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Wash. Tribe Fights BNSF’s Arbitration Bid In Oil Shipping Row.

The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community says BNSF Railway Co. is attempting to force the tribe into arbitration based on a “plainly inapplicable arbitration clause,” urging a Washington federal judge to reject the rail company’s request that an...

STB Asks DC Circ. To Hold Off Scheduling Rail Merger Appeal.

The Surface Transportation Board asked the D.C. Circuit on Monday to hold off on a scheduling brief for an appeal of the regulator’s approval of Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion merger with Kansas City Southern until after the board hears an in-house...

Norfolk Southern Wants Combined Derailment Suit Dropped.

Norfolk Southern said the plaintiffs in a class action over a train derailment in Ohio earlier this year haven’t shown the company was negligent or that it caused any specific harm to people’s health or property.

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...