly three times as many equity partner roles as women do.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Kaplan Martin LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Second Circuit upheld an $83.3 million award against President Donald Trump for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019 in the wake of her sexual assault allegations, rejecting his claims of presidential immunity.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ABP Corp.

AECOM

AGCO Corp.

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

AXA SA

AXA XL Ltd.

Alliance Airlines

Allianz SE

Alphabet Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Electric Power Co. Inc.

American International Group Inc.

American Petroleum Institute Inc.

American Property Casualty Insurance Association

Amperex Technology Ltd.

Anthropic PBC

Apple Inc.

Arconic Corp.

Association of Equipment Manufacturers

Assurant Inc.

Belden Inc.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Inc.

Bouygues

Brennan Center for Justice

British Broadcasting Corp.

Business Roundtable

CNH Industrial NV

California Chamber of Commerce

Caspian Capital LP

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.

Chevron Corp.

Church's Chicken

CommScope Inc.

Consumer Attorneys of California

Consumer Watchdog

Corning Inc.

CosMX Battery Co. Ltd.

CureVac AG

Deere & Co.

Desktop Metal Inc.

Duke University

EchoStar Corp.

Empower Annuity Insurance Co. of America

Ernst & Young LLP

Exor NV

Exxon Mobil Corp.

FedEx Corp.

Fidelis Inc.

Fractus SA

GE Transportation LLC

General Electric Co.

Google LLC

Hargrove & Associates Inc.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

HgCapital LLP

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

ITC Ltd.

Illumina Inc.

Infinity Equity

Instagram Inc.

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

International Paper Co.

Investments Ltd.

Juniper Networks Inc.

Klein Tools Inc.

Kubota Corporation

Lambda Legal Defense & Educational Fund

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

Lion Capital LLP

MS Amlin PLC

McDonald's Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Miami Herald Media Co.

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.

Mitchell International Inc.

Munchkin Inc.

NVIDIA Corp.

Nasdaq Inc.

National Association of Manufacturers

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Ohio State University

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Pfizer Inc.

Phillips 66

Porsche

Progress Rail Services Corp.

RELX PLC

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Regents of the University of California

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Skyworks Solutions Inc.

Snap Inc.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc.

Stanford University

State Bar of California

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Stretto Inc.

Suncor Energy Inc.

Target Health Inc.

Tesla Inc.

The Boeing Co.

The Cynosure Group

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Legal Aid Society

Trader Joe's Co.

Twitter Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

UCLA School of Law

US Fidelis Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

University of California Davis

Via Transportation Inc.

Volkswagen AG

WSP Global Inc.

WSP Holdings Ltd.

Wabtec Corp.

Wellington Management Co. LLP

Xiaomi Corp.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Adams & Reese

Alston & Bird

Bailey & Glasser

Baker & Hostetler

Birketts LLP

Bullotta Law

CMS Cameron McKenna

Caplan Cobb

Capsticks Solicitors LLP

Carney Bates

Choate Hall

Clement & Murphy

Clyde & Co

Cotchett Pitre

Cozen O'Connor

Crowell & Moring

Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners

DLA Piper

Davis Polk

Dennis & Dennis

Dentons

Dorsey & Whitney

Duane Morris

Elarbee Thompson

Foote Mielke

Freeths LLP

FryeLaw

Gateley PLC

Geldards

Gibbons PC

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Greenberg Traurig

Gustafson Gluek

HWG LLP

Hagens Berman

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Holman Fenwick

JMW Solicitors LLP

Jacobson Phillips PLLC

Jones Day

Joseph & Hall

Kabat Chapman

Kean Miller

Keker Van Nest & Peters

Kennedys Law LLP

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kleinberg Kaplan

Kobre & Kim

Kurzban Kurzban

Latham & Watkins

Levin Simes

Lewis Silkin

Liskow & Lewis

Lofton & Lofton

Martin LLP

Mayer Brown

McGuireWoods

Mishcon de Reya

Morgan Lewis

Muckle LLP

Nabarro LLP

Nelson Mullins

Norton Rose

Osborne Clarke

Papetti Samuels

Paul Weiss

Potter Anderson

Powell Gilbert

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

Reynolds Porter

Richards Layton

Sanford Heisler

Schlichter Bogard

Shakespeare Martineau

Sheppard Mullin

Shoosmiths LLP

Sidley Austin

Singleton Schreiber

Skadden Arps

Squire Patton

Stephenson Harwood

Steptoe LLP

Stoel Rives

Stris & Maher

Susman Godfrey

Talbot Carmouche

Taylor & Ring

Taylor Wessing

Timoney Knox

Troutman

Trowers & Hamlins

Tycko & Zavareei

Voyles Vaiana

Wexler Boley

Wheeler Trigg

White & Case

Williams McCarthy

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Winstead PC

Yetter Coleman

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Supreme Court

Colorado Supreme Court

Companies House

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Trade Commission

Georgia Court of Appeals

Illinois Attorney General's Office

Illinois Supreme Court

Indiana Supreme Court

International Trade Commission

Interpol

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Michigan Supreme Court

Minnesota Attorney General's Office

National Transportation Safety Board

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Supreme Court

New York City Human Resources Administration

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Nevada

The Crown Prosecution Service

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

US Office of Management and Budget

United Nations