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The Biden administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to touch former= President Donald Trump's controversial tariffs on steel imports, saying Tr= ump wasn't forced to accept findings that the imports threatened national s= ecurity, which importers had deemed baseless.

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Biden Defends Trump's National Security Duties At High= Court

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By Rae Ann Varona

The Biden administration urged the= U.S. Supreme Court not to touch former President Donald Trump's controvers= ial tariffs on steel imports, saying Trump wasn't forced to accept findings= that the imports threatened national security, which importers had deemed = baseless.

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Feds Tell 9th Circ. Trade Court No Place For FCA Dutie= s Case

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By Daniel Wilson

The federal government and a relat= or have both urged the Ninth Circuit to rule that a district court could de= cide a False Claims Act case finding an importer wrongly skirted duties on = pipe fittings, after the court asked for extra briefing on jurisdiction.

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Chamber, Biz Groups Join Fight Against Biden Water Rul= e

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By Peter McGuire

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a= collection of pro-business interests launched a fresh challenge to a Biden= administration rule defining the extent of the Clean Water Act, claiming i= n a Wednesday complaint in Kentucky federal court that it violated federal = law and the U.S. Constitution by expanding federal authority over the count= ry's surface waters.

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Pipeline Co. Says FERC Construction Extension Was Prop= er

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By Peter McGuire

A deadline extension for a 99-mile= natural gas pipeline through New York state is necessary precisely because= the environmental group challenging it in the D.C. Circuit has delayed con= struction through years of lawsuits, developer National Fuel Gas Supply Cor= p. and an industry trade group told the appeals court.

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Feds Pitch First Gulf Of Mexico Wind Lease Sale =09

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Department of the Interio= r is proposing its first offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, pa= rt of a Biden administration goal to expand offshore wind opportunities and= develop 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030.

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LITIGATION

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Zurich Allowed To Exit Suit Over Sinking Tower Settlem= ent

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By Hope Patti

A California federal judge dismiss= ed all claims brought against a Zurich unit by another insurer seeking to r= ecover its $25 million contribution toward the settlement of claims against= their mutual insured stemming from the construction of San Francisco's Mil= lennium Tower.

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Tribe Fights Contractor's Atty Fee Bid In Casino Pay R= ow

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By Ali Sullivan

A California Native American tribe= embroiled in a yearslong contract dispute over stalled casino construction= says a contractor alleging he was never paid for the construction work isn= 't entitled to attorney fees.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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6 Labor Compliance Questions For Infrastructure Contra= ctors

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Eric Leonard at Wiley provides a c= hecklist to help both traditional and nontraditional government contractors= identify and understand the enhanced labor and employment compliance oblig= ations they assume by taking on a project funded under the Bipartisan Infra= structure Law.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Texas Judge Refuses To Torpedo $175M Verdict Against M= eta

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By Andrew Karpan

A federal judge in Texas has rejec= ted arguments by Facebook's parent company that purportedly inflammatory co= mments about the social media website's use of "censorship" by Quinn Emanue= l lawyers representing an app developer have tainted the developer's $175 m= illion jury win in a patent case.

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'Cunning' Murdaugh Misused Firm Credit Card, Jury Told=

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By Cara Salvatore

A former law partner of Alex Murda= ugh's testified in his murder trial on Wednesday that over the years, the l= awyer charged tuition to a firm credit card and took personal rides on the = firm's private plane.

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Former 10th Circ. Pick Tapped For Kansas District Cour= t

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By Jimmy Hoover

The White House on Wednesday named= nominees to the federal bench in Colorado, Kansas and the Court of Federal= Claims, including a federal prosecutor who was previously up for the Tenth= Circuit.

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DOJ Issues Corp. Self-Disclosure Policy For US Atty's = Offices

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By Stewart Bishop

The U.S. Department of Justice on = Wednesday unveiled a voluntary self-disclosure policy for corporate crimina= l enforcement in all U.S. attorney's offices across the nation, offering st= eep discounts on fines and non-guilty plea resolutions to companies that ti= mely self-report.

