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May 08, 2025
Gotion EV Battery Plant Opponents Meet Skeptical 6th Circ.
A Sixth Circuit panel appeared unswayed Thursday by the argument that a district court can't order a town to support an electric vehicle battery components factory, though the judges also probed whether the company really faces irreparable harm if its plans don't come to fruition.
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May 08, 2025
Conn. High Court Snapshot: Rehab Permit And Towing Tiff
The Connecticut Supreme Court, in its upcoming term, will consider whether an existing substance abuse treatment center has the right to challenge the opening of a competitor nearby, and determine if a murder suspect is owed a new trial over an allegedly botched jury poll.
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May 08, 2025
Insurer Drops Coverage Fight Over NC Truck Stop Shooting
An insurer and a security guard service company have settled a coverage dispute over underlying negligence lawsuits involving a fatal shooting that occurred at a North Carolina truck stop, according to a notice filed in federal court.
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May 07, 2025
HUD Blocked From Withholding Grants Over DEI Policies
A Washington federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from forcing New York City, Boston, San Francisco and Seattle's county to adhere to policies against diversity, equity and inclusion or risk losing federal funds for homeless services, saying the strings attached are likely unconstitutional.
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May 07, 2025
BNSF Fired Conductor For Seeking Injury Payment, Suit Says
BNSF Railway Co. has been hit with an employment retaliation suit in Washington federal court by a former conductor who claims he was wrongfully fired based on an unsubstantiated rule violation after he sought compensation for a brake rigging accident that severely injured his hand.
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May 07, 2025
Glove Box Warranty Supports Arbitration In EV Suit, FCA Says
An attorney for FCA US LLC told a Michigan federal judge Wednesday that agreements in so-called glove box warranties are enough to send a class action alleging the automaker knowingly sold certain electric vehicles with defective batteries to arbitration, while a lawyer for the consumers said such a request is "unprecedented."
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May 07, 2025
Texas Bill May Limit Full Redress For Personal Injury Victims
A Texas bill aimed at reining in allegedly excessive jury awards granted to personal injury victims would be a boon for insurance companies, but it may threaten victims' ability to get full compensation for the consequences of another party's negligence.
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May 07, 2025
Politics, Tech Issues Top Concerns At Chicago Risk Event
Insurance and risk professionals around the country gathered in Chicago to discuss potential perils and opportunities for the future, with talks often centering on President Donald Trump's administration, technological developments and statutory reform of the legal system.
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May 07, 2025
Mich. Justices Mull 'Straddle Policies' In No-Fault Cases
The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether insurance policies that straddle the date no-fault reforms went into effect should be subjected to post-reform increased limits for liability and scheduled medical care reimbursement rates.
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May 07, 2025
Del. Justices Deny Bid To Revive Carvana Insider Trading Suit
Delaware's Supreme Court rejected a bid by Carvana stockholders to revive insider trading claims against the father of the company's CEO, alleging the senior businessman controlled the online car retailer and used inside information when selling $3.7 billion in shares.
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May 07, 2025
16 States Sue DOT Over EV Charging Infrastructure Funds
The Trump administration has illegally cut off congressionally approved funding for electric-vehicle charging infrastructure projects, a group of states alleged in a federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday.
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May 07, 2025
Nordstrom's Investor Can't Block Vote On Go-Private Deal
A Washington federal judge said he won't block a shareholder vote on Nordstrom's proposed $6.25 billion deal to go private, issuing a sealed order on Tuesday denying a preliminary injunction bid in a proposed investor class action.
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May 07, 2025
Tesla Accused Of Infringing Vehicle Shift Patents
Bulletproof Property Management LLC has filed a lawsuit accusing Tesla of infringing its patents with a feature that allows its cars to automatically shift between drive and reverse.
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May 07, 2025
Judge Affirms $9.4M Verdict For American Airlines In IP Case
A Texas federal judge has finalized a $9.4 million judgment for American Airlines over airfare search engine Skiplagged Inc.'s unauthorized use of copyrighted booking content, while also upholding the jury's finding that Skiplagged's use of American's trademarks was fair and declining to revive the lawsuit's contractual claims.
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May 07, 2025
NY Eyes Injunction Against Feds In Congestion Price Fight
New York transportation agencies have asked a federal judge to block the U.S. Department of Transportation from following through on its threat to withhold federal funding for Manhattan roadway projects if the Empire State doesn't halt congestion pricing.
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May 07, 2025
Ga. Judges Dubious Of Path To Atty Fees In Crash Injury Case
A Georgia appellate panel seemed to doubt Wednesday an injured driver's claims that he could recover attorney fees from Allstate Insurance Co. after the insurer rejected a settlement offer prior to a $1.5 million verdict in the driver's favor, suggesting he'd have to pursue a separate suit to recover his expenses.
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May 07, 2025
Geely Lobs Offer To Take Chinese EV Maker Zeekr Private
Chinese carmaker Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. on Wednesday announced it has submitted a non-binding proposal to take Chinese electric-vehicle maker Zeekr private by acquiring the remaining shares it does not already own.
