Dallas Jury Hits C.H. Robinson With $600M Verdict For Crash

By Spencer Brewer and Linda Chiem

A Dallas County jury hit C.H. Robinson with a $604 million verdict Thursday after finding the freight broker and logistics company partially responsible for a 2021 crash that killed three people and injured two others in Mississippi.

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Pa. Court Won't Hear CSX, Union Contract Dispute

By Katherine Smith

A Pennsylvania federal judge tossed a labor union's suit that accused CSX Transportation of violating a collective bargaining pact by using non-union personnel to train engineers, saying the dispute didn't belong in federal court.

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NJ Panel Says Lyft Insurer Must Cover Pedestrian's Injury

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey state appeals court ruled Friday in a matter of first impression that Liberty Mutual must provide personal injury protection to an uninsured pedestrian struck by a Lyft driver, holding that state statutes require motor vehicle liability policies for ride-hailing companies to cover pedestrians even though the applicable law does not specifically mention that.

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Volkswagen Engineers Charged With Rivian Deal Inside Trades

By Sydney Price

Two former Volkswagen engineers were arrested Friday following an indictment filed in New York federal court alleging they made more than $300,000 by trading securities using nonpublic information about the company's confidential plans with Rivian to create technology for both companies' electric vehicles.

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Tesla Sued For Denying Worker's Accommodation Due To THC

By Jonathan Capriel

Tesla Inc. faces a disability discrimination lawsuit from a worker who claims in California state court that it refused to accommodate an ongoing knee disability and disqualified him from transferring to a less demanding role due to his legal medical cannabis usage.

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Illinois Judge Tosses Suit Aimed At High School Speed Zone

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge has tossed a Chicago driver's proposed class lawsuit challenging two speeding tickets she received in a high school safety zone, adding that one claim requires administrative adjudication before it returns to court.

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Fed. Circ. Backs Invalidating More PTAB Railcar Patent Claims

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Friday backed another Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that claims in an Amsted Rail Co. Inc. patent on monitoring trains were invalid, less than two months after affirming similar board decisions on two other patents.

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WDP, Argan To Create $14.8B European Logistics RE Giant

By Al Barbarino

Belgian warehouse landlord WDP and French logistics real estate investment trust Argan have agreed to combine in a deal that will create one of Europe's largest logistics REITs, with a portfolio exceeding €13 billion ($14.78 billion). 

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Roundup

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

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen financial advice firm Smith Square Partners sue ailing social housing company Home REIT, Pogust Goodhead hit with a contract claim by one of its investors, and Entain faced with its latest claim in expanding litigation linked to alleged bribery at its former Turkish business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Walmart Can't Avoid Suit Over Fatal Road Rage Shooting

By Mike Curley

A Pennsylvania federal judge has refused to throw out a father's suit against Walmart over the shooting death of his son, saying the complaint is enough at this point to allege the shooter was an employee of the store acting within the scope of his employment.

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Forced Labor Tariffs Are Another Illegal Global Regime, Cos. Say

By Jack McLoone

President Donald Trump's latest tariff covering most imports to the U.S. is yet another instance of the president attempting to establish an illegal global tariff regime, a pair of companies told the U.S. Court of International Trade on Friday.

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Alaska Tribes Say Road Permits Risk Birds, Subsistence

By Crystal Owens

Three Indigenous Alaskan villages and a conservation group are challenging a Clean Water Act permit and biological opinion the government issued that will allow for construction of a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, alleging in a new lawsuit the decisions violated a slew of environmental laws.

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4 Cert. Denials Keep Personal Jurisdiction Issues Percolating

After the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in Ford Motor v. Montana and Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway expanded limits on personal jurisdiction, the justices' denials this term of four certiorari petitions suggest they are content to let jurisdiction questions brew in lower courts before weighing in, say attorneys at Hunton.

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Goldstein Gets 6-Year Sentence, Bond Revoked

By Jared Foretek

Thomas Goldstein, the famed U.S. Supreme Court attorney and founder of SCOTUSblog whose turn into the world of ultra-high-stakes poker ultimately landed him federal tax and mortgage fraud convictions, was sentenced to six years in prison; he was taken into custody and out of court in handcuffs Friday.

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Disciplinary File Opened On Atty Repping Trump In IRS Fight

By James Boyle

A disciplinary file was opened recently on one of the attorneys representing President Donald Trump who helped him reach a deal with the Internal Revenue Service to settle a lawsuit that a Florida federal judge said was meant to "manipulate the judicial process."

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Patriot National CEO Wasn't Simpson Thacher Client, Jury Told

By Madison Arnold

Another Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorney took the stand Friday in a Florida malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc. to push back on the idea the founder was actually a client of the firm in the time leading up to his insurance services company declaring bankruptcy.

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Roundup

Balancing The Scales: Geofence Clarity, Post-Hunter Scrutiny

By Orlando Lorenzo

The U.S. Supreme Court deemed geofence warrants as searches under the Fourth Amendment, and the justices’ ruling in Hunter spurs a conversation of what the bar should be for criminal appeal waivers. Here, Law360 highlights access to justice stories arising from litigation, verdicts and judgments you may have missed.

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Feature

The White Collar Boutique 'Renaissance' Is Here

By Phillip Bantz

Unprecedented political pressure on BigLaw, dwindling opportunities at elite firms, powerful legal tech tools and broad slowdowns in white collar enforcement are fueling a remarkable boom in boutique law firm growth, experts say.

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Ex-Immigration Judge Says Firing Is Part Of Biased Anti-DEI Push

By Bonnie Eslinger

A former immigration judge has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in California federal court claiming she was pushed off the bench because she is Black and female, and previously advocated for immigrant clients as an attorney — and saying dozens of similarly situated judges were also fired or denied permanent positions.

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Ala. State Bar Sets Guidance For Atty AI Use, Billing

By Emily Sawicki

The Alabama State Bar has released a formal opinion to guide attorneys on the ethical use of artificial intelligence, cautioning lawyers to be transparent with their clients about their use of AI to avoid unethically inflated billing while encouraging attorneys to utilize the evolving technology.

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'False Innuendo': Sanctioned Davis Wright Atty Rips Fee Bid

By Jeff Overley

A Davis Wright Tremaine LLP partner sanctioned for subpoena tactics is fiercely contesting a plaintiffs firm's six-figure fee bid, telling a California federal court that the request misleadingly cites alleged misconduct in separate litigation, reflecting a "naked attempt to prejudice the court's view of counsel."

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Over 100 Legal Aid Staffers Strike In Harlem And The Bronx

By Andrea Keckley

Over 100 legal aid attorneys, social workers and advocates in Harlem and the Bronx went on strike Friday, with the possibility of more to come in the New York City area.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

General counsel are gearing up again to help their companies adapt to the impact of a new round of U.S. tariffs. And the chief legal officer of Alphabet and Google lashed out at the European Commission over search engine changes it is demanding, after the EU imposed a $1 billion fine on Google for violating competition laws.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and McGuireWoods LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit reversed class certification in an investor lawsuit against Boeing over the company's alleged concealment of safety issues with its 737 Max fleet.

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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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