/transportation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Transportation Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 01 Aug 2025 23:47:18 +0000 /transportation/articles/2372544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2372544 A Manhattan federal judge on Friday rejected a request from 16 states to block the Trump administration from cutting millions of dollars in grant funds from the National Science Foundation for scientific research and programs aimed at enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM fields and environmental justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:45:36 +0000 /transportation/articles/2370813?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2370813 Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart dismissed most of the 50 petitions for inter partes review addressed in her latest decisions over discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:25:07 +0000 /transportation/articles/2372432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2372432 Tesla was slapped with a proposed class action in California federal court Thursday alleging it illegally shares its website visitors' information with third parties like Google through the deployment of tracking pixels for data monetization and advertising purposes, without their knowledge or consent.  Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:26:26 +0000 /transportation/articles/2372400?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2372400 The D.C. Circuit on Friday backed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision to limit its review of a Texas pipeline to a 1,000-foot section near the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the agency had reasonably explained why a broader review wasn't required. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:23:39 +0000 /transportation/articles/2372225?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2372225 Four Alaska Airlines flight attendants aboard the 737 Max 9 jet that experienced a midair door plug blowout have sued jet-maker Boeing in Washington state court alleging the harrowing January 2024 incident left them with physical and mental injuries, including severe emotional distress. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:21:03 +0000 /transportation/articles/2372402?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2372402 The Fourth Circuit on Friday restored a federal grand jury indictment against a driver who fled police in Richmond, Virginia, finding a district court overstepped in blaming purported racial bias by the Richmond Police Department for the otherwise justifiable traffic stop. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:01:44 +0000 /transportation/articles/2371762?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2371762 Lamborghini has told a Texas federal court that a case brought by an Italian auto racing engineering firm alleging the sports carmaker stole steering wheel trade secrets is best left to Italian courts and is part of a long-running business dispute in that country. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:49:25 +0000 /transportation/articles/2371987?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2371987 A New Jersey federal judge tossed the Delaware River Port Authority's suit claiming that the Garden State's comptroller unlawfully attempted to force it to comply with two investigative subpoenas, ruling that there is nothing to bar the comptroller from unilaterally issuing subpoenas to the New Jersey-Pennsylvania bistate transit agency. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:37:10 +0000 /transportation/articles/2372291?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2372291 The U.S. Department of Justice abandoned its challenge of a corporate travel management deal, while lawmakers are calling for scrutiny of the agency's recent decision to settle a different case, and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to nix the requirements placed on a pair of oil and gas deals. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:56:27 +0000 /transportation/articles/2367457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2367457 After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:17:30 +0000 /transportation/articles/2371438?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2371438 In contrast with the Biden administration, the second Trump administration has signaled a renewed willingness to resolve merger enforcement concerns through remedies from the outset, particularly when the proposed fix is structural, clearly addresses the harm and does not require burdensome oversight, say attorneys at Cooley. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:26:12 +0000 /transportation/articles/2372379?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2372379 In this week's Taxation With Representation, Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. announce megamerger plans, Palo Alto Networks acquires identity security company CyberArk, Brookfield buys British life insurer Just Group, and Duke Energy sells its Piedmont Natural Gas Tennessee local distribution business to Spire Inc. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:18:54 +0000 /transportation/articles/2372376?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2372376 A Miami jury in a highly publicized trial over Tesla's autopilot on Friday found the product to be defective and awarded $329 million in damages to the loved ones of a woman killed in a 2019 Florida Keys crash. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:15:10 +0000 /transportation/articles/2372052?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2372052 The Ninth Circuit won't hold an en banc rehearing on an appeal from Hyundai Motors America Inc. and Kia America Inc. seeking to dismiss negligence claims by cities in three of seven states in multidistrict litigation over their alleged failure to install anti-theft technology in millions of vehicles. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:47:14 +0000 /transportation/articles/2371112?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2371112 CSX Transportation Inc. has agreed to settle its multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a North Carolina sand and gravel mine over a 2018 derailment during Hurricane Florence that destroyed its locomotives, ending the litigation just one week before trial was set to begin. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:44:38 +0000 /transportation/articles/2371454?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2371454 The plaintiffs in a suit seeking to hold Tesla accountable for a fatal crash in the Florida Keys asked jurors Thursday to award $345 million in damages for putting out an allegedly defective autopilot product into the market. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:41:50 +0000 /transportation/articles/2371920?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2371920 Air traffic controllers often juggled both helicopter and fixed-wing plane traffic at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, trusted pilots to use their own judgment to visually maintain safe distances from other planes in certain situations and adopted a "just make it work" approach, according to details from the National Transportation Safety Board. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:37:20 +0000 /transportation/articles/2371684?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2371684 A commuter who filed a personal injury lawsuit against an Atlanta-area bus company two years and two days after she was injured did not run afoul of Georgia's statute of limitations, a state appeals court ruled on Thursday, saying the law gives plaintiffs additional time when the last day would technically fall on a weekend. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:21:35 +0000 /transportation/articles/2372010?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2372010 Segway Inc. was hit with a proposed class action in Washington federal court on Thursday by a consumer who claims the company sold more than 200,000 electric scooters with a dangerous defect that puts riders at risk of falling and failed to adequately address the issue during a recall. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:33:22 +0000 /transportation/articles/2371900?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transportation/articles/2371900 The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the state's one-year time limit for medical malpractice claims does not apply to suits over ambulance drivers' negligence, saying instead the two-year deadline for ordinary negligence governs.