NY Judge Allows Funding For $16B Tunnel To Continue

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from halting funding for a tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey, after the states called the move an unlawful attempt to "punish political rivals" over immigration policy disagreements.

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'I Can't Get Out, Please Help Me': Tesla Sued Over Fatal Crash

By Dorothy Atkins

Tesla has been hit with another wrongful death lawsuit over its electric doors, after a 20-year-old was recorded on a 911 call begging for help and telling dispatchers "I am going to die" as he burned alive trapped in a 2021 Model Y that had hit a tree.

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Tesla, Musk Must Face 'Blade Runner 2049' Copyright Suit

By Ivan Moreno

A Los Angeles federal judge has declined Tesla and Elon Musk's request to throw out a copyright complaint accusing them of using imagery from the movie "Blade Runner 2049" to create a visual for a Tesla promotional event.

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4 Takeaways From The EU's Latest Trade Agreements

By Dylan Moroses

The European Union recently cemented formal trade agreements with India and Mercosur, a group of Latin American countries, which — along with creating certainty for businesses in the regions — strike a sharp contrast with the approach taken in framework deals reached by President Donald Trump. Here, Law360 examines four takeaways from the two trade agreements announced by the EU.

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'Very Bizarre': Trump's Funding Freeze Appeal Vexes DC Circ.

By Jeff Overley

D.C. Circuit judges struggled Friday with whether to unblock a federal funding freeze carrying multitrillion-dollar implications, as a Trump administration lawyer disclaimed interest in a vast spending halt but also dodged opportunities to rule it out unequivocally.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, S&C, Wachtell

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Elon Musk announces SpaceX's acquisition of his artificial intelligence company xAI, Devon Energy and Coterra Energy agree to merge, and Banco Santander SA acquires Webster Financial Corp.

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India, US Outline Commitments Toward Trade Deal

By Dylan Moroses

India has agreed to remove tariffs on U.S. industrial exports and several agricultural products, including soybean oil, tree nuts and fruit, in exchange for further U.S. tariff relief, according to a joint statement issued Friday afternoon by the White House.

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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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DC Circ. Wary Of Drone Maker's Chinese Gov't Ties

By Madeline Lyskawa

The D.C. Circuit appeared skeptical of a drone manufacturer's claim that a 2021 recognition from the Chinese government no longer carries weight, while acknowledging that much of the U.S. government's evidence for labeling the company as a "Chinese military company" remains classified.

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Boeing Suits Over S. Korean 737 Crash Merged In Wash. Court

By Ben Adlin

Seven wrongful death lawsuits against The Boeing Co. over a 737 crash in South Korea that killed 179 people have been consolidated and assigned to a Seattle federal judge under an order Thursday from the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

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Menzies Targets NYC Townhouse In $7.6M Niger Award Feud

By Caroline Simson

A subsidiary of British aviation services company Menzies has set its sights on a $35 million luxury townhouse on the Upper East Side owned by the Nigerien government as it looks to enforce a nearly 13-year-old $7.6 million arbitral award against the West African country.

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Tesla, X Accused Of Infringing Voice Assistance Tech Patent

By Lauren Berg

Tesla Inc., X Corp., and an Indian technology company were all hit with patent infringement lawsuits in Texas federal court over their technology that uses voice assistance.

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Contractor Says VA's Uber Deal Is Taking Away Driving Biz

By Elaine Briseño

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs violated the law when it awarded contracts to Uber and Onward Health to transport patients in San Francisco because the process was not transparent, the owner of a small transportation company alleged in a federal claims court suit.

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Chrysler Muscle Car Drivers Sue Over Seat Height Adjusters

By Spencer Brewer

Chrysler and Dodge's parent company sold millions of vehicles with defective seat height adjusters that create an "unreasonable risk of injury or death" during collisions and then hid the defect from authorities, alleges a proposed class action filed in Texas federal court.

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Allstate Denies Coverage For Uber Driver's Deadly Road Rage

By Rachel Riley

Allstate called on a Seattle federal judge to find that it has no duty to defend a delivery driver from a wrongful death lawsuit alleging he fatally shot and killed another man during an apparent road rage incident while working for Uber Eats and DoorDash.

