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Final 'Buy America' Guidance For Infrastr= ucture Is Here

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By Courtney Buble

The White House issued final guida= nce Monday to promote the use of American-made materials in federal infrast= ructure projects, which will take effect in 60 days.

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4th Circ. Rejects Bid To Halt Fort Libert= y Project Redo Order

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By Travis Bland

The Fourth Circuit on Monday refus= ed to stop an order by the Army Corps of Engineers for a defense contractor= to redo improvements at the former Fort Bragg in order to bring the milita= ry base up to anti-terrorism standards, despite the contractor's pleas that= the order will cost it up to $10 million.

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EV Maker Inks Incentives With Oklahoma, C= herokee Nation

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By Tom Lotshaw

Electric-vehicle company Canoo Inc= . said Monday it has finalized workforce and economic development incentive= s potentially worth tens of millions of dollars with the state of Oklahoma = and the Cherokee Nation for its vehicle assembly and battery module manufac= turing plants planned for Oklahoma City and Pryor.

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Montana Youth Prevail In Nation's 1st Cli= mate Change Trial

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By Keith Goldberg

A Montana state judge said Monday = that a group of young people in the state have a right under its constituti= on to a "clean and healthful environment" and that laws barring the conside= ration of greenhouse gas emissions in the state's permitting process are un= constitutional.

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Descendants Fight Sanctions Ask In Hotel = Burial Site Suit

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By Nate Beck

A group of Native American descend= ants pushed back in California federal court against a call for sanctions f= rom San Diego's Catholic bishop by arguing they raise good-faith claims tha= t the construction of a 226-room hotel next to a casino disturbed the remai= ns of their families.

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Pump Co. In NC Suit Says It Didn't Make A= sbestos Products

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By P.J. D'Annunzio

Viking Pump Inc. urged a North Car= olina federal judge to toss a lawsuit from a former DuPont worker who devel= oped mesothelioma allegedly from asbestos exposure, arguing that he failed = to show that the company's parts caused his malady.

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Damages Provisions Enforceable In Casino = Construction Fight

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By Daniel Ducassi

A Colorado state judge has ruled t= hat a provision providing liquidated damages as the exclusive remedy for de= lays in a roughly quarter-billion-dollar expansion deal between a casino co= mpany and its estranged construction contractor is enforceable, dooming the= casino's claim to have the provision declared null.

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Mass. Justices Say Rail Workers Covered B= y State Wage Laws

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By Chris Villani

Massachusetts' top appellate court= on Monday ruled that the state's wage laws for workers who lay railroad tr= acks are not preempted by federal statutes, rejecting an argument that payi= ng significantly higher wages would upend rail construction in the state an= d potentially prompting a high court appeal.

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'I Suffered Silently': Ex-Law Prof Allege= dly Preyed On Students

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By Aebra Coe

Two women lawyers have told Law360= that former Federal Trade Commission member and George Maso= n University law professor Joshua D. Wright abused his power in o= rder to engage them in sexual contact, saying the alleged misconduct began = while they were his students and later continued when they were his subordi= nates at the FTC and at a BigLaw firm.

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A new Law360 podcast, Approach The= Bench, will feature interviews with some of the nation's leading jurists a= bout how they tackle their jobs.

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Trump Indicted In Ga. Election Interferen= ce Probe

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By Rosie Manins

Former President Donald Trump and = 18 others were indicted Monday in Georgia on charges related to crimin= ally trying to interfere in the 2020 general election there, following a le= ngthy investigation prompted by Trump's infamous request that the Georgia s= ecretary of state "find" him enough votes to win.

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Choate Institutes 5% Across The Board Sta= ff Cuts

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By Donald Morrison

Boston firm Choate Hall & Stew= art LLP has let go of 5% of its workforce, saying disagreeable economic con= ditions following years of record growth led to the firm having too many at= torneys in certain practice areas.

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LSAT Org 'Deeply Sorry' For Testing Probl= ems, Offers Retakes

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By Emily Sawicki

Acknowledging issues with staffing= , systems and technology that caused lengthy delays for hundreds of people = who were set to take the Law School Admission Test — better known as = the LSAT — remotely over the weekend, the organization that administe= rs the test has announced the last-minute addition of two retesting days fo= r this coming weekend.

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By Christine DeRosa

International law firm Orrick Herr= ington & Sutcliffe LLP has been hit with a proposed class action in Cal= ifornia federal court over a March data breach that targeted client files.

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NY Judge Won't Step Away From Trump Hush-= Money Case

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By Jack Karp

A New York state judge's involveme= nt in a case against the Trump Organization, his daughter's employment at a= company that works with Democratic candidates, and his prior political don= ations don't justify his recusal from the hush-money conspiracy case agains= t Donald Trump, the judge has ruled.

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Hunter Biden Clings To Immunity As Abbe L= owell Enters Case

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By Ryan Boysen

High-powered Washington, D.C., att= orney Abbe Lowell is stepping up his role in Hunter Biden's criminal case i= n the wake of a scuttled plea deal that the president's embattled son says = granted him broad immunity from future prosecutions — a provision Bid= en says he still considers "valid and binding."

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DC Circ. Judge Sentelle Reflects On 'Bles= sed' Career

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By Katie Buehler

D.C. Circuit Judge David B. Sentel= le will retire Tuesday from judicial service, ending a 55-year career that = included a three-decade stint on one of the nation's most influential appel= late courts.

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Leon Black Lobs Malicious Prosecution Cla= ims At Wigdor

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By Hailey Konnath

Former Apollo Global Management CE= O Leon Black on Monday said Wigdor LLP "sought to teach him a lesson" by re= presenting clients in multiple "headline-grabbing" suits the firm knew were= false, including one brought by a woman who said she was assaulted by Blac= k at Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan home in 2002.

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Murdaugh Fraud Accomplice Pleads For Mer= cy In $4.3M Con

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By Elliot Weld

An attorney who pled guilty to ass= isting disgraced South Carolina lawyer and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh= in stealing $4.3 million from his late housekeeper's estate said he was th= e only alleged accomplice to take responsibility for his crimes, asking a s= entencing judge for leniency.

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USPTO Asks When Attys Should Be Taken Of= f TM Updates

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By Dani Kass

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Offi= ce is asking for public feedback on how it should treat attorneys who had r= epresented trademark applicants or registrants once the events requiring an= official representation have ended.

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