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Mountain Valley Asks High Court To Revers= e 4th Circ. Delay

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By Juan Carlos Rodriguez

Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC on Fr= iday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to remove legal roadblocks that the Fourt= h Circuit placed in the $6.6 billion project's path to completion.

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Saipan Investors Ask 9th Circ. For Arbitr= ation In Casino Fight

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By Joyce Hanson

Chinese investors in a Saipan casi= no have asked the Ninth Circuit to rehear their bid to force arbitration of= a licensing dispute with a regulator in the Northern Mariana Islands, sayi= ng the parties clearly intended that an arbitrator would decide the dispute= 's proper venue.

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CBP To Tack On Security Tariffs For Steel= Product Imports

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By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. Court of International Tr= ade ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection to liquidate imports of stee= l derivatives with national security tariffs following a Federal Circuit ma= ndate ending challenges to the duties lodged by steel product importers and= producers.

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EPA Unlocks $20B For Community Climate Pr= ojects

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By Juan Carlos Rodriguez

The U.S. Environmental Protection = Agency said Friday $20 billion in grant funding is now available for clean = technology projects such as distributed energy generation and storage, with= a focus on getting much of the benefit to disadvantaged communities.

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Ga. Justices Won't Review $15B In Bonds F= or Rivian Plant

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By Madeline Lyskawa

The Georgia Supreme Court rejected= Morgan County, Georgia, residents' request for review of an appellate cour= t decision that effectively validated up to $15 billion in taxable revenue = bonds intended to help finance the construction of a massive electric vehic= le plant in their county.

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Man Convicted In Border Wall Fraud Suit W= on't Get New Trial

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By Rae Ann Varona

Sentencing for a Colorado man's ro= le in a scheme that siphoned online donations meant to fund a wall on the U= .S. southern border will go on after a New York federal judge rejected Frid= ay the man's bid for a new trial.

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Colombo Family Union Shakedown Case Nets = Final Plea

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By Stewart Bishop

Purported mafioso Vincent "Vinny U= nions" Ricciardo on Friday admitted his role in what prosecutors say was a = long-running labor union extortion scheme and related crimes, the last of o= ver a dozen alleged Colombo crime family members and associates to admit gu= ilt in a dragnet that took out the leadership of one of New York's five fam= ilies of La Cosa Nostra.

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Mich. Judge Rips Detroit For Not Followin= g Court's FOIA Order

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By Danielle Ferguson

A Michigan state judge on Friday t= ore into Detroit's lawyers for the city's "willful violation" of court-orde= red deadlines to hand over documents a moving company sought about traffic = patterns, saying the legal department had "failed its duty" and could be hi= t with sanctions.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Texas Construction Statute Of Repose Leav= es Open Questions

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Texas' new significantly shorter s= tatute of repose barring certain suits against construction contractors con= tains some ambiguous wording that will likely raise questions to be decided= by courts, says Mason Hester at Munsch Hardt.

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Minn. Mine Denial Stresses Importance Of = Tribal Partnerships

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The Army Corps of Engineers' decis= ion to revoke a suspended Clean Water Act permit for a proposed mine in Min= nesota is a reminder that project developers need to take tribal authority = and rights seriously and consider early and frequent consultation with trib= es, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

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Level Up Lawyers' Business Development W= ith Gamification

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With employee engagement at a 10-y= ear low in the U.S., there are several gamification techniques marketing an= d business development teams at law firms can use to make generating new cl= ients and matters more appealing to lawyers, says Heather McCullough at Soc= iety 54.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Veterans Of Madoff, 'Varsity Blues' Cases= Launch New Firm

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By Chris Villani

A pair of former Freedman Normand = Friedland LLP attorneys with experience in headline-grabbing cases includin= g the Bernie Madoff scandal, Theranos and "Varsity Blues" are striking out = on their own to start a boutique firm they say will continue to tackle high= -profile matters.

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Dentons Names New Global Compliance Offic= er In UK

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By Aaron West

Dentons announced on Wednesday tha= t it had appointed a new global compliance officer with deep international = corporate experience working in-house at the Kraft Heinz Co. and Starbucks.

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Ex-Daugherty Lordan Leader To Co-Head O'H= agan Calif. Office

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By Tracey Read and Xiumei Dong

O'Hagan Meyer is experiencing grow= th, announcing it has hired a name partner of the embattled Daugherty Lorda= n LLP as the new co-managing partner of its San Francisco office, as well a= s launching a Denver office.

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Man Convicted Of Threatening To Kill Mich= igan Federal Judge

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By Matthew Santoni

A federal jury convicted a Lansing= man on charges of making curse-laden threats to kill a Michigan federal ju= dge and making threats over the internet against a state court employee and= a county sheriff, according to court records.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

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By Anna Sanders

Texas firm Dean Omar Branham Shirl= ey LLP tops this week's list of Law360 Legal Lions after a jury awarded $10= 7 million to the family of a 45-year-old janitor who died of mesothelioma.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate New= s Of The Week

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By Sue Reisinger

In a move that could transform cor= porate legal departments, KPMG and Microsoft have reached a multibillion-do= llar deal to use artificial intelligence to help KPMG clients. And two chie= f legal officers hailed a partial victory over the U.S. Securities and Exch= ange Commission in a major cryptocurrency case.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Mi= ssed In London

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By Tabitha Burbidge

The past week in London has seen t= wo former bosses of trading technology company Finalto sue the investment v= ehicle it was sold to, Samsung's biotech arm bring a patent dispute against= Janssen to the U.K. over its immunosuppressive drug Stelara, and London la= w firm LEXLAW begin legal action against Knights PLC. Here, Law360 looks at= these and other new claims in the U.K.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And = Stories On Law360

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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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Pro Say: Microsoft Levels Up In Merger Ga= me Against FTC

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Microsoft, the maker of the Xbox, = and Activision Blizzard, creator of Call of Duty, cleared an early stage in= the multilevel game of getting their $68.7 billion merger approved. On thi= s week's Pro Say, we discuss what it will take to beat the entire merger ch= allenge game.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AXA SA

Activision Blizzard Inc.

Aircastle Limited

Alliance for Cooperativ= e Energy Services

Amazon.com Inc.

Amgen Inc.

Appalachian Mountain Advocates

Apple Inc.

Bank of Utah

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

Global Aerospace Inc.

GoFundMe Inc.

Google LLC

Imperial Pacific Int= ernational Holdings Ltd.

Imperial Sugar Co.

Impinj Inc.

International Centre= for Dispute Resolution

KPMG International

LG Electronics Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

NBCUniversal Media LLC

Netflix Inc.

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Northern Mariana Island= s Retirement Fund

Playtech PLC

PolyMet Mining Corp.

PrimeSource Building Products = Inc.

Ripple Labs Inc.

Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television & Radio Artis= ts

Securities Investor Protecti= on Corp.

Sierra Club

Spotify Technology SA

Starbucks Corp.

Stellantis NV

Tetra Tech Inc.

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The American Institute of= Architects

The Wilderness Society

The Williams Cos. Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Yahoo Inc.


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Addleshaw Goddard

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olsw= ang

Meringolo & Associates

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Land Management

Confederated Trib= es of the Colville Reservation

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Fond du Lac Band of La= ke Superior Chippewa

Georgia Supreme Court

Lummi Nation

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe

Northern Maria= na Islands Attorney General's Office

Occupational Safety= and Health Administration

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Army

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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

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. Court of Appeals = for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protect= ion

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Co= urt for the District of Minnesota

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

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. Di= strict Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

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U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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