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Steel processor Pro-Tec Coating Co. LLC must pay $16.8 million to a const= ruction firm that claimed it wrongly broke their agreement for an upgrade p= roject to one of its facilities, an Ohio federal judge ordered fo= llowing an eight-day trial earlier this month.

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Ohio Steel Processor Must Pay $16.8M To J= ilted Contractor

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By Ryan Harroff

Steel processor Pro-Tec Coating Co= . LLC must pay $16.8 million to a construction firm that claimed it wrongly= broke their agreement for an upgrade project to one of its facilities,= 0;an Ohio federal judge ordered following an eight-day trial earlier t= his month.

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Commerce Says Brass Rod From 3 Countries = Were Subsidized

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By Alyssa Aquino

Brass rod from Israel, India and S= outh Korea has been illegally subsidized by their home governments, the U.S= . Department of Commerce said, teeing up preliminary countervailing duties = on the overseas products.

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Board Says Consultant Proved H-2B Request= Was Its Own

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By Alyssa Aquino

A U.S. Department of Labor appeals= board revived a consulting firm's request to hire dozens of foreign welder= s for a client's gas project, saying a labor official mistook the request a= s a disguised application from the client.

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Appeals Court Denies Trump Bid To Stay $2= 50M NY Fraud Trial

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By Stewart Bishop

A Manhattan appeals court on Thurs= day denied a bid by Donald Trump to delay the start of his $250 million civ= il fraud trial over the New York attorney general's claims that the former = president and his real estate company defrauded banks and insurers for year= s by exaggerating his net worth by billions of dollars.

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Real Estate Rumors: Microsoft, PPG Develo= pment, Acadia

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By Andrew McIntyre

Microsoft has reportedly subleased= out 66,000 square feet of office space in Manhattan, PPG Development is sa= id to have paid $14 million for 1.4 acres in Florida and Acadia Realty Trus= t has reportedly landed $33 million in financing for a Manhattan residentia= l building.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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3 Action Items For Contractors Facing A G= ov't Shutdown

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Federal contractors can help ensur= e they are well situated to endure a potential government shutdown by revie= wing project funding levels and contractual stop-work clauses, and communic= ating with contracting officers and subcontractors about their respective o= bligations, says Derek Mullins at Butzel Long.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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MoFo, Staffing Firm Escape Black Atty's R= ace Bias Suit

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By Grace Elletson

Morrison Foerster LLP and a legal = staffing company defeated a lawsuit from an attorney who said he endured ra= cist remarks, inadequate work assignments and less latitude to work remotel= y than white lawyers before being unlawfully fired, after a judge ruled he = hadn't shown the firms acted based on bias.

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BigLaw Firm Drops Ex-US Atty Arrested In = Highway Stabbing

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By Lauren Berg

A former federal prosecutor accuse= d of stabbing a driver after a fender bender on a Tampa, Florida, highway t= his week is no longer employed at Barnes & Thornburg LLP, a spokesperso= n for the firm confirmed to Law360 on Thursday.

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Levi & Korsinsky's Countersuit Illega= l Retaliation, Judge Rules

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By Caleb Drickey

Levi & Korsinsky LLP's decisio= n to sue a former partner that accused the firm of sex discrimination was a= n illegal act of retaliation, a New York federal judge ruled, saying there = was no evidence that the firm had any inkling of disloyalty before filing s= uit.

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AIG Brings On Stripe GC As New Legal And = Compliance Chief

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By Aaron West

American International Group Inc. = announced Thursday it has named Patricia Walsh as its new executive vice pr= esident and general counsel, effective in December, after its former legal = counsel was promoted to a new vice chair position earlier this month.

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Foley & Lardner, Quinn Emanuel Clash = Over LeClairRyan Fee

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By Emily Lever

A Virginia bankruptcy judge on Thu= rsday unsealed Foley & Lardner LLP's application for about $2.2 million= in fees for work performed on behalf of the Chapter 7 trustee of bankrupt = law firm LeClairRyan PLLC and set a hearing date to determine whether Foley= & Lardner can actually be paid those fees.

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Feds Seek Life For Dealer In Deaths Of Ak= in Gump Atty, Others

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By Elliot Weld

Federal prosecutors have asked a M= anhattan federal judge for a life sentence for a New Jersey man convicted o= f delivering the drugs that killed a first-year attorney at Akin Gump Strau= ss Hauer & Feld LLP and two other young professionals.

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NY Court System Seeks To Toss Sex Abuse C= over-Up Claims

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By Ivan Moreno

Several New York state judicial bo= dies told a federal court they properly investigated claims from a longtime= employee that a judge raped and harassed her, asking to be dismissed from = the staffer's suit against the judge and officials she says protected him f= or years.

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Eastman Judge Shuts Down More Election De= nier Testimony

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By Craig Clough

For the second day in a row, the j= udge overseeing John Eastman's California disbarment trial halted his attor= ney's effort to enter evidence from a witness that purports to cast doubt o= n the 2020 election results, finding it another attempt to slip in evidence= that only a designated expert can give.

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Ex-Defender Wants DOJ DQ'd For Alleged Fa= lse Accusations

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By Hayley Fowler

A former public defender in North = Carolina wants to disqualify a team of Justice Department attorneys from re= presenting the federal judiciary in her sexual harassment case, saying they= made false accusations about her that allegedly cost her the bulk of her l= egal team.

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Conn. Panel Advises Against Jurist Attend= ing Law Firm Event

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By Christine DeRosa

Judges should not attend a local b= ar association's annual judges' reception hosted and paid for by a law firm= because of the ethical rules attending such an event would violate, the Co= nnecticut Committee on Judicial Ethics has found.

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Trump Wants To 'Derail' Mar-A-Lago Trial= Timing, Feds Say

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By Lauren Berg

Federal prosecutors on Thursday hi= t back at Donald Trump's bid to adjust the court's schedule in the criminal= case over classified documents allegedly improperly stored at Mar-a-Lago, = arguing that the former president's proposal threatens to "intentionally de= rail" the timing of his May trial.

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Corebridge Financial

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Mestel & Company Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Mueller Industries Inc.

PlainsCapital Corp.

State Bar of California

The Cigna Group

Trump Organization Inc.

UnitedLex Corp.

Voya Financial Inc.


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Federal Acquisition Regul= atory Council

International Trade Administra= tion

International Trade Commission

New Jersey Supreme Court

New York Attorney General'= s Office

New York State Unified Court = System

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Att= orney's Office for the Middle District of Florida

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Ba= nkruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

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

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

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

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U.S. House of Representatives

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