D.C. Circuit judges on Tuesday questioned whether the U.S. Department of Transportation reasonably justified the safety rationale for new restrictions on commercial driver's licenses for foreign truckers or whether it disproportionately relied on individuals' immigration status to promulgate an "exclusionary" rule.
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DC Circ. Queries Feds On Immigrant Truck Driver Restrictions

By Linda Chiem

D.C. Circuit judges on Tuesday questioned whether the U.S. Department of Transportation reasonably justified the safety rationale for new restrictions on commercial driver's licenses for foreign truckers or whether it disproportionately relied on individuals' immigration status to promulgate an "exclusionary" rule.

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Hyundai Must Face Trimmed Claims On Braking System

By Emily Field

A California federal judge on Monday dismissed state unfair competition law claims from a proposed class action brought by Hyundai Tucson drivers who said the company equipped the cars with a defective automatic emergency braking system, but preserved warranty, fraud and unjust enrichment claims.

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Texas Court Tosses Suit Against Broker Over Colorado Wreck

By Y. Peter Kang

A Texas appeals court has dismissed claims against an Indiana freight broker accused of negligently hiring a trucking company whose driver allegedly caused a crash in Colorado, saying the incident was not sufficiently tied to the broker's Texas activities.

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F-150 Drivers Denied Class Cert. In Ford Transmission Suit

By Mike Curley

An Illinois federal judge has denied class certification to a group of Ford F-150 owners who allege Ford shipped vehicles with defective transmissions, finding their warranty claims are blocked by a class action waiver, and they failed to show there was a common defect among class vehicles.

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Uber Says MDL Bellwether Plaintiff Can't Show Reliance

By Mike Curley

Uber Technologies Inc. is urging a California federal judge to throw out claims in a bellwether suit from multidistrict litigation over sexual assaults of its passengers, saying the plaintiff here cannot show she relied on any of the company's representations or features on the night she was allegedly assaulted.

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AVIATION

AirBaltic Gets OK To Tap $162M In Ch. 11 Financing

By Rick Archer

A New York bankruptcy judge Tuesday gave Latvian carrier airBaltic permission to draw on nearly $162 million in Chapter 11 financing, overruling the objections of bondholders who argued they were facing loss of value of their collateral.

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SpaceX Sued By Pilot Over Starlink Internet Plan Price Hike

By Gina Kim

SpaceX was hit with a proposed class action in California state court Monday that alleges a "bait-and-switch" scheme in which it abruptly disabled Starlink's cheaper Roam satellite internet subscription plan and directed customers to buy more expensive plans to restore service, even while reducing the available data allowance.

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AUTOMOTIVE

Meta's Data Collection From DMV Is Invasive, Calif. Drivers Say

By Bonnie Eslinger

Golden State drivers seeking to certify two classes over claims that Meta unlawfully obtained information from the state Department of Motor Vehicles' website told a California federal judge Tuesday that they have standing to sue under the Driver's Privacy Protection Act because the collection was invasive, even if it wasn't embarrassing or sensitive.

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Brief

Auto Repair Co., Mechanic Settle Colo. OT Suit

By MJ Koo

A Colorado auto repair company and a former mechanic who alleged the business failed to pay any overtime despite workers regularly clocking more than 50 hours a week have reached a settlement that will end the case, federal court records showed.

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NYC Asks 2nd Circ. To Greenlight Uber, Lyft Deactivation Law

By Dorothy Atkins

New York City has urged the Second Circuit to lift an injunction blocking a municipal ordinance prohibiting Uber and Lyft from "deactivating" drivers without formal notice and investigation, arguing that the lower court wrongly found that the companies would likely win their contract claims.

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LOGISTICS

​​​​​​​Aftership Hit With Class Action Over Hidden 'Protection' Fees

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Aftership Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action accusing it of misleading consumers into believing pre-selected "Aftership Protection" fees added to online orders were mandatory shipping costs instead of optional add-ons that needed to be declined.

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Colo. Judge Certifies H-2A Workers' Overtime Suit

By Tom Lotshaw

A Colorado federal judge granted migrant workers' certification bid for a collective and class action alleging that KB Custom Ag Services LLC misclassified their jobs, failed to pay required overtime and breached their contracts.

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SUPPLY CHAIN

Justices Urged To Skip 3rd Circ. Arbitration Question

By Caroline Simson

A German claims aggregator on Monday pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to decline to review a Third Circuit decision dismissing on jurisdictional grounds a bid by litigation funder Burford Capital to arbitrate a dispute relating to German antitrust litigation.

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INSURANCE

Auto Parts Co. Fights Bifurcation Bid In $50M Coverage Trial

By Danielle Ferguson

An auto parts manufacturer urged a North Carolina federal court to reject an insurer's request to bifurcate an upcoming trial over claims the insurer improperly denied $50 million in coverage for COVID-19 pandemic-related losses, saying the allegations overlap too significantly to split the claims.

