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Federal regulators have approved construction of a 65-turbine wind power = farm off the Rhode Island coast, a development Biden administration officia= ls called another step toward its goal to rapidly establish massive renewab= le energy generation in U.S. waters.

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Interior Dept. Approves Rhode Island Offs= hore Wind Farm

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By Peter McGuire

Federal regulators have approved c= onstruction of a 65-turbine wind power farm off the Rhode Island coast, a d= evelopment Biden administration officials called another step toward its go= al to rapidly establish massive renewable energy generation in U.S. waters.

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Watchdog Says EPA Leaves Gaps On Cumulati= ve Impacts

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By Juan Carlos Rodriguez

Despite presidential executive ord= ers and new guidance prioritizing the consideration of cumulative and dispr= oportionate impacts in decision-making, the U.S. Environmental Protection A= gency has not clarified how programs should coordinate with one another, th= e EPA's internal watchdog said Tuesday.

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NC Biz Owners Rip 'Spaghetti Complaint' I= n $15M Project Row

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By Ryan Harroff

A pair of North Carolina businessm= en have slammed a complaint against them and a group of companies they are = accused of operating for allegedly abandoning a $15 million powder coating = system contract with an Ohio forklift maker, saying they "do not and have n= ever owned" the contracted firms.

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Tenant At Old Boston Globe Site Owes $5M,= Contractor Says

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By Brian Dowling

A Boston sportswear brand that set= up offices in the former Boston Globe facility owes a general contractor m= ore than $5 million for transforming the old ink-stained workplace into sle= ek corporate offices, according to a state court lawsuit.

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Hyundai Steel's Port Rights Are Subsidy, = Trade Court Rules

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By Micah Danney

The U.S. Court of International Tr= ade has upheld a reconsideration by the U.S. Department of Commerce of duti= es on South Korea-based Hyundai Steel Co.'s products, finding that the agen= cy appropriately explained a subsidy determination it stuck with and proper= ly reversed another.

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PEOPLE

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Cullen And Dykman Adds Brody O'Connor Con= struction Atty

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By Jack Rodgers

Cullen and Dykman LLP has added a = construction litigator whose most recent role was working as a Brody O'Conn= or & O'Connor partner, the firm announced Monday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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NHTSA Fuel Proposal May Boost EVs —= Given More Chargers

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The National Highway Traffic Safet= y Administration's recently proposed revised fuel economy standards may spu= r automakers to further advance development and sales of electric and hydro= gen fuel cell vehicles — but only if consumer concerns over inadequat= e infrastructure are addressed, say Levi McAllister and Mark Fanelli at Mor= gan Lewis.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Podcast

Approach The Bench: Judge Salas Talks Tra= gedy, Advocacy

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In the three years since a gunman = targeting U.S. District Judge Esther Salas fatally shot her son and critica= lly wounded her husband, the New Jersey federal judge has made it her missi= on to improve security for her fellow judges.

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Biden Names Ex-Obama Admin Atty As White = House Counsel

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By Jack Rodgers

President Joe Biden announced on T= uesday that he had tapped Obama administration veteran Ed Siskel to take ov= er as his new top attorney after the current White House counsel said last = week that he was leaving his post.

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Dilworth Paxson Adding Up To 20 Schnader = Harrison Attys

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By James Boyle

Dilworth Paxson LLP has agreed to = add as many as 20 attorneys affected by the impending dissolution of Schnad= er Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP to its Philadelphia office.

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Conservative Group Sues BigLaw Firms Over= DEI Fellowships

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By Marco Poggio

A conservative group whose founder= sparked the demise of affirmative action in college admissions this year s= ued Perkins Coie LLP and Morrison Foerster LLP on Tuesday over their divers= ity fellowship programs for law students, saying they discriminate against = nonminority applicants.

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Ex-Covington Atty Is FTC's New Competitio= n Bureau Director

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By Courtney Buble

Former Covington & Burling LLP= partner Henry Liu is the new director of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission= 's Bureau of Competition, the agency announced Tuesday.

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MoFo Partner Among 10 Tapped For Calif. J= udgeships

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By Hailey Konnath

A Morrison Foerster partner in Los= Angeles was among California Gov. Gavin Newsom's last crop of judicial app= ointments for superior court judges around the Golden State, according to a= n announcement from the governor's office.

