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August 28, 2025
Delta's $12M Wage Deal Gets Initial Greenlight
A $12 million settlement between Delta Air Lines and a class of about 5,000 workers who claimed wage and hour violations can go forward, a California federal judge ruled, finding the deal to be fair and reasonable.
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August 27, 2025
Southwest Flyer Attacked In Viral TikTok Blames Open Seating
A Southwest Airlines Co. passenger who earlier this summer was attacked by an intoxicated fellow flyer in an assault caught on video that went viral on TikTok is now suing the airline and her attacker, blaming Southwest for allowing the "visibly impaired" passenger to board and choose her own seat.
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August 27, 2025
Alter Domus Says Mogul Blocked Bidders From Asset Sale
In a seemingly rare move, an administrative agent seeking fulfillment of an award worth hundreds of millions of dollars challenged an auto mogul's purchase of his own trust's assets through a judicial sale, with an attorney arguing Wednesday that the $19 million sale is significantly lower than the assets' value and was made without a fair bidding process.
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August 27, 2025
US, Others Warn Of China-Backed Cyber Threats To Networks
U.S. intelligence agencies and their international partners Wednesday put telecoms, transportation operators and other critical infrastructure providers on high alert about persistent efforts by Chinese state-sponsored hackers to gain long-term access to their essential networks worldwide.Â
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August 27, 2025
Investors Push 4th Circ. To Revive Auto Parts Fraud Suit
Investors who accused Advanced Auto Parts and its top brass of misleading them about the failure of a new pricing strategy and purposefully inflating the impact of price reductions have urged the Fourth Circuit to revive their suit, arguing that they can't downplay the allegedly false accounting as insignificant, among other things.
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August 27, 2025
Fla. Appeals Court Affirms FDOT's Win In Easement Spat
A Florida appeals court on Wednesday found that a Miami property owner failed to show proof of an easement that would grant her access to a parcel of land owned by the Florida Department of Transportation, affirming a win for the agency.
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August 27, 2025
Widower Says Justices Need Not Hear Freight Broker Case
A widower has told the U.S. Supreme Court that the Sixth Circuit correctly determined federal law doesn't shield an Ohio-based freight broker from state-based negligence and personal injury claims over a 2019 accident that killed his wife.
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August 27, 2025
Feds, Blue States Clash Over Future Of EV Funding Fight
The Trump administration says its recent decision to release funding for new electric-vehicle charging infrastructure moots Democratic-led states' litigation challenging the prior revocation of the funding, but the states said they're still being harmed and their lawsuit should proceed.
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August 27, 2025
Grubhub Agrees To Pay $7M To End Restaurants' TM Suit
Several restaurants told an Illinois federal judge they have reached an agreement with Grubhub under which the food delivery service will pay $7.1 million to resolve claims it used their trademarks without permission.
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August 27, 2025
Adams & Reese Aviation Team Adds Former FAA Atty
A regulatory attorney who focused on emerging technologies at the Federal Aviation Administration has joined Adams & Reese LLP, the firm announced this week.
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August 27, 2025
Philly-Area Transit System Sued Over 'Drastic' Service Cuts
The Philadelphia region's mass transit system, SEPTA, has been sued in state court to stop it from drastically cutting services in the midst of a projected $213 million operational funding deficit.
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August 27, 2025
Crash Victim Hits Progressive With Claims Over 'Regular Use'
Progressive Insurance systematically denied auto insurance coverage under an exclusion relating to vehicles not directly insured but still regularly used, two Pennsylvania residents told a Pennsylvania state court in a proposed class action, saying that the insurer had no reasonable basis to do so.
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August 26, 2025
Uber Eats To Pay Couriers $15M To End Seattle's Wage Claims
Uber Eats has inked a $15 million settlement to end allegations that it flouted the city of Seattle's worker protection laws by failing to pay drivers what they were promised, including bonus earnings and minimum payments for canceled fares.Â
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August 26, 2025
7th Circ. Won't Compel Arbitration In Uber Driver's Pay Suit
Uber was correctly ordered to litigate a driver's pay claims in a lawsuit which three other plaintiffs must arbitrate, the Seventh Circuit said Tuesday, agreeing with a lower court that found the issue had already been decided in the driver's state court case.
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August 26, 2025
Delta To Pay LA Residents $79M For Dumping Fuel On Them
Delta Air Lines Inc. and a certified class of Angelenos urged a California federal judge to vacate his summary judgment ruling and preliminarily approve their $78.75 million deal under which class counsel would receive up to $26 million to end consolidated litigation over a 2020 jet fuel dumping incident.
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August 26, 2025
USDOT Threatens States With Funding Cuts Over Truck Safety
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday threatened to withhold funds from California, Washington and New Mexico over their apparent failures to enforce federal mandates that all commercial truck drivers be proficient in the English language.
