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Aecon Group Inc., advised by Davies Ward, on Wednesday agreed to sell the= company's road building unit to Green Infrastructure Partners as part of a= n all-cash deal valued at 235 million Canadian dollars ($172 million).

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Aecon Inks CA$235M Sale Of Ontario Road Building Unit<= /a>

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By Parker Quinlan

Aecon Group Inc., advised by Davie= s Ward, on Wednesday agreed to sell the company's road building unit to Gre= en Infrastructure Partners as part of an all-cash deal valued at 235 millio= n Canadian dollars ($172 million).

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Feds Focus On Motive In Ex-LA Official's Bribery Trial=

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By Gina Kim

A former Los Angeles city governme= nt employee testified on Wednesday in the bribery trial of former Los Angel= es Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan that Chan opposed a departmental consolidation= that would have eliminated his position — an effort in which prosecu= tors allege he corruptly enlisted the aid of convicted City Councilman Jose= Huizar.

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NJ Court Revives Claims For 6 Years Of Wages, Damages<= /a>

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By Caleb Drickey

A New Jersey appellate court ruled= Wednesday that amendments to state wage laws extending their recovery peri= ods from two to six years applied to workers whose tenures ended before the= laws changed.

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POLICY & REGULATION

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Partnerships, China Remain Core Of Biden's 2023 Trade = Policy

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By Jennifer Doherty

The Biden administration's trade f= ocus for 2023 will largely resemble last year's, according to a policy agen= da released Wednesday that emphasized new tools the U.S. Trade Representati= ve is developing in lieu of standard trade agreements and "re-aligning" rel= ations with China.

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ENFORCEMENT

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Treasury Sanctions 3 Cos. For Moving Money For North K= orea

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By Micah Danney

The U.S. Treasury Department sanct= ioned three companies and two businessmen on Wednesday for allegedly acting= as fronts for North Korea's activities abroad, accusing them of funneling = foreign money to the sanctioned state and aiding its international intellig= ence operations.

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Commerce Floats 266% Duty Rate In China Rail Coupler P= robe

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By Micah Danney

The U.S. Commerce Department slapp= ed Chinese exporters of rail couplers with a punitive 265.99% preliminary s= ubsidy rate after investigating domestic producers' allegations of dumping = and illegal subsidies, which are being investigated along with coupler impo= rts from Mexico.

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PEOPLE

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Goldberg Segalla Adds Ex-Groelle & Salmon Insuranc= e Atty

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By Faith Williams

Goldberg Segalla LLP added an insu= rance attorney specializing in insurance coverage litigation to the firm's = Orlando office.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Attys Working Across State Lines Get New ABA Guidance<= /a>

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By Daniel Connolly

Lawyers who work in more than one = jurisdiction should follow the ethics rules of the place where the "predomi= nant effect" of their conduct will occur, according to a new American Bar A= ssociation ethics opinion released Wednesday.

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Scope Of Fox's DOJ Cooperation Probed As Bribe Trial W= raps

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By Rachel Scharf

The true extent of 21st Century Fo= x's cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice came under scrutiny in = the final days of trial for two erstwhile Fox executives, as two former in-= house lawyers at the media giant testified about reactions to the bombshell= FIFA bribery indictment in 2015.

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Garland Defends DOJ Steps On Justices' Safety, Major P= robes

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By James Arkin

Attorney General Merrick Garland d= efended the "independence and integrity" of the U.S. Department of Justice = and pushed back against GOP senators who accused him of politicization and = criticized his prosecutorial policies Wednesday during a long and occasiona= lly contentious Senate hearing.

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'I Need A Gavel'; Gorsuch's Question Derails Debt Hear= ing

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By Jimmy Hoover

The U.S. Supreme Court justices ar= e accustomed to debating the most divisive legal questions of the day, but = an argument raised by Justice Neil Gorsuch during Tuesday's hearing over th= e Biden administration's student debt relief plan proved a bridge too far f= or his colleagues.

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Atty Group, Nonprofits Decry Automatic Arbitration Sta= ys

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By Katie Buehler

The American Association of Justic= e and two public interest nonprofits have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to r= eject cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Inc.'s pitch to establish a special = rule requiring litigation to be automatically stayed when a party appeals t= he denial of a motion to compel arbitration.

