A Manhattan federal judge on Monday barred the Trump administration from freezing funds for New York and New Jersey's $16 billion rehabilitation of aging commuter train tunnels under the Hudson River, saying the administration's unilateral cancellation of federally obligated grant funds was unlawful.
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Judge Voids DOT Freeze On NY-NJ Gateway Tunnel Funds

By Linda Chiem

A Manhattan federal judge on Monday barred the Trump administration from freezing funds for New York and New Jersey's $16 billion rehabilitation of aging commuter train tunnels under the Hudson River, saying the administration's unilateral cancellation of federally obligated grant funds was unlawful.

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3rd Circ. Won't Hear Appeal In Fatal Osprey Crash Suit

By Mike Curley

The Third Circuit on Monday denied a petition from the families of eight U.S. service members killed in a V-22 Osprey crash in November 2023 who sought to appeal the dismissal of their state court claims against The Boeing Co., Bell Textron Inc. and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. over the crash.

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Justices Won't Review Yellow Corp. Ch. 11 Pension Liabilities

By Clara Geoghegan

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected defunct trucking giant Yellow Corp.'s appeal of a bankruptcy court decision that it owes billions of dollars in retirement fund withdrawal liability, despite a pandemic-era pension fund stimulus package.

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AUTOMOTIVE

Auto Parts Co. Faces Class Action Over Data Breach

By Susan Smiley

A Michigan woman filed a proposed class action in federal court Saturday alleging that automotive supplier Challenge Manufacturing failed to protect employees' and customers' private information, allowing cybercriminals to access it in a data breach last month.

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GM Sold Cars With Leaky Coolant Defect, Suit Says

By Kelcey Caulder

General Motors was hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court over an allegedly defective cooling-system component in several Chevrolet, GMC and Buick models.

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Brief

Auto Repair Co. To Pay $750K To End 401(k) Forfeiture Suit

By Grace Elletson

An auto repair chain will pay $750,000 to close a suit claiming it used forfeited funds in its retirement plan for its own benefit by paying down contribution costs instead of plan management fees that ate away at workers' savings, according to a Texas federal court filing.

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TRUCKING

Yellow Corp. Dodges WARN Act Liability Over 2023 Layoffs

By Emily Brill

Yellow Corp. suffered a major loss in its bankruptcy proceedings Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court preserved a finding that it owes billions in retirement payments, but the defunct trucking company notched a small win in Delaware federal court by skirting liability for a WARN Act violation.

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Fla. Says Fear Of ICE Doesn't Justify Anonymous CDL Suit

By David Minsky

Florida's motor vehicle agency asked a federal court to deny foreign truckers' motion for anonymity in their lawsuit challenging the agency's decision to stop issuing commercial driver's licenses to certain noncitizens, arguing their fear of reprisal by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement doesn't justify that request.

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LOGISTICS

ITC To Probe Bobcat Imports After Caterpillar Complaint

By Adam Lidgett

The U.S. International Trade Commission has opened an investigation into whether construction equipment maker Doosan Bobcat imported certain heavy machinery that infringed rival Caterpillar Inc.'s patents.

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Moving Organizer Disputes Poaching Claims After Fallout

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut federal judge on Monday probed the line between two overlapping trades because a disputed noncompete contract doesn't define either one, hoping to understand a moving company's arguments that a woman it once allegedly described as a partner poached clients, employees and intellectual property before relaunching her own company.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

Justices Will Resolve Circuit Split Over Pipeline Payouts

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to resolve a circuit court split over how to determine what gas infrastructure project developers should pay landowners in eminent domain proceedings, a move encouraged by the Trump administration.

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Former NJ AG Pushes To End Suit Over Tossed RICO Case

By George Woolston

Former New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin asserts that a lawsuit from a former CEO indicted in New Jersey's now-dismissed criminal racketeering case against South Jersey power broker George E. Norcross III squarely implicates the protections afforded to prosecutors.

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ENERGY

7-Eleven, Video Game Cos. Accused Of Infringing Comms IP

By Dani Kass

A nonpracticing entity from New Mexico has accused 7-Eleven Inc. and various other companies of infringing its communications patent in the Eastern District of Texas.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Ill. Law Firm MSO Bill Clashes With Court Power, Ethics Rules

An Illinois bill prohibiting law firms from certain business arrangements with management service organizations, sent to the governor for signature last week, encroaches upon the courts' constitutional powers and goes beyond the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct in regulating investment in law-related services, says Matthew O’Hara at Smith Gambrell.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: June Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five recent rulings from cases involving allegations of internet data misuse, consumer fraud claims, immigration, insurance and First Amendment violation claims.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Justice Jackson Tops High Court Book Earnings In 2025

By Ryan Boysen

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made nearly $1.2 million in book royalties last year, bringing her total to $4.14 million and making her the most highly compensated author on the high court, according to financial disclosure forms released Monday.

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Judge Limits Vegas Trip For BigLaw Insider Trading Defendant

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal magistrate judge said Monday a defendant described by prosecutors as a "lynchpin" in the BigLaw insider trading case must limit a planned visit to Las Vegas next month to just two nights, saying she also has "concerns about the validity" of a financial statement he provided to obtain a federal defender.

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Harris Beach Murtha To Combine With Peabody & Arnold

By Christine DeRosa

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is set to expand its footprint in the Northeast through a combination with Boston firm Peabody & Arnold LLP.

