/transportation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Transportation Copyright 2025 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. en-US Mon, 25 Aug 2025 23:06:58 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380539?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380539 An Illinois federal judge seemed skeptical Monday that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling opened the door for an entrepreneur's family to add civil racketeering claims to their lawsuit stemming from a 2018 Lion Air crash that destroyed cargo they say is necessary to continue doing business in Italy. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:59:14 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380780?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380780 A South Korean shipbuilding giant said it has no ties to Pennsylvania and shouldn't be forced to appear for depositions in connection with a case brought by the Singaporean owner and manager of the container ship that slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and triggered its collapse last year. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:11:26 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380565?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380565 A Florida company tapped to provide transportation services for a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center did not offer any proof to support allegations that the VA diverted some trips to another business, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:33:33 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380636?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380636 Texas has told a federal court that California shouldn't be allowed to adopt vehicle emissions standards that are stricter than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's because other states essentially have to go along with them even if they disagree. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:27:01 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380552?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380552 A former Chicago Transit Authority electrician was unlawfully fired from his job after he refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine due to his Catholic faith, even if he also had medical and scientific concerns with the shot, an Illinois federal jury heard on Monday. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:31:45 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380763?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380763 A food service distributor isn't entitled to coverage of a nearly $7.5 million judgment entered against it in a suit over a collision involving one of its trucks and another driver, an insurer told a Connecticut federal court Monday, saying the company breached the policy's notice conditions. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:06:40 +0000 /transportation/articles/2378671?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2378671 As the class of 2025 prepares to join law firms this fall, new associates must adapt to office dynamics and establish credible reputations — which require quiet, consistent relationship-building skills as much as legal acumen, says Kyle Forges at Bast Amron. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:53:14 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380309?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380309 A growing divide in Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act jurisprudence is ripe for U.S. Supreme Court review, after the Sixth Circuit last month found in Cox v. Total Quality Logistics that brokers can be held liable for negligent hiring, says Gregory Reed at Hanson Bridgett. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:34:19 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380709?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380709 A Delaware bankruptcy judge said he would lift the automatic stay on an arbitration proceeding in Italy, finding that it wouldn't prejudice a company with counterclaims against automotive parts manufacturer Marelli Corp. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:49:48 +0000 /transportation/articles/2379766?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2379766 A former Transportation Security Administration attorney is among three lawyers who recently joined Kaplan Kirsch LLP, a Denver-based law firm that specializes in representing state, local and tribal government agencies on projects such as airport expansions and new rail lines. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:27:45 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380497?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380497 An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a residential care facility or its owner in an underlying suit over a car chase that resulted in a crash and injured two women, the company told an Oregon federal court, saying the claims do not trigger the insuring agreement. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:39:48 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380252?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380252 A split Third Circuit panel on Friday upheld, 2-1, a New Jersey bankruptcy judge's discretion in reopening Congoleum Corp.'s 2003 Chapter 11 case and barring Occidental Chemical from pursuing Congoleum affiliate Bath Iron Works to recover pollution liability expenses. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:01:21 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380271?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380271 An attorney for two Christian flight attendants who say they were illegally fired by Alaska Airlines and abandoned by their labor union for opposing the airline's support for LGBTQ+ rights urged the Ninth Circuit Friday to revive their case, saying it is clear from the record that they were fired for their religious beliefs.  Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:33:23 +0000 /transportation/articles/2379704?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2379704 The new owner of international shipping company Eletson has asked a New York federal judge to vacate a $102 million arbitral award issued in a dispute with competitor Levona, saying the award is based on a "fiction" perpetuated by the company's former owners as assisted by their Reed Smith LLP counsel. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:41:14 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380263?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380263 Waymo LLC received the green light to begin testing its self-driving cars in New York City after scoring a permit Friday that could pave the way for autonomous vehicles to roll out in one of the nation's most heavily congested cities. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:39:52 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380193?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380193 Environmentalists have asked the Fifth Circuit to cancel air permits issued by Louisiana environmental regulators for a liquefied natural gas export terminal, saying the permits were unlawfully issued and will increase pollution for nearby communities. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:37:19 +0000 /transportation/articles/2379798?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2379798 A truck mudflap entrepreneur who won a patent infringement trial representing himself failed to convince the Federal Circuit on Friday to rethink affirming a lower court's judgment against a rival company that he said would have been more favorable to him absent a "fraud" on the court.  Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:24:52 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380098?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380098 The Seventh Circuit on Thursday rejected the challenge from a pair of railways to recent cybersecurity mandates from the Transportation Security Administration, saying the agency wasn't required to first take notice and comment and that it has "broad authority to identify cybersecurity threats and craft appropriate responses." Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:20:02 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380111?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380111 Russian billionaire Eduard Khudainatov told the Second Circuit a New York federal judge authorized the U.S. government to sell off his seized superyacht without giving him a fair chance to fight assertions he was a "straw owner" for a sanctioned oligarch. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:07:12 +0000 /transportation/articles/2380140?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2380140 The Georgia-based owner of 19 locomotives leased to the nation's largest freight railroad in 2005 has sued in Delaware for their return, after Texas-headquartered BNSF Railway initiated a purportedly too-late, unilateral plan to hold and buy the equipment after a contested arbitration.