Uber Fights Common Carrier Tentative Ahead Of NC Bellwether

By Bonnie Eslinger

Uber on Thursday urged a California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation for alleged passenger sexual assaults to reverse his tentative decision that it's a "common carrier" with a duty to ensure passenger safety, a finding that could hamstring the ride-hailing giant in an upcoming North Carolina bellwether trial.

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Feds Say Clean Air Act Nullifies Calif. Truck Emissions Regs

By Linda Chiem

The federal government and heavy-duty truck manufacturers have asked a California federal court to stop the state's "brazen defiance of federal law" and its efforts to strong-arm manufacturers into complying with stringent emissions standards, lest they be shut out from the market and face stiff penalties.

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Removed Passenger Can't Use Air Carrier Treaty To Sue Delta

By Jonathan Capriel

A man who claims he was wrongfully ejected from a Delta Air Lines flight cannot sue the company, a Maryland appeals court has ruled, finding that while he may have suffered "embarrassment," he doesn't have a claim under the Montreal Convention.

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Hyundai Tech 'Piggybacking' Off Hyundai Motor TM, Jury Told

By Craig Clough

Hyundai Motor Co. told a California federal jury during opening statements Thursday that a small American company calling itself Hyundai Technology selling "low quality" computers is "piggybacking" off the trademark of the automotive giant by tricking consumers into thinking the two companies are associated.

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Fla. Panel Quashes Atty Depo Order In Insurer Bad Faith Row

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Florida state appellate panel struck down an order allowing Progressive to compel testimony from a personal injury attorney on whether her client was willing to settle a coverage dispute within its policy limits, finding a lower court incorrectly determined that her client waived privileges.

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Restaurateur, Eric Adams Pal Accused Of No-Fault Fraud Plot

By Rae Ann Varona

A New York City restaurateur and known associate of former Mayor Eric Adams has been arrested and charged with operating an alleged scheme that defrauded auto insurance programs out of millions of dollars by submitting fraudulent medical claims and then laundering the proceeds, federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced.

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Tesla Faces Wrongful Death Suit Over Fiery Ga. Crash

By Chart Riggall

Tesla Inc. has been hit with a federal lawsuit from a woman who alleges that combined failures in the company's driver assistance technology, power system, and door locks caused a crash and resulting fire in south Georgia that left her son and his father dead.

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Brief

Enterprise Settles Ex-Assistant Manager's Overtime Suit

By MJ Koo

Enterprise Rent-A-Car and a former assistant branch manager have agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging the company misclassified him and other managers as overtime exempt, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court.

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BofA Sues Aequum, First Brands Group Over Inventory Liens

By Alex Wittenberg

Bank of America and others have sued troubled auto parts maker First Brands Group and lender Aequum Capital in Texas bankruptcy court, seeking a judgment that the plaintiffs hold liens on inventory that outrank those asserted by Aequum.

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Cadillac Owners' Class Action Says GM Botched EV Design

By Rachel Riley

Two Cadillac Lyriq owners sparked the ignition on a proposed class action against General Motors in Washington federal court on Thursday, claiming the automaker hid evidence of pervasive defects in the electric SUV's design that can trigger system failures and leave the vehicles completely inoperable.

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Squires Gives Go-Ahead To 5 Patent Reviews, Denies 8

By Ryan Davis

In the latest order summarizing his decisions on requests for America Invents Act patent reviews, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has granted five petitions and turned down eight others.

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Trump Orders 100% Pharma Tariff, Modifies Metals Duties

By Dylan Moroses

Later this year, the U.S. will impose 100% tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals, but drug companies could qualify for reduced tariff rates as low as zero if they agree to invest domestically and enter most-favored-nation drug-pricing agreements with the government, according to an executive order President Donald Trump signed Thursday.

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PSI Marine Gets Most Of Boat Mooring TM Case Sent To Trial

By Elliot Weld

A Connecticut federal judge has said there were genuine disputes of fact sufficient to send most of a trademark infringement case between two boat mooring manufacturers to trial, but granted a favorable ruling to one company on a false advertising claim and to the other company on a copyright infringement claim.

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Convenience Store Chain Denied Quick Appeal In Wage Suit

By Benjamin Morse

Han-Dee Hugo's can't immediately appeal a decision conditionally certifying a collective action of gas and convenience store managers in an overtime pay dispute, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, finding that it failed to show that doing so would speed up the litigation.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen data giant Sportrader face action from software company Altenar over alleged market abuse, Mexican billionaire Ricardo Pliego sue a man who allegedly defrauded him out of $415 million, and Warner Bros. bring a copyright claim against a YouTuber who leaked set footage of the upcoming Harry Potter series. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K. 

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Insurer Distorts Evidence In $50M COVID Row, Court Told

By Gianna Ferrarin

An auto parts manufacturer accused an insurer of distorting evidence of COVID-19 at its plants and contradicting policy language in order to escape its $50 million bid for coverage of pandemic-related losses in North Carolina federal court.

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Series

Ultramarathons Make Me A Better Lawyer

Completing a 100-mile ultramarathon was tougher, more humbling and more rewarding than I ever imagined, and the experience highlighted how long-distance running has sharpened my ability to adapt to the evolving nature of antitrust law and strengthened my resolve to handle demanding, unforeseen challenges, says Dan Oakes at Axinn.

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Bondi Out As Attorney General After Contentious Time At DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday Attorney General Pam Bondi will be leaving her post. 

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Goldstein Allowed To Move Out After Marriage Falls Apart

By Jared Foretek

A Maryland federal judge on Thursday allowed SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein to relocate for the duration of his home confinement, after Goldstein's attorneys said his marriage had fallen apart and it no longer "makes sense" for Goldstein and his wife to share a residence.

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Raskin Blasts DOJ Bid To Shield Attys From State Bar Probes

By Courtney Bublé

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, said Thursday the U.S. Department of Justice's endeavor to preempt state bar investigations of department attorneys is a "get out of jail free" card.

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DLA Piper, Vax Refuser Reach Deal To End Religious Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

DLA Piper has struck a deal to wrap up a Christian former employee's lawsuit claiming he was fired for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine because of his religious beliefs, an Illinois federal judge said Thursday.

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Feds Say Habeas Ruling Could Spur More 'Illegal Orders'

By Jared Foretek

The Trump administration has asked the Fourth Circuit to reverse a district ruling that upheld a standing order from Maryland federal judges barring immediate removal or transfer of immigrant detainees, arguing the ruling sets a dangerous precedent for district court standing orders.

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Schneider Wallace Fights Uphill For Bigger Cut Of $75M Fees

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal magistrate judge appeared skeptical Thursday about Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP's bid to increase its cut of a $75.4 million fee award for representing plaintiffs in a $228.5 million Sutter Health antitrust deal, saying lead counsel Constantine Cannon LLP's allocation of $1.4 million to Schneider Wallace seems fair.

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Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Stymies Paul Weiss, ACLU Fee Bids

By Carolyn Muyskens

American Civil Liberties Union and Paul Weiss attorneys who successfully eased restrictions on voting by mail in Puerto Rico during the COVID-19 pandemic cannot collect fees for their work because they were discharged in Puerto Rico's bankruptcy proceeding, the First Circuit has ruled.

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Process Server ABC Legal Inks $2.5M Deal Over Cyber Breach

By Ben Adlin

Seattle-based ABC Legal Services LLC, which bills itself as the nation's largest network of legal process servers, would pay $2.5 million under a tentative deal to settle workers' putative class action claiming a 2024 cyberattack exposed their personal information, the plaintiffs told a Washington federal court Wednesday.

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