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White House Seeks More US-Made Materials For Infrastru= cture

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By Valentina Pasquali

The White House took steps Wednesd= ay to clarify and tighten a requirement that construction materials used in= federal infrastructure projects must be produced in the United States.

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DOE Shirked Climate In LNG Export Approvals, Sierra Sa= ys

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By Madeline Lyskawa

The Sierra Club told the D.C. Circ= uit that the U.S. Department of Energy failed to take into account national= and international commitments to combat climate change when it approved ad= ditional liquefied natural gas exports from a pair of not-yet-built termina= ls on the Gulf Coast

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EB-5 Developers' Latest Dispute Heads To Arbitration

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By Grace Dixon

A group of Chinese investors dropp= ed their claims against a consortium of entities and individuals that drumm= ed up EB-5 funds to develop a Hawaii hotel, saying they'll take their attem= pt to recoup $13.2 million in missing investments to arbitration.

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Real Estate Rumors: Stonehenge, Urban Network, Evans

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By WaTeasa Freeman

Stonehenge has reportedly paid $11= 5 million for a New York apartment complex, an Urban Network Capital ventur= e is reportedly close to breaking ground on a $170 million mixed-use projec= t near Disney World in Florida, and Evans Senior Investments is said to hav= e brokered the sale of a Pennsylvania senior living portfolio for $39 milli= on.

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LITIGATION

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Tenth Circ. Pressed Not To Revisit OK Of Nixed $36M Aw= ard

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By Caroline Simson

An investment firm is urging the T= enth Circuit not to revisit its decision enforcing a $36.1 million arbitral= award even after it was annulled in Bolivia, arguing that its reasoning is= consistent with the only other circuit court to have considered the questi= on.

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Chinese Exile Seeks 5th Amendment Protection In Ch. 11= Case

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By Aaron Keller

A man long described as an exiled = Chinese billionaire is asserting Fifth Amendment privileges against a bankr= uptcy judge's order to compel cooperation with a Chapter 11 trustee's exami= nation of his affairs while simultaneously appealing a separate contempt or= der, a pair of filings in Connecticut federal court indicate.

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Ga. Panel OKs Atty Fees In 'Hybrid' Property Damage Ca= se

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By Peter McGuire

The winning side in arbitration ca= n recover attorney fees after a settlement offer is rejected if the case wa= s also fought in court, the Georgia Court of Appeals decided in a ruling ov= er whether a construction company should get almost $280,000 in legal costs= from a property damage dispute with an Atlanta homeowner.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Shearman & Sterling Joins BigLaw's Layoff Spree

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By Xiumei Dong

Shearman & Sterling LLP confir= med Wednesday that it is laying off 12 attorneys and 26 business profession= als, joining several BigLaw firms that are reducing their workforces due to= macroeconomic pressures and changing market conditions.

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Murdaugh Faced Money Questions Day Of Murders, Jury To= ld

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By Cara Salvatore

Jurors in the murder trial of form= er high-powered South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday heard from= his paralegal of nine years, who said that hours before his wife and son w= ere slain, the firm's chief financial officer questioned Murdaugh over susp= icious payments made out of his clients' trust accounts.

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White Collar Attys Brace For More Latin America FCPA A= ction

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By Phillip Bantz

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enfo= rcement in Latin America is forecast to remain hot as U.S. regulators stren= gthen partnerships with their counterparts in certain parts of the region a= mid the Biden administration's continued focus on tamping down internationa= l corruption.

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Ex-FBI Deputy GC's Colleagues Can Testify In Sex Bias = Trial

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By Caleb Drickey

A federal judge in the District of= Columbia decided Wednesday to allow an ex-attorney for the FBI to introduc= e testimony from former colleagues in her sex discrimination trial.

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2nd Circ. Raises Procedural Doubts In Contempt Appeal<= /a>

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By Emma Whitford

A Second Circuit panel questioned = Wednesday whether an incarcerated former attorney's Fifth Amendment claim w= as properly before it, wondering if Mitchell Kossoff should have appealed a= different order in his defunct law firm's ongoing bankruptcy case.

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Bitcoin Miner Alters Legal Team As 'SIM Swap' Trial Lo= oms

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By Ali Sullivan

A bitcoin miner and cryptocurrency= investor suing AT&T over a series of cellphone hacks will head to the = impending trial in North Carolina federal court with a new legal team after= a trio of lawyers from Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP withdrew from the = case.

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NY Atty Group Again Backs Ex-Knicks Star In MSG Suit

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By Andrew Strickler

Incomplete video footage of ex-Kni= cks player Charles Oakley being thrown out of Madison Square Garden doesn't= support a federal judge's decision to end his suit against Knicks owner Ja= mes Dolan, a plaintiffs bar group told the Second Circuit on Tuesday.

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NRA Asks Justices To Review NY Regulator's 'Blacklisti= ng'

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By Katie Buehler

The National Rifle Association has= asked the U.S. Supreme Court to correct a lower court's ruling that statem= ents by a former New York financial regulator warning businesses about "rep= utational risks" from working with the NRA didn't violate the advocacy grou= p's constitutional rights.

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Sandy Hook Families Retain Investigations Firm In Ch. = 11 Case

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By Andrea Keckley

Investigations firm Nardello &= Co. has agreed to advise a committee of unsecured creditors on a pro bono = basis in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings that right-wing media f= igure Alex Jones initiated after he was hit with a combined $1.4 billion in= judgments for defamation after spreading lies that the Sandy Hook Elementa= ry School shooting was a hoax.

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Trump Sanctions In Hillary Clinton Lawsuit Paused For = Appeal

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By Ivan Moreno

A Florida federal judge put on hol= d nearly $1 million in sanctions against former President Donald Trump and = one of his lead attorneys until the Eleventh Circuit decides their appeal o= n the failed racketeering lawsuit against Hillary Clinton that triggered th= e monetary penalty.

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'Overworked, Underpaid' NY Legal Aid Attys Walk Out

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By Emily Lever

Hundreds of attorneys and professi= onals at the Legal Aid Society walked off the job for an hour Wednesday to = pressure their management to raise wages and reduce caseloads in order to s= tem the flow of attrition in the organization.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Democratic National Committee

Eastdil Secured LLC

Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC

Grupo Cementos de Chihuah= ua SAB de CV

Madison Square Garden E= ntertainment Corp.

Nardello & Co. LLC

National Association of H= ome Builders

National Rifle Associatio= n of America

New York State Trial La= wyers Association

Sierra Club

The Legal Aid Society

Walt Disney Parks & = Resorts Worldwide Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors

Cooley LLP

Crowe & Dunlevy

Curtis Mallet-Prevost

Davis Wright Tremaine

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

New York Department of = Financial Services

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

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

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

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

U.S= . District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. Dis= trict Court for the Northern District of Illinois

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

U.S. Dis= trict Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

Un= ited States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut

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