Tesla Fatal Crash Trial Delayed Over Discovery Disputes

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida state judge granted a request Thursday to push back the trial date of a suit against Tesla over a fatal crash and said he would be appointing a magistrate judge to handle the discovery disputes delaying the case.

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EV Makers Tell 1st Circ. Fuel Economy Rule Freeze Unlawful

By Linda Chiem

A coalition of electric vehicle manufacturers and suppliers told the First Circuit that the Trump administration has created a regulatory vacuum by refusing to enforce existing vehicle fuel economy standards, jeopardizing more than $100 million in compliance credits that are essential to the EV industry.

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Ga. Jury Awards $13M To Family Of Girl Hit By Tow Truck

By Kelcey Caulder

A DeKalb County, Georgia, jury has awarded $13.3 million over an accident in which a young girl suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a tow truck.

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Presidential Firing Limits Needed At FERC, Justices Told

By Keith Goldberg

Former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members on Thursday told the U.S. Supreme Court that overturning limits on the president's authority to fire certain agency officials could undermine FERC's independent oversight of the electricity and gas industries and harm companies and consumers.

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Teamsters, Airline Settle Arbitration Fight On Appeal

By Lauraann Wood

Republic Airways and an International Brotherhood of Teamsters local unit have resolved their legal differences over an arbitration award the airline challenged in federal court, removing the local's bid to reinstate the award from the Seventh Circuit's docket.

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Car Shipping Co. Keeps Most Of Trade Secret Case Intact

By Adam Lidgett

A company that ships vehicles across the country was able to keep intact most of a lawsuit in Delaware federal court accusing a competitor founded by its former employees of poaching customers and swiping trade secrets.

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4th Circ. Won't Review Reversal Of Car Valuation Class Cert.

By Hope Patti

The full Fourth Circuit refused to review a decision revoking a Progressive policyholder's class certification win after finding she lacked standing to pursue her breach of contract claims over adjustments the insurer makes when calculating the actual cash value of a totaled vehicle.

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Fed. Circ. Undoes Bus Sign Patent Verdict, Orders New Trial

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit has thrown out a jury's finding that lighting manufacturer Opti-Luxx owed $23,000 for infringing a Canadian competitor's two patents covering illuminated school bus signs.

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Injured Riders Ask Justices To Block NJ Transit's Immunity

By Carla Baranauckas

Three injured riders from Pennsylvania and New York asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject New Jersey Transit's bid to escape two negligence suits on interstate sovereign immunity grounds, arguing that the transit agency is legally distinct from the State of New Jersey and should not be insulated from being sued in courts outside the state.

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DocGo Investors Seek OK Of $12.5M Deal Over Ex-CEO Claims

By Sydney Price

Investors of mobile medical provider DocGo have asked a New York federal court to grant preliminary approval of their $12.5 million settlement of claims that the company deceived stockholders before a $432 million contract with New York City to provide emergency migrant housing came under public scrutiny.

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Alaska Co. Will Pay $3.5M To Settle DOJ Fake Survey Claims

By Tom Lotshaw

An Alaska company tapped to provide moving and storage services for U.S. defense personnel agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations that it submitted bogus customer surveys to give itself perfect ratings and nab more business, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

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Latin American Trade Deals With US Include Zero Tariff Rates

By Dylan Moroses

Latin American countries including El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador and Argentina committed to nontariff reductions for U.S. producers in exchange for a zero tariff rate on many imports not readily available in the U.S., under details of framework trade agreements the White House unveiled Thursday.

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Google Sues Cybercriminals Over Global Phishing Scams

By Joyce Hanson

Google has sued foreign cybercriminals behind phishing scams that claim to represent the U.S. Postal Service and the New York City government's website, among others, accusing them of texting millions of Americans phony messages that lure them into providing their payment information and other personal data.

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Analysis

Clean Energy Cos. Tap Private Cash To Beat Tax Credit Clock

By Keith Goldberg

Clean energy developers are increasingly looking to privately held investors to ensure they can do enough work to keep their projects fully eligible for tax credits that start phasing out next year, energy development attorneys told Law360.

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Series

Building With Lego Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Building with Lego has taught me to follow directions and adapt to unexpected challenges, and in pairing discipline with imagination, allows me to stay grounded while finding new ways to make complex deals come together, says Paul Levin at Venable.

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New California Bar Leader Aims To Rebuild Public Trust

By Tracey Read

After less than two weeks on the job, Laura Enderton-Speed, the California State Bar's new executive director, is already busy working to strengthen trust in the organization following the botched administration of the February bar exam.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Freeths face a professional negligence claim from a Scottish car dealership, Rolls-Royce sue logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel, and a team of Oberon Investments Group investment managers sued by their former employer.  

