Justices Urged To Curb Post-Mallory Forum Shopping

By Linda Chiem

Rail industry and legal advocates contend the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 Mallory ruling unleashed a wave of forum-shopping by plaintiffs lawyers using states' business-registration laws to sue out-of-state companies, and the justices must intervene and stop litigants from unconstitutionally interfering with interstate commerce.

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Atty Convicted Of Staging Truck Crashes Seeks New Trial

By Parker Quinlan

A disbarred New Orleans attorney has asked a federal judge in Louisiana for a new insurance fraud trial, arguing a suite of issues from her federal trial last month caused her to receive what she described in a filing as a "miscarriage of justice."

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UPS, Teamsters Reach Deal To Limit Driver Buyouts

By Katherine Smith

United Parcel Service Inc. agreed to the terms of a new settlement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which includes limiting the $150,000 buyouts the company can offer to drivers in return for leaving the company, the union has announced in a recent press release.

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NHTSA Closes Probe Into Tesla Remote Driving Feature

By Emily Field

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Monday said it was closing an investigation into a Tesla feature that allows users to remotely move their car with a phone app, finding that all the reported crashes involved minor property damage with no injuries.

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State Farm Auto Insureds Seek To Triple $38M Win At Trial

By Rachel Riley

Two certified classes of State Farm auto insurance policyholders kicked off a bench trial Monday on the question of damages owed after a Washington federal judge found the insurer had shortchanged policyholders on payouts for totaled vehicles, arguing the $38.3 million previously awarded for State Farm's consumer protection violation should be tripled.

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Widow Sues UPS, Boeing, GE Over Fiery Ky. Plane Crash

By Mike Curley

A woman is suing UPS, General Electric, Boeing and an aircraft maintenance company, saying they owned, built or maintained a cargo plane before its November crash into an industrial complex, which injured her and killed her husband.

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ITC Opens Duty Probe Into Pipes From Taiwan, Austria, UAE

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission is investigating whether imports of oil pipes from Taiwan, Austria and the United Arab Emirates are harming U.S. industry after a group of domestic companies said the products were being sold at unfair prices, the agency said Monday.

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High Court Passes On Challenge To Illinois Transit Gun Ban

By Elizabeth Daley

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied plaintiffs' request to consider whether they had the right to bear arms on public Illinois transit, leaving a Seventh Circuit decision denying them this right intact.

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Atlanta Transit Cops Used Excessive Force On Teen, Suit Says

By Chart Riggall

Police officers for Atlanta's public transit system falsely accused a 14-year-old rider of robbery before subjecting him to "excessive force and brutal treatment" that left him hospitalized, the teenager's guardian told a Georgia federal court.

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Uber's Safety Program For Women Biased, Male Riders Say

By Gina Kim

Male Uber riders Monday lodged a proposed class action in California state court alleging a safety initiative that prioritizes matching female riders with female drivers discriminates against male riders, even as the Women Preferences program launched nationwide last month.

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Tool Co. Can't Arbitrate Workers' Misclassification Suit

By MJ Koo

A California federal judge has blocked an Ohio-based tool company from pursuing arbitration in a suit alleging it misclassified its dealers as independent contractors, finding the franchise agreement's arbitration clause likely unenforceable.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured a mix of high-profile corporate disputes, insider trading allegations, contract fights and significant rulings shaping fiduciary duty and deal litigation.

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Fed. Circ. Says ITC Rightly Denied Boat AC Import Ban

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit said Monday that the U.S. International Trade Commission correctly declined to issue an import ban on boat air conditioners at the request of a Swedish manufacturer.

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Norwegian Cruise Settles Suit Over Bermuda Drowning Death

By Carolina Bolado

The estate of a Pennsylvania man who drowned in Bermuda has settled a lawsuit claiming Norwegian Cruise Line should have warned cruise passengers about the risks of swimming at a nearby beach, according to a notice filed Saturday in federal court in Florida.

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Interior Dept. Will Reunite Offshore Permitting, Safety Arms

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Department of the Interior plans to reunite its offshore energy permitting and offshore energy safety agencies, 15 years after they were split apart in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

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FERC Unlawfully Revived Pipeline Project, DC Circ. Told

By Keith Goldberg

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission flouted the Natural Gas Act and National Environmental Policy Act when it reauthorized a previously abandoned pipeline upgrade project in the Northeast, environmental and homeowner groups have told the D.C. Circuit.

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Appellate Strategy Lessons From Pa. Excess Coverage Ruling

In FedEx v. National Union Fire Insurance, a Pennsylvania state court recently set forth a clear holding that policyholders may recover postjudgment interest under excess liability insurance policies only when the policy language expressly allows, offering important takeaways for planning appeals, say attorneys at Hunton.

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What A Court Doc Audit Reveals About Erroneous Filings

My audit of 1,522 court documents from last month found that over 95% contained at least one verifiable error, with fewer than 1% showing clear indicators of artificial intelligence use — highlighting above all else that lawyers may want to focus most on strengthening their review processes, says Elliott Ash at ETH Zurich.

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Pregnant DLA Piper Atty Recounts Firing: 'This Feels Wrong'

By Pete Brush

A former associate who claims DLA Piper unlawfully fired her after she announced she was pregnant told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday that she got positive feedback as she worked with large corporate clients and was "shocked" when she was terminated.

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Blanche Says Only Trump Knows Why Bondi's Leaving DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

Todd Blanche said on Tuesday he is now acting attorney general and no one, beyond the president, knows why Pam Bondi is out and he is in.

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Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bill To Curtail PE Role In Litigation

By Emily Sawicki

A California bill to ban corporate investors from influencing litigation strategy is heading to the state Senate, backed by bipartisan support from the Assembly.

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Top DOJ Immigration Atty Faces Ethics Complaint

By Jack Karp

The head of the U.S. Department of Justice's immigration litigation office has lied to judges, disobeyed court orders and failed to stop attorneys he supervises from engaging in misconduct in high-profile immigration cases, according to an ethics complaint filed Tuesday.

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Habeas Orders Sharpen As Due Process Concerns Mount

By Britain Eakin

Federal judges are issuing increasingly detailed, critical and decisive orders for habeas relief in immigration cases, stepping in as what immigration experts say is a last resort check on a system viewed as having crumbling due process safeguards.

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DOJ Pushes To End Former Immigration Judge's Bias Suit

By Jake Maher

The U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss a former Ohio immigration judge's discrimination suit in D.C. federal court this week, calling the complaint "heavy on conclusory statements and speculation and light on allegations of fact."

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Calif. Atty Apologizes, Blames OpenCase For False Citations

By Matt Perez

A California attorney has filed a response to an order for potential sanctions over his alleged use of artificial intelligence, which resulted in false citations, saying the hallucinations appeared in a later draft after using OpenCase to perform a cite check.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Robinson On Community Court

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

Judge Devin Robinson's courtroom at the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn looks and feels very different from the courthouse archetype.

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States, DC Back NY AG James In DOJ Probe Appeal

By Emily Sawicki

Backed by amici including the attorneys general of 20 states and the District of Columbia, New York Attorney General Letitia James is fighting the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to reopen an investigation into her office launched by a federal prosecutor found to have been serving unlawfully.

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