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The Bureau of Land Management is asking an Alaska federal judge to uphold= its approvals for the Willow oil and gas project and to throw out conserva= tion groups' challenges, arguing that while its original authorization for = the ConocoPhillips drilling venture was found to be faulty, those shortcomi= ngs have all been addressed.

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TOP NEWS

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Feds Say New Analysis Supports Willow Pro= ject Approvals

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By Tom Lotshaw

The Bureau of Land Management is a= sking an Alaska federal judge to uphold its approvals for the Willow oil an= d gas project and to throw out conservation groups' challenges, arguing tha= t while its original authorization for the ConocoPhillips drilling venture = was found to be faulty, those shortcomings have all been addressed.

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Landowners Take Mountain Valley Pipeline = Fight To 4th Circ.

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By Travis Bland

A pair of Virginia landowners want= the Fourth Circuit to give them another shot at stopping a pipeline builde= r from taking their land, arguing that a district court wrongly excluded th= eir expert before a jury could hear his testimony.

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Washington Ports JV Sued Over Ship Termin= al Upgrade Delay

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By Greg Lamm

A marine construction company has = accused a joint venture of the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, in = state court of breaching a contract after a dispute over problems with pile= -driving equipment that it says caused a one-year delay on a $160 million p= roject to upgrade a container ship terminal.

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Maui Sues Hawaiian Electric Co. Over Dead= ly Wildfire Damage

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By Lauren Berg

Hawaiian Electric Co. must be held= accountable for the billions of dollars in damages to public property caus= ed by the deadly Lahaina and Kula fires this month, Maui County said in a l= awsuit filed Thursday in Hawaii state court that asserts the utility's down= ed power lines sparked the blaze.

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Green Groups' Challenge To EPA-Fla. Water= Handoff Trimmed

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By Juan Carlos Rodriguez

A Washington, D.C., federal judge = on Wednesday rejected green groups' argument that the U.S. Environmental Pr= otection Agency broke the law when it gave immediate effect to its approval= of Florida's request to run a Clean Water Act permitting program rather th= an waiting 30 days.

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Monsanto Seeks Hefty Ax Of Vt. School Dis= tricts' PCB Claims

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By Madeline Lyskawa

Monsanto has called on a Vermont f= ederal judge to dismiss the vast majority of the plaintiffs in litigation b= rought by more than 90 Vermont public school districts seeking damages for = the alleged contamination of their school buildings with a toxic chemical t= he company manufactured.

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Pomerantz, Other Firms Get $3.5M In CBL S= hareholder Suit

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By Alex Wittenberg

A Tennessee federal judge awarded = $3.5 million to lawyers from six firms for their work on behalf of investor= s in reaching a $17.5 million settlement with mall operator CBL & Assoc= iates Properties Inc.

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Real Estate Rumors: Williams Magnolia, CB= RE, PacLife

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By WaTeasa Freeman

Williams Magnolia Properties has r= eportedly sold a Florida shopping plaza for $26.5 million, BrightSpire has = reportedly called on CBRE to lease out an Oakland office property and Pacif= ic Life has reportedly provided $94 million for a geothermal residential pr= oject in New York.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Identifying Trends And Tips In Litigation= Financing Disclosure

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Growing interest and controversy i= n litigation financing raise several salient concerns, but exploring recent= compelled disclosure trends from courts around the country can help practi= tioners further their clients' interests, say Sean Callagy and Samuel Sokol= sky at Arnold & Porter.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Hogan Lovells Board Wants CEO To Stay 4 M= ore Years

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By Tracey Read

Hogan Lovells has unanimously reco= mmended that CEO Miguel Zaldivar be reappointed to a second four-year term,= the firm said Thursday.

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Stanford Law School Dean Named University= 's Provost

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By James Mills

Stanford University has announced = that it has named the dean of its law school to be the new provost of the u= niversity starting this fall.

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Meet The 'Tenacious' Atty Taking Over Tru= mp's Ga. Defense

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By Phillip Bantz

Atlanta criminal defense attorney = Steve Sadow, who took the reins of Donald Trump's legal team Thursday befor= e the former president was booked in Fulton County on charges he schemed to= overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election, is a "no-nonsense" lawyer k= nown for taking on celebrity clients and complex cases.

