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August 14, 2024
LinkedIn Can't Shake Privacy Suit Over DMV Data Collection
A California federal judge has refused to ax a proposed class action accusing LinkedIn Corp. of unlawfully obtaining users' personal disability information from the state's Department of Motor Vehicles website, rejecting the company's arguments that it was merely acting as a "recording service" for the DMV and that the dispute couldn't proceed without the agency being added as a defendant.
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August 14, 2024
Tesla Factory Race Bias Class Action Will Go To Trial In 2025
A California judge said at a case management conference Wednesday that a certified class action by Black workers alleging Tesla allowed racial discrimination to run rampant will go to trial in 2025, noting the plaintiff sued in 2017 and "everybody, the plaintiffs and the defense, needs to have closure on these issues."
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August 14, 2024
Holland & Knight Out, Polsinelli In For Tesla After Atty Moves
As Holland & Knight LLP steps out of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's lawsuit alleging Tesla allowed rampant racism to overtake a California factory, a California federal judge allowed Polsinelli PC to step in as the electric carmaker's counsel after three attorneys switched to the incoming firm.
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August 14, 2024
DOJ Defends Boeing Plea Deal Over Families' Objections
The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday that Boeing's plea agreement is the best possible criminal resolution that holds the company accountable for defrauding regulators about the 737 Max 8's development, rejecting claims from crash victims' families that the "morally reprehensible" deal lets Boeing skirt culpability.
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August 14, 2024
Ill. Judge Trims Ex-Navistar Employee's Collective Wage Suit
A former Navistar employee can pursue wage claims against the manufacturer for allegedly mishandling meal breaks and shift differentials when calculating her pay, but she'll need to beef up allegations regarding protective gear to pursue those in the suit, an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday.
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August 14, 2024
GSA Hit With Protest Over $985M Migrant Kid Transport Deal
Trailboss Enterprises Inc. is protesting the General Services Administration's decision to award a $985.4 million transportation and logistics contract for unaccompanied children in federal custody to a competitor, saying it lost the contract because of a flawed selection process.
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August 14, 2024
Harley-Davidson Liable For $287M In 'Trike' Crash Verdict
A New York state jury on Tuesday awarded $287 million in damages to a man and his late girlfriend's estate in a suit alleging a defective Harley-Davidson "trike" motorcycle caused a deadly crash in Pennsylvania, with punitive damages making up the bulk of the award.
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August 14, 2024
Suit Over United Flight Plunge Remanded To Ill. State Court
A family that sued United Airlines for emotional distress after their December 2022 flight from Hawaii to California took a "precipitous dive" shortly after takeoff can pursue their claims in Illinois state court after a judge determined the suit doesn't belong in federal court.
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August 14, 2024
BP Unit Can't Escape Truck Stop Suit, Developers Claim
Companies suing a BP subsidiary for terminating their truck stop franchise agreement and leaving them stuck with unrecoverable development costs hit back against its "shotgun approach" to have their suit seeking more than $300 million in damages thrown out, telling an Ohio federal judge that their complaint is grounded in compelling claims.
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August 14, 2024
Texas Atty Must Pay Volkswagen $200K In Fees For Patent Suit
A Texas federal judge has ordered litigation firm VDPP LLC and its counsel, Texas attorney William Ramey III of Ramey LLP, to pay Volkswagen $207,543 in fees stemming from a now-dismissed patent case after determining a fee multiplier that applies to "exceptional" cases was appropriate due to the suit's "obvious lack of merit."
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August 14, 2024
Insurer Fights $29M Judgment Over Fatal Crash Coverage
An insurer urged a North Carolina state appeals court Wednesday to undo a nearly $29 million judgment in a lawsuit stemming from a claim for a fatal vehicle crash, citing a policy exclusion that barred coverage for injuries to fellow employees.
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August 14, 2024
Boeing Scraps Electric Jet Co.'s $72M Trade Secrets Trial Win
A Washington federal judge on Wednesday canceled a $72 million jury award against The Boeing Co. for misappropriating electric jet startup Zunum Aero Inc.'s trade secrets, finding Zunum offered "only vague and amorphous descriptions" of the trade secrets at trial.
