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New York state lawmakers have finalized a $229 billion budget that featur= es a number of climate provisions, including the nation's first all-electri= c new building mandate and a measure that would allow the Empire State's pu= blic power agency to build renewable energy projects.

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NY Budget Includes Natural Gas Ban, Public Renewables<= /a>

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By Tom Lotshaw

New York state lawmakers have fina= lized a $229 billion budget that features a number of climate provisions, i= ncluding the nation's first all-electric new building mandate and a measure= that would allow the Empire State's public power agency to build renewable= energy projects.

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Google Announces $2B Data Center Spend In Central Ohio=

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By Nate Beck

Google on Wednesday announced plan= s to build two data centers near the site of a prior project in an area of = central Ohio that's becoming a cloud computing hub for companies like Meta = and Amazon following Intel's work on a major chipmaking plant in the region= .

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DC Circ. Questions Breadth Of Feds' Oil Rail Project R= eview

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By Katie Buehler

A D.C. Circuit panel on Wednesday = explored whether it matters that the various environmental effects of a $1.= 5 billion oil and gas rail line project were considered reasonably foreseea= ble results or as merely tangential ones when being reviewed by federal tra= nsportation regulators if the effects were to be examined under either labe= l.

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Solar Farm Trial Victors Aim To Close Exits For $135M = Liability

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By Rosie Manins

A Georgia couple who won $135.5 mi= llion at trial against the owner and developers of a neighboring solar farm= powering a Facebook data center have asked a Georgia federal judge to prev= ent the companies from trying to derail the judgment by entering liability = findings against them.

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DOJ's Assa Abloy Merger Trial Paused Again And Again

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By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice cha= llenge to Assa Abloy's $4.3 billion pickup of Spectrum Brands' hardware and= home improvement business is on hold at least until Monday after a D.C. fe= deral judge paused the proceedings three times after six days of bench tria= l, without explanation.

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LITIGATION

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Webuild Presses 2nd Circ. To Revive Panama Feud Doc Bi= d

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By Caroline Simson

The Second Circuit was urged on Tu= esday to rule that federal courts can order discovery for arbitration befor= e the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, a novel i= ssue that arose after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated = decision last year narrowing a foreign discovery statute.

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Judge Says He Can Make Mo. Town Approve AT&T Tower=

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By Nadia Dreid

A western Missouri town can't skip= out on a suit brought by AT&T over a 175-foot cell tower that the tech= behemoth was denied permission to build because it was too ugly after a fe= deral judge said he doesn't buy the town's argument that he can't make them= approve the application.

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PEOPLE

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Fox Rothschild Adds Nelson Mullins Real Estate Atty In= NC

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By Jack Rodgers

Fox Rothschild LLP has added a Nel= son Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP attorney to its real estate practic= e in Raleigh, North Carolina, as a partner, the firm announced Tuesday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Brownfield Renewables Guidance Leaves Site Eligibility= Murky

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Recent IRS guidance sheds some lig= ht on the Inflation Reduction Act's incentives for renewable energy develop= ment on contaminated sites — but the eligibility of certain sites for= brownfield status remains uncertain, say Megan Caldwell and Jon Micah Goel= ler at Husch Blackwell.

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Ghosting In BigLaw: Why Better Feedback Habits Are Nee= ded

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Not giving assignments or construc= tive criticism to junior associates can significantly affect their performa= nce and hours, potentially leading them to leave the firm, but partners can= prevent this by asking the right questions and creating a culture of feedb= ack, says Rachel Patterson at Orrick.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Brown Goldstein's Eve Hil= l

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By Adam Lidgett

Eve Hill has always thought that p= eople should fight for fairness in life: an argument she started to sharpen= by facing off against her own mother in her rural Maine childhood home and= now takes up as a partner at Brown Goldstein & Levy LLP.

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Morgan Lewis Hires 10 Financial Services Attys From St= roock

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By Tracey Read

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP sai= d Wednesday it has expanded its consumer financial services class action li= tigation and regulatory team with 10 attorneys from Stroock & Stroock &= amp; Lavan LLP.

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Use Of 'Hot Mess' In High Court Brief Draws Ire, But I= sn't New

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By Jack Karp

Paul Weiss litigator Kannon K. Sha= nmugam was excoriated on Twitter for calling U.S. Solicitor General Elizabe= th Prelogar's work "a hot mess" in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Cour= t, but the language and tone in his brief do have precedent, according to e= xperts.

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Skadden, O'Melveny Vets Among 4 District Court Picks

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By James Arkin

President Joe Biden said Wednesday= he will nominate four new district court judge picks, including three sitt= ing local judges.

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Senate Confirms California, NY District Court Picks

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By James Arkin

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confi= rmed Orelia E. Merchant to the Eastern District of New York and approved th= e nomination of Judge Wesley Hsu for the Central District of California.

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Jordan Probes Lack Of Protester Arrests At Justices' H= omes

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By Lauren Berg

Rep. Jim Jordan, chair of the Hous= e Judiciary Committee, on Wednesday launched an investigation looking at wh= y U.S. marshals were told to not arrest protesters outside U.S. Supreme Cou= rt justices' homes after the draft decision overturning the right to aborti= on was leaked last year.

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3rd Circ. Nixes Late Night Filings, Sets 5 PM Deadline=

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By Madison Arnold

Attorneys will soon no longer be a= ble to submit electronic filings late at night to the Third Circuit after i= t adopted amendments to its local rules to create a 5 p.m. Eastern time dea= dline.

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Netflix Atty Again Slips Ex-Legal Exec's Harassment Cl= aims

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By Gina Kim

A California state judge tentative= ly granted a Netflix in-house attorney's bid to permanently toss a former l= egal affairs director's harassment and emotional distress claims stemming f= rom disparaging comments she allegedly made about Indian women, finding tha= t the plaintiff didn't allege those comments were directed at her or were a= bout her.

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Connolly Gallagher Atty, Jurist OK'd For Del. Supreme = Court

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By Rose Krebs

A Delaware Superior Court judge an= d Connolly Gallagher LLP partner have been appointed to 12-year terms as ju= stices on Delaware's nationally important Supreme Court after their nominat= ions were confirmed Wednesday by the state Senate.

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ABA Stresses Client Protection In New Prepaid Fees Gui= dance

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By Aaron West

A committee of the American Bar As= sociation issued new guidance Wednesday on the ethical obligations surround= ing retainers and prepaid attorney fees, offering guardrails to protect cli= ents from paying nonrefundable fees for unearned legal work.

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CCOs Plan Compliance Boosts Due To Increased Regs<= /p> =09

By Sarah Jarvis

Chief compliance officers of some = of the biggest U.S. companies say they are gearing up to boost their compli= ance levels in light of increasing regulatory expectations, according to re= sults released Wednesday from a survey conducted by KPMG LLP.

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Mich. Panel Questions Court's Liability In Ex-Judge's = Firing

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By Danielle Ferguson

A former Detroit state court admin= istrator told an appellate panel Tuesday that she cannot be sued by the cou= rt's former top magistrate judge, who was fired after raising concerns that= court personnel were mishandling warrants and arraignments, arguing she di= dn't have any actual role in ending the judge's contract.

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NJ High Court Creates Wellness Committee Led By Justic= e

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By Jake Maher

The New Jersey Supreme Court annou= nced this week the formation of the Committee on Wellness in the Law, which= will focus on improving the mental health of New Jersey's attorneys, judge= s and other legal professionals, with a justice of the court to lead it.

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Judge Says Bid To Toss His Vax Dispute Is 'Fatally Fla= wed'

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By Aaron West

A New York judge who was barr= ed from court after refusing COVID-19 vaccination on religious grounds urge= d a Manhattan federal court Wednesday to deny the state court system's moti= ons to toss his First Amendment lawsuit, describing the defendant's argumen= ts as "fatally flawed."

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2nd Circ. Can't Wade Into 'Baby Shark' Int'l Service I= ssue

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By Nadia Dreid

The owner of several Baby Shark tr= ademarks skipped some steps when it tried to appeal an order finding that t= he lower court didn't have jurisdiction over several entities accused of co= unterfeiting because they hadn't been properly served in China, the Second = Circuit said Wednesday.

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Ex-NC Bankruptcy Court Worker Pleads Guilty To Fraud

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By Emily Sawicki

The U.S. attorney for the Middle D= istrict of North Carolina announced Wednesday that a former U.S. Bankruptcy= Court employee in the Tar Heel State had entered a guilty plea as part of = a deal struck one day after he was charged with felony computer fraud for a= llegedly tampering with a court device.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

AlixPartners LLP

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Assa Abloy AB

Catholic Relief Services

Cato Institute

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

CorePower Yoga LLC

Earthjustice

Environmental Defense Fund Inc.

Ford Motor Co.

Fortune Brands Home & Secur= ity Inc.

Fossil Group Inc.

Google LLC

Infrastructure & Ener= gy Alternatives Inc.

KPMG International

LG Energy Solution Ltd.

LinkedIn Corp.

Netflix Inc.

New Jersey State Bar Associatio= n

Salini Impregilo SPA

Spectrum Brands Inc.

Spectrum Management Holding Co.

The University of Alabama Syste= m

Twitter Inc.

UCLA School of Law

United Nati= ons Commission on International Trade Law

University of Virginia

Villanova University

Virginia Commonwealth Universit= y

WSP Global Inc.

WSP Holdings Ltd.


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GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Consumer Financial Protectio= n Bureau

Federal Trade Commission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Internal Revenue Service

New Jersey Supreme Court

New York Attorney General'= s Office

New York Power Authority

New York State Division o= f Human Rights

New York State Unified Court = System

Office of the Comptroll= er of the Currency

Ohio Environmental Protectio= n Agency

Surface Transportation Board

U.S. Attorney&= #39;s Office for the District of Maryland

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

U= .S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of North Carolina

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

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

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Veterans Af= fairs

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

U.S. Distri= ct Court for the Middle District of Georgia

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

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Western District of Missouri

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

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U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

World Bank Group

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