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The California Restaurant Association can challenge Berkeley's ban on the= installation of natural gas piping in newly constructed buildings, after t= he Ninth Circuit held Monday that the ban waded into a domain preempted by = federal law and revived the association's claims.

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TOP NEWS

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9th Circ. Reverses Berkeley's Natural Gas Installation= Ban

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By Madeline Lyskawa

The California Restaurant Associat= ion can challenge Berkeley's ban on the installation of natural gas piping = in newly constructed buildings, after the Ninth Circuit held Monday that th= e ban waded into a domain preempted by federal law and revived the associat= ion's claims.

=20 Opinion attached |=20 Read full article »

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Alaska Officials, Enviros Clash Over Willow Injunction=

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By Tom Lotshaw

Alaska's congressional delegation = and Legislature are urging the Ninth Circuit to deny a requested injunction= of the Willow oil drilling project as environmental groups argue that one = is needed as soon as possible to block irreparable harm from ongoing gravel= extraction and road construction.

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Construction Co. Wants Tribes' Attys DQ'd From Casino = Suit

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By Isaac Monterose

A construction management company = has told a federal judge to disqualify Idaho tribes' attorneys in a case ov= er a casino expansion project, arguing that the lawyers previously had= an attorney-client relationship with the firm.

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GAO Won't Let Co. Use Exec Experience For Army Corps D= eal

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By Daniel Wilson

The U.S. Government Accountability= Office has rejected a protest over a $29.6 million U.S. Army Corps of Engi= neers deal to maintain Mississippi reservoir infrastructure, saying the Cor= ps reasonably found a bidder couldn't use its president's experience as its= own.

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LITIGATION

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HNTB Liable For $714M In Seattle Tunnel Delay, Suit Al= leges

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By Greg Lamm

Seattle Tunnel Partners says engin= eering firm HNTB Corp. is liable for more than $700 million in costs relate= d to a two-year delay in a downtown highway tunnel project, according to a = complaint filed in Washington state court alleging HNTB failed to flag an a= bandoned steel well casing that damaged a tunnel-boring machine known as "B= ertha."

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Concrete Co. Paid Union Workers Under The Table, Jury = Told

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By P.J. D'Annunzio

Trustees for a Philadelphia-area i= ronworkers union told a federal jury on Monday that a concrete company that= used the union's workers paid some of them under the table, avoiding contr= ibutions to the union's pension and health care funds.

Read full article »

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Canadian Mining Co. Can't Challenge Award, Panel Says<= /a>

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By Tom Lotshaw

A three-judge Ontario Court of App= eal panel affirmed a decision that Baffinland Iron Mines LP cannot appeal a= $100 million-plus arbitration award to a company it contracted with for pa= rt of a railway construction project to carry ore from its Baffin Island mi= ne to a nearby port.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Building On Successful Judicial Assignment Reform In T= exas

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Prompt action by the Judicial Conf= erence could curtail judge shopping and improve the efficiency and procedur= al fairness of the federal courts by implementing random districtwide assig= nment of cases, which has recently proven successful in Texas patent litiga= tion, says Dabney Carr at Troutman Pepper.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Ex-Biden Chief Of Staff Ron Klain Returns To O'Melveny=

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By Alison Knezevich

Former White House chief of staff = Ron Klain is returning to his former law firm, joining O'Melveny & Myer= s LLP as a litigation partner and member of the executive committee.

Read full article »

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Ropes & Gray Cites 'Evaluations' Amid Layoff Rumor= s

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By Xiumei Dong

Ropes & Gray LLP has addressed= social media rumors of associate layoffs at the firm, stating on Monday th= at any cuts are a result of performance evaluations.

Read full article »

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EY US To Cut 3K Jobs After Canceling Spinoff Plan =

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By Xiumei Dong

Ernst & Young's U.S. arm said = on Monday that it would cut around 3,000 employees, who represent less than= 5% of the company's total workforce in the country.

Read full article »

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Ex-Ince CEO Set Up Companies Before Law Firm Collapsed=

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By Ashish Sareen

The saga of Ince Group PLC has tak= en another twist after it emerged that its ex-boss set up companies linked = to the business shortly before it announced that it was going into administ= ration.

Read full article »

Analysis

GOP Senators Oppose Feinstein Substitute On Judiciary = Panel

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By James Arkin

Senate Democrats planned to press = forward this week with an effort to temporarily replace ailing Sen. Dianne = Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee and unstick some federal court nominee= s, but the plan already appeared doomed Monday as Republicans quickly ralli= ed in opposition.

