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An executive for Assa Abloy's divestiture buyer appeared Friday to feed i= nto a D.C. federal judge's concerns that the two companies don't have a bet= ter dispute resolution process than litigation, in a potentially important = blow to Assa Abloy's $4.3 billion pickup of Spectrum Brands' hardware and h= ome improvement business.

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Any Spat Between Assa Abloy, Buyer Likely To End In Co= urt

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By Bryan Koenig

An executive for Assa Abloy's dive= stiture buyer appeared Friday to feed into a D.C. federal judge's concerns = that the two companies don't have a better dispute resolution process than = litigation, in a potentially important blow to Assa Abloy's $4.3 billion pi= ckup of Spectrum Brands' hardware and home improvement business.

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Caterpillar Settles Ex-Staffer's Trade Secrets Case

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By Rosie Manins

Caterpillar has settled a lawsuit = alleging it stole a former employee's design in order to save millions of d= ollars on products, a Georgia federal judge revealed in a case dismissal Fr= iday.

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Maine DOT Pushes Back On Bid To Halt Bridge Replacemen= t

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By Mike Curley

The Maine Department of Transporta= tion asked a federal judge Friday not to grant an injunction blocking its p= lans to replace the historic Frank J. Wood Bridge with a new one between Br= unswick and Topsham, saying the state was not required to re-estimate the c= ost of alternatives when the First Circuit ordered it to reevaluate its opt= ions.

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Va. Highway Expansion Claim Must Be Arbitrated, Court = Hears

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By Caroline Simson

Lloyd's of London underwriters arg= ued in federal court Friday that a subcontractor on a massive, multibillion= -dollar project to expand an interstate highway in Virginia must arbitrate = its claim for coverage on more than $26 million in damages caused by an inc= ident that occurred during construction.

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POLICY & REGULATION

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House Votes To Undo Solar Moratorium

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By Jennifer Doherty

The U.S. House of Representatives = voted to overturn President Joe Biden's temporary block on new solar cell t= ariffs Friday in a marginally bipartisan vote.

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ENFORCEMENT

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Ex-Detroit Mayor's Ally Can't Shake $7.5M Bribery Judg= ment

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By Danielle Ferguson

A former contractor and co-conspir= ator with former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick can't ditch a $7.5 million = judgment for his role in a municipal bribery and kickback scheme because hi= s request to reconsider the judgment was too late, even considering his pro= se filing, a Michigan federal judge has ruled.

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LITIGATION

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Mass. Court Says Cos.' Suit Not Barred By Anti-SLAPP L= aw

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By Chris Villani

A divided Massachusetts Appeals Co= urt on Friday ruled that the state's anti-SLAPP statute could not allow a c= oncrete company to duck a suit claiming it spent a decade filing various le= gal and administrative actions in an effort to block a competitor from open= ing next door.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Short Message Data Challenges In E-Discovery

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As short message platforms increas= ingly dominate work environments, lawyers face multiple programs, different= communication styles and emoji in e-discovery, so they must consider new s= trategies to adapt their processes, says Cristin Traylor at Relativity.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Keller Rohrback's Lynn Sa= rko

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By Madeline Lyskawa

Although one of the most influenti= al plaintiffs attorneys at the moment, Lynn Lincoln Sarko, the managing par= tner of Seattle-based Keller Rohrback LLP, came from humble origins, growin= g up in Marengo, Illinois, a once 2,000-person farm town that Sarko joked d= idn't nab its first stoplight until after he left.

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Sen. Grassley's Former Chief Of Staff Joins Crowell &a= mp; Moring

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By Andrea Keckley

Crowell & Moring LLP announced= Monday that it has hired the former chief of staff to Sen. Chuck Grassley,= R-Iowa, to co-chair the firm's government affairs group.

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Holland & Knight Picks Up 17 Attys For Mexico Offi= ces

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By Chart Riggall

Seventeen attorneys have joined Ho= lland & Knight LLP's Mexico City and Monterrey offices from Mexican fir= m Sanchez Devanny, including that firm's former managing partner and the he= ads of its international trade and corporate governance and compliance prac= tices.

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Alito Has 'Pretty Good Idea' Who Leaked Dobbs Opinion<= /a>

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By Aaron West

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel = Alito said he has a "pretty good idea" of who leaked his controversial Dobb= s opinion last year that overturned federal abortion rights, even though he= said he doesn't have enough evidence to name the leaker publicly.

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Analysis

Judge Paves Way For Others With Mental Health Disclosu= re

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By Carolyn Muyskens

A state supreme court justice's ra= re public statement about his mental health could help destigmatize convers= ations about mental health amid a movement around the country to address ju= dges' well-being.

