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  • April 30, 2026

    Wash. Tribes Beat Big Oil's Bid To Dismiss Climate Suits

    A Washington state judge refused on Wednesday to dismiss two Native American tribes' lawsuits accusing ExxonMobil, Chevron and other major oil companies of concealing climate change risks related to fossil fuels, rejecting the companies' arguments that federal law blocks the tribes' claims.

  • April 30, 2026

    GM Keyless-Theft Suit Trimmed, Core Claims Survive

    A proposed class of drivers who claim General Motors hid a design flaw that allows thieves to easily access their vehicles saw their claims trimmed by a Texas federal judge, but he allowed most drivers to proceed with their core unjust enrichment claims.

  • April 30, 2026

    UAW Monitor Clears Treasurer, Faults Investment Oversight

    A watchdog overseeing United Auto Workers' kickback-scandal reforms told a Michigan federal judge Thursday that union President Shawn Fain's misconduct accusations against Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock were false and retaliatory but that there was "significant dysfunction" regarding the management of the UAW's "strike trust" investments.

  • April 30, 2026

    Delta Flyer Says She Was Injured In Fire Evacuation In Seattle

    A 61-year-old passenger of a Delta Air Lines flight was injured when an electrical fire forced an airplane evacuation at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, according to a suit filed Thursday in Washington state court.

  • April 30, 2026

    6th Circ. Judge Skeptical Of IRS In $24M Air Excise Tax Case

    A Sixth Circuit judge expressed confusion Thursday at the IRS' defense of a $24 million air transportation excise tax on monthly management fees paid to a private aviation company after a government attorney conceded that initial ownership payments should also have been taxed.

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