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A North Dakota federal judge on Wednesday blocked the implementation of t= he Biden administration's rule defining the scope of the Clean Water Act in= 24 states, criticizing it for having an "unlimited" scope and finding it s= uffers from "a litany of other statutory and constitutional concerns."

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WOTUS Blocked In 24 More States Over 'Litany' Of Conce= rns

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By Juan Carlos Rodriguez

A North Dakota federal judge on We= dnesday blocked the implementation of the Biden administration's rule defin= ing the scope of the Clean Water Act in 24 states, criticizing it for havin= g an "unlimited" scope and finding it suffers from "a litany of other statu= tory and constitutional concerns."

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9th Circ. Reduces Shell, Alon's $41M Trial Loss, Cuts = Atty Fees

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By Dorothy Atkins

The Ninth Circuit reduced Tuesday = three property owners' $40.6 million jury trial win and scrapped their $862= ,000 attorney fee award, on claims that pipelines owned by Shell Pipeline C= o. and Alon USA Paramount Petroleum Corp. trespassed on their property, sen= ding the case back to the trial judge to recalculate damages.

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Contractor's Visa Fraud Risked National Security, Judg= e Says

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By Rosie Manins

An Atlanta steel fabricator risked= the country's security by helping a dozen Afghans get special visas to ent= er the United States, a Georgia federal judge said Wednesday after sentenci= ng the contractor to 46 months in prison.

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Real Estate Rumors: Marcus & Millichap, IDI Logist= ics, Weiss

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By WaTeasa Freeman

Marcus & Millichap has reporte= dly brokered an $18 million refinancing deal for a California apartment com= plex, IDI Logistics is said to have paid $12 million for 40 acres in Illino= is, and Weiss Entities has reportedly landed $54 million in financing for a= n Indiana apartment complex.

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LITIGATION

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Contractor's Insurer Wants Out Of $15M Wrongful Death = Suit

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By Jennifer Mandato

An insurer asked an Oregon federal= court Wednesday to rule that its policy is in excess of coverage afforded = to a subcontractor following a $15 million wrongful death lawsuit brought b= y the family of one of the subcontractor's employees, who was fatally injur= ed while working on a housing development.

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Iowa Counties Swept Up In Carbon Pipeline Dispute<= /p> =09

By Peter McGuire

A carbon capture company on Wednes= day launched nearly identical federal lawsuits against two Iowa counties al= leging they usurped federal and state authority with local zoning rules aim= ed at restricting its carbon dioxide pipeline.

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Insurance Co. Wants Out Of $1M Home Construction Dispu= te

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By Emily Lever

An insurance company has asked a C= onnecticut federal judge to let it off the hook for covering a $1 million s= ettlement over a botched construction job on a new home.

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Texas City Unfairly Ignored $3.8M Bid, Toll System Co.= Says

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By Lauren Castle

Toll system software company E-Tra= nsit told a Texas federal judge that a Lone Star State border city held an = unfair bidding process and ignored E-Transit's less expensive proposal for = a toll system for two international bridges, arguing that the awarded $4.7 = million contract should be blocked.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Do Videoconferences Establish Jurisdiction With Defend= ants?

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What it means to have minimum cont= acts in a foreign jurisdiction is changing as people become more accustomed= to meeting via video, and defendants’ participation in videoconferen= cing may be used as a sword or a shield in courts’ personal jurisdict= ion analysis, says Patrick Hickey at Moye White.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Shearman Makes Another Round Of Layoffs

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By Xiumei Dong

Shearman & Sterling LLP confir= med Wednesday it will be laying off an unspecified number of employees in i= ts business services team, in the second round of staff layoffs reported th= is year for the New York-based law firm.

Read full article »

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Manhattan DA Gets 2nd Threat Letter With Suspicious Po= wder

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By Frank G. Runyeon

The Manhattan District Attorney's = Office received a second threatening letter packed with a suspicious but ha= rmless powder on Wednesday, the latest of several death threats targeting D= istrict Attorney Alvin Bragg after he brought criminal charges against form= er President Donald Trump.