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Justices Skeptical Of Twitter's Liability For Terroris= m

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By Jimmy Hoover

Several U.S. Supreme Court justice= s appeared doubtful Wednesday that Twitter can be held liable for "aid= ing and abetting" terrorist activity for not taking meaningful enough actio= n to remove extremist content from its platform, but they struggled with ho= w to define what constitutes such substantial assistance to terrorists.= 0;

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Justices Say Ariz. Got Death Penalty Due Process Wrong=

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By Jess Krochtengel

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesda= y said Arizona high court justices so wrongly interpreted the state's crimi= nal procedure rules that federal review was warranted, in a death penalty a= ppeal that spurred a 5-4 divide among the justices.

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States Ask Justices To Review Fees In Mooted Voter Law= Suit

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By Tom Lotshaw

Georgia and other states are joini= ng Tennessee in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a divided Sixth Cir= cuit panel opinion upholding a $795,000 attorney fee award to groups that c= hallenged a Tennessee voter registration law's constitutionality and won pr= eliminary injunctive relief before the state repealed the law.

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NC Strip Club Says Models Can't Deny It Info On Photos=

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By Travis Bland

A North Carolina strip club owner = told a federal court that being kept in the dark about when a law firm disc= overed the club had used photos of models accusing it of intellectual prope= rty infringement would destroy potential time-limiting defenses to which th= e club is entitled.

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Ex-Clerk's Noncompliance Gets Sexual Harassment Suit A= xed

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By Emmy Freedman

A New York federal judge threw out= a former law clerk's suit accusing the state's judicial system of covering= up for a judge who she says sexually harassed her, finding her failure to = comply with court orders warranted ending her case.

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Legal Service Workers At NYLAG Strike For 2n= d Day

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By Emily Lever

Over 160 attorneys and staff = at the New York Legal Assistance Group walked a picket line in the rain and= 40-degree temperatures from morning into the afternoon Wednesday, striking= for the second day in a row over what they say are low salaries and high w= orkloads at the legal services organization.

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DC Must Face Suit Over Property Seized As Evidence=

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By Katie Buehler

A D.C. federal judge ruled Wednesd= ay the district must face a trimmed constitutional challenge to how it hand= les property seized in connection to potential criminal investigations, fin= ding a proposed class action plausibly alleges the district's policy violat= es the Fifth Amendment's due process clause.

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Worker Must Pay For 'Egregious' Claim, Eli Lilly Says<= /a>

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By Emmy Freedman

A worker should have to cover the = costs Eli Lilly incurred defending her unsubstantiated accusation that the = pharmaceutical giant improperly took money from its 401(k) plan, the compan= y told a federal court.

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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

Interstate Natural= Gas Association of America

JAMS Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Nat= ional Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Fuel Gas Co.

New York Legal Assistance Gr= oup Inc.

Portland Cement Association

Sierra Club

The Lawyers'= ; Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Twitter Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

United Parcel Service Inc.

Volkswagen AG

Webcor Builders

YouTube Inc.

Zurich Insurance Group AG


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Barnes & Thornburg

Brown Law LLP

Carlton Fields

Crowell Law Office - Trib= al Advocacy Group

Keker Van Nest & Peters

Law Office of Lewis E. Leibowitz

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arizona Supreme Court

Bureau of Ocean Energy Manageme= nt

Coyote Valley Ba= nd of Pomo Indians of California

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Georgia Attorney General's = Office

National Labor Relations Board

New York Attorney General'= s Office

U.S. Attorney= 9;s Office for the District of Kansas

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

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

U.S. Customs and Border Protect= ion

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of Transportatio= n

U.S. Department of the Interior

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

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

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

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. Distric= t Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office<= /a>

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United St= ates District Court for the District of Kansas

United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

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