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The only way to resolve the latest dispute over national security tariffs= on steel and aluminum is to uphold the levies, attorneys for the U.S. gove= rnment told a Federal Circuit during oral arguments Tuesday.

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TOP NEWS

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Precedent Bars Steel Tariff Rollback, Fed. Circ. Hears=

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By Jennifer Doherty

The only way to resolve the latest= dispute over national security tariffs on steel and aluminum is to uphold = the levies, attorneys for the U.S. government told a Federal Circuit during= oral arguments Tuesday.

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Funds Urge 2nd Circ. Not To Revive $10M Retiree Benefi= ts Suit

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By Emily Brill

A union's benefit funds have urged= the Second Circuit to preserve their win in a lawsuit that accused them of= denying retiree benefits to a union official, saying a New York federal ju= dge properly held that their reason for rejecting the official's applicatio= n was valid.

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Father-Son Contractors Get Prison Time For $6M Tax Fra= ud

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By Anna Scott Farrell

The father-son owners of two Flori= da construction companies who asked to avoid prison time after pleading gui= lty to illegally employing workers and failing to pay nearly $6 million in = taxes were sentenced to nearly two and nearly three years in prison by a fe= deral judge.

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Wash. Appeals Court Hears Dispute In Tunnel Machine Cl= aim

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By Greg Lamm

A Washington appellate panel on Tu= esday considered whether a jury should be told that the contractor for a hi= ghway tunnel project committed spoliation of a critical piece of evidence i= n a disputed insurance claim, with one judge questioning if it even mattere= d since there was another theory of causation that would be covered by the = insurance policy.

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POLICY & REGULATION

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Commerce Won't Lower Steel Duties Countering EU Tax Re= lief

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By Alyssa Aquino

The U.S. Department of Commerce st= ood by its countervailing tariffs on German forged steel fluid end blocks, = determining on Tuesday that the company's costs to comply with Europe's rec= ent climate change laws don't offset the statutes' new subsidies.

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GAO Denies Construction Co.'s Protest Despite System E= rror

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By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. Government Accountability= Office denied a construction firm's protest over a U.S. Army contract to b= uild a munitions storage area in Jordan, saying the firm was ultimately at = fault for its proposal submission not reaching the agency.

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LITIGATION

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Fla. Project, Chinese Investors Settle EB-5 Fraud Clas= s Action

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By David Minsky

A group of Chinese nationals has a= sked a Florida federal judge to approve a settlement in a class action alle= ging that they were defrauded out of nearly $100 million to fund Jupiter's = Harbourside Place mixed-use development project through a foreign investmen= t program, one week before a bench trial was to begin.

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Panel Says Army Design Specs Caused Mold In HQ's Air D= ucts

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By Micah Danney

Design specifications were to blam= e for mold that grew "like ants following a line of honey" in a $524-millio= n military command center's air ducts, the Armed Services Board of Contract= Appeals found, siding with a contractor that built the ducts as instructed= .

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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5 Tips For Adding Value To Legal Clients' Experience I= n 2023

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Faced with a potential economic do= wnturn this year, attorneys should look to strengthen client relationships = now by focusing on key ways to improve the client experience, starting with= a check-in call to discuss client needs and priorities for the coming year= , say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Sullivan & Cromwell Faces Congressional Heat Over = FTX Work

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By Aislinn Keely

A bipartisan group of U.S. senator= s questioned Sullivan & Cromwell's representation of failed cryptocurre= ncy exchange FTX in its Chapter 11 proceedings and supported the appointmen= t of an outside examiner to the case due what they said is a troubling rela= tionship between the company and its counsel.

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Girardi Keese Trustee Blames Bank For Enabling Firm's = Fraud

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By Hailey Konnath

The bankruptcy trustee for Girardi= Keese on Tuesday accused a California bank of allowing the firm to misappr= opriate client funds despite numerous red flags and "suspicious activity" t= hat she said "could not have gone unnoticed" by the financial institution, = according to a complaint filed in federal bankruptcy court.

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Girardi Keese Trustee Sues Firm's Former Attys For $9.= 4M

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By Brandon Lowrey

Ten former Girardi Keese attorneys= may owe $9.4 million to the firm to repay checks and personal charges on t= heir company credit cards, the firm's bankruptcy trustee alleged in a serie= s of adversary actions filed this week in Los Angeles.