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Squires Rules Inconsistent Claim Constructions Doom 3 IPRs

By Ryan Davis

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has undone three decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituting inter partes reviews, finding that the patent challengers made conflicting claim construction arguments in the reviews and in court.

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STB Pledges 'Rigorous Review' Of UP, Norfolk Southern Deal

By Linda Chiem

The Surface Transportation Board has reassured lawmakers that it will "conduct a rigorous and comprehensive review" of Union Pacific's proposed $85 billion merger with Norfolk Southern, as the board weighs a flurry of comments from industry stakeholders on the deal's sweeping implications for the U.S. economy.

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When Bankruptcy Collides With Product Recalls

The recent bankruptcy filing by Rad Power Bikes on the heels of a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warning about dangerously defective batteries sold by the company highlights how CPSC enforcement clashes with bankruptcy protections, leaving both regulators and consumer litigants with limited options, says Michael Avanesian at Avian Law Group.

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Analysis

Arbitrators Take Cautious Approach To Integrating AI

By Emily Sawicki

Norms, practices and regulations surrounding the use of generative artificial intelligence in arbitration are developing just as rapidly as they are in the courts. Here, Law360 Pulse talks with legal tech vendor Veritext's senior vice president in charge of alternative dispute resolution about how the arbitration industry is interacting with AI.

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Beasley Allen Disqualified From NJ Talc Multicounty Litigation

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state appeals court disqualified the Beasley Allen Law Firm from representing plaintiffs in multicounty litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder, ruling Friday that a former Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP lawyer's collaborative efforts with the firm's attorneys violated ethics rules.

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Louisiana Attys Face Possible Sanctions For AI Slop Usage

By Adrian Cruz

As part of an order dismissing the remaining claims in a real estate matter, a Louisiana federal judge has threatened to sanction attorneys from two local firms for submitting a brief riddled with errors generated by artificial intelligence.

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Q&A

Va. Prosecutor Calls For Courage In Charging Feds

By Brandon Lowrey

Several district attorneys have formed a group with a singular goal: to charge and convict federal agents who violate civil rights. Here, Law360 speaks to one of these prosecutors about the creation of Fight Against Federal Overreach and the plans for the organization.

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DC Courts To Tag In Non-Attys To Help Civil Litigants

By Emily Johnson

The District of Columbia Courts is the latest court system in the U.S. to allow non-attorneys to help guide civil litigants who face matters without an attorney, creating a program that expands who can advise people facing evictions, child custody disputes and other matters.

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Judge Shooting Probe Draws Alleged Gunman's Confession

By Lynn LaRowe

The man accused of shooting an Indiana Superior Court judge confessed to carrying out the shooting to achieve a higher rank in his criminal gang and to erase debt he owed to co-conspirators — one of them scheduled for a criminal trial before the judge, according to court documents filed Friday.

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Trump's BigLaw Executive Order Appeals Consolidated

By Emily Sawicki

The D.C. Circuit on Friday consolidated the government's appeals of losses in four cases BigLaw firms launched against the White House and Justice Department over executive orders against them related to the clients they represent.

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Graham Pushes Bill To Allow Suits Over Smith Investigations

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is working on a bill to allow nonmembers of Congress to sue for damages after being investigated by special counsel Jack Smith.

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Roundup

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London saw a unit of Johnson & Johnson sue the U.S. government in a patent dispute, Southampton Football Club file a claim against Aviva Insurance, and an events business face a claim by Live Nation (Music) over potential licensing issues for Chelmsford City Live, a music festival that featured Justin Timberlake last year. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Attacks on alleged anticompetitive behavior took the spotlight in the past week, with a federal jury ordering medical device maker Medtronic to pay $382 million for its monopolistic practices, including bundling sales and punishing customers for using rival products. And the Federal Trade Commission warned 42 law firms that participating in the Diversity Lab's diversity, equity and inclusion program could constitute anticompetitive collusion.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury ordered Medtronic to pay nearly $382 million to business rival Applied Medical Resources Corp. for antitrust violations.

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