Transportation

  • April 17, 2026

    VW Says NLRB Forcing Bargaining After Anti-Union Vote

    The National Labor Relations Board is pursuing an "unconstitutional administrative proceeding" against Volkswagen's U.S. arm, the automaker told a Texas federal court Friday, saying the NLRB is attempting to force it to recognize and bargain with a union that employees at an essential supply chain facility voted against.

  • April 17, 2026

    Judge Again Rejects Boeing Whistleblower Suicide Settlement

    A South Carolina court has again refused to approve a $50,000 settlement in a lawsuit accusing Boeing of instigating a "campaign of harassment" against a whistleblower that led to his suicide, saying it can't know whether the deal is fair until it has seen the details of a related settlement.

  • April 17, 2026

    Rocket Lab Beats Investor Suit Over Launch Timeline For Good

    A California federal judge has permanently tossed a proposed shareholder class action alleging that Rocket Lab USA Inc. and its top brass intentionally concealed issues that would delay the test and commercial launches of a vehicle it developed, finding that the suit did not adequately allege a motive for fraud by the defendants.

  • April 17, 2026

    American Airlines Shuts Down United Merger Rumors

    American Airlines on Friday shut down speculation of a potential combination with United Airlines, saying it's not currently engaged in any merger talks with the Chicago-based carrier.

  • April 17, 2026

    Norwegian Cruise Line Exec Aided $2M Fraud, Feds Say

    A former Norwegian Cruise Line senior employee, charged alongside two others for allegedly defrauding the company out of over $2 million, was arrested and extradited from Argentina, and made his initial appearance in Missouri federal court Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.

  • April 17, 2026

    Psychiatrist Challenges Uber Rider's Memory In Assault Trial

    A psychiatrist testified Friday that a North Carolina woman who has accused an Uber driver of sexually assaulting her in 2019 has "pervasive" memory issues due to her history of substance abuse, telling a Charlotte federal jury she is a "pretty poor historian of her own history."

  • April 17, 2026

    Groups Say EPA Used Faulty Math In GHG Finding Repeal

    Sixteen health and environmental groups said this week that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must reconsider its February repeal of the scientific finding allowing the agency to regulate greenhouse gases, because the final rule relied on error-filled technical analyses that weren't included in the proposed version.

  • April 17, 2026

    NorthStar Inks $300M SPAC Deal As Space Debris Risk Rises

    NorthStar Earth & Space said Friday it will merge with a blank-check company in a deal valuing NorthStar at $300 million, as the Canadian company bets that increasingly congested orbits will require continuous monitoring to avoid collisions and service disruptions.

  • April 17, 2026

    California Is Latest Battleground In Defining Access To Justice

    A pair of dueling California ballot initiatives both purport to increase consumers' access to justice — a righteous cause, most would say. If only the initiatives' backers agreed on what that means.

  • April 17, 2026

    DOT Immigrant License Crackdown's Effects On Trucking

    New lawsuits and a tricky compliance landscape have besieged a trucking industry navigating the Trump administration's aggressive enforcement of restrictions on immigrant commercial truck drivers, as motor carriers, freight brokers and other ground-based shippers worry about escalating rates, driver turnover and service disruptions.

  • April 17, 2026

    Norfolk Slams Investors' Cert. Bid In Rail Safety Claims Suit

    Norfolk Southern opposed a class certification bid in Georgia federal court Thursday by investors alleging it misrepresented safety practices up until the fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, arguing the lead plaintiffs' claims are atypical and, accordingly, are inadequate representatives for those who bought company stock after the derailment.

  • April 17, 2026

    Lockheed Can't Slip Workers' 401(k) Self-Dealing Suit

    Lockheed Martin can't escape a proposed class action alleging the company breached fiduciary duties under federal benefits law by offering underperforming proprietary target-date fund offerings in several employee 401(k) plans worth approximately $50 billion, after a New Jersey federal judge largely refused to toss the dispute.

