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  • November 28, 2023

    Proterra Gets OK For $210M Battery Biz Sale To Volvo

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday gave electric-bus maker Proterra Inc. the go-ahead to sell its battery business to Volvo for $210 million after being told the bid was the best offer on the table.

  • November 28, 2023

    Nossaman Atty Rejoins Lewis Brisbois As Enviro Co-Leader

    Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has welcomed back as a partner an environmental litigator from Nossaman LLP who was previously head of the California Environmental Protection Agency's Department of Toxic Substances Control, the firm said Tuesday.

  • November 28, 2023

    Car Tech Biz Wants TM Verdict Against Ford Upped To $15M

    A California vehicle technology company that won a trademark and trade secrets verdict against Ford Motor Co. asked a Michigan federal judge on Tuesday to boost the award from less than half a million dollars to $15 million, arguing the verdict didn't account for all profits from the infringing activity. 

  • November 28, 2023

    United To 'Aggressively' Push For Low-Cost Flyers, Exec Says

    A United Airlines executive testified Tuesday in the government's challenge to JetBlue's $3.8 billion purchase of Spirit Airlines that his airline intends to "aggressively" compete for the most price-sensitive customers as it expands its fleet with bigger aircraft capable of offering more seats for its bare-bones, basic economy offering. 

  • November 28, 2023

    Bakery Distributors Ask Supreme Court To Wait To Mull Case

    Workers who delivered baked goods for Flowers Foods and two subsidiaries told the U.S. Supreme Court that the companies' petition to the high court to review a First Circuit decision denying them arbitration should wait for a similar case.

  • November 28, 2023

    Law Firm Leaders Cautiously Optimistic Heading Into 2024

    Major U.S. law firms are steadfast in their commitment to the pursuit of further growth despite ongoing economic uncertainty. Here’s what the leaders of four Leaderboard firms have to say about how the legal industry is preparing for next year.

  • November 28, 2023

    The 2023 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard

    Check out the Law360 Pulse Leaderboard to see which first-in-class firms made the list this year.

  • November 28, 2023

    Mich. Con Artist Gets 17 Years For Trucking Ponzi Scheme

    A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a Michigan man who previously served time for fraud to over 17 years in prison Tuesday after he admitted taking $40 million from investors who thought they were backing a lucrative e-commerce trucking business.

  • November 27, 2023

    2nd Circ. Remains Mum In Hearing Over Panama Discovery

    The Second Circuit did little to tip its hand during oral arguments aimed at resolving whether federal courts can order discovery for arbitration before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, asking few questions during a 22-minute hearing concerning controversy over expanding the Panama Canal.

  • November 27, 2023

    Rail Group Wants Calif. Locomotive Regulations Derailed

    The Association of American Railroads says train emissions regulations adopted by the California Air Resources Board are preempted by the Interstate Commerce Commission's Termination Act of 1995, arguing in litigation over the state's authority that the ICC law broadly keeps state and local authority from regulating rail transportation.

  • November 27, 2023

    9th Circ. Strikes Down Harbor Towing Co.'s Arbitration Appeal

    The Ninth Circuit has upheld a lower court's decision denying a harbor towing company's bid to arbitrate a deck engineer's wage-and-hour suit, finding there to be no valid arbitration agreement covering the engineer's statutory wage claims without a "clear and unmistakable waiver of a judicial forum" for those claims.

  • November 27, 2023

    Self-Driving Tech Co. Investors Sue Over Misused Image Claim

    Executives and directors of self-driving car company Luminar Technologies Inc. face a shareholder derivative complaint alleging they damaged investors after a competitor accused the company of using an image of its proprietary technology in a pitch to investors.

  • November 27, 2023

    Amicus Groups Tell High Court To End Chevron Deference

    Six groups, including the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and several former state supreme court judges, filed friend-of-the-court briefs on Monday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decades-old legal doctrine stating that courts must defer to federal agencies' interpretation of ambiguous laws.

  • November 27, 2023

    DOL Defends Dismissal of UAW Member's Election Gripes

    The U.S. Department of Labor told a Michigan federal court that an erstwhile candidate for United Auto Workers leadership failed to establish that its dismissal of his allegations of union election misconduct was arbitrary and urged the court to toss his suit.