Read full article »

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Texas Federal Judge Barbara Lynn Taking Senior Status<= /a>

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By Jack Karp

The former chief judge of the Nort= hern District of Texas, U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn, will take se= nior status next month in an effort to make room for another appointment to= that court, the judge told Law360 on Monday.

Read full article »

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NY Chief Judge Nominee Rowan Wilson Gets Committee Nod=

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By Frank G. Runyeon

New York state lawmakers voted to = approve high court Judge Rowan Wilson's nomination for chief judge, laying = the groundwork for a full vote on his confirmation by the state Senate in t= he coming days.

Read full article »

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Trump Can't Postpone NY Rape Trial With 'Delay Tactics= '

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By Rachel Scharf

The Manhattan federal judge overse= eing former President Donald Trump's upcoming civil rape trial refused Mond= ay to grant a monthlong "cooling off" period following his arraignment on a= hush-money indictment, citing concerns that the request is just another "d= elay tactic by Mr. Trump."

=20 Order attached |=20 Read full article »

Feature

Wind, Mud & Penguins: Greenberg Atty Runs Antarcti= ca Race

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By Chris Villani

Greenberg Traurig LLP patent attor= ney and current Boston Bar Association President Chinh Pham recently comple= ted one of distance running's ultimate adventures when he ran a marathon in= Antarctica.

Read full article »

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What To Watch In Pay-For-Delay Trial Against Merck, Gl= enmark

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By Cara Salvatore

Merck and generic-drug maker Glenm= ark are set this week to fight multidistrict litigation claims that they go= uged buyers of Merck’s blockbuster cholesterol drug Zetia by forging = a pay-for-delay deal in 2010. Law360 breaks down the issues and stakes in t= his rare trial.

Read full article »

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Pa. Labor Firm Failed To Protect Personal Data, Suit S= ays

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By Chart Riggall

A Philadelphia labor and employmen= t firm was hit with a putative class action alleging that its failure to sa= feguard confidential data led to a 2021 breach that exposed the personal in= formation of tens of thousands of clients, witnesses and others connected t= o cases the firm has handled.

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Small Mass. Law Firm Sued After Data Breach

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By Brian Dowling

A small Massachusetts law firm fai= led to protect clients' personal information from cyber criminals who breac= hed the firm's computer systems and stole data, according to a federal laws= uit filed Monday in Boston.

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Fla. Jury Finds Widow Defamed Husband's Ex-Law Partner=

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By Carolina Bolado

A Miami jury on Monday found that = a tax attorney's widow defamed her husband's former law partner with statem= ents to the press and a lawsuit accusing him of scheming to keep the procee= ds of a $2 million life insurance policy.

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2nd Circ. Affirms Longer Sentence For Forged Court Doc= s

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By Brian Steele

The Second Circuit on Monday uphel= d an enhanced prison sentence for a man who admitted to ripping off nearly = $600,000 from his employer's charitable gift-matching program, writing in a= precedent-setting opinion that the lower court was free to punish him more= harshly after he submitted fraudulent documents in an effort to seek proba= tion.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

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By Leslie A. Pappas

Dominion Voting Systems' defamatio= n suit against Fox News in Delaware Superior Court sucked attention away fr= om the state's Court of Chancery last week, but the equity court was as bus= y as ever with disputes involving AT&T, Twitter, Walmart and Turkish ya= chts allegedly owned by terrorists.

Read full article »

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Allergan PLC

Arctic Slope Regional Corp.

AstraZeneca PLC

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedic= a Inc.

Catalyst Biosciences Inc.

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

Cephalon Inc.

Chenega Corp.

Collins Aerospace Inc.

ConocoPhillips Co.

Cutera, Inc.

Defenders of Wildlife

Dell Technologies Inc.

Georgetown University

Infrastructure & Ener= gy Alternatives Inc.

KPMG International

Lex Machina Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC<= /a>

MasTec Inc.

Mylan NV

Natural Resources Defense Coun= cil

Par Pharmaceutical Cos. Inc.

Playtika Ltd.

Ranbaxy

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

Vanir Construction Management = Inc.

Walmart Inc.

Washington Post Co.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Davis Wright Tremaine

Reichman Jorgensen Lehman &am= p; Feldberg LLP

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alaska State Legislature

Bureau of Land Management

Companies House

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Government Accountability Office=

International Chamber of Commer= ce

Judicial Conference of t= he United States

New York State Senate

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

U.S. Army

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorn= ey's Office for the District of Connecticut

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. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of Transportatio= n

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

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

U.S= . District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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

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

U.S. Sentencing Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

Washington State De= partment of Transportation

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