The D.C. Circuit will expedite its review of challenges to the U.S. Department of Transportation's new restrictions on commercial licenses for foreign truck drivers, but has already expressed skepticism about the petitioners' claims that the restrictions are pretext for an anti-immigrant agenda of the Trump administration.
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DC Circ. Fast-Tracks DOT Immigrant Truck Driver Rule Review

By Linda Chiem

The D.C. Circuit will expedite its review of challenges to the U.S. Department of Transportation's new restrictions on commercial licenses for foreign truck drivers, but has already expressed skepticism about the petitioners' claims that the restrictions are pretext for an anti-immigrant agenda of the Trump administration.

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Pa. Panel Greenlights NJ Transit Injury Suit, Citing Galette

By Y. Peter Kang

A Pennsylvania appellate panel on Tuesday affirmed the denial of New Jersey Transit Corp.'s bid to exit a passenger injury lawsuit, holding that the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Galette retroactively invalidates the agency's sovereign immunity defense.

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Judge Blocks Southwest From Some Employee Investigations

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas federal judge delayed the deposition of multiple pilots after Southwest's union alleged the airline threatened witnesses with discipline right before they sat for depositions, saying the company could not bring new disciplinary actions against union-related witnesses for actions from over two years ago without prior court approval.

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Boeing Crash 'Terror' Warrants Substantial Award, Jury Hears

By Lauraann Wood

The estate of an emerging global health advocate who died in the Boeing jet crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 should receive substantial damages for her experience in the six minutes before impact and how her death has affected her family, Illinois federal jurors heard Wednesday.

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Judge Tosses 'Futile' Leaf EV Fire Risk, Charging Defect Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

Nissan has defeated a proposed class action brought by Leaf owners who claimed the electric vehicle's battery contains a defect that makes fast charging a fire risk, with a California federal judge ruling that the drivers failed to show the cars were unsafe and that amending at this point would be "futile."

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AVIATION

Boeing Says Fund's Revised 737 Max Fraud Suit Still Doomed

By Katryna Perera

Boeing has urged an Illinois federal judge to permanently toss a securities fraud suit accusing the company of misrepresenting the safety of its 737 Max 8 jets after two deadly crashes overseas, reiterating that the Massachusetts-based investment fund cannot pursue claims purportedly assigned to it by a defunct assignor.

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Security Co. Can't Garnish Assets In $15M Afghan Award Fight

By Caroline Simson

A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday denied an Emirati private security company's bid to garnish assets held by the International Air Transport Association to enforce part of a confirmed $15.2 million arbitral award against the Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority, saying she lacks jurisdiction.

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AUTOMOTIVE

Goodyear Wants Waiver For Smart Tire Sensor Tech

By Nadia Dreid

The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has some new tire sensors in the works that would provide safety and performance but require special permission from the Federal Communications Commission for the devices to work properly without breaking agency rules.

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RAIL

CSX Beats Supervisor's Safety Injury Claims

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia federal judge has freed CSX from a lawsuit filed by a maintenance worker who said he was injured while trying to lift dangerously unsecured equipment, ruling the company can't be liable for a task that clearly fell within the worker's job description.

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IP

Fed. Circ. Backs Atty Fees In Bicycle Design Patent Case

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday agreed with a Massachusetts federal judge that a case related to a set of design patents for a bicycle warranted attorney fees being awarded to Hyper Bicycles Inc., saying the judge's finding that the case was weak and unnecessarily dragged out was supported by the evidence.

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SUPPLY CHAIN

First Brands Lender Slams Creditors' 'Baseless' Investigation

By Alex Wittenberg

First Brands Group lender Aequum Capital has urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to reject unsecured creditors' bid to extend a deadline for their investigation into liens that Aequum asserted, saying the creditors are pursuing a "baseless fishing expedition."

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MARITIME

Sony Reaped 'Windfall' From Illegal Tariffs, Gamers Say

By Dylan Moroses

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC retained a "substantial windfall" generated by illegal tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, two Sony PlayStation console owners said Wednesday in a proposed class action in California federal court.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

Judge Questions OMB Justification For Voiding Grants

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday pushed back on arguments by the Trump administration that federal agency grants are subject to termination at any time based solely on a change in priorities — a situation, she suggested, that would essentially render any contracts with the government "illusory."