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Experts say it will likely take at least a month for the thousands of SEC employees now back to work after the government shutdown to catch up with submissions for initial public offerings. Meanwhile, clean energy developers are increasingly looking to privately held investors amid a race to beat a July 2026 cutoff to maintain eligibility for clean electricity investment and production tax credits. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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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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Buchalter Won't Be Sanctioned For 'Hallucinated' AI Citations

By Rose Krebs

An Oregon federal judge has decided not to sanction Buchalter PC and other counsel representing an environmental nonprofit in a trademark infringement dispute for submitting "hallucinated" case citations generated by an artificial intelligence tool, saying he is satisfied with "remedial actions" already done or to be taken.

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King & Spalding, Atty Move To End Bias Suit At 4th Circ.

By Grace Elletson

King & Spalding LLP and an attorney who complained that she didn't apply to a summer associate program as a straight, white woman because the firm sought diverse applicants have agreed to end her bias case, according to a filing in the Fourth Circuit.

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Manning Kass Hit With Age Bias Suit In Calif.

By Christine DeRosa

Manning & Kass Ellrod Ramirez Trester LLP is facing an age bias lawsuit in California state court alleging a firm leader has made ageist comments at employees over 40 and is trying to drive those workers out of the firm.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Sidley Austin LLP and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Washington federal jury cleared Novo Nordisk of allegations that it defrauded the state's Medicaid and Medicare systems by paying kickbacks and promoting off-label use to illegally boost prescriptions of its hemophilia drug NovoSeven.

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Non-Attys Could Help Close Georgia's Civil Justice Gap

By Emily Johnson

Low-income Georgians and rural Georgians face several barriers to accessing legal services, including living in a legal desert, according to a Georgia Supreme Court committee’s report. The panel's proposal allowing "limited licensed legal practitioners" to assist with civil housing and consumer debt matters could improve access to justice across the state.

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House Eyes Vote To Repeal Provision On Senators' Lawsuits

By Courtney Bublé

A House bill to repeal a controversial provision tucked into the government funding package that would allow senators investigated by former special counsel Jack Smith to sue for damages is listed for possible consideration on the schedule for the week of Nov. 17.

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Northern NY US Atty To Defend DOJ In Maurene Comey Suit

By Jack Karp

The U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District of New York has agreed to defend the U.S. Department of Justice against a lawsuit from former FBI Director James Comey's daughter over what she calls her illegal firing, that office informed a New York federal judge this week.

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DOJ Official Among Trump Picks For District Courts

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced judicial nominees for federal courts in Tennessee, Indiana and Missouri on Friday, including a current U.S. Department of Justice official.

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Frequent DEI Foe Takes Aim At Mich. Law Firm's Scholarships

By Madison Arnold

American Alliance for Equal Rights, a group known for challenging diversity, equity and inclusion scholarships, has set its sights on Michigan personal injury firm Buckfire & Buckfire PC for alleged discrimination via the firm's scholarship programs for minorities.

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NC, Utah Attorneys General Launch Nationwide AI Task Force

By Matt Perez

Democratic North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Republican Utah Attorney General Derek Brown have announced the formation of a nationwide artificial intelligence task force in collaboration with developers OpenAI and Microsoft, as well as the Attorney General Alliance, a nonprofit group of bipartisan state attorneys general.

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How To Kill A Person: A Legal Battle Over Execution Methods

By Marco Poggio

As botched executions pile up and states reach for untested methods like nitrogen hypoxia, prisoners are turning to the courts for a say in how they will die — and are being met with a legal framework stacked against finding execution methods unconstitutional.

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Perkins Coie Sued By Omani Co. Over Trade Case Defense

By Rachel Riley

An Omani screw manufacturer has launched a legal malpractice suit in Washington state court accusing Perkins Coie LLP of a "series of deadly mistakes" while representing the Middle Eastern company in a U.S. Department of Commerce probe, allegedly leading to steep penalties and tariffs that cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Analysis

Feds' Use Of AI In Permitting, Rulemaking Raises Concerns

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

Federal government agencies with environmental responsibilities have begun using artificial intelligence tools, but attorneys say information about exactly why, how and when they are being used has been hard to get, leading to uncertainty about their effectiveness and shortcomings.

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'Constitutional Word Salad': Judge Rips Suit Over Mascot Ban

By Bonnie Eslinger

A New York federal court judge denied a Long Island school district's bid to amend claims in a lawsuit challenging the state's ban on Indigenous mascots, calling proposed changes a "constitutional word salad," but said a district parent could add First Amendment claims to the litigation.

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