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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to clarify whether boycott act= ivity is protected by the First Amendment, leaving in place an Eighth Circu= it opinion upholding an Arkansas law requiring government contractors to ce= rtify that they will not boycott Israel or Israel-controlled territories.

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Is Boycotting Israel A Protected Right? Justices Won't= Wade In

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By Hannah Albarazi

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday = declined to clarify whether boycott activity is protected by the First Amen= dment, leaving in place an Eighth Circuit opinion upholding an Arkansas law= requiring government contractors to certify that they will not boycott Isr= ael or Israel-controlled territories.

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10th Circ. Won't Revisit $36M Enforcement Ruling =09

By Caleb Symons

The Tenth Circuit has declined to = reconsider a panel decision that would hold a Mexican cement company liable= for a $36.1 million arbitral judgment even though the award, tied to an in= vestment dispute in Bolivia, has been annulled.

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9th Circ. Reinstates Trump-Era Clean Water Act Rule

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By Peter McGuire

A Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday r= estored a Trump-era rule limiting the power of states and tribes to restric= t new development under the Clean Water Act, ruling that a lower court had = to have found the rule unlawful before throwing it out.

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Real Estate Rumors: Creation Equity, John Vassallo, La= rgo

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By WaTeasa Freeman

Creation Equity reportedly plans t= o build a $60 million industrial project in Arizona, developer John Vassall= o is said to be pivoting from a Wisconsin multifamily project and will now = build a car wash in its place, and Largo Capital is said to have arranged $= 28 million in financing for an office portfolio in New York.

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ENFORCEMENT

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Ex-LA Official's Bribery Trial Kicks Off With Fiery Op= ening

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By Gina Kim

Federal prosecutors opened Raymond= Chan's fraud and bribery trial on Tuesday by detailing the former Los Ange= les deputy mayor's alleged involvement in a yearslong "pay-to-play" real es= tate scheme, while Chan's attorney delivered an inflammatory opening that d= rew at least 11 sustained objections and a skeptical admonishment from the = judge.

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LITIGATION

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Justices Won't Wade Into Construction Co. Benefits Fig= ht

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By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tue= sday to hear a construction company's challenge to a Sixth Circuit decision= greenlighting union benefit funds' lawsuit accusing the company of wrongfu= lly cutting off contributions.

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Lack Of Exclusion Can't Save Consulting Co.'s Virus Su= it

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By Riley Murdock

A New York federal judge tossed a = construction consulting company's COVID-19 business interruption suit again= st Hartford Underwriters Insurance Co., finding that the company's losses w= eren't covered despite the absence of a virus exclusion in its policy.

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Feds Can't Justify Oil Rail Project Review, DC Circ. T= old.

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By Keith Goldberg

Federal transportation regulators = unlawfully favored the benefits of a $1.5 billion rail line to connect oil = and gas resources in Utah and Colorado compared to its environmental and sa= fety risks, project opponents told the D.C. Circuit.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Gov't Contracts Rulings Hold Termination Challenge Tip= s

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While challenging a default termin= ation can seem daunting for government contractors, two recent cases from t= he Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals high= light several ways that such efforts can be successful, say Kara Daniels an= d Amanda Sherwood at Arnold & Porter.

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4 Exercises To Quickly Build Trust On Legal Teams<= /p> =09 =09

High-performance legal teams can i= ntentionally build trust through a rigorous approach, including open-ended = conversations and personality assessments, to help attorneys bond fast, eve= n if they are new to the firm or group, says Ben Sachs at the University of= Virginia School of Law.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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83 Law Firms Back Covington In Privilege Fight With SE= C

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By Lauren Berg

Morrison & Foerster LLP, Kirkl= and & Ellis LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and 80 other law firms on Tue= sday backed Covington & Burling LLP's opposition to releasing the names= of clients targeted by a cyberattack to the U.S. Securities and Exchange C= ommission, emphasizing the dangers of weakening the principle of attorney-c= lient privilege.

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Quinn Emanuel, Hagens Berman Keep Meta Leadership Role= s

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By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge on Tues= day ruled, "with some reservations," that Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sull= ivan LLP and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP should continue to co-lead an = antitrust suit against Meta Platforms Inc., instructing the firms to "put b= ehind them" gender bias allegations against Quinn Emanuel.

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Justices Worried About Breaking The Internet

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By Jimmy Hoover

The Supreme Court on Tuesday seeme= d reluctant to scale back the broad immunity that internet companies have e= njoyed for decades under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, wor= rying openly about a tidal wave of lawsuits that could threaten jobs and in= novation in the tech industry.

