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  • June 06, 2025

    Union Pacific Seeks End Of BIPA Case After Late Filings

    Union Pacific Railroad Co. claims that it is entitled to an immediate win on claims it violated truck drivers' biometric privacy rights, days after an Illinois federal judge struck the plaintiffs' opposition papers to Union Pacific's summary judgment motion because they missed filing deadlines.

  • June 06, 2025

    Greenberg Traurig Adds Perkins Coie Tech Transactions Pro

    Greenberg Traurig LLP is expanding its technology team, bringing in a Perkins Coie LLP transactions whiz as a shareholder in its San Diego office.

  • June 05, 2025

    Fla. High Court Denies Property Rights In Special Taxi Permits

    The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled taxi permits that weren't recognized by a county jurisdiction after a special district was dissolved don't constitute an unconstitutional taking by the government without compensation, saying the state Legislature repealed the licenses' property rights in 2017.

  • June 05, 2025

    Jeep Maker FCA Can't Send Battery Defect Suit To Arbitration

    A Michigan federal judge on Thursday refused to throw out or send to arbitration a proposed class action accusing automaker FCA US LLC of knowingly selling certain electric vehicles with defective batteries, ruling the Stellantis unit hasn't shown that drivers had sufficient notice of arbitration provisions.

  • June 05, 2025

    Elon Musk Seeks $5B For AI Startup, Amid Other Reports

    Elon Musk is planning a $5 billion debt sale for his AI startup, Ontario’s pension seeks final bids for an Indian hospital system, and Merck eyes a Swiss biotech with a potential $3 billion price tag. Here's a rundown of these and other notable deal rumors from the last week.

  • June 05, 2025

    States Push To Block Feds From Slashing EV Charging Funds

    Sixteen states have pressed a Washington federal judge to block the Trump administration from cutting off congressionally approved funding for electric-vehicle charging infrastructure projects, saying state budgets and procurement processes are being upended by the administration's unilateral actions.

  • June 05, 2025

    Judge Won't Rethink Order On Air Marshal Union's Suit

    A trio of federal agencies can't nix the remaining claims brought by a federal air marshal union, a Pennsylvania federal judge concluded, denying the government's bid for reconsideration of a prior ruling that allowed the union's allegations about retaliation and interference to go forward.

  • June 05, 2025

    DOJ Says Cross-Border Monopoly Member Deserves 11 Years

    The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking 11 years in prison and a $2 million fine for a man who pled guilty to charges tied to the running of a cross-border used-car transport business, which prosecutors say used violence to keep competition at bay.

  • June 05, 2025

    Auto Co. Workers Say Past Cases Back Class Wage Claims

    Six recent decisions back up workers' class and collective claims accusing an automobile parts company of shorting them on wages, the former employees told a North Carolina federal court Thursday, saying the cases show they didn't miss their window to bring the allegations.

  • June 05, 2025

    Orgs. Clash At DC Circ. Over FCC's Spectrum Revamp

    Public safety groups are clashing at the D.C. Circuit over whether the Federal Communications Commission overstepped its authority when it expanded spectrum rights in the 4.9 gigahertz band, a segment of airwaves long relied on by emergency responders.

  • June 05, 2025

    Major Co. Group Asks Full Fed. Circ. To Review Lashify ITC Case

    A coalition representing big companies including Google and Apple is backing the U.S. International Trade Commission's request that the Federal Circuit rethink its finding that the commission had been wrongly barring domestic expenses related to sales, marketing and other activities from ITC patent cases.

  • June 05, 2025

    Fired Tesla Worker Drops Class Claims In Favor Of PAGA Case

    A Tesla worker booted amid mass layoffs last year told a California federal judge that under a deal struck with the automaker, he'll drop his putative class action wage and notice claims to pursue most of the same causes of action in state court under the Private Attorneys General Act.

  • June 05, 2025

    5 Firms Steer Self-Driving Truck Startup's $1.2B SPAC Merger

    Self-driving truck software maker Plus Automation Inc. plans to go public at an estimated $1.2 billion valuation by merging with special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital IX Corp., both parties announced Thursday, in a deal guided by five law firms.

  • June 04, 2025

    Feds Say 'No Viable Path' Forward For Calif. High-Speed Rail

    The U.S. Department of Transportation said Wednesday that the California high-speed rail's overblown budget and ongoing mismanagement indicate that there's "no viable path" to completing the project on schedule, so the federal government is preparing to pull nearly $4 billion in funding.

