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September 09, 2025
Ga. Truck Driver Blames Defective Mattress For Wife's Injury
A truck driver whose wife was allegedly injured after her skin was punctured by a mattress in his tractor-trailer's sleeping cabin told an Atlanta jury Tuesday that he believed she never would have been injured if the mattress had coil springs that were not defective.
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September 09, 2025
7 Enviro Cases To Watch At The Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a slew of environmental cases for the coming term, including jurisdiction disputes in pipeline and pollution cases, a challenge to a Washington State climate change law and Monsanto's bid to undo a $1.2 million weed killer cancer award.
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September 09, 2025
NY Climate Law Challenge Moved To Join Similar Case
A federal judge has denied business groups' bid to keep a suit challenging New York's climate Superfund law in the Southern District of New York, saying they must pursue the case in the Northern District where Republican-led states brought similar litigation first.
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September 09, 2025
Calif. Bashes EPA's Effort To Toss Truck Emissions Petitions
California, along with a group of states and cities, urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to reject the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's motion to dismiss petitions challenging Clean Air Act waivers allowing the Golden State to make its own truck emissions standards, saying separate litigation should first play out.
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September 09, 2025
Mich. Judge OKs Auto Mogul's $19M Bid To Reclaim Assets
A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday allowed a Detroit-area auto parts manufacturer to buy assets in a sale held by his own trust as part of efforts to satisfy a years-old $775 million judgment against it, finding the businessman didn't interfere with the sale or flout a court sales procedure order.
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September 09, 2025
Mitsubishi Accused Of Dodging Pollution Regs With Deception
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. was hit with a proposed class action in Washington federal court Monday by a commercial fisher accusing the company of deploying a deceptive sales tactic to circumvent federal emissions regulations for marine engines and replacing engines with cheaper, dirtier alternatives that don't comply with U.S. laws.
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September 09, 2025
McKinsey Expects $106T Global Infrastructure Spend By 2040
McKinsey said in a report Tuesday that over the next 15 years, $106 trillion is needed worldwide to keep up with demand for new and improved infrastructure, an industry that's expanding in definition along with advances in technology.
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September 09, 2025
Pa. Justices Seem Split On Uber's 'Clickwrap' Arbitration Link
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court appeared unsure about whether arbitration agreements linked in apps like Uber adequately inform consumers that they're giving up the right to a jury trial by using services, with some justices commenting during oral arguments Tuesday that more explicit warnings couldn't hurt and others saying they could muddle the state's contract laws.
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September 09, 2025
Norfolk Southern Inks Deal With DOJ Over Amtrak Delays
Norfolk Southern Corp. has agreed to give Amtrak passenger trains priority over freight trains under a deal with the federal government that would close out a case stemming from widespread delays on Amtrak's New York City to New Orleans route, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.
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September 09, 2025
ITC Judge Clears Motive In Trucking Tech Patent Fight
A U.S. International Trade Commission judge has cleared fleet management startup Motive Technologies Inc. from an infringement case over patents owned by a rival that sells trackers to trucking companies.
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September 09, 2025
11th Circ. Told Insurers Wrongly Denied $5.6M To Railroad Co.
A Florida railroad company incurred minimal losses from Hurricane Irma in 2017 because it took measures to protect its property, but insurers unfairly used the preventive efforts to justify denying coverage for $5.6 million worth of costs under an all-risk policy, it told an Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday.
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September 08, 2025
Uber Put Profits Over Safety, Jury Told At 1st Sex Assault Trial
Uber put growth and money over passenger safety, counsel for a woman claiming she was sexually assaulted by a driver said Monday at the first trial in coordinated proceedings in San Francisco involving hundreds of plaintiffs, while Uber's lawyer countered sexual violence incidents against passengers are "exceedingly" rare.
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September 08, 2025
Judge Axes Machine Learning Railyard Patents Under Alice
A Delaware federal court has found that three patents owned by ConGlobal Technologies and asserted against Roboflow Inc. are invalid, with a visiting Federal Circuit judge concluding that the use of machine learning in the claimed railway positioning system doesn't render the claims patent eligible.
