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Businesses in the construction, finance and insurance industries are relo= cating more foreign employees abroad as it's becoming tougher to quickly se= cure U.S. foreign-worker visas, according to an industry report.

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TOP NEWS

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Financial Cos. Moving Workers Abroad Due To US Visa De= lays

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By Dorothy Atkins

Businesses in the construction, fi= nance and insurance industries are relocating more foreign employees abroad= as it's becoming tougher to quickly secure U.S. foreign-worker visas, acco= rding to an industry report.

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Judge Backs Clearing $430M Deal Of 'Made In US' Claims=

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By Alyssa Aquino

A Texas magistrate judge stood by = the U.S. Coast Guard's award of a $430 million dredging contract to a compa= ny using some foreign-made parts, saying the service branch reasonably clea= red the contractor's intended vessel under "Made in America" requirements.

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Judge Looks To Nudge Along Case Over $131M Award =09

By Caroline Simson

A D.C. federal judge on Monday ind= icated that her patience may be waning with the Peruvian capital city of Li= ma as it attempts to serve litigation seeking to nix a more than $131 milli= on arbitral award, noting that the lawsuit has already been on hold for nea= rly three years.

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Real Estate Rumors: Michael Mendes, Basis, Northmarq

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By WaTeasa Freeman

Michael and Wendy Berry Mendes hav= e reportedly sold a San Francisco residence for $8.9 million, Basis Industr= ial is said to have paid $30 million for 11 acres in Westchester County, Ne= w York, and Northmarq is said to have arranged $25.3 million in financing f= or a Kentucky bourbon storage facility.

Read full article »

POLICY & REGULATION

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Mich. Sets $1.1B In Tax Relief, But Gov. Calls Rate Cu= t Iffy

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By Sanjay Talwani

Michigan residents will get tax cu= ts worth more than $1.1 billion under a major tax package signed Tuesday by= Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who also suggested that an automatic income tax rat= e cut expected by Republicans might not take place.

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EPA Watchdog Says Trump Staffers Derailed Chemical Rev= iew

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By Juan Carlos Rodriguez

Trump administration political app= ointees inserted themselves into an almost-finished chemical toxicity revie= w process and published an assessment that didn't meet the U.S. Environment= al Protection Agency's scientific integrity standards and could have put hu= man health at greater risk, an internal watchdog said Tuesday.

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LITIGATION

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Navajo Nation Fights To Keep Tribal Relocation Suit Al= ive

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By Joyce Hanson

The Navajo Nation keeps fighting t= he U.S. government's attempts to dodge the tribe's breach of trust lawsuit = claiming the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation has refused to mov= e tribal members to areas that provide safe and sanitary housing with suffi= cient power and water.

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Gold King Mine Contractor Seeks To Nix Tribe's Cleanup= Claim

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By Madeline Lyskawa

A federal contractor urged a New M= exico federal judge to deny Navajo Nation's attempt to collect more money i= n cleanup costs tied to the Gold King Mine blowout in 2015, sayin= g the tribe has already been paid the costs it incurred "more than five tim= es over."

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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In this month's bid protest roundu= p, Alissandra McCann at MoFo examines recent decisions from the U.S. Govern= ment Accountability Office and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims of particul= ar significance to joint ventures, concerning past performance evaluation a= nd misrepresentation, and registration in the System for Award Management.=20

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Shearman Fast-Tracks Leader Change After Merger Fallou= t

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By Xiumei Dong

Shearman & Sterling LLP has st= arted the transition to the firm's next leader early after the collapse of = its merger deal with Hogan Lovells, the firm announced Tuesday.

Read full article »

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Lateral Hiring Fell In 2022, Signaling Post-COVID Stab= ilization

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By Xiumei Dong

Lateral hiring at top U.S. law fir= ms declined by about 13% in 2022 from the prior year's strong numbers, acco= rding to a report released Tuesday, suggesting that the legal industry job = market has normalized after being significantly affected by the COVID-19 pa= ndemic.

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Gordon & Rees Adds 19 Litigators From Marks O'Neil= l

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By Andrea Keckley

Gordon & Rees LLP announced Tu= esday that it is bringing on 19 litigation attorneys from Marks O'Neill O'B= rien Doherty & Kelly PC for its New York, New Jersey and Westchester, N= ew York, offices.

Read full article »

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Kilpatrick Expands To Chicago, Phoenix With 14 Attorne= ys

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By Lynn LaRowe

Atlanta-based Kilpatrick Townsend = & Stockton LLP has expanded its footprint with new offices in Chicago a= nd Phoenix after bringing on more than a dozen attorneys from L&G Law G= roup LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.

