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Ill. Judge Mulls Redo Of First BIPA Trial, Prejudgment Interest.

An Illinois federal judge warned BNSF Railway on Friday that if he favors its bid for a new damages trial and throws out the $228 million verdict in the first case under Illinois’ biometric privacy law to go before a jury last year, evidence it persuaded him to...

STB SHOULD STOP LETTING FREIGHTS RUN OUT THE CLOCK

STB SHOULD STOP LETTING FREIGHTS RUN OUT THE CLOCK by Jim Mathews / President & CEO If there’s one thing many freight railroads seem to be good at, it’s foot-dragging. On Monday it will be six months since Amtrak filed its first-ever Section 213 late-trains...

FRA proposes rules for certifying train dispatchers, signal employees

FRA proposes rules for certifying train dispatchers, signal employees The Federal Railroad Administration is proposing rules to formalize the certification process for two groups of craft employees working on U.S. freight railroads. Each proposed rule — one for train...