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September 24, 2024
10th Circ. Judge Wants More Info Before Arbitration Decision
A Tenth Circuit judge suggested Tuesday that the maker of Wonder bread wanted the court to set employment precedent without crucial information, saying the court lacked detail about a wholesaler's relationship with the food manufacturer.
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September 24, 2024
Ariz. Cops Can't Revive Late-Filed DUI Suit Against Bars
An Arizona appeals panel on Tuesday refused to revive two police officers' claims against a pair of bars they allege overserved a man who later collided with their vehicles, finding that the trial court correctly dismissed the case as time-barred.
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September 24, 2024
Electric Mustang Drivers Drop Ford Battery Defect Suit
Mustang Mach-E drivers have quietly dropped their suit accusing Ford Motor Co. of selling nearly 50,000 of electric vehicles with a dangerous battery defect that makes the car spontaneously shut off while driving.
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September 24, 2024
Lloyd's Units Seek To Keep $3.4M Yacht Dispute Alive
A group of Lloyd's syndicates and underwriters urged a Washington federal court to reject a yacht builder's bid to avoid reimbursing them for the $3.4 million in coverage they paid after a luxury yacht suffered severe damage when a mobile boat hoist failed during an August 2020 vessel launch.
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September 24, 2024
Md. Says Shipowner Liable For $2B Baltimore Bridge Rebuild
Maryland said the owner and manager of the cargo ship that slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge must be held liable for the estimated $1.7 billion cost of rebuilding the bridge, claiming Tuesday that their negligence has caused "grievous impact" to Marylanders, the environment and the regional economy.
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September 24, 2024
FAA Chief Updates House Panel On Boeing Safety Culture Fix
The Federal Aviation Administration's chief told a House panel Tuesday that the agency has "dramatically" increased its oversight of Boeing, as lawmakers raised concerns about the pace of Boeing's safety culture overhaul amid an ongoing labor dispute with 33,000 workers.
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September 24, 2024
Amazon Shareholders Try To Save Suit Over Blue Origin Deal
Stockholders who sued Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the company's board in Delaware's Court of Chancery for "blindly" approving a multibillion-dollar, Bezos-controlled launch contract for a new satellite-based internet service struggled for enough altitude Tuesday to clear defense dismissal challenges.
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September 24, 2024
Norfolk Southern Says Stock Drop Suit Based On 'Hindsight'
Norfolk Southern Corp. is urging a Georgia federal court to throw out a proposed class action alleging it duped stockholders by misleading them about the safety of its operations, leading to a stock drop after last year's derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, saying the claims are a bid to capitalize in hindsight on the crash.
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September 24, 2024
Top Aviation Atty Departs Withers, Lands At Sterlington
Sterlington PLLC said Sunday that it has hired a former Withers partner who is "widely regarded as the top private aviation attorney globally serving ultra high net worth individuals" to serve as the firm's international vice chair, splitting his time between Asia, the Middle East and the U.S.
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September 24, 2024
Insurer Beats Co.'s $5.5M Crash Settlement Coverage Suit
A contractor for a road repavement project can't secure additional insured coverage under a subcontractor's policy for a $5.5 million settlement stemming from two accidents that were caused in part by insufficient warning signs, a North Carolina federal court ruled, noting the subcontractor properly completed its own signage work.
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September 24, 2024
DC Circ. Says Arb. Board Must Handle Rail Union Grievance
Amtrak lost its appeal to a ruling that ordered an arbitration board to consider whether the rail company must use union labor on a newly acquired building, with the D.C. Circuit upholding a Washington, D.C., federal judge's decision Tuesday.
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September 24, 2024
NJ Power Broker Says AG's 'Crime Thriller' Lacks A Crime
Powerful New Jersey businessman George E. Norcross III Tuesday called the Garden State's 111-page indictment alleging he led a scheme to strong-arm the acquisition of waterfront property in Camden through threats of economic and reputational harm a "crime thriller with no crime," and said it must be dismissed.
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September 23, 2024
States, Enviros Urge USPS Vehicle Plan Challenge To Proceed
States and environmentalists have pushed back against the U.S. Postal Service and Oshkosh Defense's efforts to end a lawsuit alleging the USPS' multibillion-dollar delivery vehicle acquisition plan violates environmental law, saying the plan was inadequate and would harm them.
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September 23, 2024
Toyota Accused Of 'Rotten' Forklift Emissions Compliance
Toyota has been misrepresenting the true emissions levels of the engines in its forklifts and construction machinery, leading businesses to believe the engines were far more environmentally friendly than they actually were, according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court.
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September 23, 2024
Battery Exec Can't Avoid Depo In $2B Plant Fight
Battery manufacturer Gotion cannot block the deposition of its U.S. President Li Chen in a legal fight over the future of a proposed gigafactory in a Michigan town, a federal magistrate judge ruled Monday.
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September 23, 2024
Family Asks NC Justices To Keep $40M Drunk Driving Verdict
A family member of a woman killed by a drunken driver wants North Carolina's highest court to uphold a $40 million verdict, described as the largest amount for such a case in state history, asserting the driver isn't allowed to present arguments that the judgment was a result of an impassioned jury.
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September 23, 2024
Auto AI Co.'s $30M Settlement With Investors Gets Initial Nod
An automotive software company's $30 million settlement to end an investor fraud class action won initial approval from a Boston federal judge on Monday.
