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Extra money from interest earned on the blockbuster $1 billion settlement= after the deadly collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo in Florida w= ill go directly to victims and not a memorial fund, a state judge ruled Fri= day.

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TOP NEWS

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Interest On $1B Surfside Deal Will Go To Collapse Vict= ims

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By Carolina Bolado

Extra money from interest earned o= n the blockbuster $1 billion settlement after the deadly collapse of the Ch= amplain Towers South condo in Florida will go directly to victims and not a= memorial fund, a state judge ruled Friday.

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Ukraine War Anniversary Brings New Export Controls, Ta= riffs

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By Jennifer Doherty

The Biden administration met the o= ne-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Friday with a fresh = round of penalties, including financial sanctions covering over 100 entitie= s, an exponential increase in aluminum tariffs and export restrictions targ= eting Russia and its backers.

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Justices May Mull Whether Nixed $36M Award Can Be OK'd=

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By Caroline Simson

A Mexican cement company will ask = the U.S. Supreme Court whether the Tenth Circuit was correct to enforce a $= 36.1 million arbitral award even after it was annulled in Bolivia, a decisi= on that the company argues diverges from precedent established by the D.C. = and Second Circuits.

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ENFORCEMENT

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Former Atlanta Commissioner Gets 4½ Years in Brib= ery Case

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By Madeline Lyskawa

A former Atlanta city commissioner= was sentenced Friday to 4½ years in prison after being convicted in G= eorgia federal court on charges that she took $40,000 in bribes from a loca= l contractor in exchange for steering millions of dollars' worth of city co= ntracts to the contractor's company.

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LITIGATION

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6th Circ. Asked To Remand Enbridge Fight To Mich. Cour= t

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By Caleb Symons

Michigan's attorney general is ask= ing the Sixth Circuit to return to state court a lawsuit meant to prevent E= nbridge Inc. from transporting oil and natural gas through a narrow passage= in the Great Lakes, claiming the energy company waited too long to transfe= r the case to federal court.

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Pipeline Co. Says Gas Co. Owes $4M For Construction Wo= rk

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By Daniel Ducassi

A pipeline construction company ha= s alleged in a Denver state court that a Marathon Petroleum Corp. subsidiar= y owes more than $4 million in final payments for installation of a 26-mile= pipeline in West Virginia as part of a trio of contracts at the heart of a= separate Colorado Supreme Court case.

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Ex-LA Official Connected 'Big Whales' To Huizar, Jury = Told

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By Gina Kim

A onetime aide to convic= ted Los Angeles councilman José Huizar testified Friday in former depu= ty mayor Raymond Chan's federal bribery trial, giving jurors an insider's l= ook at how Chan connected so-called "big whales" — wealthy Chine= se developers — with his boss Huizar, "the king of downtown."

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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High Court Ax Of Atty-Client Privilege Case Deepens Sp= lit

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The U.S. Supreme Court's recent di= smissal of In re: Grand Jury as improvidently granted maintains a three-way= circuit split on the application of attorney-client privilege to multipurp= ose communications, although the justices have at least shown a desire to a= ddress it, say Trey Bourn and Thomas DiStanislao at Butler Snow.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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First-Time Bar Passage Rate Dropped Again In 2022<= /p> =09

By Xiumei Dong

The bar exam pass rate for first-t= ime takers dropped to under 75% in 2022, a continued decline from the previ= ous year, according to statistics released Friday by the American Bar Assoc= iation.

Read full article »

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Slater & Gordon Board Approves Sale Of Law Firm To= PE Shop

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By Matt Perez

Australian law firm Slater & G= ordon Ltd. said Friday that its board of directors unanimously recommended = the sale of the company to private equity firm Allegro for an estimated AU$= 78 million ($53.16 million).

Read full article »

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Paul Hastings Hires COO After Ditching Ex-Proskauer Ex= ec

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By Marco Poggio

Paul Hastings LLP has hired a form= er Goodwin Procter LLP managing director to become its new chief operating = officer after abandoning plans to bring on Proskauer Rose LLP's former COO,= Jonathan O'Brien, who was accused of stealing trade secrets, a Paul Hastin= gs spokesperson confirmed Friday.

Read full article »

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Akerman Debuts Economic Sanctions Practice

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By Emily Lever

Akerman LLP is launching a sanctio= ns and export controls practice to step up its existing work advising corpo= rations on navigating sanctions, with a focus on Cuba and Latin America, th= e firm announced Friday.

Read full article »

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Murdaugh Says Firm Thefts Aren't Tied To Murders Of Fa= mily

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By Cara Salvatore

South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaug= h endured hours of cross-examination Friday in his murder trial, disagreein= g with a prosecutor that disclosure of thefts from his law firm finally arr= ived "at his door" in June 2021, providing a motive to kill.

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GOP Lawmakers Seek Info On Biden High Court Commission=

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By James Arkin

Republican leaders on the House an= d Senate Judiciary Committees are seeking information about the internal wo= rkings of President Joe Biden's now-defunct commission to study U.S. Suprem= e Court reform, saying they are conducting oversight on "radical efforts to= pack the Supreme Court and undermine judicial independence."