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Jackson, Sotomayor Bemoan Cert Denial In Faulty Atty = Case

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By Phillip Bantz

A divided U.S. Supreme Court has d= eclined to hear the case of a convicted armed robber whose attorney failed = to initiate plea talks with prosecutors, with Justices Ketanji Brown Jackso= n and Sonia Sotomayor lamenting what they called a missed opportunity to re= solve a circuit split.

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Vinson & Elkins Snags Gibson Dunn FERC Team =09

By Madeline Lyskawa

Vinson & Elkins LLP announced = Tuesday that it has added a team of eight FERC-focused litigators from Gibs= on Dunn & Crutcher LLP to its energy regulatory practice, in a move tha= t will significantly strengthen the firm's already established reputation i= n the energy sector.

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Steve Bannon Didn't Pay $480K Legal Bill, Defense Firm= Says

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By Dorothy Atkins

Manhattan-based law firm Davidoff = Hutcher & Citron LLP has hit Steve Bannon with a breach of contract sui= t in New York state court, accusing the convicted former presidential advis= er of failing to pay more than $480,000 in defense legal fees in high-profi= le criminal cases.

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Sierra Leone Seeks To Toss Jenner & Block's $8.1M = Lawsuit

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By Bonnie Eslinger

Sierra Leone is asking to dismiss = Jenner & Block LLP's lawsuit seeking $8.1 million in disputed legal fee= s, saying it paid the millions required under a flat-fee agreement and the = District of Columbia federal court doesn't have jurisdiction over claims ou= tside the contract because of the West African nation's sovereign immunity.

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Ex-Atty Must Give Files To 'Inventing Anna' Faux Socia= lite

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By Ryan Boysen

Convicted scammer Anna Sorokin's l= ong, strange saga took another turn Tuesday as a New York state judge order= ed Sorokin's now-disbarred former attorney to hand over files and personal = property she's allegedly been withholding from Sorokin, or be held in conte= mpt and potentially face jail time herself.

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Use Of Plea Bargains Undermining Justice, ABA Report S= ays

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By Jack Karp

The overuse of plea bargains in cr= iminal prosecutions is undermining the criminal justice system's integrity,= exacerbating its racial inequality and creating "perverse incentives" to p= rioritize expediency over fact-finding, according to an American Bar Associ= ation report issued Wednesday.

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NY Chief Judge Nominees Must Go To Full Senate, Judge = Says

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By Frank G. Runyeon

A New York state judge branded the= state Senate's chief judge vote process unconstitutional Tuesday, ordering= a full floor vote on any future nominee after a monthlong deadlock between= the Legislature and executive branch over whether a candidate can be rejec= ted in committee.

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Ex-Litigator Must Arbitrate Bias Claims Against Wilson= Elser

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By Tracey Read

A former Wilson Elser Moskowitz Ed= elman & Dicker LLP litigator who claims he was fired for being disabled= must participate in arbitration despite his argument that it would be too = expensive for him, a New York federal court ordered Tuesday.

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IRS Must Give Some Disciplinary Docs To Atty, DC Circ.= Says

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By Theresa Schliep

An attorney is entitled to some do= cuments stemming from a closed IRS misconduct investigation into him after = the D.C. Circuit found Tuesday that certain records contained mere factual = summations relating to the probe that aren't protected from disclosure unde= r public records law.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2023 Editorial Boards=

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Law360 is looking for avid readers= of our publications to serve as members of our 2023 editorial advisory boa= rds.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Petroleum Institute In= c.

Apple Inc.

California Trout

Center for Biological Diversity<= /a>

Earthjustice

Georgetown University

Georgia State University

Google LLC

Grupo Cementos de Chihuah= ua SAB de CV

Instagram Inc.

Int= ernational Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Interstate Natural= Gas Association of America

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Nat= ional Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Rifle Associatio= n of America

Netflix Inc.

Planned Parenthood Federation

Rieth-Riley Construction Co. Inc= .

Schneider Electric

Sierra Club

Twitter Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

University of Virginia

Western Environmental Law Cente= r

YouTube Inc.


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Curtis Mallet-Prevost

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commodity Futures Trading Co= mmission

Federal Acquisition Regul= atory Council

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Internal Revenue Service

International Chamber of Commer= ce

National Labor Relations Board

New York State Senate

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe

Suquamish Tribe

Surface Transportation Board

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Central District of California

U.S. Civilian Board of Co= ntract Appeals

U.S. Co= urt of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Veterans Af= fairs

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

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

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

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

U.S. Immigration and Cust= oms Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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