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An Eleventh Circuit panel appeared troubled during arguments on Tuesday b= y undisclosed relationships between arbitrators who awarded $240 million to= the operator of the Panama Canal, in particular the fact that the operator= 's appointed arbitrator helped the tribunal president score another lucrati= ve position.

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Hidden Arbitrator Ties May Tarnish $240M Panama Canal = Feud

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By Caroline Simson

An Eleventh Circuit panel appeared= troubled during arguments on Tuesday by undisclosed relationships between = arbitrators who awarded $240 million to the operator of the Panama Canal, i= n particular the fact that the operator's appointed arbitrator helped the t= ribunal president score another lucrative position.

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Feds Settle Lead Paint Suit With NY Construction Co.

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By Isaac Monterose

The U.S. Department of Justice has= settled its suit that accused a New York construction company in New York = federal court of violating federal lead paint regulations while renovating = Manhattan apartment buildings, the DOJ announced Tuesday.

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Ex-LA Official Solicited Bribes For Huizar, Lobbyist T= estifies

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By Gina Kim

A convicted lobbyist-turned-cooper= ating-witness testified Tuesday in former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond = Chan's federal bribery and racketeering conspiracy trial that Chan did conv= icted ex-Councilman Jose Huizar's bidding by soliciting political contribut= ions for Huizar's wife in her campaign to succeed her husband from real est= ate developers with projects pending downtown.

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POLICY & REGULATION

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Chipmakers Can Start Applying For US Subsidies

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By Valentina Pasquali

The U.S. Department of Commerce on= Tuesday announced it is ready to accept applications from semiconductor ma= nufacturers that want to secure federal incentives under the CHIPS and Scie= nce Act to build, expand or upgrade their domestic production facilities.

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LITIGATION

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Tap Developers' Assets To Pay Judgment, EB-5 Investors= Say

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By Grace Dixon

A class of Chinese investors in a = Chicago skyscraper project hung out to dry by EB-5 developers asked an= Illinois federal judge to draw on income, property and other assets hidden= under family members' names to pay off the $29.1 million that developers o= we.

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Energy Transfer Unit Sues In Del. Over Secret Pipeline= Deal

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By Leslie A. Pappas

A subsidiary of midstream energy c= ompany Energy Transfer LP has sued four of its former officers in Delaware'= s Chancery Court, alleging that just before Energy Transfer bought the unit= in 2017, they struck a "secret, sweetheart deal" with PennEnergy Resources= LLC to perpetually obligate the subsidiary to build high-pressure discharg= e pipelines for nothing.

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Meritage Accuses AIG Of Improperly Grouping Stucco Cla= ims

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By Ben Zigterman

Meritage Homes asked a Texas feder= al judge to find that AIG should cover much of $9.3 million the homebuilder= paid to settle hundreds of stucco construction defect claims, arguing the = insurer is improperly grouping claims to keep Meritage under the self-insur= ed retention limit in all but one policy year.

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PEOPLE

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Mayer Brown Construction Partner To Head Chicago Offic= e

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By Tracey Read

Mayer Brown LLP has appointed a di= versity, equity and inclusion leader as managing partner of its 400-lawyer = Chicago office, effective Tuesday.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Perkins Coie Cuts Staff In US Amid Legal Industry Shif= t

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By Tracey Read

Perkins Coie LLP has laid off 58 b= usiness professionals from across its U.S. offices due to economic challeng= es and technological advancements, the firm announced late Monday in an int= ernal memo obtained by Law360 Pulse.

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Jones Day Strikes Deal To End Ex-Staffer's Disability = Bias Row

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By Patrick Hoff

An Illinois federal judge said Tue= sday that Jones Day and insurance company Unum have agreed to settle a= former practice coordinator's lawsuit alleging the firm unlawfully termina= ted her and denied her long-term disability benefits after she requested a = medical leave of absence.

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Sensitive US Marshals Service Data Stolen In 'Major' H= ack

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By Ben Kochman

A "major" ransomware attack that h= it the U.S. Marshals Service last month exposed sensitive data on targets o= f investigations and service employees, an agency spokesperson said Tuesday= .

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Justices Say Del. Can't Keep Abandoned MoneyGram Check= s

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By Maria Koklanaris

The U.S. Supreme Court handed a ma= jor victory Tuesday to about 30 states challenging Delaware over possession= of about $300 million in abandoned MoneyGram checks, ruling that the check= s are governed by federal law and therefore go to the challenging states.

