/transportation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Transportation Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:11:14 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363486?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363486 A Michigan federal judge flubbed it when he denied Fiat Chrysler's bid to push into arbitration some of the plug-in hybrid minivan drivers who claim in multidistrict litigation that their vehicles could spontaneously explode, the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday, saying the judge tipped the scales against the automaker by raising arguments the drivers hadn't mentioned. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:04:47 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363557?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363557 The Fifth Circuit has ended a cleanup worker's toxic tort lawsuit against BP Exploration & Production Inc. claiming he suffered sinus issues from cleaning up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, saying his experts' testimony, some of which was riddled with errors, was properly ejected by the trial court. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:56:29 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363900?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363900 A Chicago damages trial set for a man who lost his immediate family in an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash can be taken off the books because his case settled "literally two minutes" before his final pretrial hearing, attorneys told an Illinois federal judge Friday. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:33:08 +0000 /transportation/articles/2362042?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362042 In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to other forms of relief used in regulatory challenges and class actions. So far, judges don't appear receptive to those efforts.  Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:02:22 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363967?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363967 The Ninth Circuit on Friday upheld the federal government's Endangered Species Act protections for Arctic ringed seals and rejected Alaska's effort to roll them back. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:13:16 +0000 /transportation/articles/2364005?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2364005 The first third-party wrongful death case involving Tesla's autopilot system is headed to trial Monday in Miami federal court, where jurors will determine whether the autopilot was at fault for the death of a pedestrian in a Florida Keys crash. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:24:14 +0000 /transportation/articles/2361774?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2361774 A new law in Florida enhances the flexibility of using limited liability companies as the entities of choice for most privately held businesses, moving Florida into a small group of states with reliable uniform protected series legislation for series LLCs, says Louis Conti at Holland & Knight. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:37:26 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363173?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363173 Michigan firm Varnum LLP has announced that a former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration attorney has joined the firm's Ann Arbor office as a partner in the firm's privacy and mobility practice. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:33:43 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363777?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363777 A Texas federal court tossed an RV dealer's suit seeking to recover more than $1 million it lost after transferring funds to a fraudster posing as a general contractor, saying the dealer's insurer already paid the maximum amount owed under the policy's deception fraud provision. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:39:19 +0000 /transportation/articles/2351500?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2351500 Sweeping new tariffs, revised vehicle emission and fuel-economy standards, and aviation safety reforms are some of the transportation industry's top regulatory priorities to watch in the second half of 2025. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:12:00 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363921?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363921 A Manhattan federal judge said Friday that he would consider dismissing charges against a New York City doctor accused of facilitating a $70 million insurance fraud if his death is confirmed, but cited ongoing questions over his purported demise in a boating accident.  Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:44:31 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363713?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363713 A logistics provider that helps manage trailers on company grounds will head to mediation to work toward settling a 650-member collective of drivers' suit accusing it of misclassifying them to avoid paying them overtime wages, a filing in Georgia federal court said. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:34:05 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363629?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363629 This past week in London has seen HS2 hit with a defamation claim by two ex-employees who blew the whistle on alleged under-reporting of costs, Craig Wright and nChain face legal action brought by its former chief financial officer over a fraud scheme, and pro-footballer Axel Tuanzebe bring a clinical negligence claim against his former club Manchester United F.C. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:41:03 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363432 A Ninth Circuit panel appeared split on Thursday while hearing Uber and Instacart's challenge to a Seattle city ordinance regulating deactivation of app-based worker accounts, with the judges seemingly at odds on whether the law forced commercial speech while still unconvinced of a First Amendment violation. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:18:57 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363395?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363395 An ugly, yearslong fight over $200 million in arbitral awards relating to a Peruvian toll road project turned darker this week after asset manager Brookfield argued that Lima was trying to "smear" its reputation in connection with the gruesome death of a key witness in a related bribery trial. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:59:07 +0000 /transportation/articles/2362909?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362909 International differences in the certification process for advanced air mobility aircraft make the current framework insufficient — but U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy's recent announcement of a standards harmonization effort may help promote these innovative aviation technologies, while maintaining safety, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:31:31 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363394?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363394 The Eighth Circuit declined on Thursday to upend decisions in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its lawsuit accusing a trucking company of refusing to hire a driver because he's deaf, rejecting the employer's argument that the applicant wasn't qualified for the job. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:34:04 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363161?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363161 A Texas federal judge turned down a new trial bid from the estate of a Texas police officer who alleged he suffered carbon monoxide poisoning because of a defect in his Ford-made patrol vehicle, saying the inadvertent admission of a chart into evidence toward the close of trial is not enough to show prejudice. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:54:52 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363002?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363002 A leader of a renewable-energy scheme that illicitly sought $1 billion in tax credits failed to persuade the Tenth Circuit to overturn his conviction by arguing that jurors were biased when his lawyer was identified as having helped Michael Jackson beat child molestation charges. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:39:09 +0000 /transportation/articles/2363232?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363232 Aviation executive Farhad Azima has resolved his long-running lawsuit accusing a North Carolina private investigator of leaking his emails as part of an international hacking conspiracy, according to a joint motion dropping the case filed in federal court.