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September 08, 2025
Chamber Accuses Mich. Of 'Gamesmanship' In Pipeline Fight
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has urged the Supreme Court to rule that judges have the power to waive the deadline to transfer a lawsuit to federal court in special circumstances, saying Michigan shouldn't be allowed to play procedural games to keep a case against energy infrastructure firm Enbridge Energy LP in state court.
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September 08, 2025
Las Vegas Man Gets 7 Years For $1.4M Fraud Scheme
A Las Vegas man who pled guilty to charges related to defrauding investors out of $1.4 million, largely for a phony cannabis manufacturing venture, was sentenced to seven years in prison by a New York federal judge in a Friday order that more than doubled the maximum time prosecutors sought.
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September 08, 2025
Calif. Says Texas Doesn't Belong In Emissions Waiver Fight
The state of California told a federal judge that Texas has no business in a suit challenging the revocation of Clean Air Act waivers that allowed the state to set its own emissions standards, saying the Lone Star State wishes to inject "collateral issues" into the suit.
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September 08, 2025
Phillips 66 Faces Retrial After 'Improper' Infringement Theory
The Federal Circuit on Monday ordered a new trial over allegations that Phillips 66 infringed Magēmā Technology's oil refinery patents, saying in a precedential opinion that a Texas federal court wrongfully concluded that Phillips' noninfringement theory was harmless, as it had also found the theory "improper and prejudicial."
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September 08, 2025
Attys Debate 'Misuse' Or 'Defect' In Ga. Mattress Injury Trial
A truck driver and his wife, who sued a mattress-maker and bedding components supplier over injuries she allegedly received after her skin was punctured by a mattress in a tractor-trailer's sleeping cabin, told an Atlanta jury that the mattress was defective, while the companies blamed mattress "misuse."
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September 08, 2025
Biz Groups Ask Justices To Shield Freight Brokers From Suits
Business and trucking trade groups asked the U.S. Supreme Court to smooth out splintered circuit court rulings that have exposed freight brokers to patchwork liability for state-based negligence claims, saying there could be lasting disruptions to the supply chain if the justices don't intervene.
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September 08, 2025
JetBlue Loses Fla. Tax Fight Over Airline Revenue Miles
A Florida judge rejected JetBlue's claims that the state's method of apportioning airline income by counting miles flown outside the state's borders is unconstitutional, saying that the formula ensures that "Florida reaches no more than its fair share" of tax.
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September 08, 2025
Conn. Nissan Dealer's Managers Settle Price Add-On Claims
Two sales managers from a Nissan dealership have inked agreements with the Federal Trade Commission and the state of Connecticut over claims that the dealership broke the law by adding deceptive extras to vehicle sale prices.
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September 08, 2025
Phone Dealer, Freight Co. Settle Suit Over Stolen Shipment
PCS Wireless LLC and RXO Capacity Solutions LLC have reached a settlement in the cellphone dealer's lawsuit over a stolen shipment and a contentious discovery dispute, according to a joint notice filed in a North Carolina federal court.
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September 08, 2025
Caltrans Escapes $3.8M Verdict Over Bicyclist's Injuries
The California Department of Transportation successfully overturned a $3.8 million jury verdict in a case involving a bicycle accident on a bridge in Santa Barbara that caused a man's severe injuries, as an appeals court ruled Monday that the trial court improperly excluded Caltrans' witnesses as a discovery sanction.
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September 08, 2025
E-Bike Co. Hid Battery Issues, Investor Says In Stock Suit
An investor sued Fly-E Group Inc. on Monday in New York federal court, alleging that the company and its officers ignored slumping sales because of problems with its lithium-ion batteries, inflating stocks until they dropped by 87% in a single day when the truth came out.
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September 08, 2025
Spirit Airlines Cleared To Tap Over $275M To Fund Ch. 11
Budget air carrier Spirit Airlines secured a New York bankruptcy judge's approval Monday of its bid to borrow up to $275 million and use other funds to support the business as Spirit gears up to reject aircraft leases during its Chapter 11.
Expert Analysis
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Tesla Verdict May Set New Liability Benchmarks For AV Suits
The recent jury verdict in Benavides v. Tesla is notable not only for a massive payout — including $200 million in punitive damages — but because it apportions fault between the company's self-driving technology and the driver, inviting more scrutiny of automated vehicle marketing and technology, says Michael Avanesian at Avian Law Group.
