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Contentious EYP Group Ch. 11 Plan Quietly Confirmed In= Del.

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By Jeff Montgomery

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Insurers Denied Access To Honeywell Asbestos Claim Det= ails

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A Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge de= clined to make public redacted information about asbestos claims against Ho= neywell in the Chapter 11 case of its subsidiary North American Refractorie= s Co., denying the request of insurers because those details were not = used by the court in its decision-making and have never been filed on the c= ase docket.=0D

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EB-5 Investor Says Hawaii Resort Investment Never Ret= urned

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A cardboard box maker has urged a = Virginia federal court to preserve its bid to throw out a $7.8 million arbi= tration judgment over the construction of its Virginia-based packaging manu= facturing facility, insisting that the petition does not have "exceptional = circumstances" that would warrant dismissing in favor of parallel state cou= rt proceedings.=0D

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Rail Coupler Co. Looks To Bar Ex-Wiley Atty From Trade= Probe

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An ex-Wiley Rein LLP attorney has = "betrayed" a former client to give current ones a leg-up in their renewed a= ttempt to obtain remedial tariff orders on foreign rail coupler imports, Am= sted Rail Company Inc. said in a lawsuit before the U.S. International Trad= e Court. =0D

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Texas Landowner's Public Info Law Dispute Partly Reviv= ed

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A Harris County landowner has anot= her shot on a claim that the city of Galena Park broke the Texas Public Inf= ormation Act in its handling of a records request tied to a denied building= permit, the state's Fifth Court of Appeals has ruled.=0D

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Construction Co. Sues For Faulty Bathroom Insurance Pa= yout

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A major construction company has s= ued its insurers after they allegedly failed to indemnify it for £5.1 = million ($5.8 million) to repair damage caused by faulty bathroom floor des= igns at a residential development block in Manchester, England.=0D

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Criminal Monopolization Plea Fuels DOJ Antitrust Manda= te

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A Wyoming federal court's recent a= cceptance of a guilty plea in U.S. v. Zito marks the U.S. Department of Jus= tice's first successful criminal prosecution under the Sherman Act’s = anti-monopoly provision in decades, a major development for an agency that = has shown a willingness to eschew historical precedent to expand its antitr= ust enforcement mandate, say Tiffany Rider and Daniel Oakes at Axinn.=0D

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5 Ways Law Firms Can Attract, Keep Corporate Clients

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By Carolina Bolado

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Law firms looking to attract ̵= 2; and keep — corporate clients need to be proactive about knowing th= e ins and outs of their clients' businesses and anticipating their needs, a= ccording to general counsels gathered Tuesday in Miami for the annual Inter= national Bar Association Conference.=0D

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Trump Org Trial Halted After 1st Witness Contracts COV= ID

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Debate Over Legal Biz Reforms Spills Into Yale Law Jou= rnal

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Philly Law Firm Uses Billboard To Roast Astros For Che= ating

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Aviation Mogul Wins New Chance To Fight $4M Fraud Ruli= ng

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An aviation tycoon won a second sh= ot on Tuesday at overturning a $4 million fraud judgment against him on the= grounds that it was the result of a fraud on the court orchestrated by a d= isgraced former Dechert attorney working for a Middle East sovereign wealth= fund.=0D

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Fortress Investment Group-owned Fi= njan convinced the Federal Circuit on Tuesday to rewrite a California feder= al judge's definition of "downloadable," potentially breathing new life int= o a patent suit against Slovakian cybersecurity software company ESET.=0D

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Taxpayers Urge Justices To Block Biden Student Debt Re= lief

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Ala. Mill To Fight $13M Award Brought By Defense Misco= nduct

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An Alabama steel mill recently hit= with a $13 million award in a worker wage and hour suit will fight the mis= conduct-triggered default judgment that led to the decision.=0D

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Immigration Judges Fight To Keep Free Speech Suit Aliv= e

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The National Association of Immigr= ation Judges hit back at the federal government's bid to ditch its lawsuit = challenging restrictions on publicly expressing views on immigration, sayin= g its members retained their right to comment on public matters when accept= ing their jobs.=0D

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Staff Say Texas County DA Office Is A 'Misogynistic Fr= aternity'

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A Texas county’s criminal di= strict attorney allegedly made unwanted sexual advances toward female emplo= yees while the second-highest ranking prosecutor in the office created a &#= 8220;misogynistic fraternity” environment which included hazing, six = employees claimed.=0D

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