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11th Circ. Upholds AIG's $1.8M Yacht Fire Coverage Loss

By Hope Patti

An AIG unit cannot recoup $1.8 million from a dock builder and electrical subcontractor in connection with payments it made to a Florida policyholder whose yacht caught fire while plugged into a recently constructed dock, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed.

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TECHNOLOGY

OpenAI Wants To See Details Of SpaceXAI's Deal With Apple

By Craig Clough

OpenAI filed an emergency motion Tuesday in Texas federal court seeking the details of a settlement SpaceXAI inked this week with Apple over claims that Apple's deal to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone violated antitrust law, saying the terms of the deal may undermine the antitrust allegations SpaceXAI is still pursuing against OpenAI.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

How Trucking Cos. Can Tackle Risk From New DOJ Task Force

Trucking companies should audit their drivers’ credentials and address risk areas lest they attract the attention of the new Justice Department-led task force against the fraudulent licensing of immigrants as commercial truckers, which is turning former questions of administrative or regulatory noncompliance into matters for federal prosecution, say attorneys at RJO.

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A Lender's Guide To Fraud: Safeguarding Collateral

Recent bankruptcies illustrate that lenders should strengthen credit covenants, collateral field exams and third-party verification in order to detect double-pledging, fabricated assets and documentation fraud enabled by artificial intelligence before losses become unrecoverable, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How States' 'Perry Mason Moment' Led To $17B Meta Deal

By Dorothy Atkins

A recent landmark $17.1 billion settlement with Meta Platforms Inc. may have never happened if it weren't for a quick-thinking trial attorney and his close-knit team of lawyers representing 29 states, who worked together to swiftly shift strategies midtrial.

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Ashurst Perkins Aided $230M ICap Ponzi Scheme, Suit Claims

By Ben Adlin

Ashurst Perkins Coie pocketed millions of dollars in legal fees by providing services to clients it knew were operating a Ponzi scheme that ultimately swindled investors out of nearly $230 million, plaintiffs claimed in a Washington state lawsuit accusing the firm of aiding and abetting fraud.

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Trump Taps Ex-DOL Official To Serve As EEOC Top Cop

By Anne Cullen

The White House nominated a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorney who previously led the U.S. Department of Labor's contractor compliance arm to serve as the general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Washington Sen. Murray Vows To Block Trump US Atty Pick

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington is under fire from one of the home state senators who vowed to use every avenue possible to block him.

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Fla. Judge Won't Pause Trump-IRS Settlement Sanctions

By Jack McLoone

The Florida federal judge who barred President Donald Trump and others from citing a settlement resolving what she characterized as a sham $10 billion case against his own Internal Revenue Service won't pause her sanctions order while the president appeals to the Eleventh Circuit.

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4th Circ. Appears Split On Reviving Comey, James Indictments

By Jared Foretek

Partisan splits were apparent Tuesday on the Fourth Circuit panel hearing the Trump administration's challenge to a federal district judge's dismissal of the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, with two of the three judges appearing to agree an improper appointment doomed the cases.

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Brief

Calif. Judge Charged Over Fatal Crash With Bicyclist

By Craig Clough

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday that his office charged Kings County Superior Court Judge Kendra Weber with a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter, alleging she struck and killed a bicyclist.

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American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Federation of Teachers

American International Group Inc.

Apple Inc.

Burford Capital LLC

Dow Inc.

Ford Motor Co.

Hyundai Motor Co.

Instagram Inc.

Lyft Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Public Citizen Inc.

San Francisco Giants

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Uber Technologies Inc.

United Services Automobile Association

Universal Health Services Inc.

X Corp.

YouTube Inc.

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Ammons Law Firm

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Axinn

Billhorn Law Firm

Bowman & Brooke

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Brito PLLC

Brooks Pierce

Brown Goldstein

Brown Pruitt

Cantey Hanger

Carlson Law Firm PC

Carmichael Ellis

Carney Bates

Cleary Gottlieb

Cole Scott & Kissane

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Dawson Morton LLC

Dickinson & Gibbons

Dunn Isaacson

Fisher & Phillips

Furia Law

Gibson Dunn

Gordon Rees

Hausfeld LLP

Hogan Lovells

Kasowitz LLP

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Kirkland & Ellis

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Latham & Watkins

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Lynn Pinker

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Morgan Lewis

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O'Melveny & Myers

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Pacifica Law Group

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Robinson Bradshaw

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Skadden Arps

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Susman Godfrey

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California Supreme Court

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

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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 Delaware

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

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

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

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U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington