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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Tuesday that contractors can be liabl= e for hazards they leave behind at the end of their contracts, even if the = property owner was aware of them, siding with a widower trying to hold city= contractors accountable for his wife's death.

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TOP NEWS

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Pa. Justices Say Contractors Can Be Liable For Clear D= angers

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By Alyssa Aquino

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court sai= d Tuesday that contractors can be liable for hazards they leave behind at t= he end of their contracts, even if the property owner was aware of them, si= ding with a widower trying to hold city contractors accountable for his wif= e's death.

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DC Circ. Rejects Challenge To $45B Alaska LNG Project<= /a>

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By Peter McGuire

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday reject= ed conservation groups' challenge to a roughly $45 billion natural gas pipe= line and export terminal in Alaska, ruling that federal energy regulators f= ollowed the law and reasonably assessed environmental impacts when they app= roved the huge project.

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FERC Says It Properly Approved NYC Gas Project

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By Madeline Lyskawa

The Federal Energy Regulatory Comm= ission defended its approval of a Kinder Morgan Inc. unit's project to boos= t natural gas supplies to New York City's main utility, telling the D.C. Ci= rcuit that it sufficiently reviewed the project's environmental impacts and= correctly weighed the project's necessity.

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POLICY & REGULATION

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Commerce Readies Tariffs On Subsidized Chinese Coupler= s

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By Alyssa Aquino

The U.S. Department of Commerce fi= nalized a nearly 270% countervailing tariff on Chinese freight rail coupler= s on Tuesday, after determining that the imports were being illegally subsi= dized by Beijing.

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ENFORCEMENT

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Ex-MHA Nation Official Will Serve 5 Years For Bribery = Scheme

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By Ali Sullivan

A former elected official of the M= andan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation in North Dakota has been sentenced to fiv= e years in prison for his role in a scheme that involved taking bribes and = kickbacks from a contractor providing construction services on the Fort Ber= thold Indian Reservation, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

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NY Drywall Co. Owner Admits Stealing $1.6M In COVID Fu= nds

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By Nate Beck

A second Long Island, New York, dr= ywall company owner has pled guilty to grand larceny charges after the pair= took more than $1.6 million in COVID-19 relief funding, in part by fa= lsely saying the money would help make payroll when their companies did not= employ anyone.

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LITIGATION

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DC Circ. Vacates Valve Rule For Gathering Pipelines

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By Katie Buehler

A D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday ax= ed part of a U.S. Department of Transportation agency's rule requiring rupt= ure-mitigation valves to be installed on certain new or replacement transmi= ssion and gathering pipelines, finding the agency "cut corners" when it exp= anded its cost-benefit analysis for transmission lines to gathering ones.

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Idaho Judge To Hear Tribe's Remand Effort Before Atty = DQ Bid

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By Caleb Symons

An Idaho federal judge will wait t= o tackle an ethical dispute involving counsel for the Shoshone-Bannock Trib= es, agreeing to first consider remanding to tribal court a negligence lawsu= it the Indigenous nation has brought against a former construction partner.

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DEALS

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Real Estate Rumors: Marc Realty, Kearny, Tom Ford<= /p> =09

By WaTeasa Freeman

Marc Realty is reportedly hoping t= o sell a Chicago development site for nearly $10 million, a Kearny Real Est= ate venture reportedly plans to build a logistics center in Southern Califo= rnia, and designer Tom Ford is said to have swapped homes in South Florida.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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How Cognizant Bribery Case Could Shape DOJ Investigati= ons

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A case playing out in New Jersey f= ederal court – U.S. v. Coburn, involving bribery charges against form= er Cognizant executives – will examine when a company’s coopera= tion becomes an outsourced investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice,= and could potentially limit the government’s use of certain evidence= , says Sara Kropf at Kropf Moseley.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Lewis Brisbois Taps New Managing Partner After Departu= res

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By Hailey Konnath

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smit= h LLP said Tuesday that Greg Katz, co-chair of the firm's general liability= and transportation practices, will be taking over as managing partner, an = announcement that comes after the resignation of the firm's co-founder and = in the wake of about 125 employment attorneys leaving the firm.

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Mass. US Attorney To Resign Friday Amid Probe

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By Brian Dowling

Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachae= l Rollins will resign Friday after a months-long ethics investigation by th= e U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general, into issues including an = appearance at a political fundraiser, ballooned into an unacceptable "distr= action," her attorney said Tuesday.

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Ropes & Gray Sheds Wealth Management Unit, Partner= s

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By Aebra Coe

Ten years after it was created, Ro= pes & Gray LLP is spinning off its wealth management subsidiary and als= o eliminating its private client practice group, according to an announceme= nt on Tuesday.

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NY DA Lists Potential Underlying Crimes In Trump Payof= f Case

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By Frank G. Runyeon

The Manhattan district attorney's = office on Tuesday unveiled the underlying crimes Donald Trump may have comm= itted in his alleged hush-money scheme, but pushed back on the ex-president= 's bid for more information, arguing that Trump will get millions of pages = of evidence to help him prepare his defense.

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Schumer Recommends Deputy US Atty As SDNY Judge =09

By Adrian Cruz

Deputy U.S. Attorney Margaret Garn= ett, who has spent nearly two decades as a federal prosecutor in the Southe= rn District of New York, was recommended Tuesday for a federal judgeship in= Manhattan, according to an announcement by the office of U.S. Senate Major= ity Leader Chuck Schumer.

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Justice Breyer Says High Court's Power Lies With Publi= c

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By Katie Buehler

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice= Stephen Breyer believes the high court's power is directly derived from ci= tizens' belief in the rule of law, explaining during a Tuesday event at Geo= rge Washington University Law School that some of the court's most influent= ial rulings would have fallen flat without the public's help.

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Dems Unveil Newest Bill To Expand Supreme Court =09

By Katie Buehler

A group of Democratic lawmakers an= d left-leaning legal advocates have once again renewed their push for legis= lation expanding the size of the U.S. Supreme Court, reintroducing a bill&#= 160;Tuesday that perished in committee last Congress.

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Ex-Defender Asks To Delay Ruling On Atty Withdrawal Mo= tion

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By Andrea Keckley

A former assistant federal public = defender suing the federal judiciary over how her harassment complaints wer= e handled asked a federal judge in North Carolina on Monday to hold off rul= ing on a request by Harvard law professors and two other attorneys to stop = representing her.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Media Inc.

American Petroleum Institute In= c.

Amsted Rail Co. Inc.

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

Cognizant Technology Solutio= ns Corp.

Consolidated Edison Inc.

Earthjustice

Food & Water Watch

George Washington University

Kinder Morgan Inc.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

Planned Parenthood Federation

Ropes Wealth Advisors LLC

Sierra Club

Vanir Construction Management = Inc.

Zoll Medical Corporation


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Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Stoel Rives

Tacopina Seigel

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

International Trade Commission

MHA Nation

New York State Department of L= abor

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Pipeline a= nd Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

Small Business Administration

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportatio= n

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

U.S. District C= ourt for the District of New Jersey

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

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United Nations

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