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By Linda Chiem

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EPA Issues Final Veto On Pebble Mine

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By Juan Carlos Rodriguez

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SPAC Sues After Sparks Energy Backs Out Of $475M Merge= r

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Cayman Islands-based blank-check c= ompany 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. III isn't taking no for an ans= wer and has filed suit in Delaware Chancery Court against Sparks Energy Inc= . after the restoration company backed out of a merger agreement it claims = did not constitute a binding contract.=0D

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NY AG Wants Trump And Attys Sanctioned In $250M Suit

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By Elliot Weld

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New York Attorney General Letitia = James told a state judge Tuesday that former President Donald Trump, the Tr= ump Organization and its officers are attempting to "deny facts" they have = previously admitted to in their responses to her $250 million fraud suit, a= sking the court to sanction the defendants and their counsel.=0D

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Clay Mine Threatens Tribe's Land And Health, Suit Says=

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A clay-mining operation near trust= land belonging to the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians would threat= en the California tribe's cultural, natural and economic resources if allow= ed to move forward, a new lawsuit in California federal court alleges.=0D

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Pa. Court Undoes $5.6M Verdict In Roofer Injury Suit

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Ga. Home Inspectors Escape Wrongful Death Suit On Appe= al

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A home inspection contract prevent= s a Georgia widow from suing inspectors over her late husband's death on th= e couple's property, the Georgia Court of Appeals held Tuesday, while urgin= g state lawmakers to prevent such a "harsh" outcome.=0D

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Mapping The Transport Sector's Road To Zero Emissions =

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Transportation companies that hope= to lead the multiagency U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbo= nization's recently announced transition to zero-emission vehicles and fuel= s should anticipate a host of commercial and legal issues, say Levi McAllis= ter and Pamela Wu at Morgan Lewis.=0D

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5th Circ. Confidential Witness Ruling Is A Big Change<= /a>

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The Fifth Circuit's recent ruling = in Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System v. Six Flags that co= nfidential witness claims can be sufficient to establish scienter is a sign= ificant message that anonymous witness allegations should be credited, and = plaintiffs should feel more confident including these claims in their secur= ities fraud complaints, say James Christie and David Saldamando at Labaton = Sucharow.=0D =0D

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Law Firms Failed In 2022 To Match Previous Year's Prof= its

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Fed. Circ. Nixes Quinn Emanuel's $185M Fee In ACA Case= s

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McConnell Roasts Judicial Pick Over Hearing Performanc= e

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Haynes Boone Opens Va. Office With 19 Attys From Local= Firm

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Atty Fired For Akin Gump Call Asks 3rd Circ. To Revive= Suit

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A former assistant county attorney= from Delaware who says he was unjustly fired after receiving advice from A= kin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP about the distribution of coronavirus= funding has asked the Third Circuit to revive his suit, arguing that a Del= aware federal court wrongly rejected his due process claims.=0D

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American Bar Foundation Names New Executive Director

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Texas Court Officials Say Scammer Is Posing As Chief J= ustice

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