Feds Get Gateway Tunnel Funding Freeze During Appeal

By Carla Baranauckas

A Manhattan federal judge on Monday froze her Friday order requiring the U.S. Department of Transportation to resume paying for the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel, as the agency seeks emergency relief from the Second Circuit.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

US Backs Bid To Halt Line 5 Shutdown On Wis. Tribal Lands

By Crystal Owens

The government is backing a bid by Enbridge Energy Inc. to stay an order requiring the partial removal of its Line 5 pipeline that runs through Wisconsin tribal lands, saying that while it has an interest in protecting federal trust lands, the case implicates significant interests in foreign affairs.

Motion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Michael Bay Says GM Stole His Cadillac Super Bowl Ad Ideas

By Bonnie Eslinger

Hollywood blockbuster director Michael Bay has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against General Motors and others in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming the auto giant ripped off his ideas for its Cadillac Formula 1 Super Bowl commercial.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

10th Circ. Ends Civil Rights Suit, Sanctions Atty For AI Errors

By Emily Sawicki

A self-represented Maryland attorney could not revive her $15 million racial discrimination suit against Denver-based Frontier Airlines after a Tenth Circuit panel found the district court had not erred in its dismissal, in a ruling that also sanctioned the lawyer for misusing generative artificial intelligence.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Feds, MTA Spar Over Due Process In Congestion Pricing Fight

By Linda Chiem

New York agencies have told a Manhattan federal judge that the U.S. Department of Transportation violated their due process rights when it purportedly terminated a federal agreement that gave congestion pricing the green light, while the federal government maintained that the district court lacks jurisdiction over this dispute.

3 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Frontier Airlines To Face Racial Bias Suit On 9th Circ. Remand

By Rae Ann Varona

The Ninth Circuit on Monday largely revived a racial bias lawsuit against Frontier Airlines, saying in an unpublished opinion that a jury could possibly find for the father-and-son passengers based on the case's facts.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

9th Circ. Judge Casts Doubt On Feds' Grant Condition Stance

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit judge expressed skepticism Monday as the Trump administration argued it could legally impose new rules barring federal grant recipients from using the money for diversity programming, suggesting that the government had misread Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

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.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Luxury Terminal Developer Protests Dulles Contract Decisions

By Tom Lotshaw

A California company aiming to develop a private luxury terminal for Washington Dulles International Airport asked a D.C. federal judge to block the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority from moving ahead with a "thinly veiled" attempt to steer the deal to another company.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Boeing Can't Escape Bias Suit Over $12K Bonus

By Emily Brill

Boeing must face a proposed class action accusing it of excluding workers on long-term disability leave from a $12,000 bonus, as a Washington federal judge denied the company's dismissal motion and remanded the suit to state court, where it was originally filed.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Afni Faces Class Action Over Alleged Misleading Claim Letters

By Rachel Riley

Debt collector Afni Inc. has been accused of trying to dupe people into paying "unadjudicated" damage demands by sending auto crash claim letters disguised as collection notices, according to a proposed class action that the Illinois-based company removed to Seattle federal court on Friday.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Insurer Says No Coverage For $10M Truck Crash Dispute

By Hope Patti

An insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify a transportation company or one of its truck drivers against another worker's $10 million suit stemming from a crash, telling a Texas federal court that the policy excludes coverage for bodily injury to employees and fellow employees.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

EEOC, Trucking Co. Resolve Hearing Bias Suit For $50K

By Abigail Harrison

A trucking company has agreed to pay a former applicant $50,000 as part of a consent decree to end a lawsuit in North Carolina federal court from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the company turned the job seeker away because he is deaf.

Settlement attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Royal Caribbean Sued Over Surf Simulator Injuries

By Carolina Bolado

A Pennsylvania man who broke his neck while surfing on a cruise ship FlowRider wave simulation attraction sued Royal Caribbean on Monday, claiming the cruise line was negligent and has failed to address problems with the attraction despite a number of injuries.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

As Federal Enviro Justice Policy Goes Dormant, All Is Not Lost

Environmental justice is enduring a federal dormancy brought on by executive branch reversals and agency directives over the past year that have swept long-standing federal frameworks from the formal policy ledger, but the legal underpinnings of EJ have not vanished and remain important, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Analysis

Circuit Split Brewing Following 5th Circ.'s No-Bond Ruling

By Britain Eakin

The Fifth Circuit's split ruling blessing the Trump administration's mandatory immigration detention policy won't be the final say on the matter, but it could supercharge efforts to concentrate detained immigrants there while other circuits weigh the policy's legality.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Fla. US Attys Push Back Against Sanctions In Habeas Case

By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida and an assistant U.S. attorney have urged an Orlando federal judge not to sanction them for the government's response to a noncitizen's habeas petition, saying any shortcomings were an "unintentional oversight."

3 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Ex-McDermott Atty Fights 'Harassing' Subpoena In Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

A Black attorney accusing McDermott Will & Schulte LLP of firing her for calling out racial bias has urged an Illinois federal court to reject the firm's bid to get employment records from her previous employer, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, saying the request serves no other purpose than to harass her.

Memorandum attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Kirkland Joins Growing Number Of Firms Launching In Tenn.

By Andrea Keckley

Kirkland & Ellis is joining a long line of firms setting their sights on Tennessee, announcing Tuesday that it would set up shop in Nashville with a team of former Butler & Snow LLP and King & Spalding LLP litigators.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Amazon Calls FTC Allegations Of Hidden Documents 'Reckless'

By Bryan Koenig

Amazon.com assailed the Federal Trade Commission for accusing it of using auto-deleting Signal chats and improper privilege claims to hide evidence of rules that created an artificial pricing floor across online retail stores, asking a Washington federal judge to appoint a special master to handle the "inflammatory, close-of-discovery filings."

Brief attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Tom Goldstein To Testify At Tax Trial Wednesday

By Jared Foretek

SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein will take the stand in his tax fraud trial Wednesday, after the government rested its case with an IRS agent tallying up $3.6 million that she said went unreported on his 2016 tax return.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Senate Confirms Burrows As DOJ Policy Chief

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 52-46 on Tuesday to confirm Daniel Burrows, a White House official and former chief deputy attorney general of Kansas, to lead the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Policy.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Lewis Brisbois, Ex-Paralegal Bring Dueling Suits Over Firing

By Adrian Cruz

Days after being sued to compel her to arbitrate her claims against the firm, a former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP paralegal hit her ex-employer with a defamation suit claiming its actions tarnished her reputation and cost her a job at another firm.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

DOJ Pushes To Revive Comey, James Indictments

By Emily Sawicki

Criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James were brought under a validly serving interim U.S. attorney and, therefore, never should have been dismissed, the U.S. Department of Justice argued in its opening brief in its consolidated appeal before the Fourth Circuit.

Brief attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »