DCA Midair Collision: One Year Later

By Linda Chiem

Investigators' determination that the Federal Aviation Administration ignored repeated warnings about near-misses and risky helicopter traffic around the nation's capital is expected to spur regulatory reforms and potentially heighten the government's legal exposure in civil litigation stemming from the deadly midair collision in Washington, D.C., a year ago.

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Analysis

Congress' Limited Tariff Role May Persist After Justices Rule

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs could leave the door open for Congress to play a larger role in trade policy heading into November's midterms, but that opportunity may pose few political incentives for lawmakers.

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NHTSA Opens Waymo Probe After Autonomous Car Hits Child

By Dorothy Atkins

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened another investigation into Waymo LLC autonomous vehicles and how they operate in school zones after one hit a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California, marking the second safety probe into Waymo's maneuverings around children since October.

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Former First Brands Execs Indicted On Fraud Charges

By Ben Zigterman

Patrick James, the founder of bankrupt auto parts maker First Brands Group, and his brother Edward James were indicted by federal prosecutors in New York, who accused the pair of inflating invoices, double pledging collateral and concealing liabilities from lenders.

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NASCAR Supplier Accuses Brembo Of Extortion Over Debt

By Abigail Harrison

A NASCAR parts distributor is allegedly being extorted by Brembo NV, the Italian parent company of its longtime U.S. business partner, in Brembo's attempt to recover debts from a bankrupt company formerly owned by the distributor's majority shareholder, a North Carolina federal court heard.

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JB Hunt Accused Of Blocking Pipeline With Parking Lot Plan

By Elaine Briseño

A petroleum transporter sued the shipping giant J.B. Hunt over alleged plans to erect a parking lot over its pipeline, saying the shipping company failed to provide a reasonable alternative to relocate the pipeline as required under an agreement.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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Michigan Fights Airline Group's Challenge To Sick Law

By Irene Spezzamonte

A Michigan law providing employees with earned sick time should stay in place because it has no impact on airlines' prices, routes or services, the state has argued, urging a federal court to turn down a national airline trade group's bid to halt the law.

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Boeing's 'Stonewalling' Claim Fails To Land In-Person Depos

By Rachel Riley

A Seattle federal judge has rejected Boeing's bid to force representatives of an Irish aircraft leasing company to come to the United States for questioning in a case alleging the aerospace giant made false claims about the 737 Max, ruling Thursday that the witnesses can be deposed remotely because of visa issues.

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6th Circ. Tosses Black Flight Attendant's Race Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

The Sixth Circuit declined Thursday to reinstate a Black Delta flight attendant's suit claiming she was disciplined out of racial bias following a verbal altercation with a colleague, ruling the airline acted fairly based on evidence that the flight attendant made an alleged threat during the incident.

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Squires Rejects Tire Sensor Patent Review After Do-Over

By Adam Lidgett

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has again shot down Revvo Technologies' challenge to a Cerebrum Sensor Technologies Inc. tire sensor patent, undoing for a second time a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that granted review.

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Wolfspeed Says Jaguar Land Rover Reneged On Supply Deal

By Hayley Fowler

North Carolina-based chipmaker Wolfspeed Inc. has accused Jaguar Land Rover of refusing to pony up payments under a supply agreement for allegedly underbuying products last year, saying the automotive giant can't use slowdowns elsewhere as an excuse for its nonpayment.

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Luminar Sues Semiconductor Co. To Recover On $2.2M Loan

By Gina Kim

Bankrupt self-driving vehicle technology developer Luminar Technologies has hit Next Semiconductor with a suit in Texas bankruptcy court alleging the chipmaker has defaulted on a $2.2 million loan while "wrongly" suggesting Luminar's Chapter 11 proceedings somehow exempt it from paying the debt. 

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11th Circ. Shields Deputy In Fatal Drunken-Driving Case

By Carolina Bolado

The Eleventh Circuit ruled Thursday that an off-duty sheriff's deputy who fled the scene after drunkenly crashing his patrol car into another vehicle and killing a man is entitled to qualified immunity on a civil rights claim, ruling the conduct did not clearly violate the Constitution even if it was egregious.

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Robbins Geller To Lead CarMax Investors' Tariffs-Linked Suit

By Emilie Ruscoe

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP will represent a proposed class of CarMax Inc. investors in a suit accusing the used car retailer of mischaracterizing a bump in sales caused by consumers trying to get ahead of the Trump administration's tariffs as a sign of sustainable growth.

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Mass. AG Sues 9 Towns To Enforce Housing Law

By Julie Manganis

The Massachusetts attorney general on Thursday sued nine towns that have not complied with a controversial state housing initiative requiring them to allow multifamily housing in at least a portion of their communities.

