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Activists asked a Michigan federal judge Friday to hold the city of Flint= in contempt for again failing to comply with the settlement it reached to = replace lead service lines, accusing Flint of failing to meet restoration r= eporting requirements and missing another deadline to determine which prope= rties still need restoration.

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Flint Still Violating Water Pipe Deal, Groups Say<= /p> =09

By Danielle Ferguson

Activists asked a Michigan federal= judge Friday to hold the city of Flint in contempt for again failing to co= mply with the settlement it reached to replace lead service lines, accusing= Flint of failing to meet restoration reporting requirements and missing an= other deadline to determine which properties still need restoration.

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DC Circ. Orders More Analysis Of $6B Gas Pipeline Impa= cts

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By Katie Buehler

A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday ord= ered the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reconsider whether it need= s to conduct further environmental impact analysis on a hotly contested $6 = billion Appalachian pipeline based on evidence that the project's construct= ion has led to more erosion and sedimentation than originally anticipated.

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Board Finds Navy Waived Construction Deadline With Sil= ence

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By Alyssa Aquino

The Armed Services Board of Contra= ct Appeals rejected the U.S. Navy's claim that it properly ended a construc= tion contract following numerous delays, saying the service branch allowed = the contractor to "muddle through" for months after the work was due.

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Mass. Judge Won't Halt Wind Farm Construction For Fish= ing

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By Grace Dixon

A Massachusetts federal judge refu= sed to pause the construction of an 800-megawatt wind farm off the coast of= Martha's Vineyard, finding fishing groups' claims that the measure is need= ed to avoid irreparable harm were belied by their monthslong wait before se= eking relief.

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Judge Says Alaska Needs BLM Say-So For Mining Road Wor= k

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By Peter McGuire

The Alaska state agency developing= a 211-mile mining access road across the state's northern wilderness has t= o get federal permission before starting any pre-construction groundwork fo= r the project on federal, state or tribal land, a Last Frontier federal jud= ge has clarified.

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Flooring Co. Inks $7.5M Deal In Investor Suit Over SEC= Probe

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By Emilie Ruscoe

Investors in carpet tile maker Int= erface Inc. have asked a Brooklyn federal judge to give an initial nod to a= proposed $7.5 million deal to end claims the company improperly calculated= its earnings per share, hurting shareholders after the U.S. Securities and= Exchange Commission fined the company $5 million over the inaccurate accou= nting.

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Judge Dismisses All Claims In $24M Mich. Asbestos Row<= /a>

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By Peter McGuire

A Michigan federal judge has ended= a messy dispute between demolition and remediation companies, a power plan= t owner and an insurer over almost $24 million in allegedly unpaid costs fo= r removing asbestos and other hazardous materials from a decommissioned pow= er plant.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Some Client Speculations On AI And The Law Firm Biz Mo= del

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Generative artificial intelligence= technologies will put pressure on the business of law as it is structured = currently, but clients may end up with more price certainty for legal servi= ces, and lawyers may spend more time being lawyers, says Jonathan Cole at M= elody Capital.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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SEC, Covington Declare 'Impasse' In Client List Fight<= /a>

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By Alison Knezevich

Covington & Burling LLP and th= e U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a D.C. federal judge on Frid= ay that they've reached a "settlement impasse" in their dispute over whethe= r the law firm must hand over a list of clients targeted by a cyberattack.

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'Next Generation' Bar Exam Is Coming In 2026

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By Tracey Read

The National Conference of Bar Exa= miners is one step closer to a "reimagined" version of the bar exam that wi= ll better meet the changing needs of the legal profession.

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Mayer Brown's NY Staff Helps Mentor Teens, Young Adult= s

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By Andrea Keckley

Mayer Brown's New York staff is cl= ose to wrapping up its second annual mentorship program, where it pairs an = attorney and a non-attorney staff member with a young person to offer caree= r guidance as part of its partnership with Children's Village.

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AG Paxton Suspended As Texas House Votes To Impeach

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By Lauren Castle

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton = was suspended from office Saturday after the state House voted overwhelming= ly to impeach him, after an ethics committee investigation revealed a litan= y of state protocol violations connected to his dealings with his friend an= d political donor Nate Paul.

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Analysis

AG Paxton 'Forgiveness' Defense Has Texas-Sized Holes<= /a>

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By Andrew Strickler

A Texas law about voter "forgivene= ss" for official misdeeds may give embattled state Attorney General Ken Pax= ton some room to maneuver as he faces impeachment over corruption allegatio= ns, legal scholars said. But Paxton's lunge at a theory that voters were we= ll enough aware of the accusations and "ratified" him at the ballot box wil= l likely fall short.

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Judiciary Dems Tell Harlan Crow To Hand Over Thomas In= fo

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By Katie Buehler

Billionaire Republican donor Harla= n Crow has no valid reason not to provide senators with detailed informatio= n on gifts, transportation and lodging provided to U.S. Supreme Court Justi= ce Clarence Thomas, Senate Judiciary Committee leaders wrote in a Friday le= tter attacking Crow's reasons for not cooperating.

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Calif. Atty Says Free Speech Bars BLM Tweets Ethics Ch= arges

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By Lynn LaRowe

A Los Angeles employment lawyer fa= cing ethics charges over tweets she made in May 2020 during Black Lives Mat= ter protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd said the California= state bar's disciplinary action against her must be dropped because the "e= nshrined" free speech rights of Golden State attorneys "depend on it."

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New Chicago Federal Judge Joins Ex-Boss On The Bench

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By Celeste Bott

The appointment of U.S. District J= udge Jeremy C. Daniel came as no surprise to his former law school professo= r, boss and now colleague in the Northern District of Illinois, who lauded = his confirmation as a "dream come true."

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'Trailblazer' NJ County Assignment Judge Dies Suddenly=

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By George Woolston

The New Jersey judge who helmed th= e Monmouth County vicinage, and who was the first Black woman assignment ju= rist on the state's bench, has died, members of the Garden State legal comm= unity said over Memorial Day weekend.

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Firms Want W.Va. Camp Lejeune TCPA Allegations Tossed=

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By Peter McGuire

Two law firms accused of illegally= soliciting clients for Camp Lejeune toxic water contamination lawsuits hav= e told a West Virginia federal judge to toss a proposed class action, argui= ng they were not responsible for telephoning potential clients on a federal= do-not-call list.

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Colorado Firm Tried to Hide Assets From Judgment, Suit= Says

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By Aaron West

A Colorado law practice already fa= cing a $380,000 court judgment because of a botched immigration petition tr= ied to shield two properties from collection by transferring ownership to a= firm employee's relatives, a late May lawsuit claims.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

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By Kevin Penton

The Pacific Legal Foundation leads= this week's list of Law360 Legal Lions, as the U.S. Supreme Court curtaile= d the federal government's authority to regulate wetlands under the Clean W= ater Act.

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

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By Michele Gorman

Covington & Burling LLP and th= e U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have reached an "impasse" in thei= r fight over whether the law firm must hand over a list of clients targeted= by a cyberbreach, while the U.S. Department of Justice has come to penalty= agreements with more companies for posting job ads on a college job recrui= tment platform with illegal citizenship status restrictions. These are amon= g the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Hub Hires: Manatt Phelps, Sullivan & Worcester, DL= A Piper

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By Julie Manganis

Thousands of new grads across Mass= achusetts aren't the only ones starting a new chapter in their lives as com= mencement season gets underway, with longtime partners at two of Boston's o= ldest firms among the attorneys graduating to new firms.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

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By Leslie A. Pappas

The saga continued in Delaware Cha= ncery Court last week for stockholders of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. w= ho are questioning a proposed $120 million settlement. Fee requests from at= torneys representing investors in Oracle Corp., CBS Corp., Twitter Inc., Gr= oupon and Coty Inc. ramped up, and newly-filed cases involved lottery ticke= ts, restaurant bills and a gold mine.

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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 t= he U.K.'s former health secretary Matt Hancock sued for libel by a Reclaim = Party MP, a London housing developer build a claim against law firm Evershe= ds Sutherland, and F1 team McLaren start its engines in legal proceedings a= gainst its Swedish sponsor. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claim= s 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: The Hot New TikTok Trend Is Suing Montana=

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Montana's decision to ban the popu= lar social media app TikTok has drawn fierce legal backlash, with the compa= ny and some of its most prominent users immediately suing to reverse the un= precedented ban.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.

Activision Blizzard Inc.

Akima LLC

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Altaris Capital Partners LLC

Amazon.com Inc.

American Airlines Group Inc.

American College of Trial Lawy= ers

Amgen Inc.

Apple Inc.

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

AstraZeneca PLC

Avnet Inc.

BGC Partners Inc.

Babcock International Group

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

Honeywell International Inc.

Investments Ltd.

Johnson Matthey PLC

LexisNexis Group Inc.

MCM Services Group LLC

Microsoft Corp.

Natural Resources Defense Coun= cil

New Jersey State Bar Associatio= n

New York City Bar Association

New York University

Ohio State University

Olo Inc.

OneMain Holdings Inc.

Oracle Corp.

Pacific Legal Foundation

Paramount Global

Prudential Financial Inc.

RELX PLC

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Sierra Club

Spectrum Management Holding Co.

Spotify Technology SA

Starbucks Corp.

State Bar of California

State Street Global Advisors In= c.

Texas Public Policy Foundation

The Bank of Nova Scotia

The Royal Bank of Scotlan= d Group PLC

TikTok Inc.

Twitter Inc.

University of Georgia

Vallourec

Vineyard Wind LLC


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Edmonds Marshall McMahon

Herbert Smith Freehills

Water & Power Law Group

WilmerHale

Womble Bond

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alaska Department of Law

Armed Services Board of = Contract Appeals

Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Ocean Energy Manageme= nt

Colorado Supreme Court

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportun= ity Commission

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Federal Trade Commission

Fish and Wildlife Service

HM Revenue & Customs

Internal Revenue Service

National Oceanic = and Atmospheric Administration

New Jersey Departm= ent of Banking and Insurance

New Jersey Supreme Court

New York Department of = Financial Services

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminis= tration

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virgi= nia

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