By Maydeen Merino | April 24, 2024
"Airlines should compete with one another to secure passengers' business—not to see who can charge the most in surprise fees," U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.
By Colleen Murphy | December 26, 2023
"Mere policy disagreement, however, is insufficient to support the state's environmental claims against federal defendants," according to a memorandum filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, which stated that New Jersey's claims fail under a differential standard of review. "And rather than support its claims by otherwise engaging with the robust record at issue, the state instead relies on superficial arguments or selective interpretation of the record."
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | December 15, 2023
"The fact that Alico is subject to multiple taxation as a result of its decision to register its vehicles in Massachusetts and to garage them in Somers does not render § 12-71 (f) discriminatory," the opinion said.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 27, 2023
An attorney for Norfolk Southern told plaintiffs' lawyers that railcars that contained hazardous materials would be preserved until Wednesday, "at which time the rail cars will be removed or otherwise destroyed so that Norfolk Southern can continue its work at the site."
By Jane Wester | February 15, 2023
Senior Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler said a new SCOTUS opinion only "reinforces my view" that the truckers in the case are transportation workers.
By Jane Wester | August 2, 2022
New York City and the attorneys general of California, Connecticut, Illinois and Pennsylvania argued that the USPS was knowingly permitting packages containing cigarettes to travel through the mail, causing state and local governments to lose tax revenue and harming public health.
By Brad Kutner | July 18, 2022
The settlement was linked to wait-time fees the company instituted in 2016, charging those with disabilities for the time it took to put themselves and their wheelchairs into vehicles in violation of ADA laws.
By Allison Dunn | July 14, 2022
"[T]he CT highway defect statute is really burdensome—like contributory negligence on steroids," said the plaintiff's lead attorney, Stewart M. Casper of Casper & de Toledo. "So it was necessary to plan the case with that in mind. Ultimately, we were able to meet the sole proximate cause burden largely by using the testimony of DOT employees and without experts. If the DOT's No. 1 priority is safety, it was exposed for proceeding with its crosswalk eradication plan without a safety plan for pedestrians. It's unfortunate Kaeleigh was the victim."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | February 23, 2022
Defense counsel Brian McMonagle said the way that civil litigators initiated the case was novel to him.
By Ellen Bardash | October 25, 2021
Lawyers from Sheppard Mullin secured the award in a case over a patented technology, used without authorization by the federal government, at airport-security checkpoints in a case litigated for a decade.
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