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Corporate Counsel

Judge Refuses to Halt Southwest's 'Religious Liberty' Training, Says Airline 'Direly' Needs It

Judge Brantley Starr chided Southwest, writing, "It doesn't make any legal arguments for why training with an 'ideological organization' is unconstitutional or otherwise contrary to law."
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Southwest Calls 'Religious Liberty' Training Ideological, Judge's Order Mandating It 'Unprecedented'

Southwest says the case it lost involves allegations it committed employment discrimination based on religion, which is significantly different from religious freedom, a subject that includes "topics that have nothing to do with this case."
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Reed Smith Takes on US Government's 'Monopoly'

"Our position is, 'You are the government. You should focus on national security launches. You should not be providing commercial services,'" said attorney Francisco A. Rodriguez.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Flight Attendant's Attorneys Scoff at Southwest's Rationales to Block 'Religious Liberty' Training, Say Airline 'Tilting at Windmills'

Charlene Carter's lawyers say the airline is wrongly casting the conservative Christian group that would do the training as a "pariah" when in fact it is a legal aid group with deep experience that "happens to espouse religious views."
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-Waymo Deputy GC Takes Legal Reins of Battery Startup

David Tressler spent six years at Google-owned Waymo, during which the company became the first self-driving car service to serve the general public without backup drivers in the vehicle.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

County or Sheriff? Presentment Challenge Leads to Interpretive Divide

"If the plaintiff presented to somebody that at least conceivably would qualify under the statute, there's nothing in the statute to point to to say 'you failed to do that,' right?," asked Presiding Justice Nels S. D. Peterson during oral arguments.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

GDOT Sues Kroger, Fulton Co. Over Proposed Highway Easement

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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Texas Lawyer

3 Issues of First Impression Arise Amid 'Strange Fact Pattern'

"Plaintiffs allege that but for their protected classes, race and national origin, the flight would not have been canceled. That is an allegation of disparate treatment," the opinion states.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Fully Autonomous Vehicles Are a Money Pit—and Will Continue to Be for Years

"Put simply, as the amount of vehicle automation increases, consumer desire decreases," S&P Global said in its 2023 Global Mobility report.
3 minute read

Law.com

Lawsuit Alleges BNSF Railway Hired Private Investigator to Tail Employee Who Took Leave for Anxiety Attack

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
3 minute read

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