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The Lone Star State hasn't shown an injury that can be traced to the Bide= n administration's halt of border wall construction and therefore lacks gro= unds to challenge the decision, the U.S. government has argued to a Texas f= ederal judge.

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Feds Say States Can't Use Indirect Costs = To Force Border Wall

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By Micah Danney

The Lone Star State hasn't shown a= n injury that can be traced to the Biden administration's halt of border wa= ll construction and therefore lacks grounds to challenge the decision, the = U.S. government has argued to a Texas federal judge.

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Hearing To Consider If Texas Must Remove = Rio Grande Barrier

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By Britain Eakin

A federal judge will hear argument= s Tuesday on whether Texas must remove a floating barrier in the Rio Grande= the state says is needed to deter migrants, but that the Biden administrat= ion claims has strained foreign relations with Mexico.

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Berkshire-Owned Insulation Co. Must Face = Antitrust Suit

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By Henrik Nilsson

The Tenth Circuit on Monday gave i= nsulation producer Thermal Pipe Shields Inc. another shot at pursuing antit= rust claims alleging a Berkshire Hathaway-owned construction supplier = threatened customers and disparaged rival products to keep its monopoly ove= r thermal pipe insulation, but affirmed tossing Thermal Pipe's product-tyin= g claim.

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Enviros Challenge Tenn. Permit For Cumber= land Gas Pipeline

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By Tom Lotshaw

Conservation groups are asking the= Sixth Circuit to review a water quality permit that Tennessee regulators i= ssued to a Kinder Morgan Inc. subsidiary for a proposed 32-mile natural gas= pipeline, claiming the state ignored harms the project will cause to water= ways and wetlands.

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Green Groups Challenge FERC's Approval Of= La. LNG Pipeline

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By Madeline Lyskawa

Two environmental groups have urge= d the D.C. Circuit to upend the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Apri= l approval of a Tellurian subsidiary's $1.4 billion plan to construct 67 mi= les of natural gas pipelines in Louisiana, saying the commission's decision= was based on a flawed public interest determination.

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Mass. Court Says Roving Engineers Not Due= Prevailing Wage

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By Brian Dowling

Engineers hired to oversee surveyi= ng at highway and bridge construction projects in Massachusetts aren't requ= ired to earn prevailing wage rates because the work wasn't sought under the= traditional low-bid public works process, the state high court said Monday= .

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Saint-Gobain Wins Canada Antitrust Approv= al For $960M Deal

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By Najiyya Budaly

French construction materials prod= ucer Saint-Gobain said on Monday that it has won antitrust approval in Cana= da for its CA$1.3 billion (US$960 million) acquisition of a roofing manufac= turer.

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Real Estate Rumors: Margaritaville, Eco S= tone, Olympus

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By WaTeasa Freeman

A Margaritaville property in Flori= da has reportedly secured $42 million in refinancing, Eco Stone Group is sa= id to have landed $23 million for a multifamily project in Miami and Olympu= s Property has reportedly paid $35.5 million for an Arizona multifamily pro= perty.

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PEOPLE

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Wilson Elser Adds 5th Lewis Brisbois Late= ral In NY

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By Emily Sawicki

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman &am= p; Dicker LLP announced Monday that its latest lateral hire is a former Lew= is Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP appellate attorney, the fifth former L= ewis Brisbois partner to make the leap to Wilson Elser's New York office in= recent weeks.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

The Pop Culture Docket: Judge Elrod On 'J= ury Duty'

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Though the mockumentary series = 220;Jury Duty” features purposely outrageous characters, it offers a = solemn lesson about the simple but brilliant design of the right to trial b= y jury, with an unwitting protagonist who even John Adams may have welcomed= as an impartial foreperson, says Fifth Circuit Judge Jennifer Elrod.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Law Firms Strike Modest Growth Amid Rocky= Economics

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By Xiumei Dong

Even as demand eased amid changing= market and economic conditions, U.S. law firms have continued to show thei= r resilience with modest growth in both revenue and headcount in the first = half of 2023, according to a report by Wells Fargo Private Bank released Mo= nday.

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ABA Legal Ed Arm Advances Free Expression= Proposal

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By Andrea Keckley

The independent accrediting arm of= the American Bar Association moved forward with a proposal Friday that wou= ld impose new standards for protecting academic freedom and freedom of expr= ession on law schools.

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Clark Hill Expands Ireland Ops With Dubli= n Firm Merger

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By Adrian Cruz

Clark Hill PLC announced Monday th= at it had merged with the Dublin-based HBMO Solicitors, adding 10 lawyers t= o enhance the firm's commercial law capabilities in Ireland and on the Euro= pean continent.

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Latham Gets OK To Exit Hunter Biden's Wea= pons Case

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By Lauren Berg

A Delaware federal judge on Monday= granted Latham & Watkins LLP's request to withdraw their representatio= n of Hunter Biden in his tax and weapons case, after the president's son ad= ded a prominent Winston & Strawn LLP attorney and prosecutors dropped t= he tax charges in favor of refiling in California or Washington, D.C.

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Feds Scoff At Trump's Bid To Push DC Tria= l To April 2026

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By Lauren Berg

Federal prosecutors on Monday reje= cted Donald Trump's proposed April 2026 trial date for criminal charges he = faces in D.C. federal court over his alleged attempt to subvert the 2020 el= ection, saying the former president has overstated the amount of work it wi= ll take his attorneys to sort through discovery.

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Twins Say Cadwalader Fee Tiff Imperils 6t= h Amendment Rights

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By Stewart Bishop

Two ex-IHT Wealth Management inves= tment advisers accused of bilking clients out of $5 million on Monday asked= a New York federal judge to force their former Cadwalader Wickersham &= Taft LLP attorneys to turn over their case file from previous representati= on, saying the law firm's resistance over disputed fees runs afoul of the d= efendants' constitutional rights.

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Analysis

Global Enforcement Is Decentralizing Anti= trust Law Practice

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By Bryan Koenig

Antitrust enforcers are popping up= , and ramping up, from Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Vietnam and Indonesia, and = the antitrust law practice is increasingly becoming more widely globalized = as firms adapt to a world where it's no longer enough to focus practices on= traditional strongholds in the U.S. and Europe.

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Texas IP Owner Held In Contempt For Refus= ing To Appear

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By Hailey Konnath

A Delaware federal judge on Monday= held the owner of Texas-based Backertop Licensing LLC in contempt for fail= ing to comply with repeated orders that she appear and answer questions abo= ut possible "fraud on the court" in her company's infringement cases, findi= ng no good reason for her refusal to show up.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

American Council of En= gineering Companies

American Immigration Council In= c.

Appalachian Mountain Advocates

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Encore Capital Management

Federal National Mortgage= Association

Getty Images Inc.

Johns Manville Corp.

Kinder Morgan Inc.

Organizati= on for Economic Cooperation and Development

Southern Environmental Law Cen= ter

Vitol Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Cadwalader Wickersham

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Competition and Markets Authori= ty

European Union

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

International Boundar= y and Water Commission

Massachusetts Departme= nt of Transportation

Massachusetts Supreme Judici= al Court

Tennessee De= partment of Environment and Conservation

Tennessee Valley Authority

Texas General Land Office

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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

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

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

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Co= urt of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Homeland S= ecurity

U.S. Department of Justice

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

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

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

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

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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