Two Federal Judges Ruled on Flock 3 Weeks Apart. One Says Eight Photos Aren’t a Search, but a Month of Tracking Is
Is a police search of a license plate reader database a Fourth Amendment “search”? Two...
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Suffolk County Charged a $30 Red-Light Fee Courts Called Illegal. Drivers Can Claim Up to $36 Back From a $45 Million Deal by Dec. 8
Suffolk County red-light camera drivers who paid a $30 fee can claim up to $36 each from a $45 million…
A Chicago Driver Rode the Hood of a Lincoln Towing Truck for Over a Minute. A Cook County Jury Says That Was Worth $2.85 Million
A Cook County jury awarded $2.85 million after a Lincoln Towing tow ended with a driver on the hood. See…
An Off-Duty Deputy Says About Eight LAPD Officers Held Him at Gunpoint During a Sun Valley Traffic Stop. L.A. Tentatively Settled
An off-duty LA County deputy says LAPD officers held him at gunpoint during a Sun Valley traffic stop. Los Angeles…
A Texas Deputy Held a Houston Man 76 Minutes on I-35 Over a Claimed Fog Line Drift, Then a Federal Jury Awarded Him $76
A Bexar County sheriff’s deputy held Alek Schott, an oilfield equipment salesman from the Houston...
VW Lost the Scout Direct-Sales Fight Over the Word “Affiliate,” Asked a California Judge for a Do-Over, and Got a Firm No
A federal judge refused to let Volkswagen and Scout reopen a dealer suit, and the dispute turns on a shared…
VW Didn’t Give a Deputy a Carjacked Atlas’s Location Because a Free Trial Expired, Mother Alleges, and Now a Chicago Judge Has Let Her Suit Proceed
A federal judge in Chicago denied motions to dismiss a suit alleging Volkswagen withheld a carjacked Atlas’s location from a…
A Texas Family Says Their Dad’s F-250 Moved on Its Own in Park. Ford Settled Before a Jury Could Hear Why
Ford and a New Braunfels dealer settled a wrongful-death suit over a 2023 F-250 that allegedly moved in Park. A…
Kenosha Dropped Flock for a $14.6 Million Axon Deal. Now Four Wisconsin Cities Face a Warrant Fight at the State Supreme Court
A church council asks Wisconsin’s Supreme Court to rule that searching plate-reader data is a search under the state constitution,…
Fake Pizza Calls, 38% Interest and Wrongful Repos: Settlements With Seven Car Lenders Show the Same Tricks Again and Again
Seven auto lenders, eleven years of government files and three recurring problems: loans built to fail, add-ons that never get…
GM Backs Off Countersuit in Troy E-Bike Crash as Michigan Liability Questions Mount
General Motors countersued the parents of a teenager who ended up pinned under a GMC...
GM Earned $3.3 Billion Last Quarter. Its Lending Arm Set Aside 39% More for Car Loans Going Bad
Ford, GM and Stellantis have mostly finished booking their EV write-downs. The strain now shows up at their finance arms,…
Chicago Seized His Car Over $524 in Tickets, Sold It to Its Tow Contractor for $273 and Credited Him Nothing. Two Justices Noticed
Chicago sold Ryan O’Donnell’s car for $273 in scrap over $524 in tickets and applied none of it to his…
Turo Got Its Car Back but Never Cleared the Stolen Report, a Minnesota Mom Says. Then New Jersey Police Detained Her
A Minneapolis mother says New Jersey police detained her because her Turo rental was still flagged stolen after its owners…
GM Says Its Warranty Covers the 2025 Traverse Brake Problem. Also, It Doesn’t. A Federal Judge Asked: ‘Which One Is It?’
A judge refused to toss a 2025 Chevy Traverse brake lawsuit after GM argued its warranty both governed the dispute…