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Trump Surrenders At Ga. Jail On Election = Conspiracy Charges

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By Kelcey Caulder and Rosie Manins

Former President Donald J. Trump w= as booked at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Thursday evening on = felony charges related to his alleged attempts to overturn the results of t= he 2020 presidential election in Georgia, according to jail records.

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Meadows Booked In Ga. Ahead Of Trump's Su= rrender

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By Kelcey Caulder

Former White House Chief of Staff = Mark Meadows has turned himself in at a county jail in Atlanta to be booked= on charges related to his alleged role in a conspiracy to overturn the 202= 0 election results in Georgia, a day after he sought to avoid making the ap= pearance and hours before former President Donald J. Trump surrender ed him= self. Here are all the major updates in the case today.

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'No Historical Evidence' To Eastman's VP = Claim, Judge Told

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By Craig Clough

A legal scholar testified on Thurs= day in the resumption of John Eastman's California disbarment trial that no= thing in the constitutional record, federal election law or the actions of = former vice presidents supports Eastman's contention that vice presidents p= ossess unilateral authority to reject electors or delay the counting of ele= ctoral votes.

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Fla. Atty Says Trump Can't Run For Office= Due To Jan. 6 Riot

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By David Minsky

A Florida attorney urged a federal= court to declare that Donald Trump is constitutionally prohibited from see= king a second presidential term, or any public office, due to his alleged p= articipation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, accordi= ng to a lawsuit filed Thursday.

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Ashley Furniture Urges Sanctions Over Att= y's 'Frivolous' Suits

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By Aaron West

Ashley Furniture's in-house counse= l urged a New York federal court in a letter this week to sanction a Sheeha= n & Associates attorney for filing dozens of false advertising lawsuits= after it tossed a similar suit against the furniture company last year, ar= guing that the firm's attorney has displayed "a sense of pride and bravado = that has no place in the practice of law."

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DeSantis Appoints 2 Including Surfside Ca= se Judge Successor

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By Rose Krebs

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appo= inted a former Kobre & Kim LLP attorney who has been a judge on the Mia= mi-Dade County Court to serve on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court and an= Andrews Biernacki Davis attorney to fill a vacancy on the Miami-Dade Count= y Court.

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Litigation Finance Firm Seeks To Toss Att= y's Claims Again

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By Christine DeRosa

The litigation finance client of a= law firm that's accused of wrongfully firing an attorney has asked a Conne= cticut federal judge to drop it from the employee's suit, arguing that even= in his second amended complaint the worker hasn't proven his claims.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Activision Blizzard Inc.

Baltimore Ravens Inc.

Black Diamond Capital Man= agement LLC

BrightSpire Capital Inc.

CBL & Associates Properties, I= nc.

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

ConocoPhillips Co.

Daimler AG

Defenders of Wildlife

EMI Group Ltd.

Earthjustice

Foss Maritime Co.

George Washington University

Getty Images Inc.

Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc.

Lcor Inc.

McAfee Inc.

Monsanto Co.

Natural Resources Defense Coun= cil

Orion Group Holdings Inc.

PG&E Corp.

Sierra Club

Solutia Inc.

Southern California Edison Co.

Starbucks Corp.

State Bar of California

Twitter Inc.

VMWare Inc.

Yale University


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Lynn Lynn Blackman & Manitsky

McGuireWoods

Miller Law Associates APC

Sheehan & Associates PC

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Land Management

Fish and Wildlife Service

Florida Attorney General's = Office

Georgia Department of Revenue

Georgia General Assembly

National Oceanic = and Atmospheric Administration

National Security Agency

Port of Seattle

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Court of Appeal= s for the Federal Circuit

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

U.S. Department of Justice

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

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

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

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

U.S. District C= ourt for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Dis= trict Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

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

U.S. Dis= trict Court for the Northern District of Illinois

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

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

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Western District of Kentucky

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office<= /a>

U.S. Supreme Court

United St= ates District Court for the District of Nevada

United S= tates District Court for the District of Vermont

Vermont Department of Health

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