  • April 17, 2026

    Alaska-Hawaiian Merger Judge Mulls DQ Over O'Melveny Ties

    The parties in a consumer lawsuit challenging Alaska Airlines' 2024 acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines have been notified that the federal judge recently assigned to the case intends to disqualify himself unless they sign a waiver over one of his retirement accounts being tied to O'Melveny & Myers LLP, which is representing Alaska Airlines.

  • April 17, 2026

    Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Stikeman Elliott

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Amazon.com Inc. buys satellite communications company Globalstar Inc., waste management company GFL Environmental Inc. acquires Secure Waste Infrastructure Corp., and Standard Life PLC buys the British subsidiary of Dutch insurer Aegon.

  • April 17, 2026

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

    The past week in London has seen Aston Martin file an appeal in a row with Chinese carmaker Geely over its winged logo for London black cabs, Ineos sue Ben Ainslie's America's Cup team for a £180 million ($244 million) boat, White & Case face a claim from two energy storage companies, and a golf tour company bring a claim against Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund after the fund invested in its rival.

  • April 17, 2026

    EU, South Korea Officials Endorse Digital Trade Agreement

    Trade officials from the European Union and South Korea agreed to the final text of an "ambitious" digital trade agreement between the countries Friday, setting the stage for it to be signed at a summit later this year, the European Commission said.

  • April 16, 2026

    Lyft's Lax Safety Caused Fatal Carjacking, Texas Suit Claims

    Lyft Inc. must be held accountable for a carjacking which resulted in the death of one of its drivers, according to a lawsuit filed in Texas state court, claiming the ride-hailing company sent the driver to a high-risk location without proper safety features like rider identity verification.

  • April 16, 2026

    San Diego Alleges Fire Truck-Makers Attempted Monopoly

    San Diego has alleged in a federal lawsuit that fire truck manufacturers REV Group and Oshkosh Corp., along with private equity firm American Industrial Partners, orchestrated an anticompetitive scheme to consolidate the market and charge municipalities across the nation inflated prices.

  • April 16, 2026

    Meta, Uber Verdicts Top Product Liability Trials

    This year has brought major courtroom setbacks for tech platforms and app companies. Juries issued headline-making verdicts against Meta and Google over claims their platforms harm young users, while Uber lost its first federal bellwether trial over driver assaults and now faces a second sexual assault case.

  • April 16, 2026

    High Seas Drug Enforcement Constitutional, 11th Circ. Says

    The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday rejected a constitutional challenge to the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act by three drug traffickers who were picked up by the U.S. Coast Guard off the coast of the Dominican Republic, citing binding precedent that the felonies clause of the U.S. Constitution authorizes their prosecution.

  • April 16, 2026

    Lemonade To Pay $10.5M In Driver's License Data Breach Suit

    Lemonade will pay $10.5 million to settle with a proposed class of over 190,000 individuals who said the tech-forward insurer's online quote platform negligently disclosed their drivers' license numbers to cybercriminals, according to a preliminary approval motion filed Wednesday in New York federal court. 

  • April 16, 2026

    Del. River Regulator Says It Lawfully Extended LNG Permit

    The Delaware River Basin Commission and the developer of a proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal asked a New Jersey federal court to toss a suit alleging the commission wrongly renewed a construction permit for a second time, saying the dispute rests on differing grammatical interpretations.

  • April 16, 2026

    Assignee Says Peru Owes $48.3M Over Transit Arbitration

    An assignee of three arbitration awards against a Peruvian transportation authority has asked a D.C. federal court to enter a more than $48.3 million default judgment against the agency and Peru, noting Peruvian officials have already acknowledged service of his petition.

  • April 16, 2026

    Delivery Co. Says Claim Errors Raised Auto Policy By $500K

    An Amazon delivery service provider told a Connecticut state court that two claims management services administrators inaccurately reported the provider was at fault for a collision that resulted in a $200,000 payout, causing its auto policy premiums to increase by more than $500,000 a year.

