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Law360 | Transportation
47m ago
A Washington state judge on Friday called out Alaska Airlines passengers' "absurd" suggestion that there was a hole in federal aviation standards that could allow states to set their own rules for when pilots can allow people into the cockpit ..read more
Law360 | Transportation
47m ago
Several utility companies have come together to tell the Federal Communications Commission that they need more room in the 5 gigahertz and 4.9 GHz bands for drone operations, which they say make their employees' jobs safer and easier ..read more
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47m ago
The D.C. Circuit on Friday vacated a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order that lowered the five-year index level governing oil pipeline transportation rates, ruling that the agency ran afoul of federal law when it failed to gather public input on the revision ..read more
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6h ago
The D.C. Circuit on Friday largely sided with dozens of small petroleum refiners challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's denial of their exemptions to federal renewable fuel blending requirements while keeping its reasoning for doing so under seal ..read more
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A hemp exporter lost a bid for payment for lost products at the Fourth Circuit on Friday when the court ruled that the Montreal Convention precludes claims that a transportation company was liable for the destruction of more than a ton of product by U.S. Customs and Border Protection ..read more
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6h ago
The D.C. Circuit on Friday rejected an emergency bid to stop Amtrak from taking control of Washington, D.C.'s Union Station, but did not dismiss the case outright, ruling that efforts to stop the eminent domain takeover appeared unlikely to succeed on appeal ..read more
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6h ago
A coalition of electric vehicle manufacturers and suppliers want in on a consolidated challenge in the Sixth Circuit to the U.S. Department of Transportation's new fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks, saying the EV industry's future viability banks on the stringent new standards ..read more
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6h ago
A New Jersey federal judge dismissed a suit brought by the estate of a Port Authority Transit Corp. worker killed on the job, ruling the commuter rail line between New Jersey and Pennsylvania is exempt from federal railroad regulatory requirements ..read more
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Two Boeing Co. pension fund stockholders sued in Delaware's Court of Chancery late on Thursday seeking access to company documents on safety and quality issues involving the 737 MAX, 777 and 787 commercial passenger jets, alleging a "slow rolling" of responses by the industry giant ..read more
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A helicopter manufacturer and its former material supply management worker who accused it of failing to accommodate her anxiety and terminating her when she asked to work remotely have agreed to permanently drop the former employee's suit, according to a stipulation filed Friday in Pennsylvania federal court ..read more