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August 14, 2024
Fuel Co. Can't Halt Fund's Contributions Dispute, Judge Says
An airplane fueling services company can't escape claims from a Teamsters benefit plan seeking more than $150,000 in unpaid contributions and other costs, a New York federal judge ruled, finding ambiguities with provisions in an agreement about contribution obligations preclude dismissal.
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August 14, 2024
Michigan's Airport PFAS Pollution Suit Escapes Foam MDL
A Michigan federal judge has agreed to disentangle state regulators' PFAS pollution claims against an airport from claims against manufacturers of the chemicals, a move that prevents the state's case from being absorbed into multidistrict litigation over firefighting foam.
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August 14, 2024
NC DOT Looks To Ditch Race Bias Suit Over $17.8M Megasite
The North Carolina Department of Transportation wants an early exit from a subcontractor's suit claiming that its Black employees were met with racial discrimination on a large development site, saying the subcontractor's real beef is with the main contractor on the project.
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August 14, 2024
Sen. Durbin Slams DOD's Revocation Of 9/11 Plea Deal
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate majority whip, told U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday he is "troubled" by the secretary's decision to revoke a plea deal for the accused masterminds of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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August 14, 2024
The Biggest Enviro Decisions Of 2024: Midyear Report
2024 has already been one of the most consequential years for environmental law, and it's only half over. The U.S. Supreme Court issued groundbreaking administrative law decisions, while lower appeals courts resolved questions about California's right to promulgate its own vehicle emissions standards, among other rulings.
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August 14, 2024
Rising Star: Norton Rose's Utsav Mathur
Norton Rose Fulbright's Utsav Mathur represented energy companies in their challenge of the financing structure for a billion-dollar infrastructure project that ultimately made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, earning him a spot as one of the transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 13, 2024
Ex-GM Worker Gets 2 Years For Seeking Bribe In $100M Deal
A former General Motors Co. commodity manager was sentenced to two years behind bars Tuesday for soliciting a $5 million cash bribe from an auto parts supplier in return for ensuring it secured a $100 million contract, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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August 13, 2024
Musk Can't Ax Fraud Suit Over Twitter Buy, Investors Say
A pension fund has fired back at Elon Musk's bid to dismiss the rest of its amended proposed securities fraud class action in New York federal court that alleges the X Corp. CEO covertly bought more than 5% of Twitter's stocks to save more than $143 million before announcing his intent to buy the social media platform.
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August 13, 2024
Texas AG Targets General Motors Over Unlawful Data Sales
Texas' attorney general has escalated his probe into data privacy practices at connected car manufacturers, hitting General Motors with a lawsuit in state court Tuesday accusing the automaker of unlawfully gathering and selling drivers' private data — which would then be resold to insurance companies — without permission.
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August 13, 2024
Tesla, Stockholder Feud In Del. Over Texas Move's Validity
Tesla inc. has fired a Delaware Court of Chancery broadside at a stockholder claim that the company failed to collect a required two-thirds majority vote to convert from a Delaware to a Texas-chartered company, saying the supermajority applies to charter changes rather than Tesla's corporate "redomestication."
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August 13, 2024
Air Taxi Co. Investor Ends Suit After Exec Indemnity Vote Fails
A stockholder suit against electric air taxi developer Archer Aviation Inc. has been declared moot after the company acknowledged it didn't have enough shareholder votes in favor of a measure that would indemnify its executives.
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August 13, 2024
Yellow Takes Teamsters' Win Over Restructuring To 10th Circ.
Yellow Corp. has asked the Tenth Circuit to revive its $137 million lawsuit accusing the Teamsters of driving the logistics firm into bankruptcy by fighting a necessary corporate restructuring, according to an appeals notice.
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August 13, 2024
Youth Plead To Save Constitutional Climate Lawsuit
Youth plaintiffs on Monday defended their right to continue their lawsuit alleging the federal government unconstitutionally discriminates against them by favoring the fossil fuel industry's interests.
