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ConocoPhillips' Alaska Drilling Plan Clears Regulatory= Hurdle

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By Peter McGuire

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Toshiba Can't Kill $500M Hydro Plant Job Contract Brea= ch Suit

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By Craig Clough

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A Michigan federal judge ruled on = Wednesday that Toshiba Corp. will not be able to avoid a lawsuit accusing i= ts American unit of performing shoddy work and botching a $500 million cont= ract to overhaul a hydroelectric plant, finding the plant owners plausibly = alleged breach of contract and breach of parent guaranty claims.=0D

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Court OKs Settlement In City National Redlining Suit

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An agreement between City National= Bank and the U.S. government requiring the bank to make its financial serv= ices available in majority-Black and Hispanic areas of Los Angeles has rece= ived a California federal judge's approval, ending a suit alleging the comp= any engaged in unlawful redlining.=0D

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Judge Rips Trump's Reply To AG's $250M Suit, Vows Oct.= Trial

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A New York state judge lectured Do= nald Trump's attorneys Wednesday for their excessively wordy responses to t= he attorney general's mammoth civil fraud case against him but declined to = consider the state's request for sanctions as the suit marches toward an Oc= tober trial.=0D

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Real Estate Rumors: J Lo, Manhattan Development, John = Buck

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How Proposed BOEM Regs Will Boost Offshore Wind Projec= ts

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Newly proposed offshore wind proje= ct regulations from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management represent a subst= antial regulatory shift that will improve transparency around the timing of= lease auctions, streamline approval and oversight for projects in developm= ent, and provide needed guidance for future projects, say attorneys at K&am= p;L Gates.=0D

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Girardi's Mental State Emerges As Early Legal Battlegr= ound

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By Phillip Bantz

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Now that federal grand juries in C= alifornia and Illinois have indicted Girardi Keese founder Tom Girardi, who= is 83 and diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, on charges stemming from his= firm's theft of millions from clients, the stage is set for a court battle= over the former legal titan's fitness to stand trial.=0D

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Tom Girardi Indicted In Calif., Ill. Over Client Theft= Scandal

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From Star Litigator To Criminal Defendant: A Girardi T= imeline

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Over the last four years, the plai= ntiffs bar has been rocked by the swift collapse of the once-bustling Los A= ngeles plaintiffs firm Girardi Keese and the disbarment of founder Thomas V= . Girardi, who now faces criminal charges of misappropriating millions of d= ollars in client settlement funds.=0D

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McCarthy Taps Akin Gump Atty As House General Counsel<= /a>

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By James Arkin

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NC Justice Hushes Attys In Debate Over Holland & K= night Call

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Calif. Gov. Taps Perkins Coie, Gibson Dunn Alumni For = Bench

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Brady's Dominance On The Field Coincided With Time In = Court

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