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Federal regulators say they appropriately reviewed the climate change and= other environmental impacts of a $1.5 billion rail line to connect oil and= gas resources in Utah and Colorado when they approved the project, telling= the D.C. Circuit that groups challenging their decision mischaracterized t= heir "comprehensive" analysis.

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Feds Say Climate Review Of Utah Oil Rail Project Was P= roper

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By Peter McGuire

Federal regulators say they approp= riately reviewed the climate change and other environmental impacts of a $1= .5 billion rail line to connect oil and gas resources in Utah and Colorado = when they approved the project, telling the D.C. Circuit that groups challe= nging their decision mischaracterized their "comprehensive" analysis.

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Baltimore Urges Justices To Skip Climate Suit Remand R= eview

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By Keith Goldberg

The city of Baltimore told the U.S= . Supreme Court on Monday that the Fourth Circuit correctly determined that= its suit seeking climate change-related infrastructure damages against fos= sil fuel companies belongs in state court and no further review is needed.

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No Coverage For US Open Stadium Roof Suit, Court Told<= /a>

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By Daniel Tay

The construction manager for Arthu= r Ashe Stadium's retractable roof is not covered for an underlying dispute = over a subcontractor's claim of increased costs, the manager's insurer told= a New York federal court.

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Sierra Club Says Feds Ignored NY Climate Law In Pipeli= ne OK

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By Nate Beck

The Federal Energy Regulatory Comm= ission wrongly extended a deadline to build a 99-mile natural gas pipeline = without addressing the climate goals of a 2019 New York law setting greenho= use emissions limits, the Sierra Club has told the D.C. Circuit.

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Georgia Excavation Co. And Rival Resolve Trade Secrets= Row

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By David Holtzman

A construction contractor has said= it will drop its Atlanta federal court claim that a former employee took "= trade secrets" with him when he left the company to work for a rival.

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Honduran Private City Says Gov't Violated Autonomy Ple= dge

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By Caleb Symons

The American company developing a = largely autonomous city off the coast of Honduras claims a new left-wing go= vernment illegally undermined its investment by, earlier this year, repeali= ng an unusual law that allowed certain regions to adopt their own economic = and judicial regulations.

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Bonus Spotlight

Kellogg Hansen Tops Baker McKenzie's Bonus Scale =09

By Kevin Penton

DLA Piper and boutiques such as Ke= llogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC are part of the latest round o= f law firms announcing their year-end bonuses, with the latter going above = the standard set last month by Baker McKenzie.

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House Jan. 6 Panel Votes To Refer Trump To DOJ

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By James Arkin

The House panel investigating the = Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol voted unanimously Monday to refer former = President Donald Trump to the U.S. Department of Justice for his efforts to= overturn the 2020 election, citing four criminal statutes it says he viola= ted in the lead-up to and in the midst of the deadly insurrection.

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DC District Judge Berman Jackson To Take Senior Status=

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By Jack Rodgers

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jac= kson of the District of Columbia federal court will assume senior status in= May, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts' database o= n future judicial vacancies, giving President Joe Biden the opportunity to = nominate another judge to the bench.

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Feds Tell Justices To Reject 'Supersized' Privilege Te= st

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By Jack Karp

Communications including both lega= l and nonlegal advice should not be shielded from grand jury subpoenas by a= "supersized" attorney-client privilege unless their primary purpose is leg= al aid, the federal government told the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Judge Sides With Litigation Funder In Google Suit Fee = Fight

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By Daniel Connolly

A Delaware U.S. magistrate judge h= as backed a $1.8 million arbitration award in favor of a British litigation= funder in its battle with a San Francisco law firm over the earnings from = a now-settled patent infringement lawsuit against Google.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

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By Leslie A. Pappas

Delaware courts started getting re= ady for the holidays this week, gifting one of their top justices to the Th= ird Circuit, putting a bow on a multimillion-dollar fee award, and wrapping= up a cognac dispute for an arbitrator. Hope you enjoy the last wrap-up thi= s year of last week's news from Delaware's Chancery Court.

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AXA XL Ltd.

American Bar Association

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

Apple Inc.

Ares Management Corp.

BP PLC

Bacardi Ltd.

Center for Biological Diversity<= /a>

Chevron Corp.

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Google LLC

Infrastructure & Ener= gy Alternatives Inc.

Int= ernational Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

KBR Inc.

MasTec Inc.

McDonald's Corp.

National Fuel Gas Co.

Oaktree Capital Management

Paramount Global

Sanofi SA

Sierra Club

Sterling Construction Co. Inc.

Suncor Energy Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

United States Tennis Asso= ciation Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Surface Transportation Board

U.S. Co= urt of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

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 Northern District of Georgia

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

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