  • November 27, 2023

    Insurer Seeks $17.4M For Failed La. Dredging Projects

    An insurer urged a Louisiana federal court Monday to award it over $17 million in damages following several dredging contractors' alleged abandonment of multiple public utility projects, arguing that the contractors failed to pay it back for bonds it issued under a 2014 indemnity agreement.

  • November 27, 2023

    Pa. Justices Say Construction Bid Fight Belongs To PennDOT

    Pennsylvania may block a construction firm accused of underpaying its workers from bidding on new construction contracts, as the state's Supreme Court ruled that the company must first contest any debarment with the state Department of Transportation before filing suit.

  • November 27, 2023

    Equipment Rental Co. Dodges Worker's Retaliation Suit

    A North Carolina federal judge tossed a suit alleging Herc Rentals Inc. fired an employee after he made a series of internal safety complaints, saying the plaintiff failed to show that the company retaliated against him, according to the order entered Monday.

  • November 27, 2023

    John Deere Can't Avoid Trial In Right-To-Repair Monopoly Suit

    John Deere must face a proposed class action alleging that it limits competition for farm equipment repairs by preventing unaffiliated repair shops from acquiring necessary tools, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday, saying the proposed class has sufficiently shown that it exercises monopoly power.

  • November 27, 2023

    GM Drivers Ask 6th Circ. To Revive Truck Emissions Suit

    Drivers urged the Sixth Circuit on Monday to revive their consolidated proposed class action accusing General Motors of rigging certain Chevrolet Silverado and Sierra vehicles with emissions-cheating software, saying their state law deceptive marketing claims don't conflict with federal law.

  • November 27, 2023

    Shell, BP Can't Nab Fed. Venue In Climate Row, 9th Circ. Says

    The Ninth Circuit on Monday rejected five of the world's largest oil and gas companies' attempt to remove climate change litigation spearheaded by San Francisco and Oakland to California federal court, citing numerous prior rulings answering the same jurisdictional question.

  • November 27, 2023

    Mich. Justices To Hear Spat Over PIP Claimant's Right To Sue

    The Michigan Supreme Court will consider whether an injured claimant and her health provider are both able to sue for personal injury protection benefits under the state's no-fault law, even if the injured claimant assigned her rights for such benefits to the health provider in exchange for medical treatment.

  • November 27, 2023

    Proterra Pauses Bus Biz Sale After Customer Objections

    Electric bus company Proterra told a Delaware bankruptcy court it is delaying a hearing on the sale of its bus-building business in the wake of complaints that its chosen buyer doesn't have the ability to fulfill its customer contracts.

  • November 27, 2023

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Delaware's Chancery Court stuffed a lot into a shortened Thanksgiving week, with new cases involving wrestling promoter Vince McMahon, billionaire Howard Lutnick and activist investor Carl Icahn.

  • November 24, 2023

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

    The past week in London has seen Glencore face a claim from collapsed hedge fund Eton Park in the wake of its bribery scandal, the ex-CFO of Peppa Pig and Teletubbies toymaker bring data protection proceedings against the employment barrister who represented him at tribunal, and Delta Airlines check in to fresh trademark proceedings against hotel chain Marriott. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • November 22, 2023

    6th Circ. Upholds Tossing Fiat Chrysler Engineers' RICO Suit

    In a published opinion Wednesday, the Sixth Circuit upheld a ruling that a group of auto engineers waited too long to file a RICO suit accusing former United Auto Workers officials and Fiat Chrysler executives of engaging in a years-long bribery scheme that violated the parties' labor contract.

Expert Analysis

  • Employer Lessons After 2023's Successful Labor Strikes

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    Following recent historic strikes in the automotive, entertainment and health care industries, employers of all types can learn key insights about how unions may approach negotiations and strikes going forward, and nonunionized workplaces should anticipate a drive for increased union membership, say Lenny Feigel and Mark Neuberger at Foley & Lardner.

  • Forecasting The Impact Of High Court Debit Card Rule Case

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    John Delionado and Aidan Gross at Hunton consider how the U.S. Supreme Court's forthcoming ruling in a retailer's suit challenging a Federal Reserve rule on debit card swipe fees could affect agency regulations both new and old, as well as the businesses that might seek to challenge them.

