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An advocacy group's challenge of the Biden administration's plans for win= d energy development off the coast of New York and New Jersey has been thro= wn out by a D.C. federal judge who said it is unripe because the government= has authorized no real activity that could harm wildlife at this point.

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TOP NEWS

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Judge Says Group's Offshore Wind Plan Challenge Is Unr= ipe

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By Madeline Lyskawa

An advocacy group's challenge of t= he Biden administration's plans for wind energy development off the coast o= f New York and New Jersey has been thrown out by a D.C. federal judge who s= aid it is unripe because the government has authorized no real activity tha= t could harm wildlife at this point.

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$5B Rivian Site Developer Hits Neighbors With Counterc= laims

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By Tom Lotshaw

A development authority leasing st= ate-owned land on which a $5 billion Rivian electric vehicle plant is to be= built lodged counterclaims against six Georgia residents, seeking a ruling= that the property does not need to be rezoned for the project as the resid= ents have claimed.

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CIT Upholds Tariffs On Aluminum Rerolled In Turkey=

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By Alyssa Aquino

The U.S. Court of International Tr= ade on Friday upheld the U.S. Department of Commerce's finding that a Chine= se exporter's aluminum sheet, which was made locally but rerolled in Turkey= , was covered by remedial tariffs on Chinese aluminum sheet.

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Mass. Justices Nix Cap Gains Tax On Exempt Urban Proje= cts

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By Chris Villani

The highest appellate court in Mas= sachusetts ruled Friday that the state cannot impose a capital gains tax on= the sale of a tax-exempt urban development project, flipping a ruling by t= he state's appellate tax board.

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7th Circ. OKs Multiple Sanctions Against Ind. Construc= tion Co.

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By Jessica Mach

An Indiana construction company th= at ignored three court orders to bargain with a union engaged "in outrageou= s and pervasive conduct," so numerous sanctions proposed by the National La= bor Relations Board are warranted, a Seventh Circuit panel unanimously rule= d Friday.

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POLICY & REGULATION

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Federal Office Touts Updated Historic Preservation Gui= dance

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By Caleb Symons

New guidance meant to help federal= agencies satisfy their obligations under the National Historic Preservatio= n Act puts a greater focus on protecting sites and artifacts that are meani= ngful to communities of color, according to the head of a federal office th= at crafted the advice.

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LITIGATION

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Wind Farm Wants To Be Done With Fisheries' Project Fig= ht

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By Nadia Dreid

A wind farm company at the center = of a dispute between several Massachusetts fisheries and the Biden administ= ration asked a federal court on Friday to go ahead and decide that the fish= eries don't have standing to challenge its 800-megawatt coastal wind farm.

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Pa. Panel Says PUC Wrong To Skip LNG Enviro Impact=

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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn

A Pennsylvania appellate panel has= found that the state's Public Utility Commission erred in its approval of = the construction of a liquefied natural gas pumping station in Delaware Cou= nty's Marple Township for failing to conduct sufficient environmental revie= w.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Enviro Exemption For NYC Housing Looks Legally Dubious=

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams' re= cently announced plan to exempt smaller residential developments from state= environmental review may be a laudable attempt to expand the housing suppl= y, but a review of applicable statutes suggests that the mayor lacks the au= thority to create this exemption, says Richard Leland at Akerman.

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PRACTICAL GUIDANCE

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How To Select The Right Arbitrator For A Construction = Dispute

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In construction disputes, selectin= g an arbitrator is a critical decision with many nuances to consider, as di= fferent types of potential panelists all come with their own experiences, v= iews and possible biases, says Edward Gentilcore at Blank Rome.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Legal Industry Sees 5th Straight Month Of Job Growth

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By Kevin Penton

Job growth in the legal industry r= ose in February for the fifth straight month but at a slower clip, with the= sector gaining approximately 1,500 jobs since January, according to data r= eleased Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Read full article »

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Girardi's Influence Kept Calif. Bar At Bay, Probe Find= s

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By Brandon Lowrey

Tom Girardi's connections at the S= tate Bar of California tainted numerous investigations into his misconduct = over decades, as he showered bar employees, board members and their relativ= es with unreported jobs, money and gifts, according to findings released Fr= iday from an outside investigator's probe into the scandal.

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Feature

Reality TV's Legal Drama Brings Atty Fans Into The Lim= elight

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By Jess Krochtengel

A "Vanderpump Rules" star pursued = a restraining order amid a cheating scandal. A family on the E! network wen= t down for tax evasion. A Real Housewife is imprisoned for a massive telema= rketing scam. Each time, the fans were there, along with a small but growin= g group of attorneys ready to help break it all down.

Read full article »

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U.S. Judiciary Plans To Hire Its First CIO, Citing GAO= Report

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By Hailey Konnath

The federal judiciary wants to hir= e its first-ever chief information officer, according to its 2024 congressi= onal budget request, which pointed to a recent study from the U.S. Governme= nt Accountability Office that found the position needed to oversee the judi= ciary's information technology endeavors.

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Analysis

Senate Judiciary Heads Urge Collaboration To Keep Blue= Slips

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By James Arkin

The leaders of the Senate Judiciar= y Committee insist they want to preserve home-state senator approval&#= 160;for district court vacancies, even as most of the current sea= ts available to fill are in red states. They acknowledged again, however, t= hat keeping the "blue slip" tradition will require tricky negotiations over= the next two years.

