9th Circ. Says Malibu, Culver City Filed Air Traffic Suits Too Late

By Elaine Briseño

The Ninth Circuit on Monday rejected challenges from Malibu and Culver City of the Federal Aviation Administration's flight pattern adjustments in Southern California, saying the municipalities waited too long to challenge the 2016 air traffic revisions.

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Justices Pass On Challenge To $600M Norfolk Southern Deal

By Chart Riggall

The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a push Monday to reconsider objections to a $600 million class settlement between Norfolk Southern Corp. and residents affected by the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment after the deal was upheld by the Sixth Circuit late last year.

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Justices Reject Jurisdiction Row In PFAS Suit Against 3M

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fourth Circuit decision ruling that lawsuits against 3M Co. from state attorneys general over environmental contamination from forever chemicals belong in federal court.

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Trucking Group Defends $21M Atty Fee Bid In RI Tolls Fight

By Linda Chiem

The commercial trucking industry's lead trade group has argued it's entitled to $21 million in attorney fees as it staunchly objected to a Rhode Island federal magistrate judge's recommendation that its request be slashed to $2.7 million in long-running litigation over the state's truck tolling program.

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Calif. Jury Convicts 2 Women Of Stalking Off-Duty ICE Officer

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal jury convicted two women of felony stalking for following an off-duty U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officer home while live-streaming on social media, but cleared them of an additional charge and fully acquitted a third woman who claimed the officer hit her with his vehicle.

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Ill. Judge Won't Apply Mass. Law To Ethiopian Air Case

By Lauraann Wood

A federal judge handling consolidated litigation over Ethiopian Air Flight ET 302's crash said he will apply Illinois rather than Massachusetts law to a case nearing trial, allowing the plaintiffs to seek more compensatory damages.

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5th Circ. Hesitant To Pin Grandmother With Drug Smuggling

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit panel seemed wary of pinning an Oklahoma grandmother with a drug smuggling charge on top of an allegation of running a Ponzi scheme, asking Monday if failure to conduct due diligence is "all it takes to make them a drug conspirator."

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Undisclosed Witnesses Can Be Excluded, Florida Panel Says

By David Minsky

A Florida state appeals court upheld $8.25 million in damages awarded to the estate of a biker killed in a DUI collision, although a full judge panel certified a conflict regarding late-filed witness testimony after ruling that lower courts aren't required to consider whether such evidence harms opposing parties. 

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Norfolk Investors Seek Class Cert. In Rail Safety Claims Suit

By Katryna Perera

Investors suing Norfolk Southern and its top brass have asked a Georgia federal judge for class certification in a case alleging the railroad company made false claims about its safety culture and practices and deceived investors up until the fiery crash of one of the company's trains along the Ohio-Pennsylvania border in 2023.

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Rail Couplers From India Facing US Countervailing Duties

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce said Monday that certain rail couplers imported into the U.S. from India could be hit with countervailing duties after it found the goods were benefiting from foreign subsidies.

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FedEx Customers Seek Refunds For Passed-On Tariff Costs

By Jack McLoone

A proposed class action in Florida federal court looks to make sure FedEx refunds customers for the costs of tariffs the shipping giant passed on to them as the company looks to recoup its payments made under President Donald Trump's illegal tariff regime.

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Judge Delays Line 5 Pipeline Removal On Wis. Tribal Lands

By Crystal Owens

A Wisconsin federal judge paused a June 16 deadline requiring Enbridge Energy to shut down a portion of its Line 5 pipeline on Wisconsin tribal lands pending a Seventh Circuit decision, citing concern over energy prices, local economies and foreign relations with Canada.

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5 Different AI Systems Raise Distinct Privilege Issues

A New York federal court’s recent U.S. v. Heppner decision, holding that a defendant’s use of Claude was not privileged, only addressed one narrow artificial intelligence system, but lawyers must recognize that the spectrum of AI tools raises different confidentiality and privilege questions, says Heidi Nadel at HP.

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DOJ Nixes Plan To Drop Law Firm EO Appeals In About-Face

By Emma Cueto

A day after informing the D.C. Circuit that it would no longer seek to defend the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump against four law firms, the U.S. Department of Justice reversed course Tuesday, requesting permission to withdraw its motion to voluntarily dismiss the appeals.

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NY Judicial Watchdog Says Complaints Break Record Again

By Andrea Keckley

New York's judicial watchdog has reported a record number of new complaints filed against judges for the fourth year in a row in 2025.

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DOJ Turns To 2nd Circ. In Bid To Revive James Subpoenas

By Emily Sawicki

The U.S. Department of Justice is urging the Second Circuit to revive an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James launched by a federal prosecutor later found to have been serving unlawfully, arguing the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York had been rightfully appointed when he launched the probe.

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Winston & Strawn Hires Antitrust Partner From DOJ In DC

By Jack Rodgers

A Justice Department trial attorney who helped represent the government in its ad technology monopolization fight against Google has joined Winston & Strawn LLP's Washington, D.C., team.

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Buchalter Taps Product Liability Atty As Orange County Head

By James Mills

Buchalter PC has promoted a longtime products liability litigator to be the new head of its Orange County, California, office.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice got its antitrust case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster teed up for trial, as a court continues mulling the department's settlement last year in a case challenging a deal by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and lawmakers call for scrutiny of Paramount Skydance's blockbuster acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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DC Circ. Urged To Aid Discovery In ICE-IRS Data-Sharing Case

By Anna Scott Farrell

A taxpayer group challenging the legality of a deal allowing the Internal Revenue Service to share taxpayer location information with immigration authorities asked the D.C. Circuit to remand part of the case to investigate the IRS' admission that it improperly shared addresses under the agreement.

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Early Publicity Could Poison DOJ's Criminal Cases, Attys Say

By Phillip Bantz

The U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump has shrugged off long-standing prosecutorial policies against publicizing criminal probes in their early stages and disparaging the targets, an "unusual" and "troubling" development that threatens the integrity of investigations, grand jury proceedings and the right to a fair trial, experts tell Law360.

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