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The U.S. government's Millennium Challenge Corp. has partnered with Indon= esia to provide $649 million in grant funding over five years in a bid to b= olster financing access for infrastructure development and women-owned busi= nesses in the country.

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US Promises $649M Development Grant For Indonesia<= /p> =09

By Ali Sullivan

The U.S. government's Millennium C= hallenge Corp. has partnered with Indonesia to provide $649 million in gran= t funding over five years in a bid to bolster financing access for infrastr= ucture development and women-owned businesses in the country.

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Alaska Oil Project Backers Urge 9th Circ. To Let It Pr= oceed

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By Tom Lotshaw

Alaska, a local borough and two Al= aska Native corporations joined the federal government and ConocoPhillips i= n urging the Ninth Circuit to deny environmentalists' efforts to halt work = on the Willow oil and gas project, saying their requested injunctions have = already been properly denied.

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Ohio Contractor Sues For $3.5M Over GM Battery Plant D= elays

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By Peter McGuire

An Ohio electric subcontractor cla= ims it is owed $3.5 million by Hunt Electric Corp. after design problems an= d site issues both delayed progress and added new tasks to its work on a GM= lithium-ion battery plant, according to a complaint filed in Buckeye State= federal court on Wednesday.

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Feds Want Water Rule Preserved During Kentucky Appeal<= /a>

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By Ali Sullivan

The Biden administration is urging= a Kentucky federal judge to preserve a new rule defining the scope of the = Clean Water Act while Kentucky and industry group opponents appeal the dist= rict court's rejection of their suit challenging the recently implemented "= waters of the United States" definition.

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EPA Wrongly Nixed Mo. Cross-Border Air Plan, 8th Circ.= Told

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By Madeline Lyskawa

The Eighth Circuit should halt and= eventually undo the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rejection of Mi= ssouri's plan to control cross-border air pollution, Missouri said in a pet= ition for review, arguing that the agency has overstepped its authority and= continually "shift[ed] the goalposts."

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Texas Says Enviros Can't Join Air Quality Plan Challen= ge

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By Madeline Lyskawa

The state of Texas and several ene= rgy companies urged the Fifth Circuit to reject environmental advocacy grou= ps' attempt to jump into their challenge of the U.S. Environmental Protecti= on Agency's denial of the Lone Star State's air quality plan, saying the gr= oups' interests are already wholly represented.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Podcast

Law360 Explores: From Wolf Of Wall Street To First Str= eet

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How did some of the world's bigges= t tech companies come to benefit from a legal supershield making it almost = impossible to sue them? The strange saga of Section 230 began 30 years ago = with a notorious penny stock firm, later made famous by Hollywood, and has = now wound its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Read full article »

Feature

10 Years Later, Attys Recall The Boston Marathon Bombi= ng

=09

By Chris Villani

Ten years ago, a pair of bombings = at the Boston Marathon left three people dead and hundreds injured, turning= one of the city’s great celebrations into a tragedy. Five attorneys = who were at the race that day shared their stories with Law360.

Read full article »

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Fed. Circ. Confirms Review Of Judge Newman's Fitness

=09

By Ryan Davis

After the Federal Circuit confirme= d Friday that an investigation has been initiated into allegations that 95-= year-old Judge Pauline Newman's health has left her unable to function effe= ctively on the bench, the judge expressed confidence at an event that the s= ituation will have a "happy ending."

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Biden Picks 1st Hispanic Woman For 5th Circ.

=09

By James Arkin

President Joe Biden is nominating = two Hispanic women who are sitting judges to federal appeals courts, includ= ing a nominee who would be the first Hispanic woman ever to sit on the Fift= h Circuit, the White House announced Friday.

Read full article »

Analysis

Up Next At High Court: Direct Listings And FCA Showdow= n

=09

By Jimmy Hoover

The U.S. Supreme Court will kick o= ff its final oral argument session of the term this coming week with a majo= r showdown between whistleblowers and the False Claims Act defense bar, alo= ng with a case examining investor class actions stemming from a novel way f= or companies to go public. Here, Law360 highlights what to expect.

Read full article »

Interview

The History-Making Atty In A Historic FCA High Court F= ight

=09

By Jeff Overley

As the clock ticks down to U.S. Su= preme Court arguments in one of the False Claims Act's most consequential c= ases ever, the trailblazing lead lawyer for whistleblowers told Law360 how = he hopes to navigate an ideological minefield, how he discovered a nearly e= mpty niche in the red-hot FCA realm, and how a "chicken-and-egg" dynamic ha= mpers diversity at the nation's highest court.

Read full article »

Profile

The Sidley Atty Battling FCA Scienter Standard At High= Court

=09

By Daniel Wilson

Sidley Austin LLP’s Carter P= hillips is set to argue for the 90th time before the U.S. Supreme Court on = Tuesday, in a case that will be his first False Claims Act dispute at the c= ourt and the most high-profile FCA clash since 2016. Here, he talks to Law3= 60 about the gravity of oral argument and how his preparation strategies ha= ve changed since his first appearance in 1982.

Read full article »

Analysis

How Delaware Inc. Shapes Dominion's Battle With Fox Ne= ws

=09

By Leslie A. Pappas

Delaware takes the idea of corpora= te identity seriously — a fact now playing out in Dominion Voting Sys= tems' bid to hold Fox Corp. accountable for Fox News broadcasts about purpo= rted vote-rigging during the 2020 presidential election.

