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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the solicitor general to weigh in = on Texas' fight to overturn a Fifth Circuit ruling that it's unconstitution= al for a state to give incumbent transmission companies the first chance to= build new power lines.

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TOP NEWS

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Justices Ask SG To Weigh In On Texas Grid Project Law = Fight

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By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday a= sked the solicitor general to weigh in on Texas' fight to overturn a Fifth = Circuit ruling that it's unconstitutional for a state to give incumbent tra= nsmission companies the first chance to build new power lines.

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High Court Won't Hear Workers' Pension Suit

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By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a = group of workers' push Monday to have the justices review their loss in a s= uit claiming a union pension fund ran afoul of federal benefits law by decl= aring that they couldn't simultaneously work and collect retirement benefit= s.

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DC Circ. Doubts Thoroughness Of Pipeline Valve Rule

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By Katie Buehler

A D.C. Circuit panel questioned on= Monday whether a U.S. Department of Transportation agency adequately respo= nded to concerns submitted by two oil and gas trade groups before adopting = a new rule requiring rupture-mitigation valves to be installed on certain n= ew or replacement-transmission and gathering pipelines alike.

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Indian Barium Chloride Makers To Face Countervailing D= uties

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By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. Department of Commerce on= Monday finalized duties of up to 23.57% on barium chloride from India to o= ffset subsidies given to Indian producers, after refusing to order anti-dum= ping duties for the chemical compound earlier this year.

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Firefighter Says 'Forever Chemicals' Class Should Rema= in

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By Collin Krabbe

An Ohio firefighter representing a= class of plaintiffs who claim 3M, Chemours and other companies put their h= ealth at risk by selling and distributing "forever chemicals" has asked the= Sixth Circuit to deny the companies' attempt to revoke class certification= , saying nearly every American has already been harmed by blood contaminati= on.

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Eaton Corp. Settles With Burned Electricians Days Befo= re Trial

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By Greg Lamm

A pair of electricians on Saturday= settled their suit alleging they suffered severe burns when an electrical = component made by Eaton Corp. exploded as they worked in a Seattle high-ris= e, ending their case two days before an expected trial in Washington federa= l court.

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Real Estate Rumors: Urban Green, Cafaro, Sequoia Equit= ies

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By WaTeasa Freeman

Urban Green Development has report= edly paid $12 million for nearly 3 acres in Denver, an entity tied to real = estate firm Cafaro is said to have dropped $26 million on a Florida mansion= , and Sequioa Equities has reportedly paid nearly $123.6 million for a Denv= er apartment complex.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Justices Leave Questions Open On Dual-Purpose Atty Adv= ice

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The U.S. Supreme Court's recent di= smissal of In re: Grand Jury on grounds that certiorari was improvidently g= ranted leaves unresolved a circuit split over the proper test for deciding = when attorney-client privilege protects a lawyer's advice that has multiple= purposes, say Susan Combs and Richard Kiely at Holland & Hart.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Analysis

Shearman Faces Rough Going After Merger Collapses<= /p> =09

By Xiumei Dong

Shearman & Sterling LLP is bra= cing for a tough road ahead after the collapse of its merger deal with Hoga= n Lovells, which is casting uncertainty over the firm's plans for expansion= and strategic growth, according to legal consultants and recruiters.

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Quinn Emanuel Grows China Presence With Beijing Office=

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By Tracey Read

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sulli= van LLP announced Monday it has launched an office in Beijing — its s= econd physical presence in mainland China.

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DC Atty ID'd As Decedent In Deadly Jet Turbulence Even= t

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By Gina Kim

Washington, D.C., lawyer Dana J. H= yde has been identified as the passenger killed while aboard a Bombardier b= usiness jet that was slammed by severe turbulence, while flying near New En= gland late Friday afternoon, that federal authorities suspect may have been= caused by a jet "trim issue," officials announced Monday.

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DC Withdraws New Criminal Code Ahead Of Senate Vote

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By Katie Buehler

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendels= on said Monday he has withdrawn the district's controversial revised crimin= al code from congressional consideration, killing the bill ahead of an expe= cted U.S. Senate vote later this week to block it from taking effect.

Read full article »

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NY Sens. Demand Top Judge Correct Record On DiFiore De= tail

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By Frank G. Runyeon

New York lawmakers on Monday vente= d frustration at state court officials over a top judge's misleading testim= ony about the risks justifying former Chief Judge Janet DiFiore's security = detail, which she kept after leaving office.

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NY Courts Ordered To Rehire Workers Fired Over Vax Ref= usal

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By Frank G. Runyeon

The New York Public Employment Rel= ations Board struck down the state court system's COVID-19 testing and vacc= ine mandate and wiped out disciplinary actions taken against employees, ord= ering fired workers to be rehired with back pay, according to a decision re= leased Friday.

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2 Justices Say High Court No Place For 'Offended Obser= vers'

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By Jess Krochtengel

Two of the U.S. Supreme Court's co= nservative justices on Monday called for an end to the legal doctrine that = recognizes "offended observers" have standing to sue for alleged violations= of the First Amendment's establishment clause, though they staked out diff= erent positions on when the court should take up the issue.

