The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is dropping the manual brake pedal mandate for fully automated vehicles. As part of its new NHTSA’s Automated Vehicle Framework, the administration began rulemaking for its fifth update to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. …
Pfizer has been dismissed as a defendant in a sweeping antitrust lawsuit in which most U.S. states accused dozens of drugmakers and executives of fixing prices of generic drugs, causing patients to overpay. In a decision on Tuesday, Chief Judge …
The U.S. Supreme Court further limited the reach of a federal law used to hold corporations liable for human rights abuses committed abroad, as it issued a ruling on Tuesday ending a lawsuit by members of the Falun Gong movement …
Britain’s competition tribunal has approved a £3 billion ($4 billion) lawsuit against Apple over its iCloud storage service, consumer group Which? said on Tuesday, clearing the way for tens of millions of consumers to join a collective action. The Competition …
Heat, humidity and extreme rainfall are shortening roof lifespans across the U.S., a new analysis shows. Nearmap, a property intelligence provider, issued a report showing that chronic climate stress is accelerating roof deterioration across the nation The report, How climate …
The report didn't give a value of the potential hit, though it estimated that vessels and cargo with a combined value of $125 billion were trapped in the Persian Gulf as of June 15.
Google’s YouTube has settled a lawsuit brought by a minor who claimed the platform damaged his mental health, his lawyers said Tuesday, ahead of a second California trial over social media’s role in the youth mental health crisis. The terms …
A recent Supreme Court decision that is widely viewed as a significant development in transportation litigation is particularly worth examining in the context of negligent hiring claims against freight brokers. The court’s decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC …
Americans are leaving some of the nation’s most flood-prone communities at an accelerating pace, suggesting that climate concerns are beginning to influence migration decisions alongside more traditional factors such as housing costs and quality of life. High-flood-risk U.S. counties — …
When a fire broke out a few miles from his Altadena, California, home the evening of Jan. 7, 2025, Matt Blea and his family needed to make a crucial decision: Should they stay home, or evacuate? A friend who did …