Transportation

  • February 19, 2025

    Contractors' Group Asks DC Judge To Halt Gutting Of USAID

    A group representing U.S. citizen personal services contractors working for the U.S. Agency for International Development is the latest to ask a federal judge to step in and block the Trump administration's push to gut the agency and its operations.

  • February 19, 2025

    FERC Watchers Seek Clarity As Trump Curbs Agency Powers

    Energy industry representatives hope to get some clarity from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members at the agency's monthly open meeting on Thursday, as uncertainty over the commission's future swells in the wake of President Donald Trump's moves to curb independent agencies' powers.

  • February 19, 2025

    Amazon Drivers Deny Discovery Lapses In Yearslong Pay Suit

    Ten former Amazon Flex delivery drivers are pushing back against the e-commerce giant's bid to disqualify them as plaintiffs in an eight-year-old collective wage action, contending they have "gone above and beyond" in their efforts to comply with the company's document demands.

  • February 19, 2025

    NY Vows To Fight Trump's Bid To Kill Congestion Pricing

    New York officials vowed to continue implementing congestion pricing after the Trump administration moved to kill the program Wednesday, teeing up an intense legal battle by swiftly launching a counterattack in federal court to preserve the tolls on all vehicles entering Manhattan's busiest corridor.

  • February 19, 2025

    Senators Aim To Update Permitting, But Roadblocks Loom

    A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Wednesday appeared united in a desire to address infrastructure project permitting delays and costs, but a top Democrat insisted that legislation can only come after the Trump administration has unfrozen federal funds.

  • February 19, 2025

    Airlines Can Ask 9th Circ. To Consider Airport Pollution Suit

    A Washington judge has cleared Delta Air Lines and Alaska Airlines to ask the Ninth Circuit to weigh in on whether federal regulations governing air travel or jet emissions prevent property owners and residents from suing over alleged flight-path pollution near Seattle's main commercial airport.

  • February 19, 2025

    Cruise Co. Slams Judge's 'Unprecedented' Rec In Crash Suit

    Holland America has cautioned a Washington federal court against adopting a magistrate judge's recent finding that the cruise line could be on the hook in a suit over a deadly 2021 seaplane crash, warning the ruling would "turn vessels into fulltime insurers of their passengers and defy established maritime precedent."

  • February 19, 2025

    Democrats Say DOGE Took 'Trove' Of Musk Rivals' CFPB Data

    U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif. demanded Wednesday that Elon Musk remove Department of Government Efficiency staffers from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying Musk's potential conflicts of interest undermine the agency's goals while giving Musk access to a "trove" of confidential corporate data and an unfair advantage against rivals.

  • February 19, 2025

    Transportation Group Of The Year: Dykema

    Dykema Gossett PLLC scored a significant trial victory for Nissan in a Texas product liability suit, and continues to advise leading developers of autonomous and electric vehicles, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Transportation Groups of the Year.

  • February 19, 2025

    Peanut Truck Co. Exempt From Excise Tax, Justices Told

    A Georgia maker of special trucks for peanut farming was denied an excise tax exemption for off-road highway vehicles because the IRS interpreted the law too narrowly, the company argued while urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Eleventh Circuit on the question.

  • February 19, 2025

    EV Maker Nikola Hits Bankruptcy After Battery Recall

    Nikola Corp., maker of electric and hydrogen-powered trucks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday in Delaware, listing about $98 million of funded debt and blaming a sprawling battery pack recall for its financial troubles.

  • February 18, 2025

    Delta Crash In Toronto, FAA Firings Upend Aviation Industry

    The harrowing crash of a Delta Air Lines passenger jet in Toronto on Monday, during which the plane caught fire, skidded across the runway with its wings broken off and flipped upside down, has upended an industry already rocked by a string of U.S. aviation accidents in the past month.

  • February 18, 2025

    Pandemic No Excuse To Alter $150M Notes, Alter Domus Says

    An auto parts magnate and his manufacturing company should not get away with using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse for changing promissory notes worth $150 million in ways that deflated their value, lending agent Alter Domus LLC asserted in Michigan federal court Tuesday.

  • February 18, 2025

    Trump Exec Order Expands Control Over Independent Agencies

    President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to limit the autonomy of independent agencies such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Communications Commission by requiring them to submit draft regulations for presidential review.

  • February 18, 2025

    Bath & Body Works Sues Over 'Abysmal' Fulfillment Service

    Bath & Body Works filed suit Tuesday against a commercial fulfillment vendor that allegedly provided "abysmal service" for years at its Atlanta-area fulfillment center before rejecting Bath & Body Works' attempts to terminate its service contract, refusing to cooperate on a transition and rushing to forum shop in a related lawsuit.

  • February 18, 2025

    Limited FERC Pipeline Review Makes No Sense, DC Circ. Told

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had no evidence to support its finding that the pipeline it chose to review only a 1,000-foot section of would transport only Texas-produced gas, the environmentalists trying to force a review of the full pipeline project told the D.C. Circuit.

  • February 18, 2025

    EPA Gives Congress A Chance To Sink Calif. Auto Waivers

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has offered Congress a chance to revoke Biden-era authorizations that allow California to issue its own vehicle emissions standards, something the Golden State said hasn't been done before and has unclear chances of success.

  • February 18, 2025

    Exxon, Koch Lose Bid To End Minn. Climate Change Suit

    A Minnesota state judge on Friday largely preserved the state's lawsuit alleging Exxon Mobil Corp., Koch Industries Inc. and the American Petroleum Institute concealed the climate change risks of fossil fuels, rejecting arguments that the case was a matter of federal, not state, law.

