Feds Say It's End Of The Line For NY, NJ Hudson Tunnel Suit

By Linda Chiem

The Trump administration has asked a Manhattan federal judge to dismiss New York and New Jersey's attempt to force the federal government to continue funneling payments for the ongoing $16 billion rehabilitation of aging commuter train tunnels under the Hudson River.

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Southwest Board Beats Suit In First Texas Corporate Law Test

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a derivative suit claiming that Southwest Airlines Co.'s board of directors breached their fiduciary duties by abandoning the airline's famous "Bags Fly Free" policy, ending a significant challenge to the state's new corporate reform law. 

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O'Toole Scrivo Fights DQ Bid Over Port Authority Leader Ties

By Jake Maher

McCarter & English LLP this week blasted a counsel disqualification motion from a former attorney suing for alleged discrimination as a "blatant and meritless" tactical move to interfere with its representation by the firm O'Toole Scrivo LLC over that firm's connection to the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

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Kenyan Firm's Boeing Crash Fee Dispute Largely Proceeds

By Jonathan Capriel

An Illinois law firm couldn't escape claims that it owes a Kenyan law firm upward of $1.5 million as part of a fee-sharing agreement stemming from a settlement with Boeing over the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash, with an Illinois federal judge refusing to call the oral agreement unenforceable.

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Norfolk Southern Secures Insurer Defense Over Worker Death

By Gianna Ferrarin

Nautilus Insurance Co. must defend Norfolk Southern Railway Co. in a state tort action over the death of a salvage worker, a New York federal judge ruled, finding the railroad giant presented sufficient evidence that the worker may have caused his own injury.

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11th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-JetBlue Worker's COVID Mask Suit

By Patrick Hoff

The Eleventh Circuit backed JetBlue's win in a lawsuit claiming the airline violated federal disability bias law when it refused to let a flight attendant work maskless during the COVID-19 pandemic, ruling that she waited too long to file a presuit charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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KKR Plugs $310M Into Partnership With Indian E-Bus Biz

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Private equity giant KKR on Wednesday unveiled a strategic partnership with Indian electric commercial vehicle maker PMI Electro Mobility Solutions Private Ltd. and Allfleet in which KKR will plug up to $310 million to help grow Allfleet's electric bus platform and advance PMI Electro's manufacturing capabilities.

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Mazda Sued Over Alleged Defects In Brake, Lane-Keep System

By Gina Kim

Mazda Motor Corp. has been hit with a potential class action in Virginia federal court alleging it failed to disclose and remedy braking and lane-keep assist defects in some of its CX-90 crossover SUVs that are prone to excessive deterioration, distracting braking sounds and unsafe steering behavior.

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LA Driver Used $2M COVID Loan For Crypto, DOJ Says

By Jonathan Capriel

A Los Angeles man who allegedly took $2 million from federal COVID-19-related relief programs and used the money to fund cryptocurrency trading now faces money laundering, wire fraud and bank fraud charges, according to a Department of Justice announcement issued Wednesday.

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AFSCME Unit, Pa. DOT Must Face Seniority Dispute

By Katherine Smith

An American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees unit and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation cannot escape an employee's lawsuit alleging that she was placed on unpaid leave during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic while less senior workers were able to continue working, a state appeals court ruled.

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Squires' Latest Order Grants 9 Patent Reviews, Spurns 6

By Theresa Schliep

A new bulk order from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director on America Invents Act patent challenges denied six petitions and granted nine others, bringing the total number of institution decisions he's made since October past 400.

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Duty Evasion Probe Eyes Steel Wheels Via Vietnam, Thailand

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Commerce has initiated investigations into steel wheels imported from Vietnam and Thailand to determine if they are circumventing U.S. countervailing and antidumping duties placed on those goods from China, according to a notice published Wednesday.

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Elliott Discloses 'Significant' Stake In Japanese Shipper Mitsui

By Al Barbarino

Activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management LP has disclosed that funds it advises have built a "significant" investment in Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.

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Carnival Can't Escape Child Slip And Fall Suit

By Mike Curley

A Florida federal judge denied Carnival Corp.'s attempt to throw out a suit alleging a child slipped and suffered a brain injury in the pool area of a cruise ship, agreeing Wednesday with a magistrate judge's finding that the company "misses the mark" with its arguments.

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Panama Misses Deadline In Canal Ports Dispute

By Corey Rothauser

Panama was accused Monday of failing to respond on time in an international arbitration over the cancellation of a concession to operate major ports at the Panama Canal, escalating a dispute over control of key global shipping infrastructure.

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Contractor Says Guatemala Appeal In $38M Suit Is Frivolous

By Joyce Hanson

A highway contractor has told a D.C. federal judge that Guatemala's "frivolous" appeal of her refusal to toss the company's suit to enforce a nearly $38 million arbitral award merely seeks to stall the proceedings.

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As Justices Mull Suncor, Cos. Face New Climate Suit Realities

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to hear Suncor Energy v. Boulder County — its first case analyzing the litigation impact of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rescission of its 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding — companies must consider new preemption questions surrounding climate lawsuits after the rescission, say attorneys at Hollingsworth.

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Law School's Missed Lessons: The Human Element

Law school teaches you to quickly apply intellect and logic when handling a legal issue, but every fact pattern also involves a person, making the ability to balance expertise with empathy critical to the growth of relationships with clients, colleagues and adversaries, says Rachel Adcox at Adcox Strategies.

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Alston & Bird Hires Derivatives Atty From K&L Gates

By Jack Rodgers

Alston & Bird LLP has hired a former K&L Gates LLP lawyer, who has joined its financial services group, the firm announced Thursday.

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Nomination For New DOJ Fraud Chief Heads To Senate Floor

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Colin McDonald for the new position of assistant attorney general for fraud was sent to the full Senate on Thursday, after the Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines to advance his nomination.

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McGuireWoods Gains Former Fried Frank IP Litigator In DC

By Jack Rodgers

McGuireWoods LLP announced Thursday it has hired an intellectual property litigator from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, which he moved to in 2022 alongside his wife.

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Insurance Co. Aflac's GC Pay Jumped To $5.9M In 2025

By Madison Arnold

The general counsel of Georgia-based insurance giant Aflac Inc. got a pay hike in 2025, taking home a total compensation of almost $6 million.

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Sitting Judges Take Stand Over Threats Growing 'Ordinary'

By Jake Maher

On the heels of an ethics opinion giving them wider latitude to speak publicly, sitting federal judges brought attention Thursday to the increasing threats against them and their family members, warning about the dangers of such threats becoming "ordinary."

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Judge Digs Into Counsel Over 'Astronomically High' Fee Bid

By Nadia Dreid

Attorneys who represented classes of people who say they received harassing phone calls from real estate agents in violation of federal telemarketing laws are asking for way too much of the $20 million settlement, according to the California federal judge who tore into them Wednesday.

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Ex-Judges Say Anthropic Case Doesn't Merit Court Deference

By Jared Foretek

Nearly 150 former judges are backing Anthropic's fight against its designation as a "supply chain risk" by the U.S. Department of Defense, telling the D.C. Circuit in an amicus brief that the judiciary shouldn't simply defer to the executive just because it invokes national security.

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