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Two Thai exporters of steel pipes won a 60% reduction in anti-dumping dut= ies after an unrelated Federal Circuit decision spurred the U.S. Department= of Commerce to reconsider its position, despite a U.S. company's opposing = view of the decision.

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TOP NEWS

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Exporters Benefit As Commerce Unwinds Thai Pipe Duties=

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By Micah Danney

Two Thai exporters of steel pipes = won a 60% reduction in anti-dumping duties after an unrelated Federal Circu= it decision spurred the U.S. Department of Commerce to reconsider its posit= ion, despite a U.S. company's opposing view of the decision.

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$31M Construction Fight Belongs In Guatemala, Court He= ars

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By Caroline Simson

Guatemala on Wednesday urged a D.C= . court to toss litigation to enforce $31 million in arbitral awards that a= rose from unpaid public works contracts, saying the litigation is a "brazen= " effort by a construction and engineering firm to get around the country's= public finance laws.

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UK Nuclear Waste Processor Denied $235M Deduction<= /p> =09

By David Hansen

Safety measures that cost a U.K. n= uclear waste processor £192 million ($235 million) don't qualify as de= ductible capital expenditures because they are not involved in the actual m= aking of the company's products, the British Court of Appeal said Thursday.

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Freeman Mathis Acquires Chicago Litigation Boutique

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By Rachel Rippetoe

Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP anno= unced Thursday that it would be adding the lawyers of litigation and appell= ate boutique Purcell & Wardrope to its Chicago office.

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Real Estate Lawyers On The Move

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By Andrew McIntyre

Locke Lord, Mayer Brown and Rosenb= erg & Estis are among the various law firms that have made recent real = estate or construction hires.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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IRS Starts Clock On Energy Projects' Labor Rule Exempt= ion

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A U.S. Department of the Treasury = notice published this week started the 60-day clock for clean energy projec= ts seeking to be grandfathered from having to meet new labor requirements t= o qualify for enhanced tax credits, and uncertainty about how the provision= s will apply should be incentive for some investors to begin construction s= oon, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

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Why The EPA Has Made Little Progress On EJ Litigation<= /a>

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Although the U.S. Environmental Pr= otection Agency has taken numerous steps to promote environmental justice g= oals, recent court cases show little progress in achieving those goals thro= ugh judicial enforcement — and the lack of such cases may not be the = agency's fault, says Jeffrey Corey at Parsons Behle.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Fried Frank Largely Matches Baker McKenzie Bonus Scale=

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By Hailey Konnath

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & J= acobson LLP on Thursday unveiled its year-end bonuses to associates, almost= matching the previous scale set by Baker McKenzie and joining a growing nu= mber of firms rolling out bonuses in recent weeks.

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The 9 Firms GCs Most Recommended To Peers In 2022<= /p> =09

By Xiumei Dong

Even amid inflation and growing ec= onomic concerns, BigLaw firms have continued to provide superior client ser= vices, with nine standing out from the crowd as the most recommended firms = by corporate leaders, according to a report released Wednesday.

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LA's New US Atty Says He Learned Value Of Law At Young= Age

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By Brandon Lowrey

The new U.S. attorney for the Cent= ral District of California, Martin Estrada, often thinks back to a childhoo= d memory of a gun pointed at him and his certainty that he was about to die= .

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FIFA Prosecutors Fight Bid To Subpoena PwC, Perkins Co= ie

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By Ivan Moreno

Federal prosecutors have asked a c= ourt to reject requests by two former Fox Sports executives embroiled in th= e FIFA corruption scandal to subpoena PwC and Perkins Coie LLP in search of= a client's documents, saying that the last-minute motions would delay thei= r upcoming bribery trial in Brooklyn.

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11th Circ. Rejects Trump's Bid For Mar-A-Lago Doc Revi= ew

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By David Minsky

The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday d= ismissed former President Donald Trump's bid for a special master to review= documents the U.S. Department of Justice seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate= , finding that the district court judge who had granted Trump's request lac= ked jurisdiction to do so.

