3 Attys Escape Ford's 'Retaliatory' Lemon Law RICO Suit

By Linda Chiem

A California federal judge has shut down Ford Motor Co.'s revised racketeering lawsuit accusing three attorneys affiliated with Knight Law Group LLP of orchestrating a massive fraudulent legal billing scheme, saying the attorneys' underlying conduct in pursuing lemon law litigation is shielded by First Amendment protections.

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Uber Argues It Doesn't Have Same Duty To Safety As Taxi Cos.

By Jonathan Capriel

Uber can't be held liable for the alleged sexual assault of a passenger by a North Carolina driver, the company told the California federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation over similar claims, arguing that it is a technology company and therefore doesn't have the same duty to ensure passenger safety as a taxi company.

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2nd Circ. Spurns DOT Bid To Re-Freeze Hudson Tunnel Funds

By Linda Chiem

The Second Circuit on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's bid to again freeze federal payments to New York and New Jersey for the ongoing $16 billion rehabilitation of aging commuter train tunnels under the Hudson River.

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Spirit Air Gets OK For $533M Baseline Bid In April Jet Auction

By Rick Archer

A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday gave bankrupt air carrier Spirit Airlines permission to put 20 of the 48 aircraft it owns on the auction block next month with a baseline bid set at more than half a billion dollars.

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Uber Must Fork Over Internal Docs In FTC Subscription Fight

By Dorothy Atkins

A California magistrate judge ordered Uber to produce numerous internal documents to the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday in litigation accusing the ride-share giant of enrolling consumers into its paid subscription service without consent, after the FTC accused the company of stonewalling discovery and producing only 72 documents totaling 179 pages.

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Texas Drone Defense Co. Says Execs Diverted IP To Rival

By José Luis Martínez

Dallas-area Delta Black Aerospace Inc. has accused its former executives and a minority shareholder company of orchestrating a scheme to divert intellectual property and licensing rights tied to military drone technology to a new startup.

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Airport Settles Suit Over Firm's 'Harmless Flirting' Ad

By Grace Elletson

An airport authority in Syracuse, New York, has agreed to settle a suit from an employment law firm claiming the authority violated the First Amendment when it rejected a billboard from the firm calling out companies that dismiss sexual harassment as "harmless flirting."

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Transportation Group Of The Year: WilmerHale

By Chris Villani

WilmerHale scored a win for Norfolk Southern in an $800 million investor suit and victories for Tesla in multiple cases, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Transportation Practice Groups of the Year.

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Archer Aviation Seeks ITC Probe Of Rival Joby's Air Taxis

By Jack McLoone

Electric air taxi company Archer Aviation accused rival Joby Aviation of using imported materials that infringe Archer's patents, asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate these claims while the companies also do battle in California federal court.

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Allstate Says Chiropractors Ran 'Personal Injury Mill'

By Gianna Ferrarin

Allstate told a Texas federal court in a lawsuit seeking at least $25.8 million that two chiropractors and their associated healthcare entities operated a racketeering enterprise to make money from automobile accident personal injury settlements.

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Fed. Circ. Lets Stand ZSPEC's Auto Hardware TM

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday backed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's denial of a bid from an automotive hardware and fastener company to cancel a competitor's trademark registration on the term "Dress Up Bolts."

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Calif. Wants Truck Cos., Feds' Clean Truck Pact Claims Nixed

By Bryan Koenig

California officials again asked a federal judge to gut key claims from heavy-duty truck manufacturers and the federal government challenging the 2023 deal in which the manufacturers agreed to stringent state emissions standards and stiff penalties for noncompliance in the coming years.

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Sidley Adds Cooley Corporate And Securities Pro In San Diego

By James Mills

Sidley Austin LLP continues expanding its California team, bringing in another Cooley LLP lawyer — this one a corporate and securities expert — as a partner in its San Diego office.

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Holyoak's US Attorney Nomination Advances

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Melissa Holyoak, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, to be U.S. attorney for the District of Utah was sent to the full Senate on Thursday.

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Bar Exam Pass Rates Increased In 2025, ABA Says

By Tracey Read

The pass rate for first-time takers who sat for the bar exam rose by more than a percentage point last year over 2024, according to statistics released by the American Bar Association.

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Calif. Bar Says Internal Docs Bolster Claims Against Exam Co.

By Emily Sawicki

The State Bar of California has bulked up its breach of contract and fraud suit against the administrator of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, filing an amended complaint in light of information it says it learned from internal communications unearthed amid discovery.

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Sheppard Welcomes Back Business Litigator In LA

By Christine DeRosa

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has rehired one of its former business litigators in Los Angeles following his stint as the legal leader of boutique family office Point Break Capital LLC.

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Democrats Seek Review Of Bondi's Role In Brother's Cases

By Alison Knezevich

Two Democratic lawmakers have asked the U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general to review whether Attorney General Pam Bondi "adequately recused herself" from cases involving clients represented by her brother Brad Bondi, who is a partner at Paul Hastings LLP.

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Colo. Lawyer Disbarred For Misusing Client Funds

By Emily Sawicki

A Colorado solo practitioner found to have mismanaged client funds, operated under unclear fee agreements and "ignored" reasonable inquiries from clients has been disbarred and ordered to pay back nearly $12,000 in restitution.

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4th Circ. Scolds Atty Suspected Of Using AI In Race Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

The Fourth Circuit has reprimanded an attorney suspected of using generative artificial intelligence to draft briefs in a race discrimination lawsuit against Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., warning that courts need to grapple with the technology as it "may soon become the norm."

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Colo. Law Firm Alleges Personal Injury Firm Owes It $120K

By Rachel Konieczny

A Fort Collins, Colorado, trial law firm alleged in state court that a Denver personal injury firm has not paid it $120,000 in fees the trial firm says it is owed for legal work it performed for the PI firm.

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