/transportation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Transportation Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Sat, 04 Oct 2025 14:41:20 +0000 /transportation/articles/2378541?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2378541 The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in six cases during the first week of its October 2025 term, including in disputes over federal candidates' ability to challenge state election laws, Colorado's ban on conversion therapy, and the ability of a landlord to sue the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly refusing to deliver mail.  Fri, 03 Oct 2025 22:45:57 +0000 /transportation/articles/2396087?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2396087 California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed into law legislation giving gig drivers the right to unionize and negotiate certain job terms and conditions, after state leaders reached a deal with Uber and Lyft to facilitate its passage. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 22:25:52 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395035?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395035 After a busy summer of emergency rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its October 2025 term Monday with only a few big-ticket cases on its docket — over presidential authorities, transgender athletes and election law — in what might be a strategically slow start to a potentially momentous term. Here, Law360 looks at four of the most important cases on the court's docket so far. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 22:07:40 +0000 /transportation/articles/2396074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2396074 Deputy U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart rejected 15 Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions Friday night, but allowed five challenges to proceed. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:12:52 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395856?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395856 The Georgia Court of Appeals has granted the state Department of Transportation's bid for a new trial after it was hit with a $1.5 million verdict over land it condemned from a family farm, ruling Thursday that a state court jury relied on impermissible speculation about the property's potential value. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:56:15 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395815?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395815 The U.S. Supreme Court grabbed an opportunity to smooth out splintered circuit court rulings on whether freight brokers might also be liable for roadway accidents that have killed or injured people, potentially providing long-sought clarity to middlemen in a trucking and logistics sector unnerved by recent supersized verdicts against carriers and drivers. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:09:10 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395911?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395911 A Washington state court jury has awarded nearly $16.8 million to the family of a man who died in a 2019 plane crash in Alaska, finding the flight's now-defunct regional airline on the hook for negligence at the conclusion of a six-week trial. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:46:04 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395325?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395325 Professional stock car racing team Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing LLC has been hit with a putative class action in North Carolina federal court accusing it of failing to safeguard employees' sensitive information, resulting in a data breach. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:24:48 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395739?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395739 General Motors LLC sold vehicles with defective brake systems that caused drivers to experience loss of the brake function, a proposed class action filed in Pennsylvania federal court alleges, saying the company sold the cars despite having knowledge of the defect. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:01:55 +0000 /transportation/articles/2394919?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2394919 North Carolina's Democratic governor on Friday signed into law a bill to eliminate cashless bail that is named for the Ukrainian refugee who was murdered on Charlotte's public transit system, but he said it lacks overall "vision" and lambasted a provision adopting alternative execution methods in the state. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 18:46:54 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395260?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395260 Congressmembers' hopes to facilitate the faster approval of projects that require environmental reviews like pipelines and other energy infrastructure may be an uphill battle despite bipartisan support due to accompanying provisions, such as limited judicial review, that have invited opposition. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 18:24:23 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395827?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395827 Michigan's highest court has thrown out a ruling sending to arbitration an airline worker's claims he was the target of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim comments at work in light of a change in how courts in the Great Lakes State enforce employment contracts. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 18:04:40 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395930?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395930 A split Third Circuit panel upheld the dismissal of a class action alleging that Fiat Chrysler put deceptive price stickers on its vehicles to hide the fact that it "injected profit" into the cost, with the court holding that car buyers weren't actually harmed. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:19:22 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395932?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395932 A panel of D.C. Circuit judges wrestled with where to draw the line on pre-enforcement challenges in Second Amendment cases Friday as Washington D.C. defended its ban on firearms on Metro trains and buses from area gun-owners seeking to carry and ride. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:14:57 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395111?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395111 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is getting more leeway from courts in lawsuits challenging its gas project approvals following a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that curtailed federal environmental reviews, which may ultimately speed up the agency's consideration of projects. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:59:27 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395006?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395006 In recent years, federal regulators have advanced a novel theory that reprogramming a vehicle's onboard diagnostics system is a crime under the Clean Air Act — but a case now pending in the Ninth Circuit shows that the government's position is questionable for a host of reasons, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:56:28 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395802?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395802 The Second Circuit on Friday said energy giants including Exxon Mobil Corp. must pay attorney fees to New York City, which is suing them for deceptive practices around climate change, for advancing "absurd" arguments in remand proceedings. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:51:56 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395839?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395839 A man injured in a car crash cannot bring a bad faith action against the other driver's insurer, a Florida federal court ruled, finding that the insurer's prompt tender of its policy limits to the man means it is protected under Florida's statutory "safe harbor" provision. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:43:07 +0000 /transportation/articles/2390921?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2390921 Twenty years after John Roberts became the 17th chief justice of the United States, he faces a U.S. Supreme Court term that's looking transformative for the country and its institutions. How Justice Roberts and his colleagues navigate mounting distrust in the judiciary and set the boundaries of presidential authority appear increasingly likely to define his time leading the court. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:16:35 +0000 /transportation/articles/2395649?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2395649 United Airlines Inc. is asking a California federal court to throw out a proposed class action from two passengers alleging that the airline misled them by promising window seats, only to give them seats without windows, saying the complaint is preempted entirely by federal law.