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KBR Inc. will pay $108.75 million to settle False Claims Act allegations = that the company routinely charged the U.S. Army for unnecessary materials = under a massive Iraq War logistics contract, whistleblowers who sued the co= mpany announced Wednesday.

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KBR Reaches $109M Settlement In Iraq War FCA Case<= /p> =09

By Daniel Wilson

KBR Inc. will pay $108.75 million = to settle False Claims Act allegations that the company routinely charged t= he U.S. Army for unnecessary materials under a massive Iraq War logistics c= ontract, whistleblowers who sued the company announced Wednesday.

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Enviros Open 4th Circ. Challenge To Mountain Valley Pi= peline

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By Peter McGuire

Wilderness advocates want the Four= th Circuit to bar construction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline through a Vi= rginia national forest, alleging the U.S. Forest Service illegally modified= a forest management plan to permit the $6 billion gas line.

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Wash. Tribe Gets $25M In Infrastructure Funds For New = Bridge

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By Joyce Hanson

The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe has = won a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation so it ca= n replace the Big Quilcene River bridge in Washington state as the tribe lo= oks to mitigate harms due to climate change and rising sea levels.

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Terris Pravlik Seeks $16.3M In Fees For PPG Cleanup Su= it

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By Matthew Santoni

Washington, D.C., law firm Terris = Pravlik & Millian wants PPG Industries Inc. to pay nearly $16.3 million= in attorney fees and costs for more than a decade of litigation that led t= o cleanup efforts at a Western Pennsylvania waste site, telling a federal c= ourt it should be paid at D.C. rates because no firm in Pennsylvania would = have taken the case.

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Real Estate Rumors: Vanbarton, JPMorgan, Churchill=

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By WaTeasa Freeman

Vanbarton Group has reportedly sol= d a Chicago apartment building for $55 million, JPMorgan and Canyon Partner= s are said to have loaned $117.5 million for a Miami mixed-use project and = Churchill Real Estate has reportedly loaned $67.5 million for a South Flori= da multifamily project.

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LITIGATION

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Chubb Unit Settles Irma Damage Coverage Suit

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By Riley Murdock

A Florida contractor agreed Wednes= day to dismiss its Hurricane Irma coverage suit against a Chubb unit after = the parties were able to reach a settlement resolving its claims over unpai= d damage to Fort Lauderdale-area residential buildings.

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Builder Fights To Keep Emails Out Of Mold Coverage Tri= al

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By Elizabeth Daley

A builder in an insurance coverage= fight over mold at a North Carolina development told a Virginia federal ju= dge that emails stating the issue was "several months old" and advising "do= n't circle directly back to the owner" were privileged and shouldn't be use= d at trial.

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Wash. Judges Reverse County Win In Sewer Pipe Builder = Suit

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By Rachel Riley

A Washington state appellate court= has overturned a county government's win in its claims against a construct= ion company for building a sewer pipeline that subsequently broke, ruling t= hat a lower court shouldn't have dismissed the contractor's defense that it= was provided faulty design plans.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Georgia-Pacific Ruling Furthers Texas Two-Step Challen= ges

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With its recent ruling in the case= of Bestwall, barring asbestos injury litigation against nondebtor Georgia-= Pacific, the Fourth Circuit joins a growing body of courts addressing the T= exas Two-Step's legality, fueled by concerns over the proper use of bankrup= tcy as a tool for addressing such claims, says George Singer at Holland &am= p; Hart.

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PRACTICAL GUIDANCE

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Steps To Success For Senior Associates

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Adriana Paris at Rissman Barrett d= iscusses the increased responsibilities and opportunities that becoming a s= enior associate brings and what attorneys in this role should prioritize to= flourish in this stressful but rewarding next level in their careers.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Attys Behind ChatGPT Fiasco Apologize To Client, 7 Jud= ges

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By Hailey Konnath

A pair of New York personal injury= attorneys apologized Wednesday to seven federal and state judges and to a = client for submitting a brief prepared by artificial intelligence that cite= d nonexistent case law attributed to the judges, according to copies of the= letters filed in Manhattan federal court.

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How They Won It

How A 3-Firm 'Joint Effort' Beat A $3.6B Pharma Antitr= ust Suit

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By Bonnie Eslinger

With Gilead and Teva facing trial = on claims they bilked health plans and insurers out of $3.6 billion through= a "pay-for-delay" scheme over two HIV drugs, the three law firms represent= ing the pharmaceutical giants secured a total victory last week by putting = on a united front, attacking the reliability of the plaintiffs' experts and= even waiving some attorney-client privilege.

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Morgan Lewis Continues China Growth With Shenzhen Offi= ce

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By Emily Sawicki

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP ann= ounced Wednesday that it had been cleared to open its newest office in the = Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, the firm's eighth Asian office and fourth in = China since the global firm first expanded to the country more than 17 year= s ago.

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IP Atty's Spouse Can't Escape Jury Duty In Chip Patent= Trial

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By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge empanel= ed eight jurors, including a patent litigator's spouse who asked to be excu= sed, before opening statements of an $18.9 million patent trial Wednesday, = saying, "I really do not have any sympathy for you patent litigators" and "= If your spouses get called, they need to serve."

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Trump Atty Wood Retires To End Georgia Ethics Probes

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By Jack Karp

Embattled Trump attorney L. Lin Wo= od is retiring from practicing law rather than face potential discipline in= Georgia over his role in challenging the results of the 2020 election, acc= ording to court filings from the State Bar of Georgia on Wednesday.

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SEC FOIA Docs Over Crypto Conflicts Deemed Inadequate<= /a>

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By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Securities and Exchange C= ommission is not entitled to a quick win in a records dispute with a watchd= og group over documents that might reveal former high-ranking commission of= ficials' conflicts of interest associated with their oversight of cryptocur= rency, a Virginia federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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Ex-Trump Aide Drops DOD Suit After 'Deep State' Book O= K'd

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By Aaron West

Former Trump aide Kash Patel has v= oluntarily dropped his federal lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Defe= nse of unlawfully preventing the publication of a memoir about his time in = government after the department allegedly approved the release of the book.

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NJ Judge Shortage Means Civil Trial Halt In Another Co= urt

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By Jake Maher

New Jersey State Supreme Court Chi= ef Justice Stuart Rabner rolled back a halt on civil and matrimonial trials= due to a judge shortage in some of New Jersey's court territories on Wedne= sday, but also expanded that suspension of trials to a previously unaffecte= d vicinage.

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US Supreme Court Term In Review: What You Need To Know=

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By Law360 staff

This U.S. Supreme Court term was p= acked with blockbuster cases and decisions regarding speech, affirmative ac= tion, student loan forgiveness, voting rights and more. Here, Law360 takes = a look at the cases and those who litigated them, as well as the unusual al= liances and big opinions that defined the term.

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Centene Corp.

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Cushman & Wakefield Inc.

Honeywell International Inc.

LexisNexis Group Inc.

Loyola University New Orleans

NXP Semiconductors NV

Southern Environmental Law Cen= ter

State Bar of Georgia

Teva Pharmaceutical Industrie= s Ltd.

The Wilderness Society

Trinity Property Consultants

United Insurance Holdings Corp.

Wells Fargo & Co.


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Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Federal Trade Commission

Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe

National Security Council

Office of the Dir= ector of National Intelligence

U.S. Army

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportatio= n

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Central District of Illinois

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

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

U.S. D= istrict Court for the Northern District of California

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= . District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

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U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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Washington State De= partment of Transportation

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