Read full article »

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Judge Lays Into Fox, Mulls Sanctions Ahead Of Dominion= Trial

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By Jeff Montgomery

A Delaware judge slammed Fox News = and Fox Corp. for foot-dragging on document production and possible misrepr= esentations during a hearing Wednesday on Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 bil= lion defamation suit, saying he is mulling sanctions ahead of next week's t= rial.

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A History Of Dominion's $1.6B Defamation Fight With Fo= x

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By Leslie A. Pappas

Jurors will soon be selected in De= laware for Dominion Voting Systems Corp.'s $1.6 billion defamation suit aga= inst Fox News Network and Fox Corp. over the network's broadcasting of fals= e 2020 election vote-rigging claims, one of several defamation lawsuits acr= oss the country involving voting system providers, news networks, their top= stars, and conspiracy-minded guests and supporters of former President Don= ald Trump.

Read full article »

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Feinstein Seeks Judiciary Panel Leave Amid Calls To Re= sign

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By Hailey Konnath

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Wednesd= ay that she's asked for leave from the Senate Judiciary Committee while she= deals with health complications related to shingles, in an announcement th= at came the same day two House Democrats called for her resignation.

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Epiq Willing To Disgorge Fees After Abuse Claimants ID= 'd

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By Brian Steele

Epiq Corporate Restructuring is "w= illing to agree" to disgorge all post-petition fees and expenses for work i= n the bankruptcy case of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut= , after the legal services company accidentally published a list of more th= an 120 people who say they were sexually abused within the church as childr= en.

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Starbucks Names Ex-Pfizer, Medtronic Atty As GC =09

By Michele Gorman

Starbucks Corp. has found as its n= ext legal department leader a lawyer whose resume includes stints at Pfizer= and Fannie Mae, the coffee behemoth said Wednesday, as a unionization camp= aign continues and a year after the company replaced its former general cou= nsel.

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Ex-Jones Day Attys Say Leave Policy Clearly Based In S= exism

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By Patrick Hoff

Two former Jones Day associates ch= allenging the firm's parental leave policy urged a D.C. federal court to ha= nd them a win, arguing any jury would find sexism at least partially to bla= me for the disparity in leave given to male and female attorneys at the fir= m.

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Quarles & Brady Is Helping Ukrainians Make Tulsa T= heir Home

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By Tracey Read

Quarles & Brady LLP has entere= d into a unique partnership with a nonprofit organization, working with U.S= . companies to support employment-based green card sponsorship or asylum fo= r Ukrainians to relocate to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to fill critical technology jo= bs.

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Trump Wants Rape Trial Delayed Due To Hush-Money Charg= es

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By Frank G. Runyeon

Former President Donald Trump has = requested to delay a civil trial on allegations that he raped columnist E. = Jean Carroll in the 1990s, arguing that he needed at least a monthlong "coo= ling off" period after his arraignment on state criminal charges in order t= o get a fair trial.

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Trump Suit Accuses Michael Cohen Of 'Spreading Falseho= ods'

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By David Minsky and Carolina Bolado

Donald Trump sued his ex-attorney = Michael Cohen Wednesday for $500 million in damages in Florida federal cour= t, alleging he breached their attorney-client relationship and a confidenti= ality agreement by maliciously "spreading falsehoods" about the former pres= ident.

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Judge Ron Whyte Dies At 80, Leaving Storied IP Legacy<= /a>

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By Dorothy Atkins

Retired Senior U.S. District Judge= Ronald Whyte, who presided over thousands of Silicon Valley disputes over = more than 27 years, died at age 80 this week, leaving a storied judicial le= gacy for his work crafting nationally recognized patent laws and guiding co= lleagues on and off the bench.

