Law360: Transportation /transportation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Transportation Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ. en-US Wed, 09 Jul 2025 23:12:21 +0000 Uber Gets Some Driver Sex Assault Bellwether Claims Tossed /transportation/articles/2363027?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2363027 The California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation accusing Uber Technologies Inc. of failing to prevent drivers from sexually assaulting passengers has partially granted the ride-share company's bid to dismiss 20 bellwether cases. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 23:03:27 +0000 Alaska Airlines Seeks Delta Discovery For TM Feud In UK /transportation/articles/2362636?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362636 Alaska Airlines asked a Georgia federal judge to allow it to take discovery from Delta Airlines on Wednesday for use in a U.K. court case against Virgin Group, which Alaska said is trying to charge it millions of dollars so that Alaska's rivals can use the Virgin brand. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:52:06 +0000 Sierra Club Says OMB Ignoring Funding Freeze Info Requests /transportation/articles/2362792?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362792 The Office of Management and Budget's refusal to produce records concerning the Trump administration's freeze of federal funding programs is impeding the Sierra Club's mission to advocate for and educate the public about pressing public health and environmental issues, the environmental organization alleged Tuesday in California federal court. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:38:56 +0000 Human Rights Court Denounces Russia's Actions In Ukraine /transportation/articles/2362677?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362677 The European Court of Human Rights unanimously held on Wednesday that Russia is accountable for "widespread and flagrant" abuses of human rights arising from the conflict in Ukraine since 2014, including the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine that July. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:15:34 +0000 California Court Allows Worker To Pursue 'Headless' PAGA Suit /transportation/articles/2362473?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362473 A California appeals court panel held Monday that a worker who dismissed his individual claims against his former employer for civil penalties under California's Private Attorneys General Act can still pursue claims solely on behalf of other aggrieved employees in a so-called headless PAGA action. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:08:33 +0000 Senate Confirms Airline Executive To Lead FAA /transportation/articles/2362981?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362981 The U.S. Senate Wednesday largely voted along party lines to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:35:13 +0000 Boeing Wants 787 Contract Claims Split From 737 Fraud Suit /transportation/articles/2362372?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362372 Breach of contract claims related to a 787 Dreamliner sale should be severed from litigation brought by Norwegian Air subsidiaries that also accuses the company of fraudulently misrepresenting its 737 Max aircraft, Boeing told a Washington federal judge. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:02:30 +0000 Give Investors Partial Class Cert In DiDi Suit, Judge Suggests /transportation/articles/2362116?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362116 Investors in DiDi Global Inc., a ride-hailing business based in China, should receive class certification for some of their claims in a suit alleging that the company hid enterprise-threatening regulatory risks during its initial public offer in 2021, a federal magistrate judge has determined. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:41:51 +0000 Trump Admin Beats Injunction Bid Over Deleted Webpages /transportation/articles/2362950?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362950 A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Sierra Club and other nonprofits' request for a preliminary injunction forcing federal agencies to restore webpages the groups said provided critical environmental information, saying they hadn't shown keeping the status quo while their case is pending would cause irreparable harm. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:31:19 +0000 7th Circ. Nixes Rail Sharing Order Power For Subpar Service /transportation/articles/2362494?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362494 Federal regulators can't give themselves power to order rail carriers to share shipments with their rivals unless the incumbent railroad's service is "inadequate," a Seventh Circuit panel said in striking a Surface Transportation Board rule designed to empower such mandates when service merely fails certain reliability metrics. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:31:12 +0000 EPA Sued Over Oil Refineries' Hydrogen Fluoride Use /transportation/articles/2362787?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362787 A group of environmental advocates has hauled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency into California federal court to stop the use of hydrogen fluoride in domestic oil manufacturing refineries, arguing it's endangering the public and the Toxic Substances Control Act requires that the agency eliminate those risks through regulations. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:20:18 +0000 DOJ Enforcement Trends To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025 /transportation/articles/2362146?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362146 Recent investigations, settlements and a declination to prosecute suggest that controlling the flow of goods into and out of the country, and redressing what the administration sees as reverse discrimination, are likely to be at the forefront of the U.S. Department of Justice's enforcement agenda the rest of this year, say attorneys at Baker Botts. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:20:05 +0000 Red States Want In On Youths' Suit Over Trump Energy Orders /transportation/articles/2362784?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362784 A coalition of Republican states led by Montana asked a federal court Tuesday for permission to intervene in a lawsuit brought by youths challenging President Donald Trump's recently enacted fossil fuel policies. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:59:35 +0000 2nd Circ. Upholds Bookkeeper's Conviction In $7M IRS Fraud /transportation/articles/2362675?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362675 The Second Circuit has affirmed the conviction of a moving company's top bookkeeper for his role in a scheme that paid movers off the books and bilked the IRS of $7.7 million in taxes, defending a lower court's decisions to allow testimony from a cooperating witness and other evidence. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:32:50 +0000 Transport Co. Not Covered In Crash Suits, Judge Says /transportation/articles/2362647?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362647 A transportation company is not entitled to coverage for personal injury suits stemming from a crash involving a trucking shipment, a Pennsylvania federal court has ruled, saying coverage is excluded because the company was listed on the bill of lading for the shipment. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:01:31 +0000 Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care /transportation/articles/2351994?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2351994 Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard​​​​​​​ at MG+M. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 23:31:02 +0000 Breaking Down Stewart's Nonstop Discretionary Denial Orders /transportation/articles/2355942?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2355942 Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart inundated the patent community in May and June with dozens of rulings altering the landscape of discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here, Law360 goes through what you should know. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:35:18 +0000 Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025 /transportation/articles/2362376?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362376 The fate of a $2.5 billion punitive damages award against Ford and looming bench verdicts in the first PFAS trials brought by a state are among the cases that product liability attorneys will be following closely in the second half of 2025. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:54:42 +0000 Trump Declares 50% Copper Tariff, Floats 200% Pharma Tariff /transportation/articles/2362488?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362488 President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will impose a new 50% tariff on copper imported into the U.S., while also raising the possibility of imposing a 200% tariff on pharmaceuticals. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:50:13 +0000 Copter Pilot's Death Suit Revived By 4th Circ. After Rehearing /transportation/articles/2362273?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2362273 The Fourth Circuit has once again reinstated a lawsuit by the widow of a crop-dusting pilot whose helicopter became tangled in a steel cable stretched over the property, causing him to crash, ruling that a jury must be the one to decide whether the landlord should have known that the wire posed a danger, according to a published opinion issued Tuesday following a rehearing.