GM To Depose Ex-FCA Exec Again After Judge Flags Gaps

By Susan Smiley

Former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles executive Alphons Iacobelli can be deposed a second time by counsel for General Motors LLC, a Michigan state judge ruled Thursday, emphasizing that Iacobelli must turn over all documents requested by GM and that omitting pertinent information from his testimony is not an option.

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NYC Becomes 2nd City To Ban Data-Driven Pricing

By Lauren Berg

The New York City Council on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a measure to ban companies from using personal data to offer different prices to different customers for the same goods and services, becoming the second city to prohibit the increasingly prevalent practice known as surveillance pricing.

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6th Circ. Rejects Fraud Claims Over $600M Train Deal

By Kelcey Caulder

Ohio residents who waived personal injury claims for extra payments from a $600 million settlement with Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern Corp. over a 2023 train derailment can't reclaim their right to sue the railroad giant, the Sixth Circuit ruled.

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NJ Panel Won't Renew Country Singer's Helicopter Death Suit

By Mike Curley

A New Jersey appeals panel refused to reinstate a wrongful death and defect suit from the widow of country singer Troy Lee Gentry over his death in a 2017 helicopter crash, backing the trial court's order on summary judgment.

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Brief

Delta And JAL Seek To Merge Suits Over Seattle Jet Collision

By Jonathan Capriel

A passenger who claims he was injured when a Japan Airlines flight wing clipped his Delta Air Lines Inc. flight during a ground collision at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is asking a Washington federal court to consolidate his suit with claims brought by his wife, daughter and granddaughters.

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Toyota Says Inverter Defect Suit Fails In Light Of Recall

By Mike Curley

Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. and its affiliates are urging an Illinois federal court to throw out a proposed class action alleging it sold hybrid vehicles with an inverter defect, saying the lead plaintiff hasn't alleged any damages because his vehicle was repaired, and he was given loaners, free of charge.

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Temp Worker Says Waste Hauler Owes Pay For Waiting Time

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Massachusetts man who temporarily worked for a trash hauler while Teamsters-affiliated sanitation workers were on strike says he was not paid for time he was required to wait at a staging area to be transported to and from his assigned routes.

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JB Hunt To Pay $3.2M To End Tobacco Fee Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

Trucking company J.B. Hunt will shell out roughly $3.2 million to settle a proposed class action alleging workers who used tobacco were wrongly charged $15 per week more for healthcare, according to the terms of a deal filed in Arkansas federal court.

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Mich. AG Targets Ferry Operator Over Ferry, Parking Monopoly

By Melanie Dorsey

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued the Hoffmann Family of Cos. on Thursday, accusing the private equity firm of illegally monopolizing passenger ferry service to Mackinac Island and nearby parking facilities through acquisitions that eliminated competition, drove up prices and left residents and visitors dependent on a single operator.

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Chinese Shipping Co.'s US Arm Freed From Boat Sinking Suit

By Jack McLoone

A D.C. federal judge has spared the North American subsidiary of a Chinese shipping company from claims tied to a wide-ranging suit blaming the sinking of a ship by Houthi rebels on an Iran-China conspiracy, ruling her court has no jurisdiction over the company.

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Bus Driver Accuses NYC Transit Authority, Union Of Bias

By Emily Brill

A New York City bus driver has hit the city's transit authority and his union with a religious discrimination suit, accusing them of retaliating against him for complaining after he learned that a union leader had mocked his Rastafarian head covering.

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GAO Faults DOT's Evaluation Of $723K Call Order Proposals

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Department of Transportation unreasonably evaluated a contractor's proposed price for a call order to provide internal control services and failed to identify what specific key personnel were required, according to a decision by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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Squires Grants Another 5 PTAB Petitions, Denies 2

By Dani Kass

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has instituted five new patent challenges, largely in the pharmaceutical industry, in one of his final mass orders.

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Insurance CEO Asks Jurors To Uphold $8M Promise

By George Woolston

The CEO of Cure Auto Insurance asked a New Jersey federal jury Thursday to hold two businessmen to their promise that he would receive 15% of the proceeds if a venture the three men started ever sold.

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Ex-Cravath Staffer Charged With Insider Trading

By Stewart Bishop

A former employee at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on Thursday was arrested and charged with insider trading for allegedly exploiting nonpublic information about major deals involving the firm's clients, including Paramount Skydance Corp.'s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

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Posner Remembered For Wide Influence, Pragmatic Approach

By Ryan Boysen

The iconoclastic, prolific and hugely influential U.S. Circuit Court Judge Richard A. Posner is being remembered for a lifetime of relentless advocacy for a more pragmatic approach to the law and a legacy that will ripple through American jurisprudence for decades to come.

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Remembering Richard Posner: A Prolific Jurist

Judge Richard Posner died Tuesday at age 87, leaving a legacy as one of the most influential members of the judiciary who never served on the U.S. Supreme Court. Here, Law360 revisits its coverage over the years of the prolific retired Seventh Circuit judge, including interviews with him about his pragmatic approach to the law, his belief that the courts mistreat pro se litigants and his love of felines.

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Foley Revamps Associate Pay, Advancement Structure

By James Boyle

Foley & Lardner LLP is the latest law firm to alter the way it handles associate compensation and advancement to keep in line with Milbank LLP's update of its own associate pay scale in July.

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Weil's 1,000 Staff Face 'Absorption' Issue In Hunt For Roles

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

As the approximately 1,000 professional staff members at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP look for new roles, they're likely to encounter a more difficult job market than the firm's attorneys, recruiters told Law360 Pulse.

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DOJ Exodus Leaves Trump Facing Confirmation Crunch

By Courtney Bublé

Since the Democrats' sweeping victories on Election Day, there has been an exodus of top officials at the U.S. Department of Justice and prospects for confirming permanent replacement are slim.

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Feature

The Go-To Firms For Insurance Litigation In 2026

By Hope Patti

A Florida-based law firm filed the most insurance coverage actions in the first half of 2026, primarily representing policyholders in property damage disputes, while BigLaw firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani was the most frequent choice among insurer defendants.

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Senate Confirms First Judge Of Lame-Duck Period

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate confirmed Alabama Supreme Court Justice Gregory Cook to the Northern District of Alabama on Thursday, marking the first judicial confirmation of the lame-duck period.

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Proskauer Won't Rep Perplexity In Reddit Data-Scraping Suit

By Matthew Perlman

Perplexity AI Inc. has abandoned its effort to have Proskauer Rose LLP defend against a data-scraping lawsuit from Reddit Inc. after Reddit raised concerns about the law firm's past representation of the social media company.

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Arbitration Assoc. Wants Consumers' Monopoly Suit Tossed

By Rae Ann Varona

The American Arbitration Association urged an Arizona federal court Thursday to toss a proposed class action that accuses the organization of monopolizing the consumer arbitration services market, saying the plaintiff consumers are trying to hold it liable for contracts it never entered into.

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