Linda Chiem

Drivers have asked a Michigan federal judge to certify their class alleging General Motors and auto parts maker Bosch rigged Chevrolet Cruze diesel vehicles with emissions-cheating software, saying the companies are liable for uniformly deceiving customers in at least 22 states.

Uber told the Second Circuit on Wednesday that a federal carveout for interstate transportation workers doesn’t shield New York City drivers from having to arbitrate their claims that the ride-hailing giant illegally deducted ride-hailing taxes and inflated service fees from their fares.

South Korean container carrier Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd.‘s sudden bankruptcy has sparked a scramble among shipowners, suppliers, carriers, terminal operators and ground transportation providers to stake their claims on billions of dollars’ worth of stranded cargo, property and equipment. Here are the…

A Texas federal judge on Friday certified four classes of passengers accusing Southwest Airlines of colluding with Boeing to shore up public confidence in faulty 737 Max 8 jets and inflate ticket prices, clearing a path for thousands of customers to collectively go to trial over potential damages.

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that a federal carveout for interstate transportation workers shields a Chicago ramp agent supervisor from having to arbitrate her wage and hour claims against Southwest Airlines, handing a win to workers fighting to curb companies’ mandatory arbitration clauses.

Tesla Inc. investors asked a California federal judge on Tuesday to certify a consolidated securities class action alleging co-founder and CEO Elon Musk misled investors in 2018 with tweets about taking the electric-auto maker private.

The federal government told the U.S. Supreme Court that California’s heightened standard for legally classifying workers as independent contractors doesn’t run afoul of federal law, and commercial truckers seeking a carve-out haven’t yet shown how complying with the state law would increase their co…

Electric and autonomous vehicle rules, ocean shipping and rail industry reforms, and initiatives tackling the supply-chain crunch are just some of the transportation industry’s top regulatory priorities to watch in the latter half of 2022.

Appellate courts handed down mixed rulings this year on whether gig-economy drivers are exempt from arbitration, and California courts issued decisions narrowing the scope of the federal government’s preemption of certain regulations for airline and trucking workers. Here’s a look at some of the big…

A split Seventh Circuit panel said Friday that Boeing can’t use its bylaws to prevent shareholders from bringing federal derivative claims alleging its board directors and officers issued false and misleading statements concerning the 737 Max jets in the years leading up to two fatal crashes.