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The full Fourth Circuit on Friday declined to rehear a bid by a group of = North Carolina conservationists to stop construction of a $600 million brid= ge that would connect the Outer Banks to the mainland.

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Full 4th Circ. Won't Tackle Enviros' Bid To Stop $600M= Bridge

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By Travis Bland

The full Fourth Circuit on Friday = declined to rehear a bid by a group of North Carolina conservationists to s= top construction of a $600 million bridge that would connect the Outer Bank= s to the mainland.

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DOE Says Sierra Club Can't Fight Gas Terminals' Export= s

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By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Department of Energy push= ed the D.C. Circuit to reject the Sierra Club's challenge of its approval o= f additional exports from two liquefied natural gas export terminals on the= Gulf Coast, arguing that the group had plenty of time to object to the dec= ision earlier and chose not to.

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Analysis

What To Watch As DOJ Tries To Lock Up Assa Abloy Merge= r

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By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice's A= ntitrust Division on Monday kicks off its latest merger trial of the Biden = era and with it, another chance to raise its low batting average in litigat= ed deal challenges.

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Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

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By Rachel Rippetoe

In the past year, companies like J= UUL, Capital One and Southern California Edison have settled for millions i= f not billions of dollars in litigation that was high-profile and often gro= undbreaking in its impact on the law itself. Such cases and many others = 212; which involved opioids, sexual harassment, kickbacks and data breaches= — were led by attorneys whose accomplishments helped them earn recog= nition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2023.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Analysis

What To Know About Biden's Enviro Justice Executive Or= der

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By Juan Carlos Rodriguez

President Joe Biden's new executiv= e order on environmental justice could provide more muscular leadership fro= m the White House on the issue and foster closer communication and more con= sistent policies across federal agencies.

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LITIGATION

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Assa Abloy Judge 'Won't Be Convinced By Evasiveness'

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By Bryan Koenig

Evasive witnesses will carry littl= e weight in the U.S. Department of Justice challenge to Assa Abloy's $4.3 b= illion pickup of Spectrum Brands' hardware and home improvement business, t= he D.C. federal judge presiding over the trial, her first as a judge, said = on Saturday.

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Enviro Co. Can't Make Contractor Liable For Entire $1.= 2M

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By Thy Vo

A Colorado trial court rejected an= environmental consulting firm's bid to put its subcontractor on the hook f= or a $1.25 million judgment against the firm, finding that jurors had corre= ctly limited the subcontractor's liability for an asbestos spill.

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Judge Says Concrete Price-Fixing Case Should Go Forwar= d

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By Kelcey Caulder

A federal magistrate judge recomme= nded rejecting dismissal motions in a case against a concrete company and e= xecutives accused of participating in a scheme to fix prices, rig bids and = allocate markets for ready-mix concrete in the Savannah, Georgia, area.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Supreme Court Preserves Abortion Pill Access, For Now<= /a>

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By Hannah Albarazi

The U.S. Supreme Court preserved a= ccess to a widely used abortion medication Friday evening, putting the brak= es on a Texas federal judge's ruling that would have undone the U.S. Food a= nd Drug Administration's decades-old approval of the drug.

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Fed. Circ. Judge Says Colleagues Can't Run Investigati= on

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By Dani Kass

U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman'= s new counsel from the New Civil Liberties Alliance on Friday urged the chi= efs of both the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit to let a differe= nt appeals court review whether the 95-year-old is fit to stay on the bench= , taking issue with her not being assigned cases and with allegations that = she has refused to cooperate with the investigation, according to letters o= btained and authenticated by Law360.

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ABA Hires Investigator To Look Into Data Breach =09

By Matt Perez

The American Bar Association has h= ired a forensic investigator to look into a recently discovered data breach= that exposed the information of 1.5 million people, a spokesperson told La= w360 Pulse on Friday.

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DA Bragg Settles Subpoena Row Over Ex-Trump Prosecutor=

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By Frank G. Runyeon

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin = Bragg resolved a subpoena fight with the House Judiciary Committee Friday e= vening, agreeing to allow a former prosecutor to testify about his experien= ce investigating former President Donald Trump.

