Delta Can't Toss Flyers' Windowless 'Window' Seat Fee Suit

By Lauren Berg

Delta Air Lines Inc. cannot shutter a proposed breach of contract class action brought by flyers who accuse it of charging premium fees for windowless seats that are misleadingly advertised as having windows, a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying their claims are not preempted by federal law.

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Boeing Blowout Plaintiffs Can't Restore Punitive Damages Ask

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge said Wednesday that he won't revisit a decision nixing a mother and son's bid for punitive damages in their negligence lawsuit against Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems over a 737 Max door plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight.

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Ford, EV Battery Co. Must Face Workers' Unpaid Wage Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

Ford Motor Co. and its electric vehicle battery joint venture must face a proposed class and collective action alleging unpaid wages after a Michigan federal judge ruled Wednesday that workers sufficiently alleged the automaker was their joint employer and that Michigan courts have jurisdiction over the venture.

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6th Circ. Backs UAW, Ford Win In Discrimination Suit

By Katherine Smith

The Sixth Circuit on Wednesday refused to revive a former Ford employee's lawsuit claiming that the United Auto Workers failed to properly represent him after he was wrongfully terminated, ruling that the claims he lodged against the company and the union are time barred.

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Skadden, Paul Hastings Guide Dronamics' $500M SPAC Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Paul Hastings LLP-advised autonomous aviation company Dronamics on Wednesday unveiled plans to go public by merging with special purpose acquisition company GP-Act III Acquisition Corp., led by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, in a deal that boasts an implied pro forma enterprise value of $500 million.

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Brief

SkyWest Union Latest To Oppose Spirit's Ch. 11 Data Sale

By Vince Sullivan

A union representing flight crew members for SkyWest Airlines has asked a New York bankruptcy court for permission to intervene in the Chapter 11 case of budget airline owner Spirit Aviation Holdings so that it can submit a statement opposing a sale of data to Google.

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CMA Seeks Views On £86M Sale Of Paragon Fleet Unit Deal

By Dawood Fakhir

The U.K.'s competition regulator on Wednesday launched a probe into a car hire company's £85.6 million ($115 million) acquisition of a specialist vehicle and fleet business to see whether the merger could substantially reduce competition.

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Driver Sues Pittsburgh Over Truck-Swallowing Sinkhole

By Matthew Santoni

A Texas truck driver whose vehicle was partly swallowed by a sinkhole in Pittsburgh has sued the city and the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority in Pennsylvania state court over injuries she sustained in the 2024 crash.

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Guo Daughter Says Ch. 11 Trustee Misreads Powers

By Hilary Russ

The daughter of Chinese exile Miles Guo said that the Chapter 11 trustee who controls her father's bankruptcy estate is conflating two separate sections of the Bankruptcy Code, and she again urged the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve an alleged circuit split and reverse orders that placed $23 million in yacht sale proceeds plus a $37 million escrow into her father's estate.

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Tribunal Largely Backs HMRC Ax Of Port Co.'s £57M Tax Break

By Kevin Pinner

The First-tier Tribunal erred in deciding that HM Revenue & Customs could not deny Liverpool's port operator tax allowances on £57.1 million ($76.9 million) spent building part of a deep-water container terminal, the Upper Tribunal found Wednesday.

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Chinese Bank Wants Out Of 'Far-Fetched' Boat Sinking Suit

By Jack McLoone

The New York arm of a Chinese bank told a D.C. federal court it should be removed from a "far-fetched" suit that claimed it was involved in an Iran-China conspiracy that resulted in Houthi rebels sinking a ship in the Red Sea.

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Riddell Beats Patent Infringement Suit Over Football Helmets

By Elliot Weld

NFL football helmet supplier Riddell Inc. has defeated a lawsuit in Illinois federal court that alleged two lines of its head protection gear infringed a patent covering technology on energy-dissipating helmets, after both sides stipulated that Riddell's products weren't infringing.

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NC Security Co. Not Covered For Transit Attacks, Insurer Says

By Hope Patti

A security contractor for a North Carolina city's transit system is not owed coverage for claims stemming from two fatal attacks and a debilitating assault, an insurer told a federal court, saying the company voided its 2025 policies by failing to disclose the incidents in its insurance renewal application.

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Opinion

The Invisible AI Danger That May Undermine Legal Profession

A public database tracking cases involving hallucinations generated by artificial intelligence recently surpassed 2,200 entries, but the bigger risk underlying attorneys’ use of such tools is that they will slowly surrender their judgment to AI and lose analytical skills, says Massachusetts District Court Associate Justice Brian Palmucci.

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Faegre Drinker Hires Morgan Lewis Tax Specialist In Philly

By Jack Rodgers

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP tax associate to join its Philadelphia office as a partner working on federal income tax and other tax matters, according to a Wednesday announcement.

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Controversial DOJ Civil Rights Division Leader Steps Down

By Alison Knezevich

Harmeet K. Dhillon, a U.S. Department of Justice official who instituted dramatic changes as leader of the Civil Rights Division, has stepped down from her role.

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Analysis

Racing Against Whistleblowers Could Cost Companies

By Phillip Bantz

The U.S. Department of Justice's new cash rewards program for tips on criminal fraud threatens to ramp up the pressure on companies to hurry internal investigations and quickly report suspected misconduct to the government before whistleblowers do, which could backfire in some cases, according to experts.

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Which GCs Sold Stock In Oct.? Chevron, Micron & More

By Sue Reisinger

If Halloween threw a scare into legal chiefs, it didn't keep them from selling company stock in October. Chevron's R. Hewitt Pate and United Therapeutics' Paul Mahon each sold nearly $10 million worth, while Michael Ray of Micron was a distant third with $5.88 million in sales last month.

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Maynard Nexsen Adds 9 Constangy Attys Across 3 States

By Christine DeRosa

Maynard Nexsen PC said Thursday the firm has added nine labor and employment attorneys from Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP, expanding its presence in New York, New Jersey and Missouri.

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Sullivan & Cromwell Brings On Weil Capital Markets Leader

By Isaac Monterose

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has hired the co-leader of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's capital markets team for a capital markets partner role in its New York City office, the firm announced Thursday.

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Toshiba, DTE Are Worlds Apart On Bond For $394M Judgment

By Melanie Dorsey

Toshiba Corp. urged a Michigan federal judge Thursday to limit its appeal bond to $37 million rather than the $549 million sought by two Michigan utilities, arguing that a state law capping appeal bonds should apply as the company challenges a $394 million judgment over a botched power plant overhaul.

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Trump's Hush Money Conviction Examined By Wary NY Panel

By Frank G. Runyeon

A New York State appellate court Thursday quizzed attorneys for President Donald Trump and state prosecutors over his hush-money conviction, exploring defense counsel's claims that the district attorney trespassed into federal jurisdiction by charging election violations and trampled on presidential immunity in a case "infected with multiple fatal errors."

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