Mike LaSusa

  • Tesla Inc. won’t have to pay a 10% tariff on aluminum parts imported from Japan to be used in the batteries that power the Silicon Valley company’s electric cars, the U.S. Commerce Department has determined… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • A Los Angeles talent agency has accused the Writers Guild of America of committing a “wanton abuse of union authority” by orchestrating a boycott against payments talent agents collect from pairing writers with studios, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in California federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • The Germany-based parent companies of automakers Volkswagen, Audi and Mercedes won their bids to escape multidistrict litigation over the use of defective Takata Corp. air bags when a Florida federal court entered a decision Friday finding the foreign corporations were outside its jurisdiction… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • President Donald Trump said Friday he would seek the Senate’s confirmation of acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper to occupy the Pentagon’s top post on a permanent basis and also nominated candidates for deputy defense secretary and secretary of the Army… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Two AT&T customers lodged a proposed class action Thursday accusing the telecom titan of pulling a “bait-and-switch” by promising low wireless rates and then tacking on unexpected fees… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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