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The Attorneys Behind The 'Bar Wars' Aren'= t Giving Up

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By Rachel Rippetoe

From the outside, the legal fight = against mandatory membership and dues obligations to state bar associations= has looked like a losing one so far. But the largely libertarian-minded la= wyers behind the cases believe they contain a constitutional question the U= .S. Supreme Court will eventually have to deal with.=20

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Michigan Panel Spotlights Ways To Improve= Atty Mental Health

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By Adrian Cruz

A Michigan-based task force releas= ed a report highlighting the different mental health concerns facing legal = professionals and the ways employers can help alleviate the impact of poten= tial stressors, from increasing awareness about lawyer well-being to minimi= zing alcohol as a feature of corporate functions.

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Dementia Makes Girardi Unfit For Trial, D= efense Claims

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By Brandon Lowrey

After Tom Girardi moved into an as= sisted living facility's locked-down memory care ward, the 84-year-old disb= arred lawyer believed he was at a "work retreat" to take meetings with clie= nts and work on cases, his defense team claimed in new Los Angeles federal = court filings.

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NJ Firm Aims To 'Tar And Feather' Former = Execs, Court Told

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By Jake Maher

One of the married former McElroy = Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP executives accused of helping steal $3= .2 million from the firm is trying to fight off a claim the firm has made o= n her New Jersey home in court, calling the move an "irrelevant character a= ssassination."

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Southwest Hit With $180K Fee Bid In Reli= gous Bias Case

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By Rose Krebs

A flight attendant fired by Southw= est Airlines Co. wants a Texas federal judge to award her roughly $180,000 = for legal costs in connection with contempt proceedings that followed her v= ictory in a religious bias suit against the airline, both of which are bein= g appealed.

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Giuliani Says Man's False Arrest Suit 'D= evoid Of Any Facts'

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By Elliot Weld

Calling the suit "devoid of any fa= cts," Rudy Giuliani is seeking dismissal of a suit filed by a former ShopRi= te worker who confronted the former New York City mayor and Donald Trump al= ly at a public event and claims Giuliani conspired with police to instigate= his arrest and disparaged him in the media.

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NY Firm Blasts Atty Citing Old Litigatio= n In Labor Suit Motion

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By Andrea Keckley

New York plaintiffs firm Napoli Sh= kolnik PLLC has asked a New York federal judge to disregard past lawsuits a= gainst the firm cited by a former attorney pursuing a discrimination suit, = calling the inclusion of new facts "an improper attempt to supplement her d= eficient complaint."

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Judge Clears Court-Appointed Attys Of Wr= ongful Death Claims

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By Emily Sawicki

The son of a prominent psychiatris= t won't have his wrongful death and legal malpractice claims against attorn= eys and others concerning his mother's treatment play out in New York feder= al court, after a judge determined that the defendants were not "state acto= rs."

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Ex-Judges Say Abuser Disarmament Is Cons= titutional

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By Mike Curley

A group of former chief state judg= es is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to undo a Fifth Circuit decision holdin= g that a law allowing the disarmament of domestic abusers violates the Seco= nd Amendment, saying the law and others like it serve to protect vulnerable= people as well as the integrity of the courts.

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OpenAI Wants Radio Host's Defamation Sui= t In Fed. Court

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By Jack Karp

A conservative talk radio host's d= efamation suit over ChatGPT's "hallucinations" about him should play out in= Georgia federal court, OpenAI argued in a filing after a federal judge ord= ered the company to show why the case shouldn't be remanded.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

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American Bar Association

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Apple Inc.

Beacon Capital Partners LLC

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National Hockey League

National Right t= o Work Legal Defense Foundation

Oregon State Bar

PGA TOUR Inc.

Planned Parenthood Federation

Reebok International Ltd.

Southwest Airlines Co.

Spotify Technology SA

State Bar of California

State Bar of Michigan

State Bar of Wisconsin

The Procter & Gamble Co.

Transport Workers Union of Am= erica

Village Super Market Inc.

Vineyard Wind LLC


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GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Ocean Energy Manageme= nt

California Labor Commissi= oner's Office

California Supreme Court

Federal Trade Commission

Illinois Supreme Court

Los Angeles County = District Attorney's Office

National Highway T= raffic Safety Administration

New York Attorney General'= s Office

New York City Police Department

State Bar of Texas

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Di= strict Court for the Central District of California

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

U.S. Distri= ct Court for the Northern District of Texas

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. Immigration and Cust= oms Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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