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An Idaho federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit over a casino expansion p= roject must be dealt with in tribal court, affirming the Shoshone-Bannock T= ribes' bid for a remand and nixing a construction company's attempts to tos= s the suit and disqualify the Indigenous nation's counsel.

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TOP NEWS

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Casino Dispute Must Go To Tribal Court, J= udge Says

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By Joyce Hanson

An Idaho federal judge has ruled t= hat a lawsuit over a casino expansion project must be dealt with in tribal = court, affirming the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes' bid for a remand and nixing a= construction company's attempts to toss the suit and disqualify the Indige= nous nation's counsel.

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Pipeline Co. Tells High Court Congress Ri= ght To Help Project

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By Juan Carlos Rodriguez

Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC on We= dnesday told the U.S. Supreme Court that, contrary to environmentalists' ar= guments, Congress was well within its power to pass a law clearing the way = for the controversial project's completion.

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Importer Says Feds' Duty Evasion Ruling I= gnores Evidence

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By Alyssa Aquino

An Oregon plywood importer sued th= e U.S. Department of Commerce over a ruling that its supplier was skirting = tariffs on Chinese imports, saying in a new complaint that the ruling didn'= t account for evidence that the imports were Vietnamese.

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Steel Co. Asks High Court To Review Presi= dent's Tariff Powers

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By Dorothy Atkins

A Texas-based steel product import= er has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Federal Circuit decision af= firming the president's authority to expand national security tariffs on st= eel products, arguing that the court improperly broadened the Executive bra= nch's authority and the tariffs raised product prices by $3 billion annuall= y.

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DIVERSITY SNAPSHOT

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These Firms Have The Most Diverse Equity = Partnerships

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By Xiumei Dong

Law firms have made only modest pr= ogress in moving the needle on diversity, particularly at the equity partne= rship level. Still, a few are setting a new standard and actively increasin= g their representation of attorneys of color.

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LITIGATION

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3rd Circ. Backs EPA's Approval Of Pa. Air= Pollution Plan

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By Peter McGuire

A Third Circuit panel has turned d= own environmentalists' challenge of federally approved changes to Pennsylva= nia's clean air plan, ruling that U.S. regulators properly limited an analy= sis of the amendments only to their impact on emissions.

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DOL, NC Grass-Mowing Co. Settle OT Suit

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By Abby Wargo

The U.S. Department of Labor agree= d to end its suit accusing a roadside grass-mowing company of failing to pa= y workers their full wages, a mediator told a North Carolina federal judge = Wednesday, after the court trimmed the scope of the lawsuit in May.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Stroock Loses 27 Attorneys To Steptoe &am= p; Johnson

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By Kevin Penton

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan = LLP is losing 27 of its attorneys to Steptoe & Johnson LLP, including t= he former head of its New York litigation group and the former co-chair of = its insurance and reinsurance group, as the embattled firm continues to ble= ed attorneys as it looks for a suitor.

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Hunter Biden's Plea Deal Collapses In Fed= eral Court

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By Jeff Montgomery

A Delaware federal judge balked We= dnesday at approving presidential son Hunter Biden's guilty plea to federal= tax and weapons offenses, declaring that the U.S. attorney's office and Bi= den's defense failed to explain or justify the court's role in approving or= enforcing its terms.

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Judge Should Have Recused In Platinum Cas= e, 2nd Circ. Says

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By Stewart Bishop

The Second Circuit said on Wednesd= ay that a Manhattan federal judge should have recused himself from the case= against a prolific cooperating witness in public corruption and fraud acti= ons, given his close relationship with a Platinum Partners executive, and o= rdered a resentencing before a different judge.

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Texas Appeals Court Calls Out Seemingly A= I-Generated Cites

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By Lauren Berg

A Texas appeals court has expresse= d confusion over an appellant's brief that seems to have been partially pre= pared using artificial intelligence, pointing out that the "illogical" fili= ng includes citations to cases that don't actually exist.

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Republicans Go In On Biden's Latest Feder= al Judge Nominees

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By Nadia Dreid

The Senate Judiciary Committee had= the opportunity to grill six Biden administration judicial nominees Wednes= day morning, where Republicans made much ado about one nominee's reversal r= ate as well as her decision to grant the habeas petition of Penn State's fo= rmer President Graham Spanier.

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Leonard Leo Refuses To Provide Info On Al= ito Fishing Trip

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By Hailey Konnath

Former Federalist Society executiv= e Leonard Leo has told U.S. Senate Democrats that he won't be handing over = any information on a luxury fishing trip he took with U.S. Supreme Court Ju= stice Samuel Alito, arguing the Senate Judiciary Committee doesn't have the= authority to drag him into the probe.