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LeClairRyan Board Members Settle Trustee Clawback Clai= ms

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By Andrew Strickler

The trustee for the defunct LeClai= rRyan has reached a round of settlements with the firm's last president and= a handful of ex-board members, all of whom were accused of draining millio= ns from the teetering business in its last years and helping drive it into = bankruptcy.

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BCLP Launches Women's Storytelling Program In NY, Lond= on

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By Tracey Read

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP ki= cked off a first-of-its-kind trans-Atlantic legal industry leadership commu= nications program Tuesday to bring together up-and-coming female lawyers fr= om both the firm and its clients.

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Senate Confirms First South Asian Judge To SDNY =09

By James Arkin

The U.S. Senate confirmed Susman G= odfrey LLP partner Arun Subramanian as the first South Asian judge in the S= outhern District of New York Tuesday and also voted in bipartisan fashion t= o approve two magistrate judges to Virginia and California district court v= acancies.

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FCC Pick Withdraws Nomination For 5th Commissioner Sea= t

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By Christopher Cole

President Joe Biden's nominee to t= he Federal Communications Commission, Gigi Sohn, withdrew her nomination Tu= esday after a long-running and bruising confirmation battle, delaying the W= hite House's effort to secure the first Democratic FCC majority in six year= s.

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Analysis

Political Tumult Isn't Deterring Corporate ESG Efforts=

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By Sarah Jarvis

As environmental, social and gover= nance issues have become a political flashpoint in the U.S., lawyers in the= space say the contention generally doesn't change how companies pursue suc= h initiatives, though as ESG-related measures become less voluntary and mor= e mandatory, attorneys are weighing factors beyond black-letter law.

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Calif. Atty Faces Discipline For 'Shoot' BLM Protester= s Tweets

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By Dorothy Atkins

The California state bar has filed= disciplinary charges against a Los Angeles employment attorney who repeate= dly wrote on Twitter that Black Lives Matter protesters, as well as journal= ists who were covering the nationwide protests, should be shot and killed d= uring the days following George Floyd's death.

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Firm Says Madison Square Garden Atty Ban Is A Scare Ta= ctic

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By Stewart Bishop

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP = on Tuesday urged a New York state appeals court to find that its attorneys = are free to attend events like New York Knicks games at Madison Square Gard= en, saying an attempted ban on the firm in response to litigation is a ploy= to deter lawyers from doing their jobs.

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7th Circ. Flunks Ex-Notre Dame Law Student's Admission= Suit

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By Lauren Berg

A former Notre Dame Law School stu= dent who has "repeatedly and frivolously sued the school for refusing to re= admit" him can't revive his latest suit in federal court, but can take his = state law claims back to the Indiana court from which they were removed, th= e Seventh Circuit ruled on Tuesday.

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Atty Avoids Sanctions After Making False Accusation

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By Aaron West

An attorney won't be sanctioned af= ter a North Carolina federal judge accepted his apology for incorrectly cla= iming that a defendant had destroyed emails relevant to a contract dispute = between cardboard companies.

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Fired NY Atty's No-Show Sinks Overbilling Suit

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By Emily Sawicki

One of two attorneys who sued thei= r former firm claiming they were fired for reporting fraudulent billing pra= ctices had his case dropped from New York federal court Monday after failin= g to appear at a status conference, weeks after his legal counsel left the = case citing "irreconcilable differences."

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

BT Group PLC

Bank of America Corp.

Bayer AG

Citigroup Inc.

Credit Agricole SA

Curtin Maritime Corp.

Emerson Electric Co.

Enterprise Holdings Inc.

Environmental Restoration LLC

Envoy Global Inc.

Fraternal Order of Police

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

LinkedIn Corp.

Madison Square Garden E= ntertainment Corp.

Port of Houston Authority

Shimmick Construction Co. Inc.

Southwestern Law School

State Bar of California

Twitter Inc.

UCLA School of Law

UnitedLex Corp.

Weston Solutions Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Citizens= hip and Immigration Services

European Union

Federal Acquisition Regul= atory Council

Federal Communications Commissi= on

Federal Trade Commission

Government Accountability Office=

Hopi Tribe

International Chamber of Commer= ce

Navajo Nation

New York Attorney General'= s Office

New York State Liquor Authority

Office of Navajo and = Hopi Indian Relocation

Small Business Administration

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney&#= 39;s Office for the District of Arizona

U.S. Ba= nkruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. Coast Guard

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

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District Cour= t for the District of Arizona

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

U.S. District C= ourt for the District of New Mexico

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

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. General Services Adminis= tration

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

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