Supreme Court Declines Review Of NY Concealed Carry Law

By Jonathan Capriel

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it won't review a New York state law requiring "good moral character" as a prerequisite to obtaining a gun permit, passing on an opportunity to resolve what firearm rights advocates called a circuit split on how the high court's decision in Bruen is interpreted.

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9th Circ. Says Teamsters Didn't Taint UPS Election

By Emily Brill

Teamsters representatives didn't taint the results of a UPS union representation election by chatting with workers in a warehouse parking lot while the vote went on inside, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Monday, saying the representatives' "brief conversations with three voters … did not constitute objectionable electioneering or voter intimidation."

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Starmer Calls For US Trade Deal That Avoids Tax Hikes

By Josh White

The Labour government would sign a trade deal with the U.S. only if the terms fit Britain's national interest, which would mean avoiding the need for further domestic tax hikes, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in a news conference Monday.

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Roundup

Pa. Supreme Court Snapshot: Electric Bills, Jock Tax

By Matthew Santoni

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will open its three-day session in Pittsburgh Tuesday with arguments over how to weigh when a coworker or co-owner shares in an employer's immunity from lawsuits under the state's workers' compensation law, and if electricity providers can get additional services put on the utility bills drawn up by power distributors.

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FAA, SpaceX Failed Adequate Review For Starship, Groups Say

By Catherine Marfin

Conservation groups told a federal court Friday that there is "clear record evidence" that the Federal Aviation Administration and SpaceX failed to complete an adequate environmental review for SpaceX's Starship rocket launch program in Texas.

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Boeing Again Settles Ethiopian 737 Max Cases On Eve Of Trial

By Celeste Bott

Boeing has agreed to settle two wrongful death cases over the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash just before a damages trial was scheduled to start in Chicago federal court on Monday.

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Justices Won't Hear Lion Air Family's Boeing Jury Trial Bid

By Linda Chiem

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a more than century-old law governing fatal accidents on the high seas, curtailing an effort from the estate of a 737 Max crash victim to get Boeing to face a jury trial over the 2018 Lion Air incident.

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Brief

Spirit Airlines CEO Departs After Ch. 11 Exit

By Emily Lever

The CEO of budget air carrier Spirit Airlines LLC has resigned following the company's completion of its bankruptcy, the company announced Monday.

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Drivers Say Amazon Attys Covertly Contacted Class Members

By Emmy Freedman

Amazon's attorneys should be sanctioned for coercing potential collective members in a wage and hour case to provide testimony without properly filling them in on the litigation, delivery drivers told a Washington federal court.

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Tesla Fails In Bid To Get 'Blade Runner' IP Suit Dismissed

By Craig Clough

A California federal judge denied a request Monday by Elon Musk and Tesla to dismiss a lawsuit alleging they used an image that infringes the science fiction film "Blade Runner 2049" to promote an autonomous taxicab, keeping in place some claims and allowing plaintiff Alcon Entertainment LLC to amend others.

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Autotrader Website 'Tester' Can't Carry Privacy Suit

By Allison Grande

A California federal judge has tossed a proposed class action accusing Autotrader of unlawfully sharing website visitors' search queries with third parties, finding that the plaintiff didn't suffer an actionable injury because her expectations were met when she visited the website to "test" for privacy violations.

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Ford Says Drivers Can't Sue Over Rare As 'Meteorite' Defect

By Danielle Ferguson

Ford Motor Co. has urged a Michigan federal court to toss a class action alleging the automaker failed to fix through a recall a defect in its SUVs that can cause fires under the hood, arguing the vehicle owners cannot bring claims based on a defect it called "almost as rare as being struck by a meteorite."

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Judge Ends Mercedes Wheel Suit, 'Wondering' What Defect Is

By Chart Riggall

Mercedes-Benz USA LLC defeated a putative class action Monday claiming the company used defective wheels that caused customer tire blowouts, as a Georgia federal judge said the "shapelessness" of the suit left him "wondering what defect is even being alleged."

