Breakfast links: Key Bridge civil trial will proceed while criminal case is ongoing (opens in new tab)

The legal fight over the 2024 Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse headed toward a June civil trial, while federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against the companies that operated the Dali cargo ship. The Singapore-based firms behind the vessel asked a judge to delay the case, arguing the new indictments complicated their defense, but the judge refused. At stake was whether the companies could limit their liability to about $44 million under maritime law, far less than the billions the dis...