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K&S-Repped Google Gets Over $500K In Fees From Hac= kers

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By Adrian Cruz

A New York federal judge has award= ed more than $500,000 in attorney fees to Google, represented by King &= Spalding LLP, based on previously imposed sanctions in the tech giant's li= tigation accusing Russian nationals of creating a botnet to steal informati= on from more than a million computers.

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Racial Diversity Expert Named Interim ABA Executive Di= rector

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By Tracey Read

The American Bar Association has n= amed Deputy Executive Director Alpha M. Brady as its interim executive dire= ctor while continuing its nationwide search to replace longtime leader Jack= L. Rives, ABA President Deborah Enix-Ross said Monday.

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DLA Piper Launches AI, Data Practice With Ex-Faegre At= ty

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By Andrea Keckley

DLA Piper announced on Monday that= it has launched an artificial intelligence and data analytics practice wit= h the hire of a former Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP lawyer who wil= l serve as the group's chief data scientist.

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DLA Piper Adds DOJ Litigator To Co-Lead Appellate Grou= p

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By Alison Knezevich

A veteran of the U.S. Department o= f Justice's Civil Division has joined DLA Piper's Washington, D.C., office = to co-chair its appellate advocacy practice, the firm announced Monday.

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Jones Day Says Married Ex-Attys Can't Win Leave Suit

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By Ryan Boysen

Jones Day wants a Washington, D.C.= , federal court to shut down a headline-grabbing lawsuit challenging its pa= rental leave policy and to sanction the two former associates who filed it,= saying that after discovery the plaintiffs have found "no valid evidence" = to support their claims.

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Jury Clears DOJ In Ex-Deputy GC's Gender Bias Suit=

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By Michele Gorman

A federal jury in the District of = Columbia has cleared the U.S. government of allegations that the FBI demote= d a former deputy general counsel because of her gender, rejecting the ex-a= ttorney's claims that her change in her employment status was motivated in = part by sexism at the agency.

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Fmr. Bar Heads Want Ex-WH Atty Disbarred Over Jan. 6 P= robe

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By Andrew Strickler

A group of past District of Columb= ia and American Bar Association presidents on Monday joined calls for the d= isbarment of a former Trump White House attorney accused of urging a staffe= r to lie to Congress.

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Ex-Liddle & Robinson Atty's $32M Bias Suit Kicked = To State

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By Dorothy Atkins

A New York federal judge has sent = an ex-Liddle & Robinson LLP attorney's $32 million gender pay discrimin= ation lawsuit against the bankrupt employment law firm back to state court,= finding that the lawsuit doesn't invoke the federal Employee Retirement In= come Security Act.

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Judge Trims Atty's Claims Over Pay For Unfinished 9/11= Work

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By Emily Lever

A Washington, D.C., federal judge = has trimmed a Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP partner's claims that law fi= rm Kreindler & Kreindler LLP stiffed him on fees for work tied to recov= eries by the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and their families, but= rejected a bid from the law firm to dodge the suit entirely.

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Ohio Judge Who Fired Jewish Staff Atty Seeks New Trial=

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By Eric Heisig

An Ohio judge hit with a $1.1 mill= ion verdict after he was found liable for firing his Jewish staff attorney = and magistrate because she wanted time off during the High Holidays said th= e judgment against him should be reversed because the trial evidence does n= ot support the jury's finding.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

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By Leslie A. Pappas

Shareholders of AMC Entertainment,= Rocket Mortgage and UpHealth saw their cases move forward in Delaware's Co= urt of Chancery last week; shareholders of Meta Platforms and McDonald= 's had their suits tossed; and shareholders of MultiPlan Corp., Viacom Inc.= and Charter Communications Inc. struck three separate deals to end their s= uits in settlements worth more than $243 million.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3M Co.

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.

American Bar Association

American Humanist Association

American Petroleum Institute In= c.

Archroma

CDI Corporation

Charter Communications Inc.

Cox Communications Inc.

Crescent Real Estate Holdings = LLC

Daikin Industries

DocuSign Inc.

Douglas Elliman Realty LLC

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

Eaton Corp. PLC

Energy Transfer LP

Fruit of the Loom Inc.

Georgetown University

Liberty Broadband Corp.

LinkedIn Corp.

McDonald's Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

NBCUniversal Media LLC

PennEnergy Resources LLC

Rocket Cos.

Rocket Mortgage LLC

Saint Francis Medical Center

Spectrum Management Holding Co.

T-Mobile US Inc.

The Aspen Institute Inc.

The Chemours Co.

Twitter Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Westell Technologies Inc.

Zillow Group Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advisors LLC

American Center for Law & Ju= stice Inc.

Kreindler & Kreindler

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Central Intelligence Agency

Equal Employment Opportun= ity Commission

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Federal Trade Commission

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

Millennium Challenge Corp.

National Transportation Safe= ty Board

New York State Unified Court = System

Office of Foreign Assets Control=

Pipeline a= nd Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Public Utility Commission of T= exas

Texas State Senate

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. B= ankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

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 Appeals = for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Transportatio= n

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

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

U.S. Di= strict Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

Un= ited States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

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