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Advocacy Groups Raise Concerns Over 1st Circ. Pick=

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By James Arkin

A trio of liberal advocacy groups = expressed "grave concerns" about President Joe Biden's nominee to the First= Circuit based on the attorney's role in representing a school in a sexual = assault case, according to a Friday report of a memo the groups authored.

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District Of Oregon Chief Judge Taking Senior Status Ne= xt Year

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By James Arkin

Chief U.S. District Judge Marco A.= Hernandez of the District of Oregon is taking senior status in August 2024= , opening up another federal court vacancy for President Joe Biden to fill = near the end of his current term.

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Analysis

Justices Likely To Hear Case That 'Cast Cloud' On SEC = Courts

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By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Supreme Court is likely t= o take up a case that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission argu= es has "cast a cloud" over the functioning of federal administrative law co= urts, even though the agency's use of its own in-house courts has been= on a downward trajectory for years, legal experts told Law360.

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Justice Dept. Taps Atty As Special Master Of 9/11 Vict= im Fund

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By Madison Arnold

A longtime attorney for the U.S. D= epartment of Justice will be the next head of the September 11th Victim Com= pensation Fund, U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced Friday.

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'A Huge Waste Of Time': Judge Gives White & Case A= tty Earful

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By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge told Ca= rl Zeiss Meditec's counsel Friday that it hasn't clearly identified trade s= ecrets in its suit against a rival over eye diagnostics software, telling t= he White & Case LLP attorney "it's not my job" to identify trade secret= s and "it's not funny — it's a huge waste of time."

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Judge Rules NFTs Legit Way To Serve Lawsuit

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By Ivan Moreno

A Florida federal judge entered a = default judgment in favor of a man trying to recover nearly $1 million in s= tolen cryptocurrency after he served complaints to more than a dozen uniden= tified suspects through a non-fungible token instead of a more traditional = manner, such as email.

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Stanley Black & Decker Ratcheted Up GC Compensatio= n In '22

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By Ali Sullivan

Stanley Black & Decker Inc. ge= neral counsel Janet M. Link earned nearly $3.3 million in total compensatio= n in 2022 — up from about $2.7 million in 2021 — the tools comp= any said in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday.

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Mich. Facing 'Ugly Backlog' Of Judicial Misconduct Pro= bes

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By Carolyn Muyskens

Michigan's judicial watchdog has a= "truly ugly backlog" of pending judicial misconduct investigations and nee= ds a temporary boost in staff to dig itself out, the commission's director = told lawmakers, saying there has been a spike in reports worth pursuin= g.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week=

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By Michele Gorman

The number of directors who have l= eft corporate boards following government efforts to enforce prohibitions o= n so-called interlocking directorates now totals 13, and the SEC is pr= eparing to consider proposals related to cybersecurity and technology on We= dnesday. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have m= issed in the past week.

Read full article »

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In Londo= n

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By Tabitha Burbidge

The past week in London has seen Q= atari institutions including Doha Bank and Qatar National Bank sued again o= ver allegations of funding terrorist group the Al-Nusra Front, legal action= brought against the Scottish arm of law firm Addleshaw Goddard by private = equity investment company Route Finance, and Allied Global Tobacco bringing= a lawsuit against Georgia's former prime minister and four others. Here, L= aw360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On La= w360

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For those who missed out, here's a= look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the= most buzz on Law360 last week.

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Podcast

Pro Say: The Struggle To Revise DC's Criminal Code=

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A yearslong push to update the Dis= trict of Columbia's more than century-old criminal code landed with a thud = this week as the U.S. Senate resoundingly rejected a suite of proposed amen= dments, marking the fourth time in history that Congress has overridden a D= .C. law.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AQR Capital Management LLC

Allianz Global Corporate = & Specialty SE

American Airlines Group Inc.

American Arbitration Associatio= n

American Express Co.

Amgen Inc.

Apple Inc.

Capstone Investment Advisors LL= C

Carl Zeiss AG

Clear Channel Outdoor Holding= s Inc.

LexisNexis Group Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

National District Attorn= eys Association

National Women's Law Center

Nationwide Building Society

PECO Energy Co.

Public Co. Accounting Ove= rsight Board

Southwest Airlines Co.

Spirit Airlines Inc.

Spotify Technology SA

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

State Bar of California

Temple University

Texas Public Policy Foundation

The Bank of New York Mellon Cor= p.

The Baupost Group LLC

The Leadership C= onference on Civil & Human Rights

The Vanguard Group Inc.

World Wrestling Entertainment = Inc.

YouTube Inc.

iHeartMedia Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Capsticks Solicitors LLP

Carlton Fields

Cooley LLP

DLA Piper

Davis Wright Tremaine

Law Offices of Robert T. Hanlon

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

The Crypto Lawyers LLP

Travers Smith

White & Case

Winston & Strawn

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advisory Council on His= toric Preservation

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Ocean Energy Manageme= nt

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Union

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Judicial Center

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Conduct Authority

Government Accountability Office=

Jamul Indian Village

Kas= hia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria

National Labor Relations Board

National Marine Fisheries Servi= ce

National Oceanic = and Atmospheric Administration

Pennsylvania Public Utili= ty Commission

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Homeland S= ecurity

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Interior

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

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

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

U.S. D= istrict Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. General Services Adminis= tration

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

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