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The White House on Monday threatened to veto House bills funding military= construction, veterans' affairs, agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Ad= ministration for 2024, saying they violated the budget agreement reached in= May to stave off a federal debt default.

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TOP NEWS

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Biden Threatens Veto Of 2024 VA, Ag. Bill= s Over Funding Caps

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By Daniel Wilson

The White House on Monday threaten= ed to veto House bills funding military construction, veterans' affairs, ag= riculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for 2024, saying they v= iolated the budget agreement reached in May to stave off a federal debt def= ault.

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Neb. Remodeler Gets 9 Years For Tax Evasi= on, Embezzlement

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By Isaac Monterose

An Omaha, Nebraska, man received p= rison sentences totaling nine years for income tax evasion and em= bezzlement for a home remodeling scheme that involved overbilling clients, = billing them for nonexistent work and sending fake insurance invoices, the = U.S. Department of Justice has announced.

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Korean Steel Co. Says Tariffs As Flawed A= s Remanded Duties

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By Alyssa Aquino

A Korean steel company urged the U= .S. Court of International Trade to unravel the U.S. Department of Commerce= 's increased countervailing duties on its products, saying the tariffs suff= ered the same issues as duties that were recently sent back for reworking.

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LITIGATION

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Puerto Rico Workers Ask Full 1st Circ. To= Rehear Bonus Suit

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By Abby Wargo

Workers suing the Puerto Rican hig= hway authority asked the full First Circuit on Monday to reconsider their a= ttempt to revive their suit opposing new legislation that cuts off their bo= nuses, arguing that the panel hadn't properly evaluated the merits of their= case.

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Investors Say Pot Farm's Del. Case Is Reh= ash Of Calif. Claims

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By Leslie A. Pappas

A Delaware vice chancellor held of= f Monday on deciding whether to shift fees for a Chancery Court lawsuit cop= ied nearly verbatim from a California case that was ordered into arbitratio= n, saying there were "significant policy implications" to consider and he w= as taking the arguments "very seriously."

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Sewer Claims Accrue With Every Overflow, = Mich. Justices Say

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By Carolyn Muyskens

The Michigan Supreme Court said Mo= nday a county road agency can't dodge a homeowners association's lawsuit ov= er a sewer overflow by arguing that the homeowners missed their chance to s= ue the first time flooding occurred, with the court instead finding each se= wer overflow can form the basis for a new claim against the government.

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BANKRUPTCY

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Industrial Services Co. Files Ch. 11 With= $68M Debt, Sale Plans

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By Rick Archer

Georgia-based power plant and indu= strial support company Williams Industrial Services Group filed for Chapter= 11 Saturday with just under $68 million in debt and plans to sell most of = its business in a bankruptcy auction with a $60 million opening bid.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Courts Can Overturn Deficient State Regul= ations, Too

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While suits challenging federal re= gulations have become commonplace, such cases against state agencies are vi= rtually nonexistent, but many states have provisions that allow litigants t= o bring suit for regulations with inadequate cost-benefit analyses, says Re= eve Bull at the Virginia Office of Regulatory Management.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Covington Must Hand Some Client Names To = SEC

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By Jessica Corso

Covington & Burling LLP must r= eveal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission the names of seven cli= ents compromised by a cyberattack, despite the objections that the revelati= on would be a breach of attorney-client privilege, a Washington, D.C., fede= ral judge ruled Monday.

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White & Case Sets New Executive Commi= ttee

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By Kevin Penton

White & Case LLP is expected t= o have a new executive committee once Heather McDevitt takes over as the fi= rm's chair in September, the firm announced Monday.

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Apple, Atty Face Sanctions Bid Over 'Unne= rving' Deposition

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By Hailey Konnath

A group of Siri users suing Apple = over privacy concerns said the company and its DLA Piper LLP attorney shoul= d be sanctioned for the lawyer's "unnerving" and "aggressive" conduct durin= g a deposition earlier this month, although a California federal judge toss= ed the consumers' motion Monday because it failed to comply with local fili= ng rules.

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Shopify Asks Texas Judge To Expose Allege= d IP Edge Affiliate

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By Andrew Karpan

E-commerce software brand Shopify = doubled-down on its legal attack on the business practices of IP Edge, urgi= ng a San Antonio federal judge to reject a Waco magistrate judge's holding = that an allegedly affiliated licensing company does not have to reveal who = is funding it and can stay out of what Shopfiy's lawyers have called a camp= aign to "expose patent trolls."