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Ga. DA Wants Trump Grand Jury Report Kept= Secret For Now

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By Kelcey Caulder

Fulton County District Attorney Fa= ni Willis has asked the Georgia Court of Appeals to block the release of a = report issued by a special grand jury that investigated possible interferen= ce in Georgia's 2020 presidential election, "at least until final charging = decisions have been made."

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White House Tells 5th Circ. Social Media = Order Unprecedented

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By Adam Lidgett

The Biden administration has urged= the Fifth Circuit to overturn a Louisiana federal judge's order prohibitin= g a number of federal agencies and White House staffers from lobbying or wo= rking with social media platforms to combat disinformation.

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Courthouse Bomber Seeks 22½ Yrs Afte= r 9th Circ. Ruling

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By Ryan Boysen

A man convicted of bombing a San D= iego courthouse in 2008 wants a California federal judge to shave 10 years = off the roughly 34-year prison sentence he's currently serving, after the N= inth Circuit sent the case back for resentencing due to a minor procedural = error.

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Girardi Keese Trustee Reaches $1.2M In Ad= versary Deals

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By Brandon Lowrey

Girardi Keese's bankruptcy trustee= has agreed to accept at least $1.2 million to settle a batch of recent adv= ersary complaints that sought to recover more than $9.4 million the scandal= -plagued firm spent in its final years, according to a Law360 analysis of c= ourt filings.

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Girardi Son-In-Law Wants Halt Amid Clien= t Theft Case Overlap

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By Andrew Strickler

Tom Girardi's son-in-law, David Li= ra, told a California bar court Wednesday that he should not be forced to m= ake a "terrible choice" as he faces simultaneous disciplinary and criminal = charges that he participated in a massive client rip-off.

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Molson Coors Brings On Kohler GC As New = Top Atty

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By Aaron West

Beverage giant Molson Coors announ= ced Wednesday that the general counsel of Kohler Co. will join the company = as its new chief legal and government affairs officer later this year.

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Ex-Fed Atty Ducks Prison For Steering Co= ntracts To Spouse

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By Lauren Berg

A Florida assistant U.S. attorney = who pled guilty to directing contracts from her office to companies in whic= h her spouse had a financial interest will not serve time behind bars, a Su= nshine State federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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LAPD Seeks Public's Help Locating Missin= g 33-Year-Old Atty

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By Bonnie Eslinger

Los Angeles police and family memb= ers are asking for the public's help in locating a 33-year-old lawyer, Aaro= n Davidson, who was last seen on July 6 in downtown Los Angeles.

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TikTok Guru Botched Conn. Law Firm Campa= ign, Suit Says

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By Brian Steele

A producer of TikTok content wrong= ly induced Carter Mario Law Firm into an agreement to boost its social medi= a presence, then failed to drum up the promised viewership and tried to col= lect a payment through intimidation after the deal fell apart, according to= a lawsuit in Connecticut state court.

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Mich. Justices Say Pro Bono Status Can't= Affect Fee Awards

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By Carolyn Muyskens

Pro bono representation should not= be a factor in determining a reasonable attorney fee award, the Michigan S= upreme Court said Wednesday, finding a judge wrongly slashed Honigman LLP's= fee award when it represented a pair of journalists for free in a public r= ecords case.

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Ex-Court Clerk Says 'Butt Dial' Ouster F= louted Due Process

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By Travis Bland

An ousted North Carolina court cle= rk asked the state Supreme Court to review her employer's findings she enga= ged in egregious misconduct and besmirched the court's integrity by cursing= a judge's name in a "butt dial," arguing that her banishment was unconstit= utional.

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Michigan Atty Charged With Smuggling Dru= gs Into Prison

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By Emily Sawicki

A Michigan attorney has been accus= ed of an "elaborate scheme" to smuggle drugs into the Lakeland Correctional= Facility for a client, in a criminal complaint that carries a potential of= up to nine years in prison and up to $26,000 in fines.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Libert= ies Union of Michigan

Appalachian Mountain Advocates

CRC Advisors

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

PrimeSource Building Products = Inc.

Sierra Club

Southern Environmental Law Cen= ter

State Bar of California

State Bar of Michigan

The Wilderness Society

TikTok Inc.

Twitter Inc.

Upwork Global Inc.

Vanir Construction Management = Inc.

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

YouTube Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Carter Mario Law Firm

Curtis Mallet-Prevost

Intellectual Property Law Group

Jansen & Davis

Keker Van Nest & Peters

Lawyers for Justice PC

Reichman Jorgensen Lehman &am= p; Feldberg LLP

Riley Safer

Rogers Joseph O'Donnell

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Centers for Disease Co= ntrol and Prevention

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Georgia Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Administra= tion

Michigan Attorney General'= s Office

Missouri Attorney General'= s Office

Pennsylvania = Department of Environmental Protection

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

State Bar of Texas

State of Michigan

U.S. Attorney's Office

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

U.S. A= ttorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Homeland S= ecurity

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

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

U.S. District Court = for the District of Idaho

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

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

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