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'Fireworks' As Trump Attys Grill Cohen In NY AG's $250= M Suit

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By Frank G. Runyeon

Michael Cohen, the former attorney= for Donald Trump who has accused the ex-president of committing a host of = crimes, faced a contentious, five-hour deposition Friday by Trump's current= attorneys as part of the New York attorney general's $250 million civil fr= aud case against his former boss.

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Who Flies Away With Avenatti's Plane? Court To Decide =

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By Craig Clough

A California federal judge granted= Thursday a request from the federal government to decide who should get th= e proceeds from a private jet that convicted attorney Michael Avenatti boug= ht with stolen money, including a victim who never received most of her $3 = million settlement.

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Littler Says Ex-Associate Must Face Doc Theft Suit In = Texas

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By Lauren Berg

Littler Mendelson PC urged a Texas= state judge Friday to reject a bid by one of its former associates to esca= pe the firm's lawsuit alleging she stole thousands of confidential document= s, saying the suit belongs in the Lone Star State, where most of the allege= d theft took place.

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Cook County Judges Ordered To Return To In-Person Work=

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By Celeste Bott

Judges and court staff in Illinois= ' Circuit Court of Cook County have been ordered to return to mostly in-per= son work starting on May 14, with a more-permanent phase-out of remote work= in June, as the court has opted to end the emergency measures it put in pl= ace to combat the spread of COVID-19.

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DOJ Reaches $795K Deal In Ex-Atty's Pregnancy Bias Sui= t

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By Ryan Boysen

A Black attorney has reached a $79= 5,000 settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Integrity Sec= tion, after claiming in a lawsuit that her former employer fired her over u= nfounded and racially tinged fears that giving birth would interfere with h= er work.

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Wells Fargo Can't Subpoena Ex-Plaintiffs In Class Acti= on

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By Katryna Perera

Wells Fargo can't subpoena documen= ts from 11 former plaintiffs in a proposed class action that accuses the ba= nk of knowingly helping an attorney run a Ponzi scheme, a Nevada federal ju= dge ruled, reasoning that discovery generally isn't allowed from absent cla= ss members.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

=09

By Kevin Penton

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and = Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP top this week's edition of Law360's Legal Li= ons, as the firms won an epic battle of BigLaw firms fighting at the Ninth = Circuit over whether Apple's App Store policies violate federal antitrust l= aw.

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

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By Michele Gorman

Coinbase claimed the U.S. Securiti= es and Exchange Commission did an about-face on its stance about the legali= ty of the cryptocurrency firm — making public its 73-page brief and a= video response to the agency's notice of potential enforcement — and= Washington state enacted a sweeping health privacy law. These are among th= e stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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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 L= ondon law firm Rosenblatt sued by a venture capital fund after profits plun= ged by almost half, Renault and Vauxhall start their engines in competition= claims over component makers' price-fixing, and Netflix and British TV stu= dio Fremantle take legal action against production company Showem Entertain= ment. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims 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

Pro Say Special: 2023 Fictional Lawyers Fantasy Draft<= /a>

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If you were building a fictional l= egal dream team, who would you include? That's the question we try to answe= r on this week's episode of Law360's Pro Say podcast, as the hosts draft a = roster of fictional lawyers.

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Afghanistan International Bank

American Bar Association

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

Business Insider Inc.

Conservation Law Foundation Inc.=

Deutsche Bank AG

Early Warning Services LLC

Earthjustice

Environmental Defense Fund Inc.

Epic Games Inc.

Ethisphere Institute

Ferguson Enterprises Inc.

Fifth Third Bancorp

Fortune Brands Home & Secur= ity Inc.

International Business Ma= chines Corp.

Lumentum Holdings Inc.

National Trust for Hist= oric Preservation

Netflix Inc.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

Nike Inc.

Oclaro Inc.

Plains GP Holdings LP

Planned Parenthood Federation

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Southern California Edison Co.

Spectrum Brands Inc.

Spectrum Management Holding Co.

Spotify Technology SA

State Bar of Michigan

StoneTurn Group LLP

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.

The Walt Disney Co.

Trump Organization Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Union of Concerned Scientists

University of Virginia

Volkswagen AG

Walt Disney Parks & = Resorts Worldwide Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

Yes Bank Ltd.


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Herbert Smith Freehills

Lee Hong Degerman Kang & Waimey

Shakespeare Martineau

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Consumer Financial Protectio= n Bureau

Dallas County, Texas

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportun= ity Commission

European Union

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Highway Administration

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Internal Revenue Service

International Chamber of Commer= ce

International Court of Justice

Maine Attorney General's Offi= ce

Maine Department of Transporta= tion

Massachusetts Supreme Judici= al Court

Michigan Department of Tr= ansportation

National Oceanic = and Atmospheric Administration

New York Attorney General'= s Office

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Central District of California

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportatio= n

U.S. Di= strict Court for the Central District of California

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office<= /a>

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United St= ates District Court for the District of Nevada

Virginia Department of Tr= ansportation

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