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Pentagon Leak Suspect's Long-Winded Brief= Irks Judge

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By Julie Manganis

Lawyers for the Massachusetts Air = National Guardsman charged with posting top secret military intelligence on= the online gaming platform Discord were scolded by a federal judge Monday = for attempting to get the court to consider what amounted to a 45-page brie= f in support of his release.

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Failed Firm's Assets Sell For $84.5M Over= US Trustee's Protest

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By Craig Clough

A California bankruptcy judge on F= riday approved an $84.49 million sale of roughly 35,000 client files of a c= ollapsed California debt relief law firm, the Litigation Practice Group, de= spite objections from the U.S. trustee that the files could not be salvaged= due to the alleged illegality of the firm's business practices.

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Trump Bid To Avoid Ga. Indictment Goes To= Retired Judge

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By Rosie Manins

A retired trial court judge from G= eorgia's Cobb County was appointed Monday to oversee Donald Trump's latest = effort to avoid indictment in the Peach State.

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DC Bar Counsel Urges Court Not To Delay J= effrey Clark Case

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By Alison Knezevich

The D.C. Office of Disciplinary Co= unsel told a federal court Friday that there's "an overwhelming public inte= rest" in resolving attorney ethics charges promptly against former U.S. Dep= artment of Justice official Jeffrey B. Clark, whose case has already dragge= d on for months as he has sought to transfer it to federal court.

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White House Releases Guidance For Public = Input On Regs

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By Juan Carlos Rodriguez

The Biden administration wants fed= eral agencies to increase public participation in the regulatory process by= revisiting ex-parte communications rules that may be "outdated or unnecess= arily restrictive," and possibly funding travel expenses for those who migh= t have trouble getting to a meeting.

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Full 2nd Circ. Won't Reconsider Musk's Bi= d To Undo SEC Deal

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By Gina Kim

Elon Musk on Monday lost his = bid for the full Second Circuit to reconsider his request to pull out of a = consent decree reached with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in = 2018 requiring him to submit to oversight of his Tesla-related tweets after= he tweeted about taking the automaker private.

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Texas House Opposes Paxton Bid To DQ Dem= ocratic Sens.

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By Lynn LaRowe

The Texas House board charged with= managing suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment said it oppos= es his attempt to block three senators from serving as jurors at his trial = and questioned the release of Paxton's disqualification motion to the media= before its public filing.

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Seton Hall President Leaving After Law S= chool Theft Scandal

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By Emily Sawicki

Seven months after a $1 million em= bezzlement scandal rocked Seton Hall University School of Law, university P= resident Joseph Nyre made the surprise announcement Monday that he would be= stepping down from the role he has held since 2019, cutting short his init= ial five-year term at the helm of the New Jersey Catholic university.

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Alex Jones' Atty Wants Out Of Proud Boys= Billing Suit

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By Emily Sawicki

A lawyer best known for representi= ng far-right conspiracy theorist talk show host Alex Jones is asking a Wash= ington, D.C., federal judge to remove him from a suit brought by a Texas co= mpany accusing him and fellow attorneys representing members of extremist g= roup the Proud Boys of skipping the bill for a report they commissioned.

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Cannabis Law Org Adds Ex-LA County Atty = As New Director

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By Sam Reisman

The International Cannabis Bar Ass= ociation announced Monday that it has appointed a new executive director wh= o joins the group following stints as an associate at ArentFox Schiff LLP a= nd as a municipal attorney with Los Angeles County.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Acacia Research Corp.

G2 Capital Advisors LLC

George Washington University

Georgia State University

Greenhill & Co. Inc.

International Cannabis Ba= r Association

The District of Columbia Bar

Twitter Inc.

Williams Industrial Servi= ces Group LLC


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Law Office of Harriet O'Neill

Lexington Law Group

Litigation Practice Group

Rusty Hardin & Associates

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Administrative Con= ference of the United States

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Food and Drug Administration

Georgia Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

Texas House of Representatives

U.S. Atto= rney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Bankruptcy= Court for the District of Delaware

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

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Veterans Af= fairs

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

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

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

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

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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