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A Miami jury on Wednesday found that a trio of businessmen conspired to d= efraud the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago out of more than $32 million in = a bid-rigging scheme that involved the government awarding hyperinflated ai= rport construction contracts, concluding a case that has spanned nearly 20 = years.

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Execs Owe Island Nation $32M In Bid Scheme, Fla. Jury = Finds

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By David Minsky

A Miami jury on Wednesday found th= at a trio of businessmen conspired to defraud the Republic of Trinidad and = Tobago out of more than $32 million in a bid-rigging scheme that involved t= he government awarding hyperinflated airport construction contracts, conclu= ding a case that has spanned nearly 20 years.

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Feds Sued Over Demolition Plans For Historic Tribal Ho= spital

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By Caleb Symons

Top federal officials are facing a= new lawsuit meant to stop the imminent demolition of a historic tribal hos= pital in Rapid City, South Dakota, which a trio of plaintiffs say was plann= ed without input from the local Native American community in violation of a= dministrative rules.

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4th Circ. Backs Va. Permit For $6B Mountain Valley Gas= Line

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By Peter McGuire

The Fourth Circuit on Wednesday ba= cked a Virginia water permit for the $6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline, r= uling that state regulators verified the project's stream crossings were th= e least harmful option and correctly assessed its impact on water quality.

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Mo. City Revives Bid To Toss AT&T Tower Zoning Cha= llenge

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By Kelly Lienhard

A small city straddling the Missou= ri-Kansas border claimed a proposed wireless tower wouldn't have "even come= close to conforming to the city's zoning laws" and again asked a Missouri = federal court to throw out a suit from AT&T fighting the rejection of t= he tower.

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DOJ-Assa Abloy Judge Tries Hand At Law360 Headline Wri= ting

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By Nadia Dreid

If the U.S. Department of Justice = and Assa Abloy ever want to take a break from their legal fight over the Sw= edish lock giant's $4.3 billion pickup of Spectrum Brands' hardware and hom= e improvement business, the new judge on their case says she's down to umpi= re a game of softball.

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LITIGATION

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FERC Says Block Of Pa.-NJ Pipeline Work Is Unjustified=

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By Keith Goldberg

The Federal Energy Regulatory Comm= ission said a bid to block construction of a gas pipeline expansion project= in Pennsylvania and New Jersey simply amounts to a disagreement over evide= nce the agency used to approve the project, but opponents insisted Wednesda= y that their emergency stay request is warranted.

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Port Co. Says Djibouti Owes $486M Award, Despite Appea= l

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By Caleb Symons

Dubai's state-owned shipping coord= inator says it must be allowed to immediately collect a $486 million arbitr= al award from Djibouti, telling a D.C. federal judge that the East African = nation cannot shirk that obligation simply because it is challenging a rece= nt confirmation order.

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3rd Circ. Asked To Revive Suit Over NJ Counties' Labor= Deal

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By P.J. D'Annunzio

An asphalt company asked the Third= Circuit on Wednesday to block a labor agreement between two New Jersey cou= nties and construction trades councils, arguing that it showed a lower cour= t it was "deterred and prevented" from obtaining work from Camden and Atlan= tic counties because of the agreement.

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Army Corps Says Gold Co.'s Suit Is Too Early, In Wrong= Court

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By Ali Sullivan

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers s= ays a mining company and its backers are challenging the denial of a dredgi= ng permit for their Alaska gold mining project too early and in the wrong p= lace, urging a Louisiana federal court to toss the suit on jurisdictional g= rounds.

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Biz Points To Kids' Videos In Backhoe, Excavator Trade= Fight

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By Alyssa Aquino

A machinery parts maker accused U.= S. Customs and Border Protection of willfully blurring the difference betwe= en excavators and backhoes to impose tariffs, saying Wednesday the items ar= e so distinct that young children could learn the difference from watching = the YouTube channel Blippi.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Trump NY Grand Jury Set To Break For Month After Key T= estimony

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By Frank G. Runyeon

The Manhattan grand jury mulling a= possible indictment of former President Donald Trump is not scheduled to r= econvene on the matter for nearly a month under a previously arranged sched= ule, a person familiar with the plans said Wednesday, following testimony b= y central witnesses in the case.

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Senate Easily Confirms Red-State Biden Judicial Pick

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By James Arkin

The U.S. Senate late Wednesday con= firmed Magistrate Judge Matthew P. Brookman to the Southern District of Ind= iana by voice vote, giving a quick and unanimous approval to one of Preside= nt Joe Biden's nominees who had support from two home-state Republican sena= tors.

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Sotomayor To Law Students: 'Wrong Things Can Be Change= d'

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By Rachel Scharf

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia S= otomayor encouraged a group of New York City law students on Wednesday not = to be disillusioned by their disagreements with recent court opinions, sayi= ng, "Wrong things can be changed, and that's what lawyers do."

