Justices Adopt Broad Reading Of Cuba Expropriation Law

By Caroline Simson

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday adopted a broad view of a federal law allowing U.S. victims of property seizures by the Cuban government to seek damages, vacating an Eleventh Circuit opinion that overturned a $440 million judgment against several cruise companies for trafficking in property seized by the Cuban government.

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Analysis

How Exxon Attys Beat A 10-Year-Old Securities Class Action

By Spencer Brewer

This month, Exxon Mobil's defense team helped deliver a clean sweep victory for the energy giant when a federal jury in Texas found the company did not lie to investors about the profitability of some operations.

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SEC Gets Win In $112M Royal Bengal Ponzi Suit

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge handed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a win Thursday after finding that a criminal conviction against a moving company owner over a $112 million Ponzi scheme was enough to end the related civil suit in the agency's favor.

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Justices Back IAM Pension Fund In Withdrawal Liability Battle

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that multiemployer pension plan actuaries can retroactively change assumptions underlying their withdrawal liability calculations, rejecting employers' argument for time restrictions on the methodology underpinning penalties for pulling out of a pension fund.

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Avis To Pay $1.8M To End Managers' Overtime Suit

By Benjamin Morse

Car rental company Avis agreed to pay $1.79 million to settle a collective action claiming it misclassified operations managers as overtime-exempt and failed to pay them for hours worked over 40 in a week, according to a filing in New Jersey federal court.

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Magna Unit Sues Mich. Firm Over $11M Ford Program Assets

By Melanie Dorsey

A division of Magna International Inc. has sued a Michigan automation company in federal court, accusing it of wrongfully holding more than $11 million in manufacturing assets, including dozens of industrial robots, after the cancellation of a Ford Motor Co. vehicle program.

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Train Service Co. Can't Escape Safety Patent Suit

By Elliot Weld

Train service solutions provider Piper Networks has been denied a chance to exit an infringement lawsuit in New York federal court that Metrom Rail LLC brought over its train safety patents, with a judge finding the suit gave Piper proper notice of the infringement claims.

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Del. Jury Awards AI Co. $23M In Trade Secret Case

By Adam Lidgett

A Delaware state jury has awarded artificial intelligence software developer C3.ai $23.3 million in its suit accusing engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. of misappropriating its trade secrets.

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Industrial Services Co. Warrior Technologies Hits Ch. 11

By Alex Wittenberg

Warrior Technologies, a company that provides oilfield and trucking services, filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas bankruptcy court on Thursday with about $38 million in secured debt, blaming its distress on a rise in fuel and insurance costs.

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Logistics Co. Escapes OT Suit After Sole Plaintiff Withdraws

By MJ Koo

A logistics company defeated a proposed collective action alleging it failed to pay minimum wage and overtime after the suit's only named plaintiff withdrew for personal reasons, leaving the federal court without jurisdiction to proceed, a North Carolina judge ruled.

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FERC Proposes Broader Fast Track For Gas Pipeline Work

By Keith Goldberg

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday proposed to overhaul regulations approving gas pipeline construction activities without case-specific authorizations, which the agency claims will speed up the permitting and construction of gas infrastructure projects.

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Insurers Convince Ga. Panel To Toss Personal Injury Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia appellate panel struck down a lower court decision that let a woman injured in a hit-and-run proceed with her lawsuit against State Farm and Geico, finding her insurance policy didn't entitle her to uninsured motorist coverage.

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North Dakota, US Look To Vacate $28M Pipeline Order

By Crystal Owens

The United States and North Dakota are seeking to vacate a judgment that awarded the state $28 million in damages over the federal government's failure to control Dakota Access Pipeline protesters after nearly a year of settlement negotiations.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: May Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings from cases involving allegations of Title VII violations, the Employment Retirement Income Security Act, prison dental care violations and overcharging for PACER access.

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Series

NY Times Word Puzzles Make Me A Better Lawyer

Every morning I let The New York Times humble me with word games, which offer a chance to recalibrate my brain before the day's chaos arrives and remind me that a solution — whether to a puzzle or employment law issue — almost always exists once I find the right angle, says Amy Epstein Gluck at Pierson Ferdinand.

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Analysis

BigLaw Deals Scandal Puts Boston Back On White Collar Map

By Chris Villani

A sweeping insider trading case involving information stolen from BigLaw firms shows a return to bread-and-butter white collar enforcement for Boston federal prosecutors and provides a morale lift in an office that has seen shifting priorities and staff turnover since the signature "Varsity Blues" takedown in 2019, veteran prosecutors told Law360.

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Goldstein Taps Ex-SG Prelogar Before Sentence, Likely Appeal

By Jeff Overley

One of the nation's most accomplished oral advocates, Tom Goldstein, revealed Thursday he has retained another of the nation's most accomplished oral advocates, Elizabeth Prelogar, ahead of his sentencing and likely appeal in a criminal tax case that has captivated the appellate bar.

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Immigration Judges' 'Anxiety' Dialed Up Amid Mass Exodus

By Emma Cueto

Current and former immigration judges spoke on a web panel Thursday about threats to the independence of immigration judges and the strains on the immigration system, such as a massive backlog of cases at a time when many judges have been pushed out or fired.

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PBM Swaps Cravath For WilmerHale In Price-Fixing Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

Pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics LLC has replaced counsel Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP with WilmerHale and another firm in an antitrust case in Michigan federal court brought by the state's attorney general.

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Bush-Appointed Missouri Judge To Take Senior Status

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. District Judge David Gregory Kays of the Western District of Missouri will take semi-retired status in May 2027, according to an update from the federal judiciary on Thursday.

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Feature

5 Podcasts To Keep IP Attys Entertained And Informed

By Theresa Schliep

Whether intellectual property attorneys are hitting the road for a family trip or kicking their feet up at home, podcasts about legal news can offer an easy way for them to stay in the know while (hopefully) not working this Memorial Day weekend.

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