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Prominent Conservative Atty William Consovoy Dies At 4= 8

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By Alison Knezevich

Prominent conservative attorney Wi= lliam Consovoy, a founder of the boutique law firm Consovoy McCarthy PLLC w= ho led legal challenges to affirmative action and represented former Presid= ent Donald Trump, died Monday at 48.

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Ex-Kirkland Atty Urges Judge Not To Ax Harassment Case=

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By James Mills

A former Kirkland & Ellis LLP = associate urged a California federal judge to ignore the law firm's motion = to dismiss her complaint claiming she was held to a stricter standard than = her male colleagues before being wrongfully terminated, saying the firm's m= otion is meritless, but also asked for room to amend the complaint if neces= sary.

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Ex-Trump Org CFO Who Implicated Company Gets 5 Mos. Ja= il

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By Frank G. Runyeon

Longtime Trump Organization Chief = Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced Tuesday to five months in= a New York City jail under the terms of a plea agreement that required him= to implicate former President Donald Trump's companies in a tax fraud sche= me.

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Alex Jones' Suspended Attorney Taken Off Capitol Riot = Case

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By Aaron Keller

A lead attorney for Infowars host = Alex Jones will not represent an alleged member of the Proud Boys in a sedi= tious conspiracy case as the lawyer fights back against a six-month suspens= ion in Connecticut, a federal court docket revealed Tuesday.

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Ohio Atty Out Of Job Over Nasty Text To Female Colleag= ue

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By Eric Heisig

A labor and employment attorney at= Zashin & Rich Co. in Cleveland is no longer with the firm amid outrage= over a screenshot of a text message circulating among the legal community = that allegedly showed him telling a female associate who planned to leave t= he firm that she had taken a salary "while sitting on your ass" during her = maternity leave.

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State Constitutions Take Spotlight Post-Dobbs

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By Jess Krochtengel

One of the biggest waves of state = constitution litigation in modern history is playing out in reaction to the= U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on abortion and voting rights, and legal scho= lars say they expect the trend to continue for years to come.

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Judge Denies Atty Immunity Claim In Lewis Brisbois TM = Suit

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By Catherine Marfin

A Texas federal judge has denied a= n attorney's bid to be removed from a trademark suit brought by Lewis Brisb= ois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, writing that he is "reluctant" to decide the = nature of the lawyer's actions when he filed an assumed name certificate us= ing the same name as the national law firm.

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NAACP Can Pursue Challenge To SC Court Doc 'Scraping' = Ban

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By Gina Kim

A South Carolina judge on Tue= sday refused to toss the NAACP's suit over the state court system's restric= tion on automated "scraping" of eviction-related cases, finding the organiz= ation stated a claim for a First Amendment violation since the records at i= ssue have been historically available to the public in some form.

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Mich. Justice Apologizes After Attack Pushes Out Clerk=

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By Danielle Ferguson

A Michigan Supreme Court justice h= as apologized for his condemnation of a fellow justice's decision to hire a= formerly incarcerated lawyer as a clerk, a rare public schism that caused = the clerk to quit.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AmTrust Financial Services Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil = Liberties Union of South Carolina

American Friends Service = Committee Inc.

Brennan Center for Justice

Cable News Network Inc.

Early Warning Services LLC

Getty Images Inc.

Hitachi Ltd.

Hitachi Zosen Inova AG

Huttig Building Products Inc.

Johns Hopkins University

LinkedIn Corp.

MGM Resorts International

Mercedes-Benz USA LLC

Nat= ional Association for the Advancement of Colored People

PrimeSource Building Products = Inc.

Spokeo Inc.

The Center for Reproducti= ve Rights Inc.

The Morganti Group Inc.

Trump Organization Inc.

Twitter Inc.

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Wynn Resorts Ltd.


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GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Armed Services Board of = Contract Appeals

Government Accountability Office=

Internal Revenue Service

South Carolina Judicial Branch

U.S. Army

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Bankruptcy= Court for the District of Delaware

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

U.S. Court of Appeals= for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Distri= ct Court for the District of South Carolina

U.S. Distri= ct Court for the Middle District of Florida

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

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

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

Washington Attorney General&= #39;s Office

Washington State De= partment of Transportation

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