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Demystifying The Civil Procedure Rules Amendment Process
Every year, an advisory committee receives dozens of proposals to amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, most of which are never adopted — but a few pointers can help maximize the likelihood that an amendment will be adopted, says Josh Gardner at DLA Piper.
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Parenting Skills That Can Help Lawyers Thrive Professionally
As kids head back to school, the time is ripe for lawyers who are parents to consider how they can incorporate their parenting skills to build a deep, meaningful and sustainable legal practice, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Trump NLRB Picks May Usher In Employer-Friendly Precedent
If President Donald Trump's National Labor Relations Board nominees are confirmed, the board would regain a quorum with a Republican majority and would likely reverse several union-friendly decisions, but each nominee will bring a unique perspective as to how the board should operate, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: September Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses seven decisions pertaining to attorney fees in class action settlements, the predominance requirement in automobile insurance cases, how the no mootness exception applies if the named plaintiff is potentially subject to a strong individual defense, and more.
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Series
Teaching Trial Advocacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
Teaching trial advocacy skills to other lawyers makes us better litigators because it makes us question our default methods, connect to young attorneys with new perspectives and focus on the needs of the real people at the heart of every trial, say Reuben Guttman, Veronica Finkelstein and Joleen Youngers.
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What New Ƶ Oversight Limits Would Mean For 4 Markets
As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to centralize its resources, proposals to alter the definition of larger market participants in the automobile financing, international money transfer, consumer reporting and consumer debt collection markets would reduce the scope of the bureau's oversight, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Navigating Brazil's Regulations, Incentives For Green Projects
Brazil's evolving environmental regulatory framework and ongoing moves to attract international capital for climate-focused projects may appeal to U.S.-based companies and investors interested in sustainable development — but taking advantage of these opportunities requires careful planning and meaningful stakeholder engagement, says Milena Angulo at Guimarães.
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Definitions Of 'Waters Of The United States' Ebb And Flow
The issue of defining whether "waters of the United States" include streams and channels that sometimes have water and sometimes do not has been fraught since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2006 Rapanos decision, but a possible new rule may help property owners stay out of court, says Neal McAliley at Carlton Fields.
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Trump Tax Law's Most Impactful Energy Changes
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act's deferral of begin-construction deadlines and the phaseout of certain energy tax credits will provide emerging technologies with welcome breathing room, though other changes, like the increased credit rate for sustainable aviation fuel, create challenges for developers, say attorneys at Weil.
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As Product Recalls Rise, So Do The Stakes For The Bar
Recent recall announcements affecting over 800,000 Ford vehicles highlight how product recalls have become more frequent, complex and safety-critical than ever, raising key practice questions for counsel, and raising the stakes in product liability litigation, says Ken Fulginiti at Fulginiti Law.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From Texas AUSA To BigLaw
As I learned when I transitioned from an assistant U.S. attorney to a BigLaw partner, the move from government to private practice is not without its hurdles, but it offers immense potential for growth and the opportunity to use highly transferable skills developed in public service, says Jeffery Vaden at Bracewell.
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Advice For 1st-Gen Lawyers Entering The Legal Profession
Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm tells her story of being a first-generation lawyer and how others who begin their professional journeys without the benefit of playbooks handed down by relatives can turn this disadvantage into their greatest strength.
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FTC Focus: When Green Goals And Antitrust Law Collide
A recently concluded Federal Trade Commission investigation has turned an emissions deal involving major U.S. heavy-duty truck manufacturers that was brokered by the California Air Resources Board into a cautionary tale about the potential for environmental agreements to run afoul of competition rules, say attorneys at Proskauer.
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Opinion
Small-Plane Black Box Mandate Would Aid Probes, Lawsuits
Given climbing fatality rates from small-plane and helicopter crashes, and the evidentiary significance of cockpit voice recordings in litigation and investigations, the Federal Aviation Administration should mandate black boxes in smaller aircraft, despite likely judicial challenges over privacy and cost-benefit calculations, says Jeff Korek at Gersowitz Libo.