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An Ohio judge who threatened local officials with criminal charges amid a= feud over parking spots and building renovations has failed to get the sta= te's highest court to intervene on his behalf.

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Ohio Judge Can't Get Stay In Town Parking Dispute<= /p> =09

By Andrew Strickler

An Ohio judge who threatened local= officials with criminal charges amid a feud over parking spots and buildin= g renovations has failed to get the state's highest court to intervene on h= is behalf.

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Groups Seek Injunction In Bid To Rehab Historic Maine = Bridge

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By Tom Lotshaw

Several groups are asking a federa= l judge to halt Maine's steps to build a new bridge between Brunswick and T= opsham in a suit claiming that transportation officials failed to properly = consider whether the nearly century-old Frank J. Wood Bridge linking the to= wns could be overhauled for millions less.

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Construction Co. Caused Losses In Casino Project, Trib= e Says

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By Elliot Weld

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes hit a = California construction management company with a suit alleging its neglige= nce in handling a casino expansion caused the tribe to lose millions throug= h cost overruns and an arbitration with a contractor.

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Series

Afghans' American Dream Clashes With Housing Crisis: P= art 1

Systemic Failures

By Valentina Pasquali

Many of the Afghan refugees evacua= ted to the U.S. after their country fell to the Taliban in August 2021 beli= eved safe housing and robust government and community support awaited them = in the richest nation on earth. Instead, they were confronted with a stripp= ed-down resettlement system ill-equipped to handle nearly 100,000 refu= gees during a historic housing crunch.

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LITIGATION

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11th Circ. Asked To Uphold $557K Award Over Worksite T= heft

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By Ganesh Setty

The owner of a vacant mill urged t= he Eleventh Circuit to affirm that Auto-Owners Insurance must fully cover a= $557,500 settlement it reached with its insured, a general contractor held= liable for shoddy work and negligent supervision, noting Auto-Owners didn'= t defend the contractor under a reservation of rights.

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Mountain Valley Faces New Challenge Over Species Impac= ts

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By Juan Carlos Rodriguez

A coalition of environmental group= s on Monday filed a legal challenge to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's= most recent report on how the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline proje= ct will affect species in the area, alleging the agency neglected their inp= ut.

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NJ Justices Won't Review Low-Income Housing Case =09

By Brent Godwin

The New Jersey Supreme Court has d= eclined to review an appellate court decision that said local governments i= n the state can require developers to build more affordable housing units t= han required by the state constitution, the latest event in a decade-long d= ispute on the issue.

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Cubs Say Wrigley Has Never Had More ADA Seat Choices

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By Ivan Moreno

The Chicago Cubs on Monday pushed = against a fan's claims that the team's Wrigley Field remodel failed to prov= ide enough adequate seats for wheelchair users, saying the more than a cent= ury-old stadium has never been more accessible to people with disabilities.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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NY High Court's Rowan Wilson Picked For Chief Judge

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By Frank G. Runyeon

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul nominat= ed Judge Rowan Wilson to be the state's chief judge on Monday, selecting a = sitting judge on the state's highest court to fill the seat vacated by form= er Chief Judge Janet DiFiore seven months ago.

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Dems Prod Roberts On Thomas Report, Plan Senate Hearin= g

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By Lauren Berg

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary = Committee on Monday urged Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate a recen= t report that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted, but did not disclose, luxur= y travel perks from a billionaire Republican donor, saying they plan to hol= d a hearing on ethics at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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GOP Rep. Subpoenas FBI Chief Over Catholic 'Extremist'= Memo

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By Dorothy Atkins

House Judiciary Committee Chairman= Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, subpoenaed FBI Director Christopher Wray Monday, deman= ding he provide unredacted information behind a since-withdrawn, leaked mem= o that suggested the FBI enlist clergy and plant agents in Catholic churche= s to identify "violent extremists" within their local communities.

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9th Circ. Jurist Rips Trial Judge Over 'Rubberstamp' O= rders

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By Jess Krochtengel

A Ninth Circuit judge chastised an= Arizona district jurist Monday for his frequent use of boilerplate orders = to "rubberstamp" magistrate judges' reports, especially after the circ= uit court had admonished him not to adopt such reports without address= ing all objections.

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Pharma Execs Slam Abortion Pill Ruling, Citing Industr= y Risk

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By Emily Field

Chief executive officers and top l= egal counsel for pharmaceutical and biotech companies, including Pfizer, sa= id a Texas federal judge's Friday order blocking the effective date of the = U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decades-old approval of the abortion dr= ug mifepristone fundamentally undermines the agency's authority and threate= ns industry.

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Retired Calif. Judges Lose Age Bias Claims Suit Once A= gain

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By Hailey Konnath

A California state judge has again= tossed an age bias suit brought by a group of retired judges, finding that= the judges didn't first outline their present claims in complaints filed w= ith the Golden State's Department of Fair Employment and Housing, as is req= uired by the law.

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Texas' Expedited Civil Case Rules Eased Backlog, Study= Finds

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By Jake Maher

The Texas state court system has s= uccessfully implemented several innovations in court rules, including deadl= ines and limits on discovery, to keep civil cases moving quickly and cost-e= ffectively, according to a recent study.

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Sysco Pushing To Drag Burford Into Antitrust Proceedin= gs

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By Caleb Symons

Sysco Corp. is pushing ahead with = an effort to drag the litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. into antitrust= proceedings the food distributor says are primed for settlement, despite B= urford's objections, warning of a "piecemeal" result if the financier is le= ft out of that case.

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Patent Atty Sues Former Firm For Wages And Use Of Imag= e

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By Matthew Santoni

A patent attorney says the Pittsbu= rgh firm Keevican Weiss & Bauerle LLC owed him back wages after he quit= in 2022 but was still luring clients by keeping his picture and profile on= its website, in a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania state court.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

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By Leslie A. Pappas

Delaware Chancery Court decisions = last week touched on foot powder litigation, an AMC settlement and in-perso= n signage as damage control for a postponed hearing. New cases ranged from = Amazon sales centers to a fibrosis drug.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.

Alliance Defending Freedom

Amazon.com Inc.

American Arbitration Associatio= n

Appalachian Mountain Advocates

Auto-Owners Insurance Co.

Bayer AG

Big-D Construction Corp.

Brennan Center for Justice

Burford Capital LLC

Catalyst Biosciences Inc.

Catholic Charities USA

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

Chicago Cubs Baseball Club LLC

Conservation Law Foundation Inc.=

Dell Technologies Inc.

Fox Corp.

Funko LLC

Hannaford Brothers Co.

Inovalon Holdings Inc.

International Rescue Committe= e Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

London Court of Intern= ational Arbitration

Merck & Co. Inc.

National Trust for Hist= oric Preservation

Southern Poverty Law Center

Sysco Corp.

The Gores Group LLC

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

United Wholesale Mortgage LLC

Vanir Construction Management = Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Stoel Rives

Three Crowns LLP

Weiner Law Group LLP

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Federal Highway Administration

Fish and Wildlife Service

Food and Drug Administration

Judicial Conference of t= he United States

Maine Attorney General's Offi= ce

Maine Department of Transporta= tion

Michigan Department of Tr= ansportation

New Jersey Supreme Court

Ohio Supreme Court

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

Texas Supreme Court

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

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 Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of He= alth and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Transportatio= n

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District Court = for the District of Idaho

U.S. District Court = for the District of Maine

U.S. Dis= trict Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Distri= ct Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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