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Miss. Court Pick Urges GOP Sen. To Rethink Nom. Opposi= tion

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By Lauren Berg

Scott Colom, President Joe Biden's= pick for a Mississippi federal court vacancy, reportedly disputed home-sta= te Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith's concerns about his record on Monday, = asking her to reverse her decision to oppose his nomination to the bench.

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'Much Remains To Be Done' On Judge Safety, Salas Says<= /a>

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By Jake Maher

The federal government and New Jer= sey have taken strong steps to protect the personal information of judges, = but work remains to protect all 30,000 judges, federal and especially state= , across the country, U.S. District Judge Esther Salas said Wednesday.

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Fed. Bench Adds LGBTQ Judges But Gap Persists, Org. Sa= ys

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By Andrea Keckley

Despite more gay judges, an imbala= nce in how LGBTQ+ individuals are represented on the federal bench actually= increased from last year, based on polling that showed a larger percentage= of Americans identifying as LGBTQ+, Lambda Legal said Wednesday.

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Atty Calls Ex-Client 'Batshit Crazy' At Start Of Defam= ation Trial

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By Carolina Bolado

The former attorney for the widow = of a Miami tax lawyer told jurors that his ex-client is "batshit crazy" as = the trial on the defamation claims by the deceased lawyer's ex-partner agai= nst the widow opened Wednesday.

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4th Circ. Backs Striking Unvaccinated Jurors In Crimin= al Case

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By Jack Karp

A Virginia federal judge's decisio= n to exclude unvaccinated people from the jury hearing a criminal case did = not run afoul of the Sixth Amendment's fair-cross-section requirement since= that requirement applies to the jury pool and not the final jury, the Four= th Circuit has ruled.

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Ex-Ohio Sen. Portman Joins P&G Board Of Directors<= /a>

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By Emily Sawicki

The Procter & Gamble Co. has a= ppointed former Ohio U.S. senator and onetime Squire Patton Boggs attorney = Rob Portman to its board of directors, as well as a World Wildlife Fund exe= cutive, according to the company's most recent filing with the U.S. Securit= ies and Exchange Commission.

Read full article »

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FCC Launches New Space Bureau And Int'l Affairs Office=

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By Jack Rodgers

The Federal Communications Commiss= ion has opened its new Space Bureau and Office of International Affairs div= isions while also tapping two agency attorneys as leaders for the new divis= ions and naming new heads for its Wireless Communications Bureau and Office= of Engineering and Technology.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Chevron Corp.

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

Coinbase Global Inc.

Consumer Technology Association<= /a>

Earthjustice

Ecolab Inc.

Federal National Mortgage= Association

George Washington University

Harvard University

Inmarsat PLC

International Shoe Co.

Lambda Legal Defense &= ; Educational Fund

LinkedIn Corp.

Marcus & Millichap Inc.

Medtronic PLC

Miami Herald Media Co.

NYCwireless Inc.

National Cattlemen's = Beef Association

National Public Radio Inc.

Oklahoma City University

Pfizer Inc.

Portland Cement Association

Protective Life Corporation

Prudential Financial Inc.

Starbucks Corp.

Stockton University

Tesla Inc.

The Catholic University of Am= erica

The New York Times Co.

The PNC Financial Service= s Group Inc.

The Procter & Gamble Co.

Twilio Inc.

Twitter Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

University of Southern Califor= nia

Volkswagen AG

Zippo Manufacturing Co.

eBay Inc.


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Law Office of Sicilia C. Englert

Thomas Vogele & Associates

Wiley Rein

Winston & Strawn

Zeisler & Zeisler

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Chickaloon Native Village

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commissi= on

Federal Judicial Center

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe

NAFTA

New York City Police Department

Ohio Supreme Court

Tohono O'odham Nation

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. A= ttorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia

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

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Justice

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

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

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

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

U.S. Distric= t Court for the Northern District of Iowa

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

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= . District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Distric= t Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Navy

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

Un= ited States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut

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

United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

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