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May 06, 2025
HUD Says Suit To Block Fund Cuts Belongs In Claims Court
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development urged a Washington federal judge on Tuesday to reject emergency relief sought by San Francisco, Boston, New York and King County, Washington, to block the Trump administration from slashing millions of dollars of homelessness assistance grants, saying federal court lacks jurisdiction.
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May 06, 2025
Delta Must Keep Battling Customers' Trimmed IT Outage Suit
A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday threw out the bulk of customers' proposed class action over the 2024 global tech outage that disrupted thousands of flights, while permitting a handful of customers to move forward with claims that Delta owed them refunds.
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May 06, 2025
11th Circ. Refuses Celebrity Cruise Crew's Captivity Claim
The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday refused to revive putative class action claims that alleged Celebrity Cruises forced Filipino crew members to stay on board without pay after the cruise industry temporarily shut down due to COVID-19, saying Celebrity's conduct, though not ideal, wasn't so "outrageous" that it caused severe emotional distress.
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May 06, 2025
Ind. Landowners Not Owed For Trail Project, Fed. Circ. Affirms
A group of Indiana landowners aren't owed compensation after claiming that their land was taken for a federal rails-to-trails conversion project, the Federal Circuit has ruled.
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May 06, 2025
Boeing Battles Bid To Depose Engineer In 737 Max Fraud Suit
Boeing is fighting LOT Polish Airlines' bid to force the deposition of a former 737 Max program engineer, contending the ex-employee's testimony isn't necessary in the airline's $200 million federal lawsuit accusing the aerospace giant of concealing jet design safety concerns to ink a 2016 lease deal.
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May 06, 2025
Judge Backs Kellanova In $330M Teamsters Pension Row
An Illinois federal judge on Monday sided with Kellanova in considering cross-motions from the food company and a Teamsters pension fund to enforce and modify an arbitration award governing Kellanova's withdrawal liability after it ended its participation in the multiemployer pension plan in 2019.
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May 06, 2025
Autonomous Cars Get Regs Jumpstart, But Long Road Ahead
Federal and California regulators recently proposed new rules carrying the promise of boosting development of the next generation of cars that can drive themselves, but the U.S. is still a ways from seeing wide-scale commercial deployment, despite a growing number of robotaxis and autonomous trucks popping up in cities, experts say.
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May 06, 2025
Ga. Panel Considers Reviving Man's MARTA Fall Suit
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Tuesday considered whether to revive a man's suit alleging a faulty guardrail at a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority train station caused him to fall 26 feet, focusing largely on whether the man's actions on the day of the incident made him a trespasser.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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Del. Supreme Court TripAdvisor Ruling May Limit 'MFW Creep'
The Delaware Supreme Court's recent Maffei v. Palkon ruling regarding TripAdvisor's proposed reincorporation to Nevada potentially signals a turning point in the trend of expanding the protections from Kahn v. M&F Worldwide to other types of transactions, says Andrew J. Haile at Elon University.
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Reading The Tea Leaves On Mexico, Canada And China Tariffs
It's still unclear whether the delay in the imposition of U.S. tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports will result in negotiated resolutions or a full-on trade war, but the outcome may hinge on continuing negotiations and the Trump administration's possible plans for tariff revenues, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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Biden-Era M&A Data Shows Continuity, Not Revolution
While the federal antitrust agencies under former President Joe Biden made broad claims about increasing merger enforcement activity, the data tells a different story, with key claims under Biden coming in at the lowest levels in decades, say attorneys at Covington.
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10 Issues To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting
This year, in addition to evergreen developments driven by national security priorities, disruptive new technologies and competition with rival powers, federal contractors will see significant disruptions driven by the new administration’s efforts to reduce government spending, regulation and the size of the federal workforce, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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Navigating The Trump Enviro Rollback And Its Consequences
The Trump administration's rapid push for environmental deregulation will lead to both opportunities and challenges, requiring companies to adopt strategic approaches to a complex, unpredictable legal environment in which federal rollbacks are countered by increased enforcement by states, and risks of citizen litigation may be heightened, say attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond.
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Series
Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.
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8 Ways Cos. Can Prep For Termination Of Their Enviro Grants
The federal government appears to be reviewing energy- and infrastructure-related grants and potentially terminating grants inconsistent with the Trump administration's stated policy goals, and attorneys at DLA Piper provide eight steps that recipients of grants should consider taking in the interim.
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Pier Pressure: Contract Takeaways From Pa. Ocean Liner Suit
The settlement that resolved the fate of the landmark SS United States ocean liner illustrates important lessons on managing contract disputes, illuminating common trade-offs such as the choice between deferred legal risk and the cost of legal foresight, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.
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Opinion
Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice
A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.
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Expect Continued Antitrust Enforcement In Procurement
The scope of federal antitrust enforcement under the second Trump administration remains uncertain, but the Procurement Collusion Strike Force, which collaborates with federal and state agencies to enforce antitrust laws in the government procurement space, is likely to remain active — so contractors must stay vigilant, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.
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In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege
Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.
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Series
Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.