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August 26, 2025
Farmers Defend Climate Superfund Law Against Challenges
Farmers and environmentalists are asking a Vermont federal judge to toss the U.S. government's, industry groups' and red states' lawsuits challenging the state's climate change Superfund law, saying it's a lawful method to pay for damages caused by the phenomenon.
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August 26, 2025
FOIA Results Wanted Before Ruling In DOGE Disclosure Suit
A D.C. federal judge said he wants to see how the Trump administration responds to Freedom of Information Act requests submitted in February before deciding on the government's motion to dismiss an environmental group's suit claiming that DOGE teams working in federal agencies have violated transparency laws.
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August 26, 2025
4th Circ. Revokes Class Cert. In Progressive Car Valuation Suit
The Fourth Circuit reversed a Progressive Insurance policyholder's class certification win over certain adjustments the insurer makes when calculating the actual cash value of a totaled vehicle, saying that determining whether Progressive breached each insured's policy is a "highly individualized assessment."
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August 26, 2025
SEC Says Nikola's Ch. 11 Plan Mischaracterizes $80M Penalty
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission objected to the Chapter 11 plan of electric-truck maker Nikola Corp. on Tuesday, saying the plan improperly treats the agency's $80 million civil penalty claim as if it were a damages claim behind other unsecured creditors in the priority scheme.
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August 26, 2025
Towing Co. Fights 'Excessive' $45M Motorcycle Crash Verdict
A Connecticut towing and recovery company has asked a state judge to order a new trial or reduce a jury's $45 million verdict for a motorcycle rider who was left permanently paralyzed in a crash with a customer's vehicle, calling the award "excessive" and unsupported by the plaintiff's own expert witness.
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August 26, 2025
Court Asked To Reconsider Burford Capital Arb Fight Ruling
German entity Financialright Claims GmbH is urging a Delaware federal court to reconsider a decision ordering the company to arbitrate its dispute with a Burford Capital affiliate over an allegedly fraudulent arbitration pact, saying "a clear error of law" in the ruling needs to be corrected.
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August 26, 2025
Wonderland Gets ITC To Eye Car Seat Imports Over Patents
The U.S. International Trade Commission said it will look into allegations that a U.S. arm of children's products maker Dorel Industries and a series of Chinese companies flouted federal law by importing car seats that Wonderland Switzerland AG said infringed its patents.
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August 26, 2025
3rd Circ. Affirms Toss Of NJ-Pa. Transit Line Death Suit
The Third Circuit on Tuesday refused to revive an estate's wrongful death suit against Port Authority Transit Corp. and Delaware River Port Authority, saying the trial court rightly found that the line on which the decedent was killed is not a railroad subject to the Federal Employers' Liability Act.
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August 26, 2025
Wash. Cities Settle Yacht Club's Clean Water Act Suit
Two Washington cities have tentatively settled a yacht club's federal lawsuit claiming the municipalities muddied the waters of its marina by failing to maintain critical stormwater infrastructure and allowing the discharge of silt-laden runoff.
Expert Analysis
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Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges — like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions — can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.
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Immunity Waiver Ruling A Setback For Ch. 7 Trustees
While governmental units should welcome the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in U.S. v. Miller restricting the reach of the Bankruptcy Code's sovereign immunity waiver, Chapter 7 trustees now have a limited ability to maximize bankruptcy estates, says Dan Prieto at Jones Day.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw
While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.
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Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them
Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.
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NEPA Repeal Could Slow Down Environmental Review
As the Trump administration has rescinded the Council on Environmental Quality's long-standing National Environmental Policy Act regulations, projects that require NEPA review may be bogged down by significant regulatory uncertainty and litigation risks, potentially undermining the administration's intent to streamline the permitting process, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.
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How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.
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3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims
Before a potential economic downturn, in-house attorneys should investigate whether their company is sitting on hidden litigation claims that could unlock large recoveries to help the business withstand tough times, says Will Burgess at Hilgers Graben.
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Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.
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5 Areas Contractors Should Watch After 1st 100 Days
Federal agencies and contractors face challenges from staff reductions, contract terminations, pending regulatory reform and other actions from the second Trump administration's first 100 days, but other areas stand to become more efficient and cost-effective, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law
Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond.
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Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals
If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.
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Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer
While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.
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10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks
The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.
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Aviation Watch: New FAA Chief Will Face Strong Headwinds
Once confirmed, Bryan Bedford, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration, will face steep challenges — including a shortage of air traffic controllers, a recent spate of high-profile crashes, and the difficulty of working within an administration intent on cutting staffing and funding, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.
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Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
The first quarter of 2025 was filled with the refinement of old theories in the property and casualty space, including in vehicle valuation, time to seek appraisal and materials depreciation, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.