  • February 18, 2025

    Engine Co. Says Plane Crash Appeal Is Matter For NC Panel

    Aviation companies Avco Corp. and its subsidiary Lycoming Engines are urging a North Carolina appeals court to take up their bid seeking immunity from a civil lawsuit filed by families of victims killed in a 2015 plane crash, arguing that allowing a trial to go forward would cause "irreparable harm."

  • February 18, 2025

    Car Dealer Can't Depose Government In 'Deceptive' Price Suit

    A Nissan dealer cannot depose the Federal Trade Commission or the state of Connecticut in a dual enforcement action alleging that it charged consumers "deceptive" price add-ons, a federal magistrate judge has ruled, agreeing that the government had already provided all relevant discovery or was planning to do so.

  • February 18, 2025

    DC Midair Collision Family Brings $250M Claims Against Gov't

    The family of a passenger killed in last month's midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a military helicopter put the federal government on notice that they're pursuing $250 million in personal injury and wrongful death claims over the accident, attorneys for the family said Tuesday.

  • February 18, 2025

    Transportation Group Of The Year: O'Melveny

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP helped Alaska Airlines obtain regulatory approval for its $1.9 billion merger with Hawaiian Airlines, securing not only a rare consolidation in the aviation industry but also landing the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Transportation Groups of the Year.

  • February 18, 2025

    3 Firms Build $1.34B New England Car Dealership Sale

    Asbury Automotive Group Inc. on Tuesday unveiled plans to acquire various automotive dealerships from The Herb Chambers Cos. in a $1.34 billion deal built by three law firms.

  • February 18, 2025

    Plaintiffs Atty Flags 'Worst' Parts Of Georgia's Tort Reform

    A ban on proposing damages amounts to juries in order to "anchor" them, and easier access to two-phase trials, are the worst parts of a proposed "sweeping" tort reform package being pushed heavily by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, according to a prominent plaintiffs attorney.

  • February 14, 2025

    Demise Of Humphrey's Executor Could Sow Chaos At FERC

    The Trump administration's quest to expand the president's firing authority over members of independent agencies paints a target on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that would create instability within the energy industry if at-will removal of commissioners becomes a reality.

Expert Analysis

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    Justices Should Squash Bid To Criminalize Contract Breaches

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    In Kousisis v. U.S., the U.S. Supreme Court should reject the sweeping legal theory that breaches of contract can satisfy the property element of the mail and wire fraud statutes, which, if validated, would criminalize an array of ordinary conduct and violate basic constitutional principles, say attorneys at The Norton Law Firm.

  • Trump Patent Policy May Be Headed In Unexpected Direction

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    While commentators have assumed that the patent policy of President-elect Donald Trump's second administration will largely mirror the pro-patent policy of his first, these predictions fail to take into account the likely oversized influence of Elon Musk, says Jorge Contreras at the University of Utah.

  • Series

    Circus Arts Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    Performing circus arts has strengthened my ability to be more thoughtful, confident and grounded, all of which has enhanced my legal practice and allowed me to serve clients in a more meaningful way, says Bailey McGowan at Stinson.

  • 3 Ways To Train Junior Lawyers In 30 Minutes Or Less

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    Today’s junior lawyers are experiencing a skills gap due to pandemic-era disruptions, but firms can help bring them up to speed by offering high-impact skill building content in bite-sized, interactive training sessions, say Stacey Schwartz at Katten, Diane Costigan at Winston & Strawn and Lauren Tierney at Freshfields.

  • Expect Surging Oil And Gas Industry Under New Trump Admin

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    Throughout his recent campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised increased oil and natural gas production and reduced reliance on renewables — and his administration will likely bring more oil and gas dealmaking, faster federal permitting and attempts to roll back incentives for green energy, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Opinion

    The Right Kind Of Deregulation In Commercial Airline Industry

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    Similar to the economic deregulation that occurred more than four decades ago during the Carter administration, the incoming Trump administration should restore the very limited federal regulatory role in the economics of the airline industry, says former U.S. transportation secretary James Burnley at Venable.

  • The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule

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    Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.

  • The AI Consumer Class Action Threat Is Not A Hallucination

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    As regulators scrutinize whether businesses can deliver on claims about their artificial intelligence products and services, the industry faces a wave of consumer fraud class actions — but AI companies can protect themselves by prioritizing fundamental best practices that are often overlooked, say Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein and Richard Torrenzano at the Torrenzano Group.

  • What's Still Up In The Air After Ruling On Calif. Climate Laws

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    A California federal court's recent ruling on challenges to California's sweeping climate disclosure laws resolved some issues, but allows litigation over the constitutionality of the laws to continue, and leaves many important questions on what entities will need to do to comply with the laws unanswered, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

  • Series

    Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.

  • Trump Fossil Fuel Focus Won't End Interest In Clean Energy

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    A second Donald Trump administration is expected to prioritize expanding oil and gas drilling and reducing regulations — but some clean energy investments, including energy storage, hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel, will likely continue to garner bipartisan and market support, says Scott Segal at Bracewell.

  • So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?

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    Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.

  • Trump Rollback Of Biden Enviro Policies: What To Expect

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    Donald Trump's upcoming second presidential term will usher significant shifts in U.S. environmental and natural resource law and policy — and while the Biden administration is racing to secure its legacy, the incoming Trump administration is making plans to dramatically roll back most, if not all, of Biden's environmental initiatives, say attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond.

  • Notable Q3 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    Total loss valuation cases and labor depreciation cases dominated the past quarter of insurance class actions, with courts continuing to reject challenges to condition adjustments in the former, and a pro-insured trend persisting in the latter, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • 9 Considerations Around Proposed Connected Vehicle Ban

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    Stakeholders should consider several aspects of the U.S. Department of Commerce's recent proposal to ban U.S. imports and sales of vehicles incorporating certain connectivity components made in China or Russia, including exempted transactions and vehicle hardware imports, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

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