  • June 04, 2025

    French Plane Co. Escapes Crash Suit In Fla. Courts

    A Florida appeals panel on Wednesday threw out product liability claims against a French plane manufacturer in a suit over a crash that killed all but one of its passengers, saying the company's ties to the Sunshine State are not related to the allegations in the complaint.

  • June 04, 2025

    Copter Companies Will Pay $30M To 2 Estates For Fatal Crash

    Two families whose loved ones were killed in a Duke Life Flight helicopter crash are getting $30 million in settlements between them from the companies behind the chopper's operation, construction and sale, according to dismissals filed in North Carolina state court Wednesday.

  • June 04, 2025

    Full 4th Circ. Asked To Rethink Copter Pilot's Death Suit

    Farmers accused of negligently allowing a crop-dusting pilot to fly into a steel cable stretched across a property are urging the full Fourth Circuit to release them from a lawsuit filed by the pilot's widow, arguing that, as nonpilots, they had no way of foreseeing aerial hazards.

  • June 04, 2025

    Albright Ends Traxcell's Patent Cases Targeting Grubhub, Lyft

    U.S. District Judge Alan Albright has tossed a pair of lawsuits accusing Grubhub and Lyft of infringing a Traxcell Technologies wireless network system patent, saying the patent owner failed to show that either the food ordering service or ride-hailing company actually uses the system.

  • June 04, 2025

    Amtrak Bribery Plot Nets Contractor Nearly 5-Year Sentence

    A former executive for a masonry contractor who admitted to participating in a scheme that involved bribing an Amtrak manager to overbill the federal government $2 million in a $50 million restoration of Philadelphia's 30th Street Station was sentenced to 57 months in prison by a Pennsylvania federal court.

  • June 04, 2025

    Auto Co. Says Recent Orders Support Axing Class Wage Suit

    Seven recent decisions support an automobile parts company's bid to nix class and collective claims in a workers' lawsuit alleging they were shorted on wages, the firm told a North Carolina federal court Wednesday, saying those cases show that the allegations cannot stand because they were filed too late.

  • June 04, 2025

    Danish Co. Wants Rights To Utah Home For Contract Breach

    Danish shipping operator Lauritzen Bulkers A/S is asking a Utah federal judge to secure its rights to a million-dollar home owned by Alabama-based mining company Twin Pine Minerals LLC in the state as it seeks at least $9.3 million from the company in a London arbitration.

  • June 04, 2025

    Insurer Blames Union Pacific For $447K Nissan Cargo Loss

    Union Pacific Railroad Co. is on the hook for over $447,000 after it delivered a shipment of Nissan vehicles in a "severely damaged and depreciated condition," the insurer for the cargo owner told a Nebraska federal court Wednesday.

  • June 04, 2025

    Chancery Strips Amazon, Others From $1.3B Zoox Merger Suit

    Delaware's chancellor has kept alive breach of fiduciary duty claims against most directors and two officers of self-driving taxi venture Zoox Inc. over its $1.3 billion acquisition by Amazon, while dismissing Amazon itself and rejecting stockholder fee-shifting claims.

  • June 03, 2025

    Adjustment Of Claims Ordered After $66M Boat Death Suit

    A North Carolina federal judge granted a preliminary injunction ordering an adjuster to proceed with adjusting claims for insurers, including one related to a 2021 fatal Florida boat accident that resulted in a $66 million consent judgment against a policyholder.

  • June 03, 2025

    Orgs. Urge Congress To Tackle Music Royalties On Radio

    Radio is the one music platform that doesn't pay royalties for playing music, and it's about time that changes, several groups came together to tell Congress, suggesting a new bill aimed at preventing automakers from phasing out AM radio is the perfect buddy for the royalty legislation.

Expert Analysis

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    Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Âé¶¹´«Ã½yer

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    Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy — playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.

  • Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook

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    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.

  • Immunity Waiver Ruling A Setback For Ch. 7 Trustees

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    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 BigÂé¶¹´«Ã½

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    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.

  • Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them

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    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.

  • NEPA Repeal Could Slow Down Environmental Review

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    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.

  • How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients

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    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.

  • 3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims

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    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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½yer

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    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.

  • 5 Areas Contractors Should Watch After 1st 100 Days

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    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-Âé¶¹´«Ã½

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    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.

  • Legal Ethics Considerations For Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Firm Pro Bono Deals

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    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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½yer

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    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.

  • 10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks

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    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.

  • Aviation Watch: New FAA Chief Will Face Strong Headwinds

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    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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