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Jan. 6 Atty Rebuked For Sudden Withdrawal In Client's = Case

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By Chart Riggall

A Washington, D.C., federal judge = presiding over the trial of several Capitol riot defendants upbraided a def= ense attorney Thursday for suddenly dropping out of the case and causing th= e trial to be delayed for a second time.

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Firm Says Travelers Owes $1M For Gymnastics Fund Hack<= /a>

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By Hope Patti

Travelers should have to pay its $= 1 million policy limit to a law firm claiming it lost $1.6 million when its= USA Gymnastics sex abuse settlement fund was hacked, the firm said, tellin= g a Michigan federal court that its policy specifically provides coverage f= or losses resulting from fraudulent wire transfers.

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J&J Talc Claimants Form Committee To Support Ch. 1= 1 Plan

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By Vince Sullivan

Law firms representing more than 5= 5,000 talc claimants in the Chapter 11 case of Johnson & Johnson's talc= unit have formed an ad hoc committee in the proceedings and expect to garn= er enough support to approve the debtor's proposed $8.9 billion settlement.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

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By Kevin Penton

Susman Godfrey LLP dominated this = week's edition of Legal Lions, as it secured a $787.5 million settlement to= resolve client Dominion Voting Systems' defamation claims against conserva= tive media giant Fox Corp.

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Up Next At High Court: How To Preserve Issues For Appe= al

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By Jess Krochtengel

In its final week of arguments thi= s term, the U.S. Supreme Court will tackle an appellate procedural issue th= at it has passed over nearly a dozen times before.

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

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By Sue Reisinger

Fox News settled the defamation su= it filed against it by Dominion and acknowledged it had made false claims a= bout the voting machine company, agreeing to pay it $787.5 million. And the= American Bar Association revealed that hackers have stolen about 1.5 milli= on members' usernames and passwords from its computer system.

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

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By Tabitha Burbidge

The past week in London has seen r= enowned range cooker brand AGA produce an intellectual property claim again= st rival oven company UK Innovations, petrol giant Shell get sued by UK oil= company Premier Oil, and drinks maker Bundaberg lift the lid on a cargo cl= aim against Arbour Shipping. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new clai= ms in the U.K.

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

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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.

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Podcast

The Term: When Are Online Threats Protected Free Speec= h?

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When do menacing and unsavory stat= ements cross the line from free speech to a "true threat" unprotected by th= e First Amendment? On this week's episode, Law360's The Term breaks down th= e questions posed by the justices as they considered the case of a Colorado= man convicted of stalking after sending thousands of unwanted messages to = a singer.

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Podcast

Pro Say: Lights, Camera, Objection! Inside TV's 'Jury = Duty'

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No one loves participating in jury= duty, but would you like it more if you found yourself empaneled with acto= r James Marsden? One juror found out the answer to that in a new TV show ca= lled "Jury Duty," and the Pro Say team has a chat with three of the show's = stars who are also real-life attorneys.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alliance Defending Freedom

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American International Group In= c.

Change Healthcare Inc.

Chicago Cubs Baseball Club LLC

Commonwealth Edison Co.

Eastern Point Trust Co.

Ernst & Young LLP

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Financial Industry R= egulatory Authority Inc.

Fortune Brands Home & Secur= ity Inc.

Fox Corp.

Fox News Network LLC

Geosyntec Consultants Inc.

Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC

Golden State Warriors

Major League Baseball Inc.

Merck & Co. Inc.

Monsanto Co.

Mylan NV

New Civil Liberties Alliance

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC

Pacific Legal Foundation

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

Prometheus Biosciences Inc.

Renault

Rivian Automotive LLC

Sierra Club

Southern California Edison Co.

Southern Environmental Law Cen= ter

Spectrum Brands Inc.

Spectrum Management Holding Co.

Spotify Technology SA

State Bar of California

Supervalu Inc.

Tesla Inc.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industrie= s Ltd.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Travelers Cos. Inc.


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Donnie Dixon Attorney at Law

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Council on Environmental Quality=

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Federal Highway Administration

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Lac du Fla= mbeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

North Carolina Department of= Justice

North Carolina Depart= ment of Transportation

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office

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U.S. Bankrupt= cy Court for the District of New Jersey

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

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

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

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