U.S. District Judge Judge Louis Stanton of the Southern District of New York on Friday awarded a $48.6 million judgment in favor of Frontier Airlines in a suit against AMCK Aviation Holdings Ireland Limited, an aircraft leasing company, and two AMCK affiliates in a breach-of-contract suit relating to the COVID-19…

The Texas Supreme Court denied relief to energy companies walloped by huge bills during Winter Storm Uri, saying courts can’t second-guess the regulatory agency’s orders. Settling a three-year dispute between the Public Utility Commission of Texas and Luminant Energy Co. LLC, the state’s high court said the Austin Court of…

An appellate court in Rochester heard arguments on Monday as to whether a Democratic-led constitutional amendment proposing to codify abortive rights and access to abortion care in the New York State Constitution should be included on November’s statewide ballot. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department explored the possibility that a May…

The Department of Justice cannot force casino owner and real-estate developer Stephen Wynn to register as a foreign agent for past lobbying activities on behalf of China, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled. “Wynn long ago ceased acting as a foreign agent” and…

A lawsuit filed in Arkansas by 17 states, challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge in Arkansas ruled on Friday. Republican attorneys general from each state, including Georgia and led by Arkansas and Tennessee, sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in April, days…

Tesla is suing ex-supplier Matthews International Corp. for misappropriating trade secrets related to its dry battery electrode (DBE) manufacturing process. The electric vehicle manufacturer’s complaint, filed by its in-house counsel and Fish & Richardson last Friday in the California Northern District Court, accuses Matthews of flouting several nondisclosure agreements, filing patents that co-opt Tesla’s trade secrets and leaking confidential information to Tesla’s…