'I've Looked At Your Billing Records,' Rivian Judge Jokes

By Rae Ann Varona

A California federal judge said Friday that she intends to grant final approval to Rivian's $250 million investor settlement, and drew laughs when she cut off a plaintiffs' attorney arguing that counsel worked hard for their requested fees, quipping, "I've looked at your billing records, I know."

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American Airlines Must Face Suit Over Teen's In-Flight Death

By Gina Kim

The Fifth Circuit partially revived a lawsuit claiming American Airlines caused a teen's death when an on-flight defibrillator used to shock his heart allegedly malfunctioned, ruling that a genuine dispute remains whether the airline equipped the flight with a working defibrillator as required by the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Hertz Inks $10M Deal To End Investor Suit Over EV Demands

By Gina Kim

A Hertz investor asked a Florida federal judge Friday to preliminarily approve a $10 million settlement to resolve claims the car rental company overhyped the demand for electric cars, only later to announce a $200 million earnings hit as it sought to offload the vehicles, causing stock prices to fall.

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Texas Justices Say Home Depot Owes No Duty In Fatal Crash

By Linda Chiem

The Texas Supreme Court said Friday that Home Depot cannot be held liable for a deadly 2024 collision involving a Werner Enterprises Inc. truck hired to transport the retail giant's goods, saying state law doesn't impose a duty of care on passive shippers under the alleged circumstances.

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Resident Says Toxins' Presence Enough For Union Pacific Suit

By Mike Curley

A Wichita homeowner is pushing back against a new bid to dismiss her proposed class action alleging Union Pacific Railroad Co. contaminated the groundwater by mishandling hazardous chemicals, saying the presence of those chemicals on her property is enough to allege an injury and standing.

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Rosen Law Owes $286K After Failed Aviation Co. Investor Suit

By Emilie Ruscoe

The Rosen Law Firm will pay over $286,000 to partially cover the litigation fees and costs of an aerospace company it unsuccessfully targeted with a purportedly "abusive" proposed investor class action, though a Wisconsin federal judge declined to grant the company's entire fee request after holding that it reflected "excessive billing."

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Auto Dealer Accused Of Cooking Books Before Sale

By Chart Riggall

The buyer of a Georgia Ford dealership hit its former owners with a federal fraud lawsuit alleging that it was hoodwinked into overpaying for the business thanks to the seller inflating his on-paper profits by including revenue from a side business selling homes.

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Brief

DOL Wants English Standard In Labor Certs For Drivers

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Department of Labor said new guidance clarifies that employers must include an English proficiency standard in job orders and labor certification applications for positions that would have foreign workers operate commercial motor vehicles.

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Burford Tells Justices 3rd Circ. Botched Arbitration Question

By Caroline Simson

Litigation funder Burford Capital is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Third Circuit decision dismissing on jurisdictional grounds its bid to arbitrate a dispute relating to German antitrust litigation, arguing that the appeals court committed a "fundamental error."

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6th Circ. Won't Rehear Kellogg, FedEx Mortality Table Suits

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Sixth Circuit on Friday refused to rethink a panel's earlier decision that revived two proposed class actions against cereal giant Kellogg and transportation company FedEx in which retirees allege that their pension payments were lowballed due to outdated mortality tables used in conversions.

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Genco Issues Fresh Rejection Of Diana Shipping Offer

By Al Barbarino

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. said Friday it rejected an unsolicited tender offer from Diana Shipping Inc. to acquire all outstanding shares for $23.50 per share in cash, stating that the proposal undervalues the dry bulk shipowner and lacks a control premium.

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Lawmakers Decry USDA Plan To End Roadless Forest Rule

By Crystal Owens

Federal Democratic lawmakers are backing environmental and tribal advocacy groups' opposition to the Trump administration's plan to rescind the long-standing Roadless Area Conservation Rule, arguing the rollback will cause widespread harm to public lands, wildlife, frontline communities and regional economies.

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'Mobile' Sources For On-Site Generation May Be A Risky Bet

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering treating large on-site generators used at data centers as mobile rather than stationary sources under the Clean Air Act, a significant policy change that would leave developers that adopt this solution at risk of regulatory reversals, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

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3 AI Adoption Mistakes GCs Should Avoid

The pressure in-house legal teams face to quickly adopt artificial intelligence tools, combined with budget constraints and the need to evaluate a crowded market of options, sets the stage for implementation mistakes that are often difficult to undo, says former 23andMe general counsel Guy Chayoun.

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Murdaugh Sues Ex-Court Clerk Who Tried To Sway The Jury

By Jack Karp

Disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh is suing the court clerk whose attempt to influence the jury in his murder trial led the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his murder conviction.

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Morgan & Morgan Atty Barred From Harvard Suit Over AI Error

By Chris Villani

A Massachusetts judge on Monday said a Morgan & Morgan PA attorney may not appear before him in a suit against Harvard University over the theft of body parts donated to its medical school, saying the lawyer did not learn his lesson after signing off on briefs in another case with fake case law generated by artificial intelligence.

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Trump Seeks Circuit Seats For 2 Judges He Appointed

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's recent picks for the Eighth and Tenth Circuits mark the first time in his second administration that he's seeking to elevate judges he appointed in his first term.

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Health Co. Wants Kirkland Off IP Case For 'Cardinal Sin'

By Elliot Weld

A healthcare company suing medical technology company Commure Inc. over alleged trade secret theft has said Kirkland & Ellis LLP should be disqualified from representing Commure because the healthcare company had tried to retain Kirkland prior to filing the suit and shared confidential information before anyone asked who the defendant was going to be.

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Wyoming Prosecutor Confirmed Despite Misconduct Rebuke

By Courtney Bublé

Just a few days ago, federal judges tossed nine criminal indictments after President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. attorney's office of Wyoming was accused of prosecutorial misconduct. On Monday evening, he was confirmed to permanently lead the office.

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Analysis

Half The Nation's Bar Apps Could Remove Rape Questions

By Cara Bayles

By next year, it's possible that about half of U.S. jurisdictions will have amended character and fitness questions to avoid dredging up aspiring lawyers' sexual trauma. But while advocates hail the reforms as progress, concerns linger about the patchwork this could create across the country.

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Ex-Willkie Atty Banned By SEC For Insider Trading

By Emily Sawicki

A former Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP mergers and acquisitions attorney who earlier this month admitted to taking part in a widespread BigLaw insider trading scheme will be barred from representing a client before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a minimum of four years, according to an order the agency issued Monday.

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NY Judge Largely Halts Manhattan Immigration Courts Arrests

By Rae Ann Varona

A New York federal judge Monday largely barred U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from conducting arrests at three Manhattan immigration courthouses, finding there was no good reason why "unfettered discretion" by ICE officers was better than a policy with arrest limitations.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a broad mix of celebrity estate litigation, merger disputes, investor suits, record demands, sanctions fights and questions over corporate moves away from Delaware.

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