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Media Ask Fla. Court To Unseal Mar-A-Lago Search Warra= nt

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By David Minsky

Several news publishers and TV sta= tions have asked a Florida federal court for access to the search warrant a= ffidavit that gave the FBI probable cause to search Mar-a-Lago in August, a= rguing that if former President Donald Trump gets to have it, the press and= the public should see it, too.

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Senate Panel Ties On 1st Circ. Pick, OKs 11 Others For= Bench

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By James Arkin

The Senate Judiciary Committee adv= anced 11 circuit and district court nominees Thursday, but deadlocked on th= e nomination of abortion rights attorney Julie Rikelman, who is President J= oe Biden's pick for a vacancy on the First Circuit.

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Analysis

Justices Back On Bench, But Hearings Still Getting Lon= ger

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By Jimmy Hoover

For decades, the U.S. Supreme Cour= t was famous for enforcing time limits on oral arguments. That changed duri= ng the pandemic due to the challenge of telephonic hearings. But despite th= e justices' return to the bench a year ago, arguments have only gotten long= er.

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Law Professors Say High Court Power Grab Must Be Reine= d In

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By Jess Krochtengel

The U.S. Supreme Court is carrying= out a power grab, elevating its own authority above other branches of gove= rnment and imperiling its legitimacy in the process, several law professors= have said in recent publications, including a Harvard Law Review essay tha= t calls for an overhaul of the "Imperial Supreme Court."

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DA Can Argue Donald Trump Knew Of Tax Fraud, Judge Say= s

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By Frank G. Runyeon

Manhattan prosecutors won permissi= on from a judge Thursday to argue at the Trump Organization's tax crimes tr= ial that former President Donald Trump knew about the alleged fraud at his = company.

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SF Judge Sends Edelson's $100M Suit Against Girardi To= LA

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By Dorothy Atkins

A California Northern District jud= ge agreed Thursday to send Edelson's lawsuit alleging the now-defunct Girar= di Keese law firm stole over $100 million to California's Central District = despite arguments that Edelson will struggle to find local counsel, noting = "we're talking about Los Angeles, where there are probably more lawyers tha= n teachers."

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Del. Judge Lists Red Flags To Justify Funding Probe

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By Dani Kass

Delaware's chief judge has detaile= d the full story of why he's investigating whether patent monetization enti= ty IP Edge is controlling seemingly unrelated litigation after the patent o= wners called on the Federal Circuit to intervene.

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Wilson Sonsini Atty Blasts Under Armour Docs 'Harassme= nt'

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By Bryan Koenig

A Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Ro= sati PC attorney accused Under Armour of harassing him and the firm on Wedn= esday, seeking to quash a subpoena in an antitrust case the sportswear gian= t says is based not on his work for plaintiff Multiple Energy Technologies = but his partial ownership in it.

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Podcast

The Term: Immigration, Corruption And Alito Ethics Int= rigue

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard tense= cases over public corruption prosecutions and new deportation guidelines f= or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents this week, but ther= e was news outside the courtroom as well when the court's in-house lawyer r= ejected allegations that Justice Samuel Alito Jr. divulged the outcome of a= 2014 case at a dinner party. Law360's The Term discusses the latest in thi= s week's episode.

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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

Computer & Comm= unications Industry Association

DISH Network Corp.

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Power Integrations Inc.

San Francisco Giants

Spotify Technology SA

State Bar of California

The Center for Reproducti= ve Rights Inc.

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The New York Times Co.

Trump Organization Inc.

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Cadwalader Wickersham

Cooley LLP

Cravath Swaine

Curtis Mallet-Prevost

Herbert Smith Freehills

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

HM Revenue & Customs

Internal Revenue Service

Louisiana Departmen= t of Environmental Quality

National Archives an= d Records Administration

U.S. A= ttorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. A= ttorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Court of Appea= ls for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeal= s for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Cou= rt for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Cou= rt for the District of Delaware

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

U.S. D= istrict Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Northern District of Indiana

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S= . District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. Immigration and Cust= oms Enforcement

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U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

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