/transportation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Transportation Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:23:20 +0000 /transportation/articles/2417051?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2417051 Fiat Chrysler wants to hit pause on a proposed class action alleging the batteries in its plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler 4xe and Grand Cherokees are at risk of spontaneously catching fire, saying the litigation should wait for the Michigan federal court to determine if most of the drivers suing should be pushed into arbitration. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:54:59 +0000 /transportation/articles/2417246?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2417246 The Boeing Co. has been hit with a pair of fresh lawsuits in Washington state court by two California couples who say they were traumatized when a panel blew off a 737 Max jet during a January 2024 Alaska Airlines flight over the West Coast, which triggered an "explosive and violent decompression of the aircraft cabin." Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:53:34 +0000 /transportation/articles/2417357?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2417357 The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of a suit against Tesla Inc. and its CEO Elon Musk claiming they deceived investors about the capabilities and safety record of the company's self-driving technology, finding the investors failed to plead any actionable false statements, among other issues. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:19:07 +0000 /transportation/articles/2417252?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2417252 NASCAR on Tuesday sought to weaken the credibility of Michael Jordan's business partner, driver Denny Hamlin, with its attorney questioning whether Hamlin's public statements can be trusted following his court testimony that NASCAR forced him to paint a "rosy picture" of the league for fans. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:49:02 +0000 /transportation/articles/2416673?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2416673 A Massachusetts commuter cannot proceed with her personal injury lawsuit against the state's transportation authority, a state appeals court ruled to end the case, because she sent her notice of injury to the wrong transit officials. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:14:12 +0000 /transportation/articles/2416808?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2416808 A Texas federal judge has found that three of Quartz Auto Technologies' patents Lyft Inc. has been accused of infringing are not patentable, after the ride-hailing giant said they were ineligible for patent protection under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice standard. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:41:41 +0000 /transportation/articles/2417372?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2417372 An attorney for a ship captain convicted of manslaughter over the deaths of 34 people in an onboard fire urged a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday to reverse his conviction, but he received pushback from two judges who suggested the evidence against his client was "damning" and his actions were indefensible. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:34:24 +0000 /transportation/articles/2417247?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2417247 A New York federal judge has reversed the confirmation of Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes' Chapter 11 plan, ruling that the bankruptcy court improperly found creditor silence on the proposal's third-party claims releases could be assumed as consent. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:23:21 +0000 /transportation/articles/2417299?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2417299 A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday granted class certification to a group of auto drivers alleging that a Liberty Mutual subsidiary prematurely terminated car rental coverage, but denied the group's request to pursue its claims for classwide, injunctive relief.  Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:17:06 +0000 /transportation/articles/2417138?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2417138 The Second Circuit on Tuesday revived claims from former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive William E. Baroni Jr. seeking $4 million in legal fees over his Bridgegate criminal case, saying the trial court was wrong to find that the Port Authority had sovereign immunity. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:56:20 +0000 /transportation/articles/2416995?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2416995 Communications and automotive services company Cox Enterprises failed to adequately safeguard its back-office business operations platform against a data breach, putting personally identifiable information at risk of being stolen, according to a proposed class action filed in Georgia federal court. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:49:55 +0000 /transportation/articles/2417002?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2417002 A group of 10 young Utah residents have urged a state court to declare that more than 300 of Utah's fossil fuel development permits violate their right under Utah's constitution to enjoy life. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:49:51 +0000 /transportation/articles/2417199?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2417199 The trustee handling Chinese exile Miles Guo's $374 million Chapter 11 estate has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to approve sealed settlements in clawback claims once totaling nearly $4 million against Fox News, FedEx, Marcum LLP and seven other entities after a mediator agreed the terms were reasonable. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:40:46 +0000 /transportation/articles/2417184?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2417184 Tesla has become the latest company to head to the Federal Circuit to challenge U.S. Patent and Trademark Office changes to the institution process at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, saying the office is putting up "arbitrary roadblocks." Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:28:53 +0000 /transportation/articles/2417251?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2417251 CSX Transportation Inc. can't escape a former employee's lawsuit alleging he was unlawfully fired for taking medical leave, with a Florida federal judge ruling that the dismissal of class claims in a similar case didn't start the clock ticking on the ex-worker's deadline to file suit. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:03:14 +0000 /transportation/articles/2404924?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2404924 Mark W. Robertson of O'Melveny & Myers LLP recently secured several major wins for American Airlines, winning summary judgment in a uniform safety dispute and securing dismissal of a flight attendant action targeting the company's COVID-19 policies, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Transportation MVPs. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:10:10 +0000 /transportation/articles/2417080?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2417080 A New Jersey state appellate panel on Tuesday rejected a bid to disqualify DeCotiis Fitzpatrick Cole & Giblin LLP from representing the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and two employees in a discrimination case filed by a medical facility and doctors who performed work for authority members. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:20:30 +0000 /transportation/articles/2415530?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2415530 Florida's recent request to file a bill of complaint in the U.S. Supreme Court against California and Washington, asserting that the states' policies conflict with the federal English language proficiency standard for truck drivers, transforms a conventional wrongful death case into a high-stakes constitutional challenge, say attorneys at Farah & Farah. Mon, 01 Dec 2025 21:57:49 +0000 /transportation/articles/2416680?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2416680 NASCAR teams are so unprofitable under the current contract system that most have shuttered in the decade since its inception, driver and team owner Denny Hamlin told a North Carolina federal jury Monday on the first day of a highly anticipated antitrust trial against the private stock car racing organization. Mon, 01 Dec 2025 21:35:41 +0000 /transportation/articles/2416725?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2416725 A former Chicago Public Schools teacher was sentenced Monday to a year and one day in federal prison for stealing $732,000 from Southwest Airlines in a scheme through which he paid for fraudulent travel vouchers and resold them to others.