In a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the U.S. Supreme Court correctly held that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (FAAAA) does not preempt state-law negligent hiring claims against freight brokers. The Court properly focused on the statute’s plain text—particularly the safety exception preserving states’ authority to regulate “with respect to motor […]
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On January 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College. The Court consolidated SFFA v. Harvard with SFFA v. University of North Carolina because both lawsuits are being brought by the SFFA and seek to reverse the Court’s 2003 decision in Grutter […]