Spirit Airlines Gets OK For Chapter 11 Wind-Down Procedures

By Clara Geoghegan

A New York bankruptcy judge on Tuesday agreed to approve Spirit Airlines' package of wind-down motions after rising fuel costs and unsuccessful efforts to secure federal rescue financing forced it to walk away from restructuring plans.

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Home Depot Accused Of Helping Police Spy On Customers

By Bonnie Eslinger

Home Depot is running a covert surveillance system using automated license plate recognition technology and feeding that information to a database accessed by law enforcement, a proposed class action filed in California federal court has alleged.

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1st Circ. Sees Role As Limited In Trans Passport Fight

By Julie Manganis

A First Circuit panel on Tuesday told attorneys for both the government and a class of transgender and nonbinary people that because the class has asked to vacate a preliminary order blocking a Trump administration policy requiring that passports bear a person's sex assigned at birth, the court no longer has authority to issue an opinion.

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3rd Circ. Backs Arbitration For Pilot's Military Bias Case

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The Third Circuit on Tuesday held that a pilot who sued Piedmont Airlines Inc. for allegedly discriminating against him by refusing him a $70,000 bonus because he was away on military duty must arbitrate his claims because it involves an interpretation of his union's collective bargaining agreement.

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DOT, Mexico Inching Toward 'Consensus' In Airport Slots Fight

By Linda Chiem

The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday that Mexico has tentatively agreed to reconsider some of its restrictions on flights into Mexico City's Benito Juárez International Airport, signaling there's some headway being made in a dispute over alleged violations of a decade-old bilateral air transport agreement.

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Wash. Panel Upholds Seizure-Prone Driver's Crash Conviction

By Parker Quinlan

A Washington state appeals court on Tuesday upheld the vehicular homicide and assault conviction of a driver who suffered a seizure, finding a jury could reasonably find the driver culpable for ignoring pre-seizure symptoms prior to the crash.

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Pa. High Court Says DUI Cases Face No Special Malice Test

By Elizabeth Daley

A man sentenced to up to 39 years in prison after drunkenly killing two people and injuring two others while flying down a Pennsylvania highway at 115 miles per hour with his eyes off the road was correctly convicted by a jury of crimes requiring malice, Pennsylvania's highest court has affirmed.

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GM Says Brake Defect System Claims Came Too Late

By Susan Smiley

Claims that General Motors knowingly installed defective brake vacuum pumps on three SUV models are unfounded, the automaker told a Michigan federal court Monday, saying that issues experienced by plaintiffs are nothing more than normal wear and tear on the braking system.

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Indian, Czech Freight Rail Couplers Face Dumping Duties

By Jack McLoone

Freight rail couplers and associated parts imported from India and the Czech Republic are facing possible antidumping duties after the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily found Tuesday they are being sold at unfair prices.

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Freight Carrier Denied Workers Breaks, OT, Suit Says

By MJ Koo

A Washington freight carrier denied workers meal and rest breaks, failed to pay overtime and sick leave and required employees to sign unlawful noncompete agreements, a proposed class action filed in state court said.

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IRS Beats Suit Claiming Secret Rule Targeted Stock Plan

By Asha Glover

A transportation company cannot pursue its claims that the IRS adopted a secret rule that targeted its stock ownership plan, a Wisconsin federal judge ruled, throwing out the company's suit.

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Ocean Carrier Says FMC's In-House Court, $45M Award Illegal

By José Luis Martínez

An ocean carrier asked a Texas federal judge Tuesday to freeze Federal Maritime Commission cases against it and vacate a $45 million initial decision issued in one of them, arguing that the agency's in-house adjudication process is unconstitutional.

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NJ-NY Tunnel Commission Asks Court To Toss PLA Challenge

By Emily Brill

The Gateway Development Commission asked a New Jersey federal judge to toss a construction contractor's constitutional challenge to a project labor agreement that the commission used on a Hudson Tunnel Project initiative, saying the PLA requirement that the contractor is fighting doesn't violate the right to freedom of association.

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Ex-McCarter & English Atty Pushes To Keep Alive Bias Suit

By Jake Maher

A former McCarter & English LLP attorney suing the firm for discrimination against veterans is trying to fight off several motions to dismiss his New Jersey federal suit, arguing the firm is relying on a rehash of rejected arguments.

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The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey: Make Your Voice Heard

How is your work-life balance? Are you content with your compensation and opportunities for advancement at work? Take the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey and share your thoughts.

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DOJ Atty Faces Possible Discipline Over DHS 'Lack Of Candor'

By Lauren Berg

A Rhode Island federal judge, whom the U.S. Department of Homeland Security criticized for releasing a noncitizen with an alleged overseas warrant for homicide, on Tuesday said she is referring an assistant U.S. attorney for disciplinary proceedings for not disclosing the warrant to her beforehand.

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Approach The Bench: Justice Bacon On School Accreditation

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

State high courts are responsible for regulating the legal profession in their jurisdictions, and so New Mexico Supreme Court Justice C. Shannon Bacon thinks it's only right that justices reevaluate the principles behind law school accreditation.

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Ga. Justices Sanction Asst. DA For AI Errors In Murder Case

By Lauren Berg

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday sanctioned a Clayton County assistant district attorney for filing briefs that contained nonexistent case citations generated by artificial intelligence in a murder defendant's bid for a new trial, saying the prosecutor's misconduct has "sidetracked" the justices from delving into the merits of the appeal.

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High Court Clarity On Subpoenas Creates Murky Path For AGs

By Carla Baranauckas

The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision that the New Jersey Attorney General's Office infringed free speech by asking an anti-abortion nonprofit to release donor names gives nonprofits and companies more leverage for challenging subpoenas at the outset, although the question remains if and how attorneys general and other enforcers can ultimately obtain sought-after information following a constitutional affront.

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FCC Chair Carr Promotes 6 In Key Legal, Policy Roles

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's staff are playing musical chairs, and it means high-level promotions for a half-dozen legal aides of agency chief Brendan Carr.

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SEC Lifts NY Atty's Lifetime Practice Ban

By Katryna Perera

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday lifted a lifetime ban preventing a New York attorney from practicing before the agency, following an attempt to leverage a client's testimony before the SEC.

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