  • April 16, 2026

    Progressive Beats Class Bid In Total-Loss Valuation Suit

    An Illinois federal judge declined to certify a class of Progressive Insurance customers who claimed the insurer underpaid on their total-loss vehicle claims by adding a downward pricing adjustment, ruling that the customers' experiences were too different to resolve in one case. 

Expert Analysis

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    Fly-Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Much like skilled attorneys, the best anglers prize preparation, presentation and patience while respecting their adversaries — both human and trout, says Rob Braverman at Braverman Greenspun.

  • Unpacking The DOJ Meatpacking Probe

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    The recent U.S. Department of Justice meatpacking antitrust investigation is in line with the Trump administration's focus on crimes that affect U.S. consumers, and businesses in other agricultural sectors should be aware of the increased antitrust scrutiny currently aimed at the industry, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

  • Aligning With EPA's 'Compliance First' Enforcement Policy

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    To take advantage of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new "compliance first" policy, companies will need to maintain up-to-date compliance programs, implement self-audits and find-and-fix protocols, and lean more into open communication with regulators, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • 4 Ways GCs Can Manage Growing Service Of Process Volume

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    As automation and arbitration increase the volume of legal filings, in-house counsel must build scalable service of process systems that strengthen corporate governance and manage risk in real time, says Paul Mathews at Corporation Service Co.

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    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Forming Measurable Ties

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    Relationship-building should begin as early as possible in a law firm merger, as intentional pathways to bringing people together drive collaboration, positive client response, engagements and growth, says Amie Colby at Troutman.

  • Del. Dispatch: What Tesla Decision Means For Exec Comp

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    The recent Delaware Supreme Court decision granting Tesla CEO Elon Musk his full pay, now valued at $139 billion, following a yearslong battle appears to reject the view that supersized compensation may be inherently unfair to a corporation and its shareholders, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2026 And Beyond

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    2026 will likely be shaped by issues ranging from artificial intelligence regulatory turbulence to potential evidence rule changes, and e-discovery professionals will need to understand how to effectively guide the responsible and defensible adoption of emerging tools, while also ensuring effective safeguards, say attorneys at Littler.

  • 2026 Enforcement Trends To Expect In Maritime And Int'l Trade

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    The maritime and international trade community should expect U.S. federal enforcement to ramp up in 2026, particularly via Office of Foreign Asset Control shipping sanctions, accelerating interagency investigations of trade fraud, and U.S. Coast Guard narcotics and pollution inspections, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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    Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice

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    Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Thumma writes that generative artificial intelligence tools offer a profound opportunity to enhance access to justice and engender public confidence in courts’ use of technology, and judges can seize this opportunity in five key ways.

  • 2025's Most Notable State AG Activity By The Numbers

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    State attorneys general were active in 2025, working across party lines to address federal regulatory gaps in artificial intelligence, take action on consumer protection issues, continue antitrust enforcement and announce large settlements on behalf of their citizens, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • Opinion

    The Case For Emulating, Not Dividing, The Ninth Circuit

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    Champions for improved judicial administration should reject the unfounded criticisms driving recent Senate proposals to divide the Ninth Circuit and instead seek to replicate the court's unique strengths and successes, says Ninth Circuit Judge J. Clifford Wallace.

  • 2025's Defining AI Securities Litigation

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    Three securities litigation decisions from 2025 — involving General Motors, GitLab and Tesla — offer a preview of how courts will assess artificial intelligence-related disclosures, as themes such as heightened regulatory scrutiny and risk surrounding technical claims are already taking shape for the coming year, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • How Chinese Utility Models Fit Into Global IP Strategies

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    Recent guidelines from the China National Intellectual Property Administration put the spotlight on the value of Chinese utility models — especially for device-focused innovations — and the interplay between utility models and conventional Chinese patents, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

  • Series

    Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Muay Thai kickboxing has taught me that in order to win, one must stick to one's game plan and adapt under pressure, just as when facing challenges by opposing counsel or judges, says Mark Schork at Feldman Shepherd.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building

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    A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.

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