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Up Next At High Court: Biden's Debt Plan In Crosshairs=

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By Jimmy Hoover

In two cases that could affect the= bank accounts of up to 43 million Americans, the U.S. Supreme Court is set= to weigh the legality of President Joe Biden's massive student debt plan i= n oral arguments this week. Here, Law360 highlights the legal issues and la= wyers squaring off in two of the most closely watched cases this term.

Read full article »

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In-House Group Sides With Covington In Battle With SEC=

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By Emily Sawicki

The legal industry continues to ex= tend support for Covington & Burling LLP's fight to keep client informa= tion private against demands by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission= to release the names of clients targeted in a 2020 cyberattack, with the A= ssociation of Corporate Counsel filing an amicus brief backing up the firm'= s refusal to comply.

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Analysis

New SEC Rules Put Spotlight On Exec Trading Plans<= /p> =09

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange C= ommission's new rules to crack down on executive insider trading take effec= t Monday, and they bring some confusion and a host of new requirements that= may have companies rethinking their use of Rule 10b5-1 trading plans.

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Non-Retroactive Laws Not Basis For Early Release, DOJ = Says

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By Andrea Keckley

The head of the Justice Department= 's criminal appellate section urged the U.S. Sentencing Commission Thursday= not to adopt a proposal that would allow courts to reduce a criminal sente= nce based on changes in the law.

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DirecTV GC Tells Jury Soccer Media Co. Raised No Red F= lags

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By Rachel Scharf

The general counsel of DirecTV too= k the witness stand on Friday in the trial of two former 21st Century Fox e= xecutives, telling a Brooklyn federal jury he never saw any signs of briber= y in the dealings of an Argentine soccer broadcasting partner shared by Dir= ecTV and Fox.

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Thomson Reuters Pushes For Wins In IP Suit Against ROS= S

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By Andrea Keckley

Copying the work of a competitor's= editors to create an artificial intelligence-powered database is an undisp= uted violation of copyright, Thomson Reuters told a Delaware federal court = Thursday asking for summary judgment against ROSS Intelligence Inc., which = Reuters accuses of illegally using its Westlaw without permission or compen= sation to create another product.

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Michael Best Drafts Super Bowl Champ As Strategic Advi= ser

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By Emily Sawicki

A new director of strategic adviso= ry services has joined Michael Best & Friedrich LLP's Denver office, an= d he's bringing some unusual hardware: a Super Bowl ring.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week=

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By Michele Gorman

Federal regulators cited concerns = about the "unpredictability" of crypto-related firms as a funding source fo= r banks, and the U.S. Department of Justice issued a policy for corporate c= riminal enforcement in all U.S. attorney's offices. These are among the sto= ries in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In Londo= n

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By Tabitha Burbidge

The past week in London has seen g= lobal law firm Dentons sued by property investment company RBE Investments,= six film studios including Universal, Disney and Paramount sue six U.K. in= ternet service providers over pirating websites, and the former chair of th= e school at the center of New York Times podcast investigation The Trojan H= orse Affair bring libel proceedings against the Guardian newspaper. Here, L= aw360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On La= w360

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For those who missed out, here's a= look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the= most buzz on Law360 last week.

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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.

Read full article »

Podcast

Pro Say: Data Collection Goes To White Castle

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The Illinois Supreme Court shook u= p the world of privacy litigation last week with a ruling that every unlawf= ul collection of employee fingerprints by White Castle resulted in a new an= d separate claim under the state's biometric privacy law, shifting the stan= dard for how biometric privacy claims accrue and potentially opening the ha= mburger chain up to billions in damages.

Read full article »

Podcast

The Term: Big Tech Seems Likely To Keep Immunity, For = Now

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The Supreme Court seemed largely i= nterested this week in preserving the broad immunity that tech companies ha= ve enjoyed under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for decades,= fearful of crashing the billion-dollar internet economy that has prospered= in large part because of that legal shield. Law360's The Term breaks down = Big Tech's big week on First Street in this episode.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Airbnb Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Constitution Society

Anchorage Capital Group LLC

Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA/NV

Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Apple Inc.

Association of Corporate Counse= l

Australian Securities Exchange

BARBRI

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedic= a Inc.

Capsugel Inc.

DocuSign Inc.

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

Enbridge Inc.

Federation Int= ernationale de Football Association

Fox Corp.

General Electric Co.

Google LLC

Grupo Cementos de Chihuah= ua SAB de CV

Helix Energy Solutions Group, I= nc.

Investments Ltd.

KBR Inc.

MSP Recovery

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Michigan State University

Netflix Inc.

New York University

Perella Weinberg Partners LP

Spotify Technology SA

Surfside

The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

The New York Times Co.

Thomson Reuters Corp.

Twitter Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

University of Virginia

Virgin Media Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

White Castle Management Co.

Willis Towers Watson PLC

YouTube Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olsw= ang

Curtis Mallet-Prevost

Herbert Smith Freehills

Law Firm of Gary Willi= ams Parenti Watson & Gary

Shakespeare Martineau

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Wheeler Trigg

Wiggin LLP

Williams & Connolly

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bad River Band of = Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe

Bureau of Industry and Security

Colorado Supreme Court

European Union

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Illinois Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

Michigan Attorney General'= s Office

Michigan Department of N= atural Resources

National Labor Relations Board

National Security Council

New York Department of = Financial Services

Office of Foreign Assets Control=

Office of the Comptroll= er of the Currency

U.S. Army

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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

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

U.S. A= ttorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

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

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

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

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Sentencing Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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