Analysis

Companies In Limbo Over Calif. Climate Disclosure Laws' Fate

By Keith Goldberg

Companies that do business in California are stuck in no-man's-land as the Golden State implements sweeping laws requiring disclosure of financial risks tied to climate change, at the same time the Ninth Circuit is poised to decide whether to block the laws.

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Analysis

Experts See Immunity Defense Reset After NJ Transit Ruling

By Carla Baranauckas

The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous ruling Wednesday that New Jersey Transit isn't an arm of the state clarified a key limit on sovereign immunity, with experts telling Law360 that the court's emphasis on corporate form and formal liability could change how states structure and defend their state-created, quasi‑governmental entities.

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Texas Jury Finds Lyft Owes $1M In Ride-Hailing Patent Case

By Elliot Weld

A Texas federal jury said Lyft owes $1 million to Quartz Auto Technologies, finding the ride-hailing giant was liable for infringing an automobile technology patent.

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Analysis

Amazon Wage Decision Resisted Policy Pressure, Experts Say

By Aaron Keller

The Connecticut Supreme Court's opinion requiring Amazon to pay warehouse workers for time spent awaiting and undergoing post-shift security screenings used basic statutory interpretation tools, not policy arguments, to reach conclusions aligned with other pro-labor laws passed by the state legislature, experts told Law360.

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Cities Seek Broader Ban On Feds' Transpo Grant Conditions

By Linda Chiem

A coalition of cities and counties led by Fresno, California, have asked a California federal court to expand an injunction stopping the Trump administration from imposing "impermissibly vague" conditions requiring compliance with immigration and diversity, equity and inclusion policies in order to receive federal transportation and other grants.

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Scholars Back Rail Cos. Against Fuel Surcharge Suit Revival

By Bryan Koenig

Academics and former U.S. antitrust officials have backed Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern and BNSF against rail shippers asking the D.C. Circuit to revive their suit alleging collusion on freight fuel surcharges, arguing there was nothing collusive about the response to jumps in oil prices in the 2000s.

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Brief

CSX Wraps Up Conductor's Suit Over FMLA Attendance Policy

By Patrick Hoff

CSX Transportation Inc. has resolved a conductor's lawsuit claiming the railroad giant discourages workers from using family and medical leave and punishes those who take time off to care for their health and loved ones, according to a filing in North Carolina federal court.

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Brief

Connecticut Man Admits To $3.5M Amazon Trucking Fraud

By Brian Steele

The owner of a Connecticut trucking company admitted Friday to ripping off Amazon for $3.5 million by manipulating the online retail giant into believing that he had completed more than 1,000 jobs that he did not actually perform.

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Amazon Beats Claim It Ships Slowly To Some ZIPs, For Now

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge has for now thrown out a proposed class action accusing Amazon of lagging shipping speeds in certain ZIP codes, saying Friday the plaintiff online shoppers haven't shown the e-commerce company promised routine two-day delivery to its Prime members.

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Brief

Wash. High Court Won't Hear Co.'s Arbitration Pact Appeal

By Benjamin Morse

Washington state's highest court won't review a decision finding a logistics company imposed an unconscionable arbitration pact on two workers who lodged wage and hour claims against the company, according to a court filing.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Slaughter And May, Kirkland

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, British insurer Beazley accepts a cash takeover offer from Zurich Insurance Group, a consortium of investors led by Blackrock's Global Infrastructure Partners and the EQT Infrastructure VI fund buys energy company AES, and private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquires third-party logistics provider WWEX.

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Brief

ITC Probes Chinese Imports Of Salt Used In Lithium Batteries

By Kevin Pinner

The U.S. International Trade Commission is investigating whether Chinese imports of an electrolyte salt used in lithium-ion batteries are hampering U.S. industry by potentially being sold at less than fair value, according to a notice.

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Kavanaugh, Jackson Debate High Court Emergency Orders

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh pushed back Monday against critiques that the high court is ruling in favor of President Donald Trump in emergency appeals more often than it did for prior presidents, saying people who believe those allegations have "short" memories. 

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Ex-DLA Piper Atty Alleging Rape Can't Remain Anonymous

By Lauren Berg

A former Boston-based DLA Piper associate cannot use a pseudonym to pursue a lawsuit alleging she was raped by one of the firm's former partners, a Massachusetts judge ruled, noting that she already publicly revealed her identity in a related suit against the accused attorney.

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Employment Law Cases Have Rebounded Except For FLSA

By Max Kutner

Employment law cases overall have bounced back from pandemic-era lows, especially discrimination and disability accommodation suits, though a slump has continued for Fair Labor Standards Act claims, according to a report by legal analytics provider Lex Machina.

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NJ US Atty Trio Booted In 2nd Leadership Ouster

By George Woolston

A federal judge on Monday disqualified the three assistant attorneys overseeing the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, finding the "byzantine" leadership structure is unconstitutional.

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Brief

SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein To Be Sentenced In June

By Emily Sawicki

SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein, currently under home confinement in Washington, D.C., after a Maryland jury convicted him on tax evasion and mortgage fraud charges, will face sentencing in June.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured disputes spanning alleged forged board approvals at a telecom startup, evidence-destruction claims tied to WWE's blockbuster merger with UFC and investor scrutiny of a multibillion-dollar deal between Intel and the U.S. government.

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McGuireWoods Beats Sun Pharma's DQ Bid In NJ Suit

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal court has denied Sun Pharmaceutical's bid to disqualify McGuireWoods LLP from representing pharmaceutical company Biofrontera in litigation over the alleged breach of a settlement agreement, ruling the firm's continued representation won't harm Sun Pharmaceutical and will avoid significant harm to Biofrontera.

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Lewis Brisbois Renews Bid To Force Paralegal To Arbitrate

By Adrian Cruz

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP asked a Florida state judge on Friday to have a former paralegal arbitrate her defamation claims that its actions tarnished her reputation and cost her a job at another firm.

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K&L Gates IP Atty Tapped For Wash. Supreme Court Seat

By Rachel Riley

A K&L Gates intellectual property litigator will become the Washington State Supreme Court's first justice of Middle Eastern descent, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said Monday, announcing his pick to replace veteran retiring Justice Barbara Madsen.

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