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Full 6th Circ. To Review Cert. In State Farm Vehicle Value Suit

By Hope Patti

The full Sixth Circuit agreed Thursday to review the certification of a class of approximately 90,000 State Farm policyholders in a suit claiming the insurer systematically undervalues totaled vehicles, setting aside a previous order affirming the certification.

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Imported Scooters Not Duty-Free, UK Court Says In Reversal

By Jack McLoone

Mobility scooters imported into the U.K. by two companies should be assessed a 10% duty, a London court ruled, reversing a lower court decision it said labeled the scooters duty-free due to a misapplication of relevant rules.

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False Ad Suit Shows Need For Clear, Conspicuous Disclosure

The Eleventh Circuit's recent false advertising decision in Federal Trade Commission v. Corpay reiterated the FTC's guidance imploring advertisers to ensure that any disclosures are clear and conspicuous to consumers, providing companies with numerous lessons about truthful advertising and highlighting some common disclosure pitfalls to avoid, says Michael Justus at Carlton Fields.

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Series

Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer

An instinct to turn pain into purpose meant frequent trips to the tennis court, where learning to move ahead one point at a time was a lesson that also applied to the steep learning curve of patent prosecution law, says Daniel Henry at Marshall Gerstein.

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FTC Warns 42 Law Firms Of DEI 'Anticompetitive Collusion'

By Sarah Jarvis

The Federal Trade Commission announced Friday that it has sent warning letters to 42 major law firms for their purported participation in an outside diversity, equity and inclusion program, alleging their participation could constitute anticompetitive collusion.

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Analysis

Real Estate Attys 'Not Going In Blind' Amid Data Center Boom

By Chris Villani

The explosion of artificial intelligence has created a sharp demand for new data centers with no signs of slowing down, posing challenges that have some real estate attorneys turning to well-worn playbooks from other industries.

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Susman Faces Suit After Ex-Client's Arbitration Loss

By Adam Lidgett

Susman Godfrey LLP and a litigation funding business were hit with a lawsuit in Texas state court by an Irish patent litigation business that is challenging the outcome of an arbitration proceeding putting it on the hook for more than $37.8 million.

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Attys Rip Judge-Shopping Sanctions As Bid To 'Rewrite' Rules

By Jake Maher

Two Alabama attorneys who were sanctioned for allegedly judge shopping in a civil rights case urged the Eleventh Circuit to toss the sanctions Friday, arguing the judges accusing them were seeking to "rewrite" the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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Brief

Bill Regulating Attorney AI Use Passes California Senate

By Emily Sawicki

A proposed California law that would regulate attorneys and arbitrators' use of generative artificial intelligence statewide has headed to the Assembly after the state Senate unanimously approved the measure.

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Colo. Firm Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Data Breach

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado law firm failed to properly care for the personal information of clients and their customers and did not provide adequate notice of a February 2025 data breach, according to a proposed class action in state court.

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Litigation Funder Suit Against Janus Henderson Can Proceed

By Ryan Boysen

A lawsuit that claims a Janus Henderson Group subsidiary schemed to take over a mass torts litigation funder can go forward, after a Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled the funder's case was compelling enough to survive a motion to dismiss.

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House To Vote On Reform Of Court Nondisclosure Orders

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., fumed at the House on Friday for trying to undo a provision that allows him and other senators investigated by special counsel Jack Smith to sue for damages and held up the government funding vote as a result. But a bill the House is poised to take up next week could alleviate some of his concerns.

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9th Circ. Says DOJ Can Withhold VW Grand Jury Records

By Emily Field

The Ninth Circuit on Friday held that the U.S. Department of Justice couldn't be forced to hand over about 6 million Volkswagen documents that were part of a Jones Day investigation into the automaker's 2015 emissions-cheating scandal, as the government obtained them through a grand jury subpoena.

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Analysis

The Message From Delaware Courts: Change Is Coming

By Jeff Montgomery

Delaware's Supreme Court delivered a reminder to the state's corporation law ecosystem recently with a reversal of a Court of Chancery decision invalidating a 7-year-old stockholder agreement that granted broad corporate powers to investment bank Moelis & Co.'s founder.

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Roundup

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London saw collapsed solar bonds company Rockfire Capital sue the Royal Bank of Scotland, e-ticket platform Eventbrite target the owners of Salford Red Devils rugby club over an alleged contract breach, and Scottish distiller William Grant & Sons square off against a former MP in a trademark tussle tied to its Glenfiddich whisky. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

When Minnesota-based companies publicly called for de-escalation after two fatal shootings by federal ICE agents, the nation saw how CEOs and their general counsel can step up amid controversy. And a new study shows that white collar offenders received more than half of all recent pardons. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a D.C. Circuit panel revived a lawsuit that accuses pharmaceutical companies of aiding a Hezbollah-linked militia's terrorism in Iraq.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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