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A Sarasota property owner may proceed with its appeal of a Florida federa= l court's finding that a construction manager's insurer does not owe covera= ge for an underlying defect suit, the Eleventh Circuit held, saying there a= re no jurisdictional issues that affect the court's ability to hear the cas= e.

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Fla. Developer's Coverage Appeal Can Go O= n, 11th Circ. Says

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By Hope Patti

A Sarasota property owner may proc= eed with its appeal of a Florida federal court's finding that a constructio= n manager's insurer does not owe coverage for an underlying defect suit, th= e Eleventh Circuit held, saying there are no jurisdictional issues that aff= ect the court's ability to hear the case.

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Sierra Club Pushes DC Circuit To Nix Texa= s LNG Extension

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By Peter McGuire

The Sierra Club has asked a D.C. C= ircuit panel to reject excuses offered by federal regulators to explain why= the developers of a gas export terminal expansion in Texas deserved more t= ime to finish construction, and pressed the court to toss a deadline extens= ion for the project.

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GAO Backs Choice Of French Co. For $46M E= mbassy Contract

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By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. Government Accountability= Office has rejected as baseless two U.S. companies' protests that a $45.5 = million contract to build a residential facility at the U.S. embassy in Par= is went to a French company that should've been deemed an irresponsible bid= der.

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Commerce Must Rethink Treating Korean Por= t Rights As Subsidy

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By Alyssa Aquino

The U.S. Department of Commerce mu= st revisit its decision to treat Hyundai Steel Co.'s rights to a South Kore= a-owned port as a government subsidy, the U.S. Court of International Trade= ruled, stressing that Hyundai had built the port.

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Insurer Freed From Covering Ga. Developer= In Pollution Suit

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By Peter McGuire

Wesco Insurance Co. does not have = to cover a Georgia homebuilding company in a lawsuit claiming runoff from a= residential development damaged neighbors' property, thanks to a pollution= exclusion in the developer's liability policy, according to a Peach State = federal judge.

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McDermott Units Must Answer Colombia's As= set Freeze Bid

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By Joyce Hanson

A New York judge has ordered Dutch= and British units of Texas-based construction firm McDermott International= to show why he shouldn't issue an order freezing all of their U.S. assets = as Colombia's state-owned oil company looks to enforce a nearly $1 billion = arbitral award against them.

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PEOPLE

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A&O Hires Construction Arbitration Pr= o From White & Case

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By Sam Tabahriti

Allen & Overy LLP has bolstere= d its arbitration practice with a new construction specialist joining the f= irm as a partner in London from White & Case LLP.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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4 Years On, Unraveling The Lessons Of 'Va= rsity Blues'

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By Chris Villani

The "Varsity Blues" college admiss= ions case rocked the legal world and higher education when it first broke i= n 2019. More than four years later, after 50 guilty pleas and a mixed recor= d at the trial and appellate levels, the landmark prosecution leaves a comp= lex legacy.

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Proskauer Hires 4-Partner Ex-Shearman Tea= m In Paris

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By Xiumei Dong

Proskauer Rose LLP has hired a cor= porate law team led by four partners from Shearman & Sterling LLP in Pa= ris, including the leader of Shearman's Paris office, the firm announced We= dnesday.

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Judge Recuses Himself From FTC's Showdown= With Amazon

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By Hailey Konnath

U.S. District Judge John C. Coughe= nour, the Washington federal judge assigned to oversee the Federal Trade Co= mmission's long-awaited antitrust challenge to Amazon's seller policies, ha= s recused himself, according to an order Wednesday.

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DC Judge Won't Exit Trump's Election Inte= rference Case

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By Lauren Berg

The Washington, D.C., federal judg= e overseeing Donald Trump's election interference case declined to recuse h= erself Wednesday, saying statements she made at previous Jan. 6 sentencing = hearings "do not manifest a deep-seated prejudice" that would prevent her f= rom making a fair judgment in the former president's case.

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Man Charged With Threatening NJ Judges In= Mass Of Emails

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By James Mills

A Los Angeles man has been charged= in California federal court with allegedly sending more than 400 threateni= ng and harassing emails to New Jersey judges as a way of getting back at th= e legal system that imposed a protective order against him after he made th= reats on Facebook.

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Gov't Shutdown Would Block New IPOs, SEC'= s Gensler Says

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By Jessica Corso

If the U.S. Securities and Exchang= e Commission is forced to operate on a "skeletal" staff due to a looming go= vernment shutdown, companies would be prevented from going public and whist= leblower complaints could go uninvestigated, agency chair Gary Gensler told= Congress on Wednesday.

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Fireworks On Senate Floor Over US Atty No= minations

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By Courtney Buble

Two U.S. attorney nominees fo= r California and Mississippi will get a roll call vote at a time to be= determined by Senate leadership, following a heated back-and-forth on= the floor Wednesday between Democrats and Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, who's b= een holding up nominees for the U.S. Department of Justice over its alleged= politicization.

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Paul Weiss Launches Practice Group To Adv= ise On DEI Issues

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By Rose Krebs

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & G= arrison LLP announced Wednesday the launch of its new DEI Strategic Advisor= y practice to help companies navigate diversity, equity and inclusion issue= s in what the global firm characterized as an "increasingly challenging leg= al landscape."

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Mich. To Require Judges To Honor Litigant= s' Pronouns

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By Carolyn Muyskens

Michigan judges will be required t= o address people who appear in their courtrooms by their "designated saluta= tion or personal pronouns, or other respectful means that is not inconsiste= nt" with the person's pronouns, under a mandate issued Wednesday.

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Racial Justice Center Opens At Historic M= d. Law School

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By Andrea Keckley

The University of Maryland's Franc= is King Carey School of Law announced this week the launch of a center in B= altimore that will be dedicated to education, advocacy and research on raci= al justice under the leadership of several trailblazing legal scholars at w= hat is now one of the U.S.' oldest law schools.

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Eastman Judge Stop's Author's Exam For N= o 'Original Work'

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By Craig Clough

A California State Bar judge on Th= ursday halted the testimony of a witness for John Eastman in his disbarment= trial, finding the statements of an accountant who wrote a book questionin= g the 2020 presidential election results were not based on "original work" = and veered too close to expert testimony.

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Nauta Wants Access To Classified Docs In= Mar-A-Lago Case

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By Carolina Bolado

Former President Donald Trump's pe= rsonal aide told a Florida federal court that he won't get a fair trial if = the government withholds classified information from him in the criminal ca= se over documents allegedly improperly stored at Mar-a-Lago.

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Atty's Deposition Conduct Nets $19K In S= anctions

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By Emily Sawicki

A former attorney with Kline &= Specter was hit with almost $20,000 in sanctions in Pennsylvania federal c= ourt on Wednesday for his "disruptive and unprofessional" conduct at four s= eparate depositions amid a product liability suit in which he represented t= he parents of a child who died in an inclined sleeper device.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV

Desbuild Inc.

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

Ecopetrol S.A.

Freeport LNG Development LP

Georgetown University

Harvard University

McDermott International

New York State Bar Association

Pacific Investment Manage= ment Co. LLC

Sierra Club

State Bar of California

The Philadelphia Inquirer LLC

University of Southern Califor= nia

Vinci SA


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Martin G. Weinberg Attorney at Law=

Martin LLP

Miller Law Associates APC

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Federal Trade Commission

International Chamber of Commer= ce

Los Angeles World Airports

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

U.S. Court of Appea= ls for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

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

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

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

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= . District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Di= strict Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Government Accountabili= ty Office

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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