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Senate Confirms First Hispanic Judge To Mass. District= Bench

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By James Arkin

The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to= confirm Judge Margaret Guzman as a U.S. district judge for the District of= Massachusetts, making her the first Hispanic judge to serve on that court.

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Chicago's US Atty Announces March 11 Departure Date

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By Hailey Konnath

Chicago's top federal prosecutor J= ohn Lausch said Wednesday that March 11 is the day his resignation will tak= e effect, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Morris "Sonny" Pasqual will take over= his duties until a new U.S. attorney is selected.

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NY Times Elevates In-House Atty To Corporate Secretary=

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By Anna Sanders

The New York Times has promoted an= in-house attorney who recently led the paper's corporate and securities pr= actice to corporate secretary, according to an announcement.

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Haynes And Boone Gets 5 Moore & Van Allen Finance = Pros

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By Emily Sawicki

Haynes and Boone LLP has scooped u= p another team of experienced attorneys from a fellow firm, announcing Wedn= esday it has brought aboard five new partners to its Charlotte finance prac= tice from Moore & Van Allen PLLC.

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SCOTUSblog Founder Tom Goldstein Retires From Firm=

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By Rachel Rippetoe

Tom Goldstein, a founding partner = of prominent U.S. Supreme Court litigation boutique Goldstein & Russell= PC and publisher of the highly trafficked high court chronicle SCOTUSblog,= has retired from his firm.

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Riding Circuit: March's Notable Appellate Arguments

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By Jess Krochtengel

In March, federal circuit courts w= ill take on the constitutionality of the Consumer Product Safety Commission= , wrestle with how to distinguish between mergers and acquisitions in an in= surance policy dispute and again address whether delivery drivers are subje= ct to the Federal Arbitration Act. Here, Law360 previews selected appe= llate arguments in the month ahead.

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Murdaugh Committed Murders As Career Spiraled, Jury To= ld

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By Cara Salvatore

South Carolina prosecutors began m= aking their final case Wednesday that lawyer Alex Murdaugh murdered his wif= e and son amid a "gathering storm" of financial pressures that threatened t= o make him "lose his career, lose his bar license, face consequences like h= e's never seen."

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UMichigan Tries To Shake Law Professor's Discriminatio= n Suit

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By Danielle Ferguson

A Michigan federal judge on Wednes= day said the key issue in a University of Michigan Law School professor's r= acial and gender discrimination suit against the school is whether she was = allowed to target the school's dean as well as the school itself under fede= ral civil rights laws.

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Protesters, NYC Settle For $6.8M Over Bronx Protest Ar= rests

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By Marco Poggio

New York City says it will pay $21= ,500 to each of the nearly 320 protesters trapped by police in a Bronx bloc= k during the 2020 protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minne= apolis, then assaulted and beaten, according to a proposed settlement.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2023 Editorial Boards=

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

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Aecon Group Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

Amsted Rail Co. Inc.

Bacardi Ltd.

Boston College

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

CME Group Inc.

Clean Air Council

Coinbase Global Inc.

Colorado Trial Lawyers Associ= ation

Commonwealth Edison Co.

Federation Int= ernationale de Football Association

Fox Corp.

GFL Environmental Inc.

Google LLC

Grayscale Investments LLC

Harvard University

Heckmann Corporation

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

NRG Energy Inc.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

News Corp.

Oracle Corp.

Pacific Legal Foundation

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

Southeastern University

Southwest Airlines Co.

Sunoco LP

TMX Group Ltd.

Texas Public Policy Foundation

The New York Times Co.

The University of Alabama Syste= m

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

University of Virginia

Washington Legal Foundation

Willis Towers Watson PLC


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Cadwalader Wickersham

Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute

Pansky Markle Attorneys at Law

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Colorado Supreme Court

Commodity Futures Trading Co= mmission

European Union

Federal Bureau of Investigation

International Trade Administra= tion

International Trade Commission

New Jersey Legislature

New York Attorney General'= s Office

New York City Police Department

Office of Foreign Assets Control=

South Carolina Attorney = General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office

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. Consumer Product Saf= ety Commission

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of He= alth and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

U.S. Distric= t Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

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

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

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

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

World Trade Organization

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