Boeing Tries Again To End Strike With New Contract Offer
Boeing is hoping the third time's the charm with its latest attempt to end a seven-week strike, asking workers to approve a contract that would raise wages 38% over four years after they rejected two...
View ArticleDC Circ. Questions Enviro Groups On Renewable Fuels Rules
Judges on the D.C. Circuit on Friday morning pressed attorneys for environmental groups challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2023-2025 renewable fuel standards, questioning their...
View ArticleBoeing Supplier Should Win Texas Probe Suit, Judge Says
A magistrate judge on Friday recommended a Texas federal judge grant Spirit AeroSystems Inc.'s bid to permanently enjoin a Texas statute requiring businesses to immediately comply with the state's...
View ArticleWheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
One circuit court will hold an oral argument for the history books, with dizzying logistics and stakes surpassing almost anything on the U.S. Supreme Court's calendar. Other circuit showdowns will...
View ArticleDelta Rips 'Transparent' CrowdStrike Bid To Duck Liability
Delta Air Lines on Friday pressed a Georgia federal court to throw out CrowdStrike's declaratory judgment action against it, arguing that it's merely a "transparent attempt" to avoid the airline's own...
View Article4 Firms Guide $3.1B Take-Private Deal For Aviation Co. ATSG
Private equity firm Stonepeak, advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Hogan Lovells, is buying Air Transport Services Group Inc., guided by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Vorys Sater...
View ArticleStriking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being
As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’...
View ArticleMVP: Holland & Knight's Gerald Morrissey
Holland & Knight LLP's Gerald A. Morrissey III advised marine transportation services provider Centerline Logistics in its acquisition of JMB Shipping and a $425 million debt refinancing, and...
View ArticlePREVAIL Bill Is Another Misguided Attempt To Restrict PTAB
The decade-long campaign against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board — currently focused on the PREVAIL Act that's slated for markup in the Senate — is not really about...
View ArticleTexas Rips Feds' 5th Circ. Bid To Revive Highway GHG Rule
Texas is telling the Fifth Circuit there's no reason to disturb a district court's decision to vacate a Federal Highway Administration rule that called on states to set targets to reduce greenhouse gas...
View ArticleFord Gets New Trial In $1.7B Rollover Case In Georgia
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Friday ordered a new trial in a record-setting $1.7 billion rollover case against Ford Motor Co., saying it was "reluctantly" vacating the jury's verdict after finding...
View ArticleTesla Fights Sanctions Bid Over Atty's Mediation Appearance
Tesla Inc. has pushed back against a widow's sanctions bid over allegations a company in-house attorney appeared at a mediation in her wrongful death case despite lacking settlement authority, saying...
View ArticleA Shift In Control Of Congress May Doom These Enviro Regs
If the election leads to a change in control of Congress, lawmakers will likely use the lookback provision of the Congressional Review Act to challenge the Biden administration's late-term regulatory...
View ArticleMichigan County Fights To Keep Radioactive Waste Out
Wayne County urged a Michigan federal judge to keep in place an order barring a local landfill from accepting deliveries of radioactive waste from the Manhattan Project, arguing the surrounding...
View ArticleJudge Cites Tesla Stock, Friendship In SpaceX Firing Recusal
A California federal judge on Monday recused herself from a hostile work environment and retaliation suit brought by a group of former SpaceX employees, saying she owns Tesla stock and is friends with...
View ArticleBoeing Agrees To End Virgin Galactic Secrets, Contract Fight
Boeing has agreed to end a breach of contract and trade secrets lawsuit it launched against Virgin Galactic stemming from a deal for a Boeing subsidiary to develop certain aircraft used to launch...
View ArticleHurricane Zeta MDL Judge Orders Mediation Amid DQ Battle
A Houston judge overseeing a multidistrict litigation created to handle claims from crew members who say they were injured while weathering Hurricane Zeta on a Transocean drilling rig ordered the...
View ArticleFERC, NJ Conservation Orgs Battle Over Pipeline Rehearing
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is clashing with a host of conservation groups and the New Jersey Division of the Rate Counsel over whether the D.C. Circuit should reconsider a panel decision...
View ArticleLemon Law Doesn't Cover Used Cars, Calif. Justices Say
The California Supreme Court has overturned nearly 30 years of precedent and held that the state's lemon law does not cover used cars when the vehicle has an unexpired manufacturer's warranty,...
View ArticleCouple Avoids Prison For $500K Emission-Tampering Scheme
A Washington federal judge on Monday sentenced a married couple who owned an auto repair shop to four months of GPS monitor and four years of probation for raking in more than $500,000 by illegally...
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