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The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday said it is pledging $6 billion= to help deploy decarbonization projects in the country's most energy-inten= sive industries to reduce emissions, strengthen American manufacturing and = help meet the Biden administration's goal of a net-zero economy by 2050.

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TOP NEWS

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DOE Offers $6B For Industrial Decarbonization Projects=

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By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Department of Energy on W= ednesday said it is pledging $6 billion to help deploy decarbonization proj= ects in the country's most energy-intensive industries to reduce emissions,= strengthen American manufacturing and help meet the Biden administration's= goal of a net-zero economy by 2050.

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2 Firms Drive Electric Powertrain Maker $306M SPAC Mer= ger

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By Tom Zanki

Electric powertrain manufacturer Z= ero Nox Inc. and a special-purpose acquisition company said Wednesday that = they plan to combine in a merger that would take ZeroNox public at an estim= ated $306 million value, guided by two law firms.

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Chinese Railcar Couplers Hit With 170% Prelim Dumping = Rate

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By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. Department of Commerce on= Wednesday teed up a preliminary duty of nearly 170% for Chinese freight ra= il couplers in its investigation into whether the couplers were being impor= ted at unfairly low prices, thus distorting the domestic market.

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Union Requests Contempt Order Against Painting Co.=

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By Beverly Banks

An International Union of Painters= and Allied Trades affiliate representing 20 locals urged a Missouri federa= l judge to issue sanctions against a painting company for not following the= court's order last year in the union's suit seeking unpaid contributions t= o benefit funds.

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AECOM Accuses Gov't Of 'Gamesmanship' In FCA Suit<= /p> =09

By Daniel Wilson

AECOM and the Louisiana Department= of Education have urged a Louisiana federal judge to strike portions of go= vernment experts' reports they said wrongly added new allegations to a Fals= e Claims Act suit over post-Hurricane Katrina assistance contracts, accusin= g the government of "gamesmanship."

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DOJ's Assa Abloy Merger Challenge Gets New Judge =09

By Nadia Dreid

The U.S. Department of Justice's c= ase against Swedish lock giant Assa Abloy AB and its proposed $4.3 billion = pickup of Spectrum Brands' hardware and home improvement business is gettin= g a new judge, the freshly seated U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes.

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Real Estate Rumors: Rothbart, David Hudgens, TPA Group=

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By WaTeasa Freeman

Rothbart Construction Realty has r= eportedly sold 37 Chicago-area industrial buildings for more than $150 mill= ion; three Washington, D.C., homes once owned by the late David Hudgens hav= e reportedly listed for sale at $26.5 million; and TPA Group is said to hav= e dropped $36 million on nearly 60 acres in South Florida.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Liquefied Natural Gas Outlook: Industry Under Pressure=

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While last year saw a remarkable t= urnaround in the liquefied natural gas market, with strong demand for U.S. = LNG projects, the industry must now confront problems including increased c= redit and construction costs, and the possibility of fewer LNG conversions = due to higher prices, say Monica Hwang and Silvia Smith at O'Melveny.

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Combating Russia's Evolving Sanctions Evasion Efforts<= /a>

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As the war in Ukraine enters its s= econd year, Russia and its oligarch class will continue their attempts to e= lude sanctions, and regulators from the U.S. and allied nations will keep s= earching for ways to beat them back, say Ian Herbert at Miller & Cheval= ier and Brad Dragoon at Charles River.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Calif. Bar Out On A Limb In Charging Atty Over BLM Twe= ets

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By Andrew Strickler

California bar officials are on tr= icky terrain by charging a lawyer who tweeted calls for Black Lives Matter = protesters to be "shot," ethics experts said, and will likely draw a spirit= ed First Amendment defense.

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Murdaugh Case Puts Rare Spotlight On 'Red Collar Crime= '

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By Phillip Bantz

The case of convicted double murde= rer and alleged fraudster Alex Murdaugh is the highest-profile example in r= ecent history of a "red collar crime," a little-known and largely under-res= earched phenomenon of white collar criminals using violence to hide their f= inancial misdeeds, experts say.

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AmEx Could Face Shareholder Vote On Abortion Ban Risks=

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By Jessica Corso

Shareholders of American Express C= o. may soon be asked whether they want to know about the impact of abortion= bans on the company after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission decl= ined to grant the credit card company permission to leave an activist propo= sal off its 2023 proxy statement.

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Shrimp Co. Says It Didn't OK Replacement Judge To Run = Trial

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By Ryan Boysen

A breeder of disease-resistant shr= imp wants a redo of a $10 million trade secrets verdict in a suit brought b= y a former business partner-turned-rival, telling the Eleventh Circuit a ma= gistrate judge improperly took the reins of the trial to allow a federal ju= dge to catch a flight.

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1st Circ. Pick Criticized For Role In Assault Case Wor= th $1.74M

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By Kelly Lienhard

Michael Arthur Delaney, a former N= ew Hampshire attorney general and current director and shareholder at McLan= e Middleton PA, who is facing opposition from Republicans in the Senate ove= r his role as a defense attorney in a sexual assault case, has a net worth = of $1.74 million according to congressional records.

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Senate Votes Down DC's Revised Criminal Code

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By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday 81= -14-1 to block Washington, D.C.'s revised criminal code from taking effect,= leaving in place a 122-year-old code that's been described as unclear and = piecemeal, and highlighting the district's unique hurdles to self-governanc= e.

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Senators Plan Internet Law Overhaul Amid High Court Ca= ses

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By James Arkin

Just weeks after the Supreme Court= heard arguments in two cases testing the broad immunity internet companies= rely on from Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, key senators o= f both parties pledged to undertake an effort to overhaul the legislation a= nd rein in tech companies' liability shield.

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Moderna Tries To Kick Ex-Judge Out Of COVID Vax IP Row=

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By Andrew Karpan

Moderna has responded to arguments= from a former top federal judge, among other legal academics and pharmaceu= tical trade organizations that are weighing in on a billion-dollar patent l= awsuit over the ownership of the mRNA platform behind one of the COVID-19 v= accines, by asking a federal judge in Delaware to disregard those arguments= entirely.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AECOM

American Express Co.

Amsted Rail Co. Inc.

Arbutus Biopharma Corp.

Assa Abloy AB

Associated Press

Brennan Center for Justice

CRA International Inc.

Cameron LNG LLC

Clear Height Properties

Fortune Brands Home & Secur= ity Inc.

Getty Images Inc.

Google LLC

International Unio= n of Painters & Allied Trades

Planned Parenthood Federation

Portland Cement Association

Sotheby's

Spectrum Brands Inc.

Spectrum Management Holding Co.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Union

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Emergency Management = Agency

Financial Crimes Enforcement= Network

International Trade Administra= tion

International Trade Commission

Louisiana Department of Educati= on

New Hampshire Department of J= ustice

Office of Foreign Assets Control=

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

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

U.S. Dis= trict Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

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

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

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