Roland Christensen of Arnold & Itkin LLP said that for the life of him, he couldn't understand why C.H. Robinson didn't cut a deal offered by the families of victims who burned to death following an 18-wheeler crash.
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How Plaintiffs Won A $604M Verdict Against CH Robinson

By Spencer Brewer

Roland Christensen of Arnold & Itkin LLP said that for the life of him, he couldn't understand why C.H. Robinson didn't cut a deal offered by the families of victims who burned to death following an 18-wheeler crash.

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UN Worker Died In 'Needless' Boeing Crash, Ill. Jury Hears

By Lauraann Wood

Boeing should pay substantial damages to the family of a former United Nations engineer who had a "magnetism" that spread light and comfort to others before he died in a "needless" and preventable plane crash aboard Ethiopian Air Flight ET302, Illinois federal jurors heard Wednesday.

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Amazon Loses Bid To Bar Trucking Expert In Fatal Crash Suit

By Mike Curley

A Texas federal magistrate judge won't let Amazon strike an opinion from a trucking expert in a suit alleging a driver hauling Amazon cargo crashed into another vehicle, killing one of its occupants.

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Fla. Court OKs Cruise Co. To Arbitrate Worker's Injury Claims

By David Minsky

A Florida federal magistrate judge said a cruise ship company can arbitrate a worker's claims that he was injured aboard an unseaworthy vessel, saying his employment contract contains a valid collective bargaining agreement, or CBA, to resolve the case without a jury trial. 

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AUTOMOTIVE

Tesla Says Ky. Man's Full Self-Driving Fraud Suit Is Untimely

By Gina Kim

Tesla has moved to nix a customer's proposed class action alleging the company duped him into thinking its vehicles can fully drive themselves, arguing in California federal court Tuesday that his claims are untimely and overlap with a similar consolidated consumer protection action.

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Deal Reached In Jump Starter Patent Case On Eve Of Trial

By Ryan Davis

A settlement was reached in The Noco Co.'s patent suit against Winplus North America Inc. over portable battery jump starters that was set for trial on Friday, but Noco told the court Wednesday that it still intends to appeal a summary judgment ruling in the case.

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TRUCKING

Cummins, Trucking Co. End Engine Warranty Suit In Mich.

By Susan Smiley

A proposed class action against Indiana-based engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. became moot Wednesday, following a settlement resolving Michigan trucking company SBS Transport's breach of contract and product liability claims.

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LOGISTICS

UPS Driver Says Late Sick Pay Can't Sink Colo. Suit

By Benjamin Morse

A UPS driver urged a Colorado federal judge to reject the company's early win bid in a proposed class action, arguing late payments cannot erase paid-sick-leave violations.

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SUPPLY CHAIN

Brief

Commerce Orders Duties On Chinese Fiberglass Door Panels

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce ordered antidumping and countervailing duties on fiberglass door panels from China on Wednesday after the goods were found to be being sold at unfair prices and harming domestic industry.

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MARITIME

Investors Say Transportation Biz HGIM Ignored Books Demand

By Jarek Rutz

Three investment funds affiliated with Black Diamond Capital Management have sued HGIM Corp. in Delaware's Court of Chancery, accusing the marine transportation company of stonewalling their request to inspect corporate records tied to CEO Shane J. Guidry's push for majority control of the company.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

Brief

I-70 Contractor Drops Bid For New Trial, Signals Appeal

By Rachel Konieczny

A New York engineering company and its insurers withdrew their bid for a new trial after a Colorado state jury found them liable for more than $1.3 million in damages for breaching a subcontract linked to an Interstate 70 construction project in Denver, saying they intend to appeal.

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TECHNOLOGY & IP

Interview

Stewart Says Patent System 'Crisis' Fueled USPTO Changes

By Ryan Davis

Coke Morgan Stewart, the deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office who left the agency last week, said in an interview with Law360 this week that new limits on patent challenges and other policy changes she helped lead were driven by a sense that the patent system was in "a pretty significant crisis."

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PEOPLE

Holland & Knight Hires Energy Finance Advisers In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Holland & Knight LLP has hired a trio of advisers from lobbying and consulting firm Boundary Stone Partners to bolster its work on energy, technology and infrastructure funding and finance in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

House Truck Weight Bill Could Raise Stakes In Crash Suits

A bill pending in the U.S. House of Representatives could allow participating states to run six-axle trucks at 91,000 pounds instead of 80,000, likely resulting in more catastrophic injury claims with higher damages and further taxing an already strained insurance coverage system, says attorney Angel Reyes.

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Deposit Contracts Do Heavy Lifting As Fraud Moves Upstream

As courts increasingly find that upstream parties are best positioned to detect red flags in fraud disputes, most recently in Yangtze v. Ohio Valley Trackwork, companies should tighten treasury and deposit agreement verification protocols, indemnity terms, and insurance coordination to reduce exposure, says Nadine Dorsht at Stinson.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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2 Law Firms Say IRS Wrongly Denied COVID-19 Tax Credits

By Adrian Cruz

A pair of law firms are alleging in Georgia federal court that the Internal Revenue Service wrongly denied their claims to employee retention credits, a tax incentive created during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to encourage businesses to keep workers on their payrolls.