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Analysis

Justice Jackson Is On A Majority Streak. It Won't Last= .

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By Jimmy Hoover

Approaching the end of her first t= erm, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is the only member of the U.S. Supreme C= ourt to have voted with the majority in each of the eight merits decisions = handed down so far, but controversial cases looming on the horizon will alm= ost certainly bring that streak to an end.

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Justices Press Gov't On IRS Silence About Firm Summons= es

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By Theresa Schliep

Multiple U.S. Supreme Court justic= es scrutinized the government's arguments Wednesday that the IRS may seek t= he bank records of two firms and the wife of a man owing $2 million without= notifying them, with one questioning the agency's need to "impose secrecy"= on third parties.

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DA Exits 'Rust' Shooting Case, Taps New Special Prosec= utors

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By Phillip Bantz

The district attorney in New Mexic= o prosecuting the "Rust" shooting case against actor Alec Baldwin and a mov= ie armorer stepped aside Wednesday and appointed two private attorneys to p= rosecute the matter.

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DOJ Merger Enforcer Denies 'Shadow' Settlements =09

By Bryan Koenig

A top U.S. Department of Justice m= erger enforcement official offered a forceful rebuke Wednesday of rumors sw= irling for months that Biden-era antitrust enforcers are pushing companies = to fix anti-competitive issues without a formal deal in order to avoid bein= g seen as cutting settlements that let problematic transactions go forward.

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Colo. Supreme Court OKs Legal Paraprofessional License= s

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By Andrea Keckley

The Colorado Supreme Court has ann= ounced that Colorado is becoming one of five states to issue a form of limi= ted licenses for non-attorney legal professionals.

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Assistant US Attorney Cops To Steering Contracts To Sp= ouse

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By Elliot Weld

A Florida assistant U.S. attorney = has pled guilty to directing contracts from her office to companies in whic= h her spouse had a financial interest.

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Bernstein Litowitz Gets Early Win In Discrimination Su= it

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By Emily Sawicki

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Gr= ossmann LLP secured an early win Wednesday in a discrimination suit brought= against it by a 55-year-old gay former employee, with a New York federal j= udge deciding in favor of the firm because the ex-employee "failed to estab= lish that [the firm's] conduct was motivated by a discriminatory intent."

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FCRA, Data Breach Suits Fuel Consumer Protection Docke= t

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By Allison Grande

Federal lawsuits launched in the w= ake of data breaches and alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Ac= t continued to climb in 2022, even as consumer protection case filings in g= eneral hit a 10-year low, according to a Thursday report by Lex Machina.

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Wilson Sonsini Snags Ex-FERC Attorney From Pierce Atwo= od

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By Jack Rodgers

A former Federal Energy Regulatory= Commission attorney has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC to = work as a senior counsel with its energy and climate solutions practice, th= e firm announced in a release Wednesday.

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Atty Must Pay $566K In Dispute Over Iran Hostage Fund = Fees

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By Rachel Rippetoe

A Virginia federal jury has found = a lawyer must pay more than $566,000 in a dispute over attorney fees in con= nection with a $270 million compensation fund created by Congress for the h= ostages of the 1979-81 Iran hostage crisis.

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11th Circ. Tosses Fla. Attorney's Mask Mandate Suit

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By Emily Sawicki

A Florida attorney was served an E= leventh Circuit loss on Wednesday, with a panel of judges upholding a distr= ict court's dismissal of his allegations that mask mandates in 2020 and 202= 1 from his law school violated his religious freedom, on the grounds he fai= led to state a claim.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

American Bar Association

Appalachian Mountain Advocates

Assa Abloy AB

Bank of America Corp.

Colorado Bar Association

Cornerstone Government Affairs

Deere & Co.

Defenders of Wildlife

Equifax Inc.

Experian PLC

Fortune Brands Home & Secur= ity Inc.

GoDaddy Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Lex Machina Inc.

LexisNexis Group Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

New Jersey League of Co= nservation Voters

North American Electric= Reliability Corp.

Penguin Random House LLC

Portfolio Recovery Associates = LLC

RELX PLC

Sierra Club

Simon & Schuster Inc.

Southeastern University

Southern Environmental Law Cen= ter


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Miller Sullivan & DeMarcay

Schuckit & Associates

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Colorado Supreme Court

Federal Communications Commissi= on

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Federal Trade Commission

Indian Health Service

Internal Revenue Service

Oglala Sioux Tribe

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. A= ttorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Customs and Border Protect= ion

U.S. Department of Justice

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

Uni= ted States District Court for the District of South Dakota

Virginia Department = of Environmental Quality

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