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INSURANCE

NC Insurance Dept. Properly Revoked Appraiser's License

By Hope Patti

A North Carolina state appeals court on Wednesday affirmed the state Department of Insurance's revocation of the license of a motor vehicle damage appraiser, finding he violated ethical standards by disparaging other appraisers.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Feds Say Stolen BigLaw Deal Info Aided Huge Trading Scheme

By Chris Villani

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled indictments outlining a massive insider trading scheme that allegedly netted tens of millions of dollars using nonpublic information about mergers and acquisitions worked on by some of the nation's biggest law firms.

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McDermott Is Cutting Its Associate Ranks

By Aebra Coe

McDermott Will & Schulte is downsizing its associate ranks less than a year after the firm was created via a combination of legacy firms McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel, the law firm confirmed Wednesday.

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Roberts Says High Court's Job Is To Make Unpopular Rulings

By Katie Buehler

Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court often must issue "unpopular" opinions, as the high court faces widespread backlash over its recent ruling limiting the Voting Rights Act's use in challenging racial discrimination in congressional redistricting.

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The Top Law Schools For Every Career Path: Class Of 2025

Where do law school graduates end up once they dive into the job market? Find out which schools came out on top for job placements in BigLaw, federal and state court clerkships, and other legal industry sectors.

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Atty Sanctioned Over Bogus Citations In Forced Labor Case

By Jake Maher

A Maine federal judge has sanctioned an attorney for submitting court filings with fake legal citations to oppose the dismissal of a forced labor trafficking suit against a school, after using an artificial intelligence platform.

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Feds Say 4th Circ. ICE Ruling Doesn't Help Ex-Wis. Judge

By Ryan Boysen

Former Wisconsin state judge Hannah C. Dugan can't use a recent Fourth Circuit ruling to overturn her conviction for obstructing ICE officers, the federal government said Wednesday, calling that ruling "merely relevant" and not at all binding.

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NC Man Pleads Guilty To Doxxing Justice's Home Address

By Bonnie Eslinger

A North Carolina man who posted the home address of a U.S. Supreme Court justice online and suggested violence against members of the high court pled guilty Wednesday to a "doxxing" charge with the intent to "threaten, intimidate, or incite a crime of violence" against the justice.

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Judge Won't Force Hunter Biden's Foreign Agent Registration

By Jack McLoone

A Washington, D.C., federal judge won't force the U.S. Department of Justice to register Hunter Biden as a foreign agent, dismissing a suit brought by a group founded by now-Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller because it can't establish it suffered an injury.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

APC

Actelion Ltd.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Federation of Teachers

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

CSX Corp.

Civil Aviation Authority

Constellis Group Inc.

Costco Wholesale Corp.

Duke University

Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise

FedEx Corp.

First Brands Group

Friends of Animals

International Air Transport Association

Johnson & Johnson

NASCAR Digital Media LLC

New Jersey Transit Corp.

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

North Carolina State Bar

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Permira

Public Citizen Inc.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Southwest Airlines Co.

Temu

The Boeing Co.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

eBay Inc.

iRobot Corporation

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Blank Rome

Brown Rudnick

Cole Schotz

Ecoff Campain

Faegre Drinker

Gillespie Sanford

Gimbel Reilly

Goodwin Procter

Jonathan R. Brockman PC

Justice Law Collaborative

Kirkland & Ellis

Kline & Specter

Koontz & Smith

Latham & Watkins

Lowther Walker

McDermott Will & Schulte

Pacifica Law Group

Patzik Frank

Perkins Coie

Poulin Willey

Power Rogers

RichardsonClement PC

Rolnick Kramer

Ryan Law Partners

Sidley Austin

Singleton Schreiber

Solnick Lawyers

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Strang Bradley

Thompson Hine

Verrill Dana

Wachtell Lipton

Weil Gotshal

Whiteford Taylor

Wiley Rein

Winston & Strawn

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

North Carolina Department of Insurance

North Carolina Department of Justice

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Permanent Court of Arbitration

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Supreme Court

UK Ministry of Justice

US Office of Management and Budget

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin