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The U.S. Department of the Interior on Thursday proposed an update of its= renewable energy regulations, with the explicit aim of promoting the devel= opment of solar and wind energy on public lands.

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DOI Floats Lower Solar, Wind Project Fees On Public La= nds

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By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Department of the Interio= r on Thursday proposed an update of its renewable energy regulations, with = the explicit aim of promoting the development of solar and wind energy on p= ublic lands.

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No Need To Hear Farm Work OT Case, Worker Tells Justic= es

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By Caleb Drickey

A Mexican construction worker who = built livestock pens while holding an agricultural worker visa urged the U.= S. Supreme Court not to revisit a decision to revive his wage suit, arguing= that the dispute was simple and purely procedural in nature.

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Surfside Condo Probe Reveals Pool Deck's 'Severe' Prob= lems

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By Dorothy Atkins

The National Institute of Standard= s and Technology released preliminary findings Thursday that the Champlain = Towers South condominium's pool deck in Surfside, Florida, likely didn't co= mply with building standards and had "many areas of severe strength deficie= ncy" before the structure collapsed in June 2021, killing nearly 100 people= .

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ENFORCEMENT

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Construction Co. Owners Charged In $5.4M Contract Scam=

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By Parker Quinlan

Two New York construction company = owners have been charged with attempting to steal $5.4 million in environme= ntal resilience funds by submitting fake documents, federal prosecutors sai= d Thursday.

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LITIGATION

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Green Groups Accuse TVA Of 'Backroom Deal' For Gas Pla= nt

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By Peter McGuire

The Tennessee Valley Authority ill= egally clinched a pipeline deal to supply a new gas-fired power plant befor= e considering alternatives to the project, then devalued the likely environ= mental damage from the proposed power station, according to a lawsuit from = environmental groups filed in Tennessee federal court.

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Eckert Seamans Wants Out Of Pittsburgh Zoning Suit=

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By Grace Dixon

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot= t LLC has asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to allow it to duck out of a t= rade association's suit challenging a Pittsburgh zoning ordinance, saying i= t hasn't been paid since February 2022.

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DEALS

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PE Firm Lone Star Buys Fluid Technologies Biz In $520M= Deal

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By Elaine Brise=F1o

Carlisle Companies Inc. will sell = its Carlisle Fluid Technologies unit to private equity firm Lone Star Funds= in a transaction valued at $520 million that will further the company's go= al of shifting its focus to construction materials, according to a Thursday= announcement.

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PEOPLE

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Bradley Arant Adds 3 Peckar & Abramson Constructio= n Attys

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By Emily Johnson

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP h= as once again strengthened its construction practice, this time adding thre= e former Peckar & Abramson PC attorneys in its Dallas office.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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New amendments to Florida's Buildi= ng Safety Act provide condominium associations with more flexibility to com= ply with inspection deadlines, but vaguely defined extension criteria and u= nambiguous lines of responsibility warrant further legislative action, say = Jordan Isrow and Andrew Ingber at Government Law Group.=20

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WilmerHale Elects Ex-SDNY Prosecutor As Managing Partn= er

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By Tracey Read

WilmerHale said Thursday that a lo= ngtime white collar litigator and strategic adviser will become its next ma= naging partner effective Jan. 1.

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Prominent Kirkland Litigator Steps Away From Practicin= g Law

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By Hailey Konnath

Well-known Kirkland & Ellis LL= P trial lawyer Jim Hurst has left the firm — and the practice of law = altogether — following a more than 30-year career trying high-profile= cases dealing with a range of matters including intellectual property, pro= duct liability and antitrust, Kirkland confirmed Thursday.

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Firms' Total Pro Bono Hours Rise While Hours Per Atty = Fall

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By Andrea Keckley

A Pro Bono Institute report of 124= law firms has found a 7.3% increase in hours of pro bono work performed fr= om 2021 to 2022, despite dips in other metrics.

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In 1st For US, Senate Confirms Muslim Woman To EDNY

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By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted = 50-49 to confirm Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, legal director of the American Civ= il Liberties Union of Illinois, to the Eastern District of New York, making= her the nation's first Muslim woman to serve as a federal judge.

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3 Immigration Firms Join Forces In 70-Atty Combo =09

By Adrian Cruz

San Francisco-based Corporate Immi= gration Partners LLP said Thursday that it has signed an agreement to combi= ne with Chicago-based firm Global Immigration Associates PC and Cincinnati,= Ohio-based Hammond Neal Moore LLC into one firm bearing the Corporate Immi= gration name.

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Colo. Court Jury Bias Decision A Window Into Batson De= bate

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By Andrew Strickler

Jury bias reform advocates say a c= ase that comes as Colorado court leaders consider making it harder to exclu= de some jurors also encapsulates the hurdles faced by defendants, prosecuto= rs and judges to mitigating racial bias in the jury system.

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'Lottery Lawyer' Gets 13 Years In $62M Fraud

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By Cara Salvatore

A Brooklyn federal judge on Thursd= ay sentenced "Lottery Lawyer" Jason Kurland to serve 13 years in prison for= his role in defrauding clients of $62 million in winnings, saying the form= er Rivkin Radler LLP partner abused his position of trust in= "grotesque" fashion.

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Calif. Atty Loses Challenge To BLM Tweets Ethics Charg= es

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By Lynn LaRowe

The California State Bar Court has= rejected a Golden State attorney's First Amendment challenge to ethics cha= rges against her over tweets she made about Black Lives Matter protests in = the wake of the 2020 killing of George Floyd, saying she may face disciplin= e over the statements.

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Mass. High Court Tosses Conviction Over Atty's Racist = Posts

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By Emily Sawicki

Massachusetts' highest court on Th= ursday tossed out the 2016 conviction of a Black Muslim man, finding that h= is court-appointed attorney, known to post hateful and profane rhetoric onl= ine, harbored "a deep-seated animus for persons of the defendant's race or = religion," which calls into question his client's access to justice and a f= air trial.

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Giuliani Takes 'Salacious' Sex Assault Suit To NY Fed.= Court

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By Bonnie Eslinger

Rudy Giuliani moved a former emplo= yee's suit accusing him of sexual assault from New York state court to fede= ral court, where on Thursday U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos was assigned= to the case Giuliani has called "salacious" and "meant to create a media f= renzy."

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Trip-And-Fall Fraud Mastermind Avoids Jail, Gets House= Arrest

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By Frank G. Runyeon

A Manhattan federal judge sentence= d a former chiropractor to nine months of home detention Thursday for his c= entral role in a "massive fraud," walking back a vow to imprison the govern= ment cooperator at the last moment during an emotional sentencing.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abbott Laboratories

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Libert= ies Union of Illinois

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Carlisle Companies Inc.

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

Corning Inc.

Envoy Global Inc.

Guggenheim Partners LLC

Southern Environmental Law Cen= ter

State Bar of California

Surfside

The Center for Reproducti= ve Rights Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Twitter Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Corporate Immigration Partners

Global Immigration Associates

Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Land Management

Colorado Supreme Court

Committee for Public Coun= sel Services

Massachusetts Supreme Judici= al Court

National Institute= of Standards and Technology

New York City Police Department

Tennessee Valley Authority

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

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department o= f Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Interior

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

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

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

U.S= . District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

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