Read full article »

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Dems, Watchdog Group Seek Inquiries Into Justice Thoma= s

=09

By James Arkin

Two Democratic lawmakers and a wat= chdog organization called for inquiries into U.S. Supreme Court Justice Cla= rence Thomas on Friday, amplifying the push for investigations following re= cent reports about the justice's relationship and financial transactions wi= th a wealthy Republican donor.

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Houston Storm Firm In Eye Of Louisiana Ethics Hurrican= e

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By Andrew Strickler

Amid massive Gulf Coast storm dama= ge, a crisis in the Louisiana insurance market, and waves of homeowner suit= s hitting local courts, the plaintiffs bar and insurance defense counsel in= the Pelican State have plenty to fight about.

Read full article »

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Texas Justices Deny $1.2M Suit Against Kilpatrick Atty= s

=09

By Jack Karp

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday = rejected a legal headhunter's effort to revive its $1.2 million suit agains= t two Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP attorneys who the recruiter cl= aims breached a contract by negotiating job offers without the recruiter.

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Sysco Barred From Dragging Burford Into Broiler Chicke= n Suit

=09

By Caleb Symons

A Chicago federal judge overseeing= antitrust claims against some of American's largest suppliers of chicken m= eat has declined to hear a separate lawsuit in which Sysco Corp. says the l= itigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. is illegally blocking it from settlin= g its price-fixing allegations.

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NYC Financier Gets 3 Years In $31M Trip-And-Fall Scam = Case

=09

By Stewart Bishop

A New York City financier accused = of bankrolling a $31 million litigation settlement scam has been sentenced = to three years in prison for his role in the multifaceted alleged trip-and-= fall racket, which involved bogus personal injury lawsuits and medically un= necessary surgeries performed on indigent New Yorkers.

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Attys Owe $2.5K For Improper Conduct In Student Debtor= Suit

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By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge has ordere= d a Mississippi attorney and his co-counsel to pay $2,500 for unprofessiona= l conduct, including improperly canceling depositions, stemming from a hear= ing this week over phone call evidence allegedly held by a law firm accused= of running a student debt telemarketing scam.

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Fla. Law Firm Wants Out Of Paralegal's Lunch Break Sui= t

=09

By Irene Spezzamonte

A criminal defense law firm urged = a Florida federal court to toss a paralegal's suit claiming unpaid work dur= ing lunch breaks and retaliation, saying she was an independent contractor = and therefore not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

=09

By Aebra Coe

Perkins Coie and Bilzin Sumberg ro= ared onto the top of this week's Legal Lions list, with the reversal of an = $8 million class settlement against their client in a suit over a brain per= formance supplement.

Read full article »

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

=09

By Michele Gorman

The Supreme Court ruled that const= itutional challenges to the structure of the U.S. Securities and Exchange C= ommission and U.S. Federal Trade Commission can be brought in federal cour= t without first going through administrative appeals, and Validity Fin= ance became the first U.S. commercial litigation funder to reach Certified = B Corporation status. These are among the stories in corporate legal news y= ou may have missed in the past week.

Read full article »

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

=09

By Tabitha Burbidge

The past week in London has seen i= nsurers Allianz and Liberty Mutual face up to another claim from an Irish a= ircraft lessor over planes grounded in Russia, the U.K.’s attorney ge= neral sued by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, and law firm Ken= nedys tackle a claim from the owner of the financially troubled Wasps rugby= team. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

Read full article »

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

=09 =09

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.

Read full article »

Podcast

Pro Say: Honk For Your First Amendment Rights

=09 =09

Is honking your horn in support of= a protest a constitutionally protected form of expression? Or is it a pote= ntial safety hazard warranting a traffic citation? That's the question at t= he heart of a San Diego woman's recent appeal before the Ninth Circuit, whi= ch ultimately decided it was the latter.

Read full article »

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Air Alliance Houston

Apple Inc.

Arctic Slope Regional Corp.

Atos SE

Axon Enterprise Inc.

Balfour Beatty PLC

Brookfield Infrastructure= Partners LP

Burford Capital LLC

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

Citizens Property Insurance Cor= p.

Citizens fo= r Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

ConocoPhillips Co.

Crown Media Holdings Inc.

Defenders of Wildlife

Georgia Chamber of Commerce

Gilead Sciences Inc.

Google LLC

HSBC Holdings PLC

Howden Broking Group Ltd.

International Business Ma= chines Corp.

JUUL Labs Inc.

John Wood Group PLC

LG Chem Ltd.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

Lloyds Bank PLC

London Court of Intern= ational Arbitration

Loyola University New Orleans

Luminant Generation Co. LLC

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Microsoft Corp.

Morgan Stanley

National Instruments Corp.

Natural Resources Defense Coun= cil

New Jersey State Bar Associatio= n

Paypal Holdings Inc.

Portland Cement Association

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Purdue Pharma LP

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

Sinopec Shanghai Petroche= mical Co. Ltd.

Skanska AB

Slack Technologies Inc.

Sonos Inc.

Spotify Technology SA

Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd.

Twitter Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

UMR Inc.

United Al Saqer Group L.L.C

Universal Health Services Inc.


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Herbert Smith Freehills

Hogan Lovells

Hunton Andrews

Joshua S. Horton Law Firm

Law Office of Macy D. Hanson

Shakespeare Martineau

Stokoe Partnership Solicitors

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alaska Department of Law

Bureau of Land Management

Commonwealth of Kentucky

Delaware Court of Chancery

Department for Work & Pensions=

Equal Employment Opportun= ity Commission

Federal Communications Commissi= on

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Judicial Conference of t= he United States

Ma= ssachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Texas Attorney General's Offi= ce

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

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

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

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. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. Postal Service

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

Un= ited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

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