Expert Analysis
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Lawyers Can Take Action To Honor The Voting Rights Act
As the Voting Rights Act reaches its 59th anniversary Tuesday, it must urgently be reinforced against recent efforts to dismantle voter protections, and lawyers can pitch in immediately by volunteering and taking on pro bono work to directly help safeguard the right to vote, says Anna Chu at We The Action.
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Decoding CFPB Priorities Amid Ramp-Up In Nonbank Actions
Based on recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement actions and press releases about its supervisory activities, the agency appears poised to continue increasing its scrutiny over nonbank entities — particularly with respect to emerging financial products and services — into next year, say attorneys at Wiley.
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Shipping Containers As Building Elements Require Diligence
With the shipping container market projected to double between 2020 and 2028, repurposing containers as storage units, office spaces and housing may become more common, but developers must make sure they comply with requirements that can vary by intended use and location, says Steven Otto at Crosbie Gliner.
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How Loper Bright Weakens NEPA Enviro Justice Strategy
The National Environmental Policy Act is central to the Biden administration's environmental justice agenda — but the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo casts doubt on the government's ability to rely on NEPA for this purpose, and a pending federal case will test the strategy's limits, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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2nd Circ. Ruling May Limit Discovery In Int'l Arbitration
The Second Circuit's recent Webuild v. WSP decision, affirming a discovery order's nullification in arbitration between Webuild and the government of Panama, demonstrates courts' unwillingness to find that arbitral tribunals in investor-state cases fall within the scope of the discovery statute, say attorneys at Cleary.
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How To Grow Marketing, Biz Dev Teams In A Tight Market
Faced with fierce competition and rising operating costs, firms are feeling the pressure to build a well-oiled marketing and business development team that supports strategic priorities, but they’ll need to be flexible and creative given a tight talent market, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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Rock Climbing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Rock climbing requires problem-solving, focus, risk management and resilience, skills that are also invaluable assets in my role as a finance lawyer, says Mei Zhang at Haynes and Boone.
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Ch. 11 Ruling Clarifies Cross-Border 'Alternative A' Scope
A New York bankruptcy court’s recent ruling in airline holding company SAS’s Chapter 11 case — addressing the applicability of Alternative A, which is similar to Section 1110 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code — is a cautionary tale for contracting European Union member states that have adopted Alternative A domestically but have not made a formal declaration, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Dance The Legal Standard Two-Step
From rookie brief writers to Chief Justice John Roberts, lawyers should master the legal standard two-step — framing the governing standard at the outset, and clarifying why they meet that standard — which has benefits for both the drafter and reader, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Takeaways From Tossed Deal In Visa, Mastercard Class Action
Given the rejection of a proposed deal in the long-running merchant antitrust class action against Visa and Mastercard in New York federal court, sweetening the proposed settlement pot likely will not be an option, leaving few possible outcomes including splitting the class and allowing opt-outs, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
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The Rise Of State And Local Environmental Leadership
While Congress is deadlocked, and a U.S. Supreme Court with a hostility toward the administrative state aggressively dismantles federal environmental oversight, state and local governments are stepping up with policies to shape a more sustainable future for all species, says Jonathan Rosenbloom at Albany Law School.
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5 Tips For Solar Cos. Navigating Big Shifts In US Trade Policy
Renewable energy developers can best mitigate new compliance risks from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s increased tariffs on imported solar cells, and simultaneously capitalize on Treasury Department incentives for domestic solar manufacturers, by following five best practices in the changing solar trade landscape, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Being A Luthier Makes Me A Better Lawyer
When I’m not working as an appellate lawyer, I spend my spare time building guitars — a craft known as luthiery — which has helped to enhance the discipline, patience and resilience needed to write better briefs, says Rob Carty at Nichols Brar.
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Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity
The Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” aptly illustrates how embracing cognitive diversity can be a winning strategy for teams, providing a useful lesson for law firms, which can benefit significantly from fresh, diverse perspectives and collaborative problem-solving, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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3 Areas Of Enforcement Risk Facing The EV Industry
Companies in the EV manufacturing ecosystem are experiencing a boom in business, but with this boom comes increased regulatory and enforcement risks, from the corruption issues that have historically pervaded the extractive sector to newer risks posed by artificial intelligence, say attorneys at MoFo.