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The World Trade Organization has called on China to unwind four-year-old = antidumping duties on Japanese stainless steel that a panel found to be inc= onsistent with China's international trade obligations.

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TOP NEWS

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WTO Sides With Japan In Steel Fight, Urges China To Ni= x Duty

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By Alyssa Aquino

The World Trade Organization has c= alled on China to unwind four-year-old antidumping duties on Japanese stain= less steel that a panel found to be inconsistent with China's international= trade obligations.

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Enbridge Given 3 Years To Move Pipeline Off Wis. Reser= vation

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By Caleb Symons

Enbridge Energy Co. must remove an= oil and natural gas pipeline from Wisconsin tribal land, a federal judge h= as ruled, giving the company three years to reroute its controversial Line = 5 and ordering it to pay $5.2 million for trespassing.

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Ga. Judge Trims Biomass Power Plant Noise Suit =09

By Peter McGuire

A Georgia federal judge has trimme= d lawsuits from more than two dozen Peach State residents over alleged nois= e and vibration from a biomass power plant near their homes, ruling many in= habitants haven't offered evidence to back their claims ahead of a trial in= the case.

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Trade Court Shuts Door On Cabinet Co.'s Duty Evasion S= uit

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By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. Court of International Tr= ade on Tuesday upheld findings that a cabinet importer skirted tariffs on C= hinese cabinets by claiming they were Malaysia-made, rejecting the importer= 's contention that the use of redacted evidence against it violated its con= stitutional rights.

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Biz Group Wants Challenge To NLRB GC's Memo Kept Alive=

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By Emily Brill

A contractors' association has urg= ed a Michigan federal judge to keep in play a suit against the National Lab= or Relations Board's general counsel, saying it adequately alleged that she= overstepped her authority by issuing a memo outlining her view that mandat= ory work meetings that discourage unionization are unlawful.

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Groups Drop Suit Over Texas DOT's $6B Highway Plan=

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By Brent Godwin

A lawsuit over a $5.6 billion high= way overhaul in Austin, Texas, has come to an end, with the parties telling= a federal court they want the case dismissed.

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Angola Scores Exit From $1.1B Power Plant Suit

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By Madeline Lyskawa

A D.C. federal judge tossed an Ang= olan energy company's lawsuit against Angola over a canceled $1.1 billion p= ower plant project, ruling Tuesday that the suit belongs in the southwester= n African country and that Aenergy SA is forum shopping in jurisdictions th= at have "a tenuous connection" to the case.

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5th Circ. Revives States' Challenge To Border Wall Fre= eze

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By Alyssa Aquino

The Fifth Circuit has reversed a T= exas judge's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Republican-led states seeking = to resume construction of a border wall, instructing the lower court to "ex= peditiously" resolve the states' motion for a preliminary injunction to for= ce the Biden administration to start building again.

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Casino Co. Still Can't Toss Turkish Workers' Wage Bias= Suit

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By Joyce Hanson

A Northern Mariana Islands federal= judge has kept alive an employment discrimination suit by Turkish workers = of a Hong Kong casino operator who claim they were paid less than Taiwanese= and Italian workers, finding the latest complaint sufficiently alleges tha= t the company violated U.S. civil rights law.

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Pa. Judge Says Insurer Should Win Unpaid Premiums Figh= t

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By Riley Murdock

A Pennsylvania magistrate judge re= commended a federal court hand a win to Selective Insurance Co. of the Sout= heast in its suit against a construction company over unpaid premiums, citi= ng a "painfully prolonged process" caused by the company's behavior.

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2nd Circ. OKs 7-Year Sentence For $26M Belize Airport = Scam

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By Katryna Perera

The Second Circuit on Tuesday uphe= ld a seven-year prison sentence for the owner of an investment fund wh= o admitted to swindling $26 million from dozens of investors by lying to th= em about an airport he was purportedly building in Belize.

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4th Circ. OKs Ban On Asbestos Suits Against Georgia-Pa= cific

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By Vince Sullivan

The Fourth Circuit upheld a bankru= ptcy court's injunction in the case of Bestwall LLC that bars asbestos inju= ry litigation against nondebtor Georgia-Pacific, saying in a 2-1 decision T= uesday that the bankruptcy court had the required jurisdiction and applied = the correct standard in approving the injunction.

