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New rules requiring federal infrastructure projects to use only U.S.-orig= in building materials could run afoul of international obligations that all= ow foreign contractors to have the same shot at bidding for projects as Ame= rican companies.

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TOP NEWS

Analysis

US-Made Materials Rule May Create New Trade Friction

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By Jennifer Doherty

New rules requiring federal infras= tructure projects to use only U.S.-origin building materials could run afou= l of international obligations that allow foreign contractors to have the s= ame shot at bidding for projects as American companies.

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Commerce Launches Tin Mill Product Probes Into 8 Count= ries

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By Micah Danney

The U.S. Department of Commerce is= launching investigations into eight countries' exports of tin mill product= s in response to dumping claims made by an Ohio producer and a labor union = last month.

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Zurich Denied Early Win In Solar Co.'s $31M Bond Row

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By Riley Murdock

A Washington federal judge on Thur= sday denied Zurich American Insurance Co. and one of its units an early win= in a $30.9 million bond default dispute with a solar energy contractor, fi= nding there are still genuine factual disputes in the case.

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Pal Of 'Lottery Lawyer' Under House Arrest After New C= harges

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By Rachel Scharf

An alleged Mafioso was put under h= ouse arrest Thursday ahead of his sentencing in the Brooklyn federal fraud = case of "Lottery Lawyer" Jason Kurland after being separately charged by th= e Manhattan District Attorney's Office with participating in a $100 million= kickback scheme.

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POLICY & REGULATION

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Feds Propose Endangered Species Act Permitting Changes=

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By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service= is proposing to revise permitting processes under Section 10 of the Endang= ered Species Act, in a move that it says will encourage more people and com= panies to participate in voluntary conservation agreements.

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LITIGATION

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Insurer's Claims Against Broker Trimmed In HOA Spat

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By Elizabeth Daley

An insurer seeking to rescind poli= cies it issued to a homeowners association may continue suing the HOA's bro= ker over allegations of fraud in connection with a fire, a California feder= al judge said, though he dismissed the insurer's negligence-based claims.

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NJ Man Says Attys Pushed Him Into Guilty Plea In Fraud= Case

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By Jake Maher

A New Jersey real estate investor = who pled guilty to defrauding multiple banks out of $400,000 in a real esta= te scheme is seeking to take back his guilty plea, arguing he was coerced i= nto making the plea by his attorneys.

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Texas Court Backs Property Owner In Blocked Street Sui= t

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By Isaac Monterose

A Texas appellate court sided with= a Dallas property owner in his nearly 20-year legal fight accusing the cit= y of wrongfully blocking access to his property by demolishing a street abu= tting his land and allowing obstructive railroad construction, ruling that = Texas law allowed the property owner to bring an injunction claim against t= he city.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Why The Original 'Rocket Docket' Will Likely Resume It= s Pace

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Though the Eastern District of Vir= ginia, for decades the fastest federal trial court in the country, experien= ced significant pandemic-related slowdowns, several factors unique to the d= istrict suggest that it will soon return to its speedy pace, say Dabney Car= r and Robert Angle at Troutman Pepper.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Troutman Pepper Hit By Cyberattack

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By Steven Lerner

Troutman Pepper was reportedly str= uck by a cyberattack on Wednesday, becoming the latest in the legal industr= y to suffer a data breach.

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Monitoring Of Bankman-Fried's Texts Likely After GC Co= ntact

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By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge said Thu= rsday he is likely to ratchet up monitoring of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Frie= d's text messages, after prosecutors complained he improperly contacted the= bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange's general counsel via an encrypted textin= g app.

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Senate OKs 4th Circ. Pick In First Confirmation This Y= ear

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By James Arkin

The Senate voted in bipartisan fas= hion Thursday to confirm Judge DeAndrea Benjamin to the Fourth Circuit, the= first judicial confirmation this year after Democrats expanded their major= ity in the chamber.

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Murdaugh Confessed To Atty Friend About Thefts, Jury H= ears

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By Cara Salvatore

South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaug= h's former best friend and sometime co-counsel told a jury Thursday about p= ersonally covering nearly $200,000 of missing money for his friend before M= urdaugh finally confessed one morning that he was battling a decades-long o= pioid addiction and was stealing from his law partners and clients.

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NY Sen. Sues To Force Floor Vote On Chief Judge Nomine= e

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By Frank G. Runyeon

A Republican New York state senato= r sued the legislative body and his Democratic colleagues Thursday in a bid= to force a floor vote on the governor's chief judge nominee, Justice Hecto= r LaSalle, after he was rejected by the Judiciary Committee.

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Del. Vice Chancellor Glasscock Sidelined By Home Accid= ent

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By Jeff Montgomery

Delaware Vice Chancellor Sam Glass= cock III, who presides over the Court of Chancery's southernmost courtroom = in Georgetown, was reported out of action Thursday following an accident at= home that required emergency surgery on Feb. 1.

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Ex-Girardi CFO Pleads Not Guilty To Aiding Client Thef= t

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By Celeste Bott

A onetime financial officer for no= w-defunct Girardi Keese pled not guilty Thursday to charges of wire fraud a= nd contempt in Chicago federal court in a case accusing him of helping now-= disbarred firm founder Tom Girardi misappropriate millions of dollars from = clients' settlement proceeds.

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NJ Lawyer Arrested On Charges He Stole COVID Relief Fu= nds

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By Emily Sawicki

The U.S. Department of Justice ann= ounced on Thursday it had arrested a New Jersey attorney accused of committ= ing nearly $350,000 worth of fraud against the federal government by milkin= g pandemic-era relief programs for his private gain.

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Ousted NC Court Clerk Fights Removal Over 'Butt Dial'<= /a>

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By Travis Bland

A former North Carolina clerk of c= ourt told a state appeals panel that she was wrongly removed from office af= ter she "butt-dialed" a judge, who then overheard her utter an expletive, b= ecause the act was unintentional.

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Podcast

The Term: How Justice Harlan Became A Civil Rights Her= o

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When the U.S. Supreme Court revoke= d newly awarded civil rights for freed Black Americans after the Civil War,= it was the scion of a Southern slave-holding family who stood up in protes= t: Justice John Marshall Harlan. Author Peter Canellos joins The Term this = week to discuss why Justice Harlan, largely vindicated by history, is still= overlooked for his contribution to American law.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

FTX US

GoFundMe Inc.

Google LLC

Massachusetts Board of Ba= r Overseers

Oracle Corp.

Paramount Global

South State Corp.

Spotify Technology SA

State Bar of California

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

United Steelworkers

Zurich Insurance Group AG


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Akin Gump

Baker Keener

Bradley Arant

Cairncross & Hempelmann

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Emergency Management = Agency

Federal Judicial Center

Fish and Wildlife Service

International Trade Administra= tion

International Trade Commission

New York State Senate

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorne= y's Office for the District of New Jersey

U.S. A= ttorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Di= strict Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District C= ourt for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

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

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

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U.S. Supreme Court

World Trade Organization

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