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    ESG Around The World: Mexico

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    ESG has yet to become part of the DNA of the Mexican business model, but huge strides are being made in that direction, as more stakeholders demand that companies adopt, at the least, a modicum of sustainability commitments and demonstrate how they will meet them, says Carlos Escoto at Galicia Abogados.

  • The Case For Post-Bar Clerk Training Programs At Law Firms

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    In today's competitive legal hiring market, an intentionally designed training program for law school graduates awaiting bar admission can be an effective way of creating a pipeline of qualified candidates, says Brent Daub at Gilson Daub.

  • Attorneys Have An Ethical Duty To Protect The Judiciary

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    The tenor of public disagreement and debate has become increasingly hostile against judges, and though the legislative branch is trying to ameliorate this safety gap, lawyers have a moral imperative and professional requirement to stand with judges in defusing attacks against them and their rulings, says Deborah Winokur at Cozen O'Connor.

  • What Cos. Should Know About FTC's Proposed Junk Fee Rule

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    The Federal Trade Commission recently announced a notice of proposed rulemaking targeting junk fees and how businesses may advertise prices to consumers — and since it would give the agency powers to seek monetary penalties against businesses that do not comply, companies should look to get ahead now, say Phyllis Marcus and Nicole Johnson at Hunton Andrews.

  • AI Can Help Lawyers Overcome The Programming Barrier

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    Legal professionals without programming expertise can use generative artificial intelligence to harness the power of automation and other technology solutions to streamline their work, without the steep learning curve traditionally associated with coding, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Preparing Law Students For A New, AI-Assisted Legal World

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    As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms the legal landscape, law schools must integrate technology and curricula that address AI’s innate challenges — from ethics to data security — to help students stay ahead of the curve, say Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics, Ryan Abbott at JAMS and Karen Silverman at Cantellus Group.

  • Deal Over Jets Stranded In Russia May Serve As Blueprint

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    In the face of a pending "mega-trial" over leased airplanes held in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, a settlement between leading aviation lessor AerCap Holdings NV and NSK, the Russian state-controlled insurance company, could pave the way for similar deals, say Samantha Zaozirny and Timeyin Pinnick at Browne Jacobson.

  • Sellers Seeking Best Deal Should Focus On Terms And Price

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    Rising interest rates and a decline in the automotive mergers and acquisitions market mean that a failed deal carries greater stakes, and sellers therefore should pursue not only the optimum price but also the optimum terms to safeguard their agreement, says Joseph Aboyoun at Fox Rothschild.

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    ESG Around The World: South Korea

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    Numerous ESG trends have materialized in South Korea in the past three years, with impacts ranging from greenwashing prevention and carbon neutrality measures to workplace harassment and board diversity initiatives, say Chang Wook Min and Hyun Chan Jung at Jipyong.

  • General Counsel Need Data Literacy To Keep Up With AI

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    With the rise of accessible and powerful generative artificial intelligence solutions, it is imperative for general counsel to understand the use and application of data for myriad important activities, from evaluating the e-discovery process to monitoring compliance analytics and more, says Colin Levy at Malbek.

  • Del. Dispatch: Refining M&A Terms After Twitter Investor Suit

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    The Delaware Court of Chancery's recent decision in Crispo v. Musk — invalidating a merger agreement provision that has been commonly used to disincentivize buyers from wrongful merger termination — should cause target companies to consider new approaches to ensure the payment of lost premium damages, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Retailers: Beware Legislator And Regulator Junk Fee Focus

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    In light of the Biden administration’s recent focus on restricting so-called junk fee surcharges across industries, attorneys at Benesch discuss what retailers should know about several evolving developments, including a new California law, a proposed Federal Trade Commission rule, an expanding litigation landscape, and more.

  • Navigating Discovery Of Generative AI Information

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    As generative artificial intelligence tools become increasingly ubiquitous, companies must make sure to preserve generative AI data when there is reasonable expectation of litigation, and to include transcripts in litigation hold notices, as they may be relevant to discovery requests, say Nick Peterson and Corey Hauser at Wiley.

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