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Wis. Justices Say Insurers Must Face Suit Over Pool De= fects

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By Hope Patti

Insurers for a contractor and conc= rete supplier must face a coverage dispute over a defective residential poo= l complex, the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Tuesday, overturning key conclu= sions reached in an influential case known as Pharmacal.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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5 Management Tips To Keep Law Firm Merger Talks Moving=

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Many law firm mergers that make so= lid business sense still fall apart due to the costs and frustrations of in= efficient negotiations, but firm managers can increase the chance of succes= s by effectively planning and executing merger discussions, say Lisa Smith = and Kristin Stark at Fairfax Associates.=20

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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BCLP Bulks Up With 15 Dentons Hires For IP, Corporate = Teams

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By Madison Arnold

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP an= nounced Tuesday the addition of 15 people from Dentons, including the ex-ch= air of its global intellectual property and technology group and the previo= us U.S. chair of the firm, as well as five other partners.

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Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty To 2 Tax Charges

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By Leslie A. Pappas

Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. Pres= ident Joe Biden, has pled guilty to two counts of failure to pay income tax= in Delaware federal court and will enter a pretrial diversion agreement to= resolve a firearm charge.

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Trump Classified Docs Trial Set For Aug. 14 But Delay = Likely

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By Ivan Moreno

A Florida federal judge set a tent= ative Aug. 14 trial date on Tuesday for former President Donald Trump on ch= arges that he illegally retained highly classified government documents aft= er he left office and hid them from investigators, but it's unlikely the fo= rmer president will go on trial that soon.

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Eastman Backs Alternate Electors As Disbarment Trial O= pens

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By Craig Clough

Former President Donald Trump's on= etime attorney John Eastman took the stand on the first day of his Californ= ia disbarment trial Tuesday and defended his work helping Trump try to= overturn the 2020 election, including encouraging Georgia lawmakers to con= sider adopting a slate of alternate electors.

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Oath Keepers Atty Incompetent To Stand Trial Over Jan.= 6

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By Lauren Berg

A top attorney for the Oath Keeper= s, who allegedly helped plan the Jan. 6, 2021, siege on the U.S. Capitol, b= efore destroying evidence relevant to the criminal investigation into the r= iot, is not mentally competent to stand trial next month, according to a D.= C. federal judge's order Tuesday.

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2nd Circ. Affirms Yale's Win In Ex-Prof's Trump Tweet = Suit

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By Hailey Konnath

The Second Circuit on Tuesday back= ed the dismissal of a former Yale University professor's suit claiming she = was fired for tweeting about former President Donald Trump and lawyer Alan = Dershowitz, ruling the professor hasn't established she had a legitimate em= ployment contract with Yale.

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Senate Confirms Abortion Rights Atty To 1st Circ.<= /p> =09

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 5= 1-43 to confirm Julie Rikelman, litigation director at the Center for Repro= ductive Rights, to the First Circuit, making her the third Biden judicial n= ominee to be confirmed to that appellate court's bench.

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Seattle's US Attorney Resigns As AG Race Nears

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By Greg Lamm

U.S. Attorney Nick Brown abruptly = resigned Tuesday after less than two years as Seattle's top federal prosecu= tor, rejoining Pacifica Law Group LLP as former colleagues say he considers= a campaign for Washington attorney general.

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CIA Deputy GC Joins Arnold & Porter White Collar P= ractice

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By Alison Knezevich

A deputy general counsel for the C= entral Intelligence Agency who oversaw its litigation and advised senior le= adership has joined Arnold & Porter's white collar defense and investig= ations practice, the firm said Tuesday.

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Ex-GM Exec, US Trade Official Joins Squire Patton<= /p> =09

By Alison Knezevich

A former General Motors executive = and U.S. trade negotiator has joined Squire Patton Boggs as a partner in Wa= shington, D.C., amid an increased focus on export controls and sanctions, t= he firm said Tuesday.

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LeClairRyan, Firm Founder Settle 'Last Partner' List D= ispute

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By Andrew Strickler

A LeClairRyan founder and the trus= tee for the defunct Virginia partnership have agreed to end a bitter disput= e over unpaid taxes and millions of dollars in "phantom" income stemming fr= om the firm's implosion four years ago.

