American Airlines and its regional affiliate PSA Airlines have settled their cross-claims seeking to have the federal government share the costs or indemnify them for any potential judgment or damages in litigation over the deadly January 2025 midair collision over Washington, D.C.
American Airlines and its regional affiliate PSA Airlines have settled their cross-claims seeking to have the federal government share the costs or indemnify them for any potential judgment or damages in litigation over the deadly January 2025 midair collision over Washington, D.C.
A divided Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday upheld the Federal Railroad Administration's two-person train crew rule, saying the agency reasonably justified the safety rationale for the rule and rejecting the rail industry's claims of government overreach.
Archer Aviation stockholders have reached a $15 million settlement in the Delaware Chancery Court to resolve litigation accusing the backers of the SPAC that took the electric-aircraft venture public of misleading investors about Archer's prospects and unfairly steering them into a $1.7 billion merger.
A Florida state jury awarded $3.2 million to a vehicle passenger for serious injuries he sustained following a collision in 2023, requiring Geico to pay damages after finding the man was entitled to more than the minimum compensation offered under an uninsured motorist policy.
Indiana railroad easements don't give rail companies the right to charge for access to the air above them or the ground below them, the Seventh Circuit has ruled in an opinion that means telecoms that installed fiber cables under a CSX Transportation easement won't be paying licensing fees.
CSX Transportation Inc. has agreed to settle a suit from three workers who claimed they were illegally suspended or fired after they were falsely accused of misusing medical leave to take holidays off, according to a filing Tuesday in Maryland federal court.
A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel on Tuesday appeared skeptical that Amtrak should be held liable for emotional trauma suffered by a former engineer from the fallout of a 2015 train derailment, which included criminal charges and a lawsuit he filed that resulted in a $10 million verdict.
The Fourth Circuit said an insurer owes no defense or coverage for a $5.1 million default judgment against a truck driver in a wrongful death case, finding the insurer wasn't timely notified of the underlying suit and a federally mandated policy endorsement for motor carriers doesn't extend to the driver.
FedEx Corp. has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to scrutinize a Federal Circuit decision declining to review whether Qualcomm complied with real-party-in-interest requirements in petitions challenging FedEx patents, despite the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office conceding an error in the case.
The U.S. Supreme Court's most recent term closed with three consequential decisions for transnational litigation that illustrate the court's readiness to enforce a Congress-created cause of action for overseas conduct and unwillingness to create this liability itself, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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Texas-based trial boutique Reid Collins & Tsai LLP is planning to dole out a third round of bonuses for the year to associates, raising their total bonus pay to between $130,000 and $170,000 on the year so far, with another round expected later in 2026.
Alternative asset manager Aperture Investors is expanding its litigation finance platform to $1 billion in total investment capacity, mostly deployed as direct loans to plaintiffs firms.
A settlement has been reached in a proposed nationwide class action brought by bar applicants against the proctor of the botched February 2025 California bar exam, one month after the California State Bar settled its claims against the proctor.
A Fordham University School of Law graduate accused Hofstra University in New York state court of failing to intervene in time when she had a heart attack in the middle of the July 2025 Bar Exam, refusing to stop the test and discouraging her peers from rendering aid.
Tom Goldstein and the U.S. Department of Justice aired dramatically divergent views Wednesday of a looming financial penalty for his fraud convictions, with the famed appellate advocate voicing constitutional objections to the DOJ's request for almost $2 million and revealing that prosecutors spurned a far smaller offer.
A trend of settlements between the Trump administration and friendly parties in fast-track lawsuits to pursue policy changes has legal experts concerned about the endurance of a longstanding norm that federal courts can only hear genuine disputes between opposing parties.
A trustee who has accused BakerHostetler and an Atlanta-based attorney of legal malpractice has asked a Georgia federal court to allow him to accuse the former de facto general counsel and business adviser of a nonprofit of violating the Georgia RICO Act.
Jodi-Ann Tillman of Shutts & Bowen LLP was brought into patent infringement litigation over drum technology just months before trial, and her performance earned high praise from opposing counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP partner Laura Ganoza.
Following confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice official Trent McCotter is taking his former post as deputy attorney general on a temporary basis.
The White House and the U.S. Department of Justice are fighting a demand for immediate reinstatement brought by Seattle's former top federal prosecutor, who was fired within an hour of a court appointing him to the role, arguing his due process rights were not violated.