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September 23, 2024
Ford Investor Claims Automaker's Execs Hid Warranty Costs
Directors and executives of Ford Motor Co. have been hit with a shareholder derivative suit alleging they covered up problems with the company's quality assurance procedures and made misleading statements about how much money was in warranty reserves, leading the company to overpay about $115 million when it bought back its own stock at artificially inflated prices.
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September 23, 2024
Chicago's DoorDash Fee Claims Get Two-Year Limit
An Illinois federal judge on Friday pared down a lawsuit brought by the city of Chicago accusing DoorDash of using various deceptive practices to fool customers into paying higher prices, holding that claims under the city's municipal code that accrued more than two years before the city filed suit are time-barred.
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September 23, 2024
Insurer Freed From Damaged Blood Plasma Suit
A supplier of blood plasma can't secure coverage for a nearly $820,000 blood plasma shipment declared a total loss because of excessive temperature variation and shipping delays, a Georgia federal court ruled, finding the supplier failed to abide by separate temperature and delay warranties in its policy.
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September 23, 2024
New Managing Atty At Firm That Helped In George Floyd Case
A small Chicago law firm that helped win a $27 million settlement on behalf of the family of George Floyd has named a personal injury lawyer and former teacher as its new managing attorney.
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September 23, 2024
Biden Admin Seeks To Ban Certain Chinese, Russian Car Tech
The Biden administration proposed a new policy Monday that would ban automakers from importing and selling vehicles in the U.S. with certain connectivity components made in China or Russia that pose national security risks, in an effort to protect U.S. infrastructure and American consumers.
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September 23, 2024
Mich. Township Scores Partial Win In Suit Over Bike Path Law
A Michigan federal judge ruled that Jamestown Charter Township's ordinance allowing authorities to require developers to fund bike path construction is not facially unconstitutional, despite finding the municipality's recent tweaks to the law to be "suspicious."
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September 23, 2024
Latham-Led Aerospace Giant StandardAero Preps $1B IPO
Private equity-backed aerospace services provider StandardAero Inc. launched plans on Monday for an estimated $1 billion initial public offering, represented by Latham & Watkins LLP and underwriters' counsel Milbank LLP, potentially marking one of the year's largest IPOs.
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September 20, 2024
RV Co. Wins $5.5M Enhanced TM Damages, $1.3M Atty Fees
Forest River can collect enhanced damages after a jury determined inTech Trailers infringed its mountain design trademarks on recreational vehicles, an Indiana federal judge ruled Thursday, increasing the award from $2 million to more than $5.5 million to make sure inTech does not profit from its infringement.
Expert Analysis
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3 Patent Considerations For America's New Quantum Hub
Recent developments signal an incredibly bright future for Chicago as the new home of quantum computing, and it is crucial that these innovators — whose technology has the potential to transform many industries — prioritize intellectual property strategy, says Andrew Velzen at McDonnell Boehnen.
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Series
After Chevron: Conservation Rule Already Faces Challenges
The Bureau of Land Management's interpretation of land "use" in its Conservation and Landscape Health Rule is contrary to the agency's past practice and other Federal Land Policy and Management Act provisions, leaving the rule exposed in four legal challenges that may carry greater force in the wake of Loper Bright, say Stacey Bosshardt and Stephanie Regenold at Perkins Coie.
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A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President
For the first time in a presidential election, both of the leading candidates and their parties have been vocal about artificial intelligence policy, offering clues on the future of regulation as AI continues to advance and congressional action continues to stall, say attorneys at Mintz.
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Opinion
Big Oil Climate Ruling Sets Dangerous Liability Precedent
The recent Maryland court dismissal of Baltimore's case seeking to hold BP responsible for climate damage mischaracterized the city's injuries as divorced from the conduct that caused them, and could allow companies that conceal the dangers of their products to escape liability, says Randall Abate at George Washington University Law School.
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How Companies Are Approaching Insider Trading Policies
An analysis of insider trading policies recently disclosed by 49 S&P 500 companies under a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule reveals that while specific provisions vary from company to company, certain common themes are emerging, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations
Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.
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5 Ways To Confront Courtroom Technology Challenges
Recent cybersecurity incidents highlight the vulnerabilities of our reliance on digital infrastructure, meaning attorneys must be prepared to navigate technological obstacles inside the courtroom, including those related to data security, presentation hardware, video playback and more, says Adam Bloomberg at IMS Legal Strategies.
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Employers Should Not Neglect Paid Military Leave Compliance
An August decision from the Ninth Circuit and the settlement of a long-running class action, both examining paid leave requirements under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, are part of a nationwide trend that should prompt employers to review their military leave policies to avoid potential litigation and reputational damage, says Bradford Kelley at Littler.
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Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles
Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.
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Opinion
Agencies Should Reward Corporate Cyber Victim Cooperation
The increased regulatory scrutiny on corporate victims of cyberattacks — exemplified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against SolarWinds — should be replaced with a new model that provides adequate incentives for companies to come forward proactively and collaborate with law enforcement, say attorneys at McDermott.
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Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.
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What We Know From Early Cyberinsurance Rulings
Recent cyber disruption incidents, like the Crowdstrike outage and the CDK Global cyberattack this summer, highlight the necessity of understanding legal interpretations of cyberinsurance coverage — an area in which there has been little litigation thus far, say Peter Halprin and Rebecca Schwarz at Haynes Boone.
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5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond
As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.
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Series
After Chevron: SEC Climate And ESG Rules Likely Doomed
Under the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Loper Bright, without agency deference, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's climate disclosure and environmental, social and governance rules would likely be found lacking in statutory support and vacated by the courts, says Justin Chretien at Carlton Fields.
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Series
Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer
My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.