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Texas Supreme Court Weighs New Rules To Tackle AI Misuse

By Lynn LaRowe

The Texas Supreme Court has proposed rule changes intended to address the misuse of artificial intelligence, including outlining possible sanctions and requiring signatories to attest to a filing's accuracy, just as a recent state bar survey showed AI use among Lone Star State lawyers more than doubling since 2024.

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Analysis

Volatility May Follow As Justices Make Agency Firings Easier​​​​​​​

By Sarah Jarvis

The policies and enforcement priorities of federal agencies may fluctuate more rapidly based on who is president, as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's Monday decision finding that presidents have unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies, experts told Law360.

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Analysis

The End Of An 'Independent' FTC

By Bryan Koenig

Federal Trade Commission members, responsible for merger review, antitrust enforcement, consumer protection safeguards and rulemaking, and industry analysis, no longer serve at a remove from presidential authority, thanks to Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could dramatically remake the FTC and other independent agencies.

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Analysis

High Court Gives Fed Independence A 'Fragile' Reprieve

By Jon Hill

The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown its weight behind Federal Reserve independence by rejecting President Donald Trump's bid to immediately oust Fed Gov. Lisa Cook, but experts say the fight over central bank control may not be finished — just moving to a new phase.

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DC Ethics Counsel Conflicted In Ethics Case, DOJ Atty Says

By Emily Sawicki

A former interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., is urging the D.C. federal court to disqualify the District of Columbia ethics counsel from pursuing an ethics case against him, arguing that the attorney and another lawyer from his office are conflicted and that their impartiality is in question.

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McCarter & English Missed Key Docs In $20M Loans, Court Told

By Brian Steele

A McCarter & English LLP attorney botched two multimillion-dollar loan deals by failing to secure an ironclad repayment obligation from a New York town or include mandatory documents in the closing packages, a Connecticut state court heard Monday as a long-awaited malpractice trial got underway.

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Sotomayor Says 7th Circ. 'Clearly Wrong' In Immunity Ruling

By Parker Quinlan

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case over whether qualified immunity was correctly granted to two Wisconsin prison guards who left a naked man in an often freezing cold cell for 23 hours, drawing a dissent from Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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Analysis

Justices Look To Shed Light On Jury Role In Pepsi TM Battle

By Ivan Moreno

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear a trademark fight over PepsiCo's "Mtn Dew Rise Energy" drink gives the justices a chance to clarify when juries, rather than judges, should decide whether a mark is inherently strong — a narrow question that attorneys say could affect how often infringement cases survive summary judgment.

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Ex-Pa. AG, Trump Defense Firm Want Malpractice Claims Axed

By James Boyle

An elections nonprofit is seeking to keep alive its malpractice claim against the former acting attorney general of Pennsylvania and his firm, van der Veen Hartshorn & Levin, filing a quick response over the weekend to a motion to dismiss its amended complaint in Pennsylvania federal court.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving controlling stockholders, executive compensation, take-private transactions, books and records demands and board governance, while the Delaware Supreme Court issued decisions in two corporate records cases previously decided in the Chancery.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

7-Eleven Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

BC Partners

Bayer AG

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.

Caliber Collision Centers Inc.

Caterpillar Inc.

Chewy Inc.

Doosan Corporation

First Capital, Inc.

George Washington University

Gleason Corp.

Google LLC

HarperCollins Publishers LLC

Ingram Micro Holding Corp.

Instagram Inc.

Institute for Justice

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd.

Krafton

Lex Machina Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

MDU Resources Group Inc.

MGM Grand Hotel LLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

PepsiCo Inc.

Platinum Equity LLC

Public Citizen Inc.

Quikrete Holdings Inc.

RELX PLC

Rakuten Inc.

Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Summit Materials Inc.

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

TerraForm Power Inc.

Textron Inc.

The Boeing Co.

The District of Columbia Bar

The Michaels Organization

The State University of New York

The Trade Desk Inc.

The Venetian Las Vegas

UCLA School of Law

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.

WBI Energy Transmission Inc.

Washington Legal Foundation

Willis Towers Watson PLC

Yellow Corp.

ZipRecruiter Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Beasley Allen

Braaten Law Firm

Brown & Connery

Caldwell Carlson

Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP

Cole & Van Note

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Davis Wright Tremaine

DeCotiis FitzPatrick

Diserio Martin

Dowd & Dowd Ltd

Fish & Richardson

Friedland Cianfrani

Gagliano Law Offices

Goodwin Procter

Groom Law Group

Hangley Aronchick

Harris Beach Murtha

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Jacobs & Barbone

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Law Office of Susan E. Kaufman

Lex Lumina

Mayer Brown

McCarter & English

McDermott Will & Schulte

Milberg PLLC

Morgan Lewis

Pachulski Stang

Parker McCay

Peabody & Arnold

Perkins Coie

Pietragallo Gordon

Previant Law Firm

Quinn Emanuel

Rabicoff Law

Shook Hardy

Sidley Austin

Silver Golub

Smith Gambrell

Wiggin & Dana

Wisner Baum

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Attorney General's Office

Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Illinois General Assembly

Illinois Supreme Court

International Trade Commission

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Labor Relations Board

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Court

New Jersey Supreme Court

New York Attorney General's Office

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

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

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

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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court

US Office of Management and Budget

Unified Patent Court

Wisconsin Department of Justice