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Drivers Defend Class Action Over Ford Engine Fire Defect

By Jonathan Capriel

Ford shouldn't be allowed to evade claims that it sold hybrid electric vehicles with defective engines that could spontaneously stall and catch fire, drivers told a Michigan federal judge, saying the automaker's solutions require them to continue driving "dangerous vehicles" that could undergo "a spontaneous catastrophic engine failure"

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Brief

Jaguar Land Rover Inks Patent License Deal With Avanci

By Adam Lidgett

Avanci and British automotive manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover have struck a deal over a pool of essential patents linked to 5G connected vehicles, the U.S. license operator announced Monday.

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9th Circ. Partially Reverses LA Port Co.'s Coverage Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

The Ninth Circuit on Monday held that United National Insurance Company was obligated to defend a Los Angeles Port operator against pollution claims brought by the city, but said a district judge deprived the insurer of a jury trial on the operator's claimed defense costs due to the breach of contract.

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Insurer Seeks $300K For Damaged Crane Barge

By Hope Patti

An insurer told a California federal court it is owed $300,000 from the federal government and a California county for damages its insured's barge sustained when it struck a drawbridge because the government entities failed to raise the bridge after receiving a signal to do so.

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Analysis

WHO Cancer Report May Spark Gasoline Toxic Torts

By Keith Goldberg

A recent report from the World Health Organization linking automobile gasoline to cancer could spawn toxic tort lawsuits similar to the costly, and sometimes losing, battles that energy companies have had to fight over exposure to gasoline components and additives.

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Holland & Knight Lands 8-Atty Seward & Kissel Maritime Team

By Rose Krebs

Holland & Knight LLP announced Monday that it has added an eight-person team from Seward & Kissel LLP to bolster its asset finance group and enhance its efforts to steer clients through key shipping financing and maritime issues.

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Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate

While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.

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Trump Wants To Use Firms That Cut Deals For Coal Leases

By Keith Goldberg

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he wants to help coal companies with their leasing matters by proffering the services of BigLaw firms that signed agreements to avoid getting shut out of government work.

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Clifford Chance Lands Gibson Dunn Restructuring Co-Chair

By Tracey Read

Clifford Chance LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired the former co-chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's corporate restructuring practice to co-lead its global restructuring and insolvency practice.

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DOJ Shuts Crypto Unit, Shifts Focus From Intermediaries

By Aislinn Keely

The U.S. Department of Justice is disbanding its crypto unit and directing prosecutors to focus on cases against individuals who harm crypto investors or use digital assets to further other illegal activity, instead of bringing cases against platforms that enable the conduct, according to a memo circulated to all department employees.

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Atty Says Debevoise Fired Him Over Medical Leave

By Emmy Freedman

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP fired an attorney in its international dispute resolution practice group because he had taken medical leave, abruptly dismissing him two days after he returned, and refused to give him a chance to increase his billable hours, he told a New York federal court.

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In Trump Order Against Perkins Coie, GCs See Harm For Cos.

By Jake Maher

Nearly 70 current and former general counsel for companies including Apple Inc. and Starbucks filed an amicus brief Tuesday supporting Perkins Coie LLP in its suit against an executive order from President Donald Trump targeting the firm, saying the order "tramples on corporate independence, the right to counsel, and First Amendment rights."

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Ballard Spahr Fired Atty For Taking Medical Leave, Suit Says

By Patrick Hoff

A former attorney for Ballard Spahr LLP filed suit against the firm and the head of its employee benefits group Tuesday in New York federal court, claiming she was fired for taking medical leave and seeking a more flexible work schedule to deal with her epilepsy and a gastrointestinal condition. 

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Cravath Private Equity Co-Leader Joins Sidley In New York

By Andrea Keckley

Sidley Austin LLP announced Tuesday that the former co-head of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's private equity group is the latest addition to its growing mergers and acquisitions and private equity bench.

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