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NC House OKs Unpaid Suspensions For Judges Under Inquiry

By Hayley Fowler

Republicans in the North Carolina House of Representatives have given the green light to a legislative proposal empowering the chief justice of the state Supreme Court to suspend trial court judges without pay if they're under investigation by the state Judicial Standards Commission.

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Simpson Thacher Lands In Chicago With 5-Atty Kirkland Team

By James Boyle

A five-person team of Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorneys are moving their practices to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to help the firm launch an office in Chicago.

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No Simpson Thacher Malpractice In PIPE Case, Jury Finds

By Madison Arnold

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP escaped a malpractice lawsuit late Thursday over its representation of Patriot National Inc. in a private investment in public equity transaction in the years before the company's downfall.

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Sidley Adds Ex-Accenture Enterprise Platforms Lead As CIO

By Matt Perez

Sidley Austin LLP on Wednesday announced the hiring of a nearly two-decade veteran at professional services firm Accenture as its chief information officer.

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New ABA Chief Seeks To 'Streamline' Org, Defend Democracy

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association's new president, Barbara J. Howard, will focus on twin goals of defending democracy against expected unprecedented attacks associated with this year's midterm elections, while also reorganizing the association to run more efficiently, as she kicks off her one-year term this month.

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Richards Layton Under Fire Amid Bid To Avoid AI Sanctions

By Rose Krebs

A firm has asked a Delaware vice chancellor to allow it to submit more "factual information" regarding what it says are inconsistencies in Richards Layton & Finger PA's attempt to avoid sanctions for submitting a filing with errors generated by artificial intelligence.

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Justices' FTC Ruling Weakens Qui Tam's Constitutional Base

The U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Trump v. Slaughter, expanding presidential control over those exercising executive power, suggests that courts may be receptive to arguments challenging the constitutional foundations of the False Claims Act’s qui tam mechanism, says Daniel Passeser at Wiggin.

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Analysis

The Dramatic Moments Set To Shape Tom Goldstein's Appeal

By Jeff Overley and Jared Foretek

Prurient revelations, brash recriminations and purportedly glaring judicial errors in Tom Goldstein's criminal case have captivated the appellate bar for nearly 19 months, and many of those moments will be center stage in the star attorney's imminent appeal.

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6th Circ. Slashes 'Egregious' Fee Award In Tax-Taking Suit

By Susan Smiley

Michigan attorneys representing plaintiffs in a tax foreclosure suit had their awarded attorney fees, which more than doubled the settlement they obtained in the case, slashed by a Sixth Circuit panel in a published opinion Thursday.

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Wash. Justices Offer Bar Waiver After July Exam Tech Failure

By Rachel Riley

The Washington State Supreme Court said Thursday it's offering to waive the bar exam requirement for first-time applicants who were unable to take the test last week due to an abrupt cancellation driven by technical issues at the Yakima Convention Center where it was scheduled to be administered.   

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Accenture PLC

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Trucking Associations Inc.

Black Diamond Capital Management LLC

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

CDLLife

CPI Corporation

Cross River Bank

Cummins Inc.

Executive Health Resources Inc.

George Washington University

Google LLC

Guidehouse Inc.

Harborview Capital Partners LLC

Hard Yaka Inc.

Harvard Kennedy School

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Northeastern University

Pacific Legal Foundation

Patriot National Inc.

Peterbilt Motors Co.

Prime Inc.

Public Co. Accounting Oversight Board

Sterling National Bank

Tesla Inc.

The Boeing Co.

The Charles Schwab Corp.

The UPS Store

Uber Technologies Inc.

United Parcel Service Inc.

WSP Global Inc.

WSP Holdings Ltd.

Wabash National Corp.

Washington State Bar Association

Werner Enterprises Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Anderson Kill

Angel Reyes & Associates

Arnold & Itkin

Ashurst Perkins

Barnes & Thornburg

Bass Berry

Billera Law

Bodker Ramsey

Burns Charest

Conrad & Scherer

Crowell & Moring

Dailey LLP

Drew Cooper & Anding

Farris Parker

Freeman Wilcox

Giarmarco Mullins

Gordon Dana & Gilmore

HJV Car Accident Personal Injury Lawyers

Holland & Knight

Honigman LLP

Hughes Hubbard

Husch Blackwell

Jones Day

Kirkland & Ellis

Lowrey Parady

Maltzman & Partners

McAlpine PC

McDermott Will & Schulte

Migliaccio & Rathod

O'Melveny & Myers

Paul Hastings

Podhurst Orseck

Richards Layton

Rueb Stoller

Seila Law

Sidley Austin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Stearns Weaver

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Stinson LLP

Turnbull Moak

Wiggin & Dana

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Winston Taylor

Woods Aitken

Wright Close Barger & Guzman

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Colorado Department of Labor and Employment

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Council on Environmental Quality

Delaware Court of Chancery

Export-Import Bank of the United States

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Railroad Administration

Federal Trade Commission

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth 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 Tenth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportation

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

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

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

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 Northern District of Illinois

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. International Development Finance Corp.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Supreme Court

United Nations

United States District Court for the District of Colorado