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Skadden, Paul Weiss Among Firms To Aid Migrants In NY<= /a>

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By Kevin Penton

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilt= on LLP, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and Skadden Arps= Slate Meagher & Flom LLP are among the BigLaw firms that plan to contr= ibute pro bono assistance to asylum seekers in New York City at a new legal= center.

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Analysis

Shook Hardy Pays It Forward With New Civil Rights Prac= tice

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By Tracey Read

Last year, Shook Hardy & Bacon= LLP obtained an $8.5 million award for a client in a prisoners' rights cas= e involving a federal detainee in Missouri who died at the age of 42 after = being denied prompt care for terminal lung cancer. Now, the firm is using m= uch of its fee award recovery to expand its civil rights and racial justice= pro bono practice, in what one leader calls an effort to pay it forward wi= th proceeds from the case.

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Gilstrap Made Mistakes In Sanctions Ruling, 5th Circ. = Finds

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By Andrew Karpan

A federal appeals court has held t= hat U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap failed to give enough notice t= o the CEO of a patent-holding company before imposing half a million dollar= s in case-ending sanctions to punish the executive for emailing an online t= icket company's confidential list of customers amid settlement negotiations= .

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Analysis

Young Thug Trial Illustrates System's Strain On Jurors=

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By Rosie Manins

Prospective juror No. 1,616 sits i= n the witness box of the downtown Atlanta courtroom and tells the judge he = has three children, ages 2, 4 and 6, making it especially difficult for him= to serve in what is expected to be Georgia's longest trial.

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Justices Won't Hear Pot Fraudsters' Zoom Testimony Fig= ht

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By Jonathan Capriel

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday = declined to hear a bid by two businessmen convicted of fraud who claimed th= at their rights were violated because a federal court allowed a virtual cro= ss-examination — due to the COVID-19 pandemic — in a trial that= found that they had tricked banks into processing a California cannabis co= mpany's payments.

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Four Parties Vying For Proceeds Of Avenatti Jet Sale

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By Rick Archer

The funds from the sale of disgrac= ed attorney Michael Avenatti's private jet are the subject of a four-way fi= ght, with each party arguing the claims to the cash by the other three shou= ld be limited or rejected, some due to alleged frauds by Avenatti.

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NC Panel Won't Undo Clerk's Ejection After Butt-Dial E= xpletive

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By Hayley Fowler

A split panel in the North Carolin= a appeals court on Tuesday affirmed the removal of a local clerk over a ser= ies of missteps — including an expletive-laden butt-dial to a magistr= ate judge — in finding her actions rose to the level of willful misco= nduct warranting dismissal.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advanced Correctional Hea= lthcare Inc.

American Fuel & Pe= trochemical Manufacturers

American Petroleum Institute In= c.

American Red Cross

CBS Interactive Inc.

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

Expedia Group Inc.

General Electric Capital Corp.

Georgetown University

Georgia-Pacific LLC

Getty Images Inc.

Imperial Pacific Int= ernational Holdings Ltd.

Instagram Inc.

LG Chem Ltd.

MasterBrand Cabinets Inc.

NBCUniversal Media LLC

National Wildlife Federation

Nike Inc.

Northern Mariana Island= s Retirement Fund

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

SK Innovation

State Bar of California

The Center for Reproducti= ve Rights Inc.

TicketNetwork Inc.

UnitedLex Corp.

University of Southern Califor= nia

Veolia Environnement SA

West Bend Mutual Insurance Co.

Wisconsin Pharmacal Co. LLC

Yale University

Yves Saint Laurent SAS


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Hamilton Stephens Steele & Mar= tin

Law Offices of Kiran N Gore

Miller Law Associates APC

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bad River Band of = Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe

Central Intelligence Agency

European Union

Federal Highway Administration

Internal Revenue Service

Miami International Airport

National Aeronautic= s and Space Administration

National Economic Council

National Labor Relations Board

National Oceanic = and Atmospheric Administration

National Security Agency

Office of the U.S. Trade = Representative

Texas Attorney General's Offi= ce

Texas Department of Transporta= tion

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office

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

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

U.S. Ba= nkruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

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

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

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

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

U.S. Customs and Border Protect= ion

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Homeland S= ecurity

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

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

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

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

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

U.S. D= istrict Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Southern District of Florida

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

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

U.S. Distric= t Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North C= arolina

Wisconsin Supreme Court

World Trade Organization

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