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Jackson's First Opinion Shows Divide Over Legislative = History

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By Jimmy Hoover

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson auth= ored the first majority opinion of her Supreme Court career on Tuesday in a= n otherwise obscure case over "escheatment" law that saw her invoke the sup= port of legislative history in a way that alienated four of the court's sel= f-proclaimed "textualist" justices.

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Chief Justice Questions Fairness Of Feds' Student Debt= Relief

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By Jimmy Hoover

The Supreme Court's conservatives,= led by a skeptical Chief Justice John Roberts, unleashed a barrage of ques= tions about the legality and "fairness" of the Biden administration's plans= to forgive billions of dollars in federal student debt during arguments Tu= esday. But it's still unclear whether a majority of the court believes the = plaintiffs have standing to challenge the program.

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Senate Confirms Virginia's First LGBTQ Federal Judge

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By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Senate confirmed three ju= dicial nominees to California, Virginia and Washington district courts Tues= day in essentially party-line votes, including Virginia's first openly LGBT= Q person to sit on a federal court bench.

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CFTC Appoints Ex-Akin Gump Atty Director Of Enforcemen= t

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By Andrea Keckley

Commodity Futures Trading Commissi= on Chairman Rostin Behnam announced Tuesday that a former partner with Akin= Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's white collar defense and government in= vestigations practice with more than 10 years of experience as a federal pr= osecutor will become the CFTC's director of enforcement.

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KKR's Top Lawyer Came Away With $18.6M In Total 2022 P= ay

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By Hailey Konnath

KKR & Co. Inc.'s general couns= el, who joined the company from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, receive= d an $18.6 million compensation package in 2022, including a $4 million bon= us and $14.4 million in stock awards, the global investment firm said in a = U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday.

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Squire Patton, New Voices Team Up For Pro Bono Biz Cli= nic

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By Emily Sawicki

Squire Patton Boggs LLP is launchi= ng a new pro bono corporate legal clinic in partnership with the New Voices= Foundation, the firm announced Tuesday, with the goal of helping businesse= s owned by women of color flourish.

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Murdaugh Ex-Partner Tells Jury Of Anger Over Betrayal<= /a>

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By Cara Salvatore

South Carolina prosecutors on Tues= day closed out their case that lawyer Alex Murdaugh committed murder to dis= tract from financial troubles, re-calling a former partner of Murdaugh's wh= o insisted he was no longer consumed by "extreme anger" over Murdaugh's "ca= llous" years of theft.

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Acting NY Chief Judge Praises LaSalle, Rebukes Critics=

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By Ryan Boysen

Acting New York Chief Judge Anthon= y Cannataro praised recently rejected New York Chief Judge nominee Hector L= aSalle and appeared to rebuke Justice LaSalle's critics in an annual speech= on the state's court system, lamenting "the ability of some to 'spin' mass= es of information and manipulate public opinion."

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NY Court Staff Want Unvaxxed Judge's Suit Tossed =09

By Elliot Weld

A suit filed by a Poughkeepsie sta= te judge who refused to comply with his courthouse's vaccination policy and= says he was wrongly denied a religious exemption should be dismissed for b= eing moot and barred by the 11th Amendment, the New York Attorney General's= Office said Tuesday.

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Ex-FBI Agent Gets 6 Years Over Bribes From Corrupt Att= y

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By Craig Clough

A California federal judge on Mond= ay sentenced a former FBI counterintelligence agent to six years in prison = following his conviction for accepting bribes to help a now-disbarred attor= ney further his criminal activity.

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Ex-Officials, Scholars Say Fla. Gov. Erred In Atty's S= uspension

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By Madison Arnold

A former American Bar Association = president, an ex-Sunshine State attorney general and various law scholars s= ay the Florida Supreme Court should reinstate ousted prosecutor Andrew Warr= en because the governor exceeded his authority when he suspended Warren las= t year.

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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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American Bar Association

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American International Group In= c.

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CNA Financial Corp.

Carmel Partners Inc.

Deerfield Management Co. LP

Energy Transfer LP

Georgetown University

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MoneyGram International Inc.

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New York University

PennEnergy Resources LLC

Princeton University

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Seattle University

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Toronto-Dominion Bank

Twitter Inc.

University of Virginia

Unum Group

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Chicago Department of Aviation

Commodity Futures Trading Co= mmission

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportun= ity Commission

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Florida Attorney General's = Office

Florida Supreme Court

Food and Drug Administration

Nebraska Attorney General'= s Office

New York Attorney General'= s Office

New York State Unified Court = System

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

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

U.S. Court of Appea= ls for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

U.S. D= istrict Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

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

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. Immigration and Cust= oms Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

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