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One of Canada's largest softwood lumber exporters joined a flurry of liti= gation over the most recent round of U.S. duties, urging the U.S. Court of = International Trade to order a do-over that could affect 290 companies afte= r the Department of Commerce used a "legally flawed" test.

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Lumber Co. Says 'Legally Flawed' Duty Tes= t Can't Stand

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By Jennifer Doherty

One of Canada's largest softwood l= umber exporters joined a flurry of litigation over the most recent round of= U.S. duties, urging the U.S. Court of International Trade to order a do-ov= er that could affect 290 companies after the Department of Commerce used a = "legally flawed" test.

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Bank Not On Hook For Customer's $8.5M Spo= ofing Loss

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By Emilie Ruscoe

A New Jersey construction company = can't recover from its bank $8.5 million the company said it lost to an onl= ine spoofing attack, a New York federal court has determined, saying the co= nstruction firm conceded the malicious transfers were similar in a key way = to legitimate ones.

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Judge Axes $1.37M Subcontractor Claim Aft= er Counsel Exit

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By Aaron Keller

Citing a subcontractor's prolonged= silence in the wake of the withdrawal of its attorneys, a federal judge in= Connecticut on Tuesday granted a request by general contractor Htfd Bldg. = Co. LLC to dismiss a $1.37 million claim involving the construction of a Ha= rtford apartment complex.

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Alaska Tribes Seek To Overturn Gold Mine = Water Permits

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By Madeline Lyskawa

Two Alaskan tribes called on the s= tate Supreme Court to review a superior court's late-August decision uphold= ing 12 state water permits for the Donlin Gold Mine project, saying the pro= ject poses environmental risks that would threaten people and communities w= ho have lived in the region for millennia.

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Trump Hit With Gag Order In NY Trial Afte= r Post About Clerk

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By Frank G. Runyeon

A New York judge issued a gag orde= r against Donald Trump Tuesday afternoon in the attorney general's civil fr= aud case, banning statements about the judge's staff and citing the former = president's "disparaging, untrue and personally identifying" social media p= ost about his law clerk hours earlier.

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Real Estate Rumors: Trader Joe's, Stockda= le, Elite World

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By WaTeasa Freeman

Over 20,000 square feet of commerc= ial space in San Francisco has allegedly been sold for $7.2 million, an IHG= hotel in Houston has reportedly been purchased by Stockdale Capital Partne= rs for $86.5 million, and modeling agency Elite World Group is believed to = be moving into a 15th-floor office in midtown Manhattan.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Mass. Ruling Shows Value Of Additional In= sured Specifics

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A Massachusetts court’s rece= nt D.F. Pray v. Wesco Insurance decision demonstrates that blanket addition= al insured endorsements can create issues with personal jurisdiction, so th= ose named as additional insureds should require their lower-tier contractor= s to use specific endorsements, say Thomas Dunn and Sheya Rivard at Pierce = Atwood.

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Anti-BLM Tweeting Atty Beats Calif. Bar's= Disciplinary Charges

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By Gina Kim

A California State Bar judge has e= xonerated attorney Marla Brown of disciplinary charges stemming from her Ma= y 2020 tweets calling for Black Lives Matter demonstrators to be shot, noti= ng while he didn't condone her speech, the bar counsel didn't show she had = intent to incite imminent lawless action.

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Bankman-Fried Declined Plea Talks, Feds S= ay Amid Jury Picks

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By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge waded th= rough jury selection Tuesday in FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's trial on ch= arges of looting billions of dollars from the fallen crypto exchange, after= a prosecutor said no substantive plea talks were ever held.

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Biden Taps Ex-Boies Schiller Partner To L= ead Watchdog Office

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By Alison Knezevich

President Joe Biden plans to nomin= ate a former Boies Schiller Flexner LLP partner to lead a federal watchdog = agency, the White House said Tuesday.

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Jackson, Alito Spar Over Burden In CFPB F= unding Case

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By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Samuel= Alito and Ketanji Brown Jackson traded verbal jabs during oral arguments T= uesday after Justice Jackson accused her colleague of improperly shifting t= he burden of proof to the government in a case challenging the constitution= ality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding mechanism.

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DLA Piper Adds 4th White & Case Atty = In 2 Months

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By Jack Rodgers

DLA Piper is adding another invest= ment fund-focused partner to its Washington, D.C., team from White & Ca= se LLP, just two weeks after welcoming two other attorneys from that firm i= n D.C., and another in San Diego, the firm has announced.

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Hunton Adds Former EPA, Volkswagen Enviro= Atty In DC

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By Rachel Riley

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has bolst= ered its environmental practice with a new partner whose more than decadelo= ng legal career has spanned the private and public sectors, from advising V= olkswagen on corporate sustainability strategy to overseeing Superfund site= cleanups for the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Ex-Covington Atty Joins Abortion Rights O= rg In Litigation Role

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By Adrian Cruz

A Covington & Burling LLP= partner has moved to the Center for Reproductive Rights as its new senior = litigation director, the New York-based legal advocacy organization co= nfirmed Tuesday.

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Girardi Keese Trustee's Negligence Claim = Against Bank Axed

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By Gina Kim

A California judge permanently tos= sed the Girardi Keese bankruptcy trustee's negligence claim in a suit alleg= ing Western Alliance Bank enabled the law firm's fraud, noting Tuesday that= while the trustee's suit lists federal regulations and duties imposed on b= anks, it doesn't point to any authority allowing a private right of action.

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Eastman Witnesses Asked Why Election Prob= e Ended At 2016

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By Craig Clough

An attorney with the California St= ate Bar cross-examined two defense witnesses for John Eastman in his disbar= ment trial Monday, questioning both about why analysis reports they produce= d comparing election results from 2020 to 2016 did not go further and compa= re any other election years before reaching conclusions about alleged anoma= lies.

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X Corp. Fights Wachtell's Bid For Arbitra= tion Of $90M Fee Row

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By Rose Krebs

X Corp., formerly known as Twitter= , has pushed back on Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's attempt to arbitrat= e the social media giant's claims the firm collected a "gargantuan" $90 mil= lion fee for helping the company defeat Elon Musk's effort to back out of h= is $44 billion acquisition.

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Employment Firm, Plaintiff Agree To End = Data Breach Action

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By Matt Perez

A federal class action against a P= hiladelphia labor and employment firm over a 2021 data breach was jointly d= ismissed without prejudice, according to a filing in the Eastern District o= f Pennsylvania.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Barrick Gold Corp.

Community Financial Corp.

Earthjustice

Georgetown University

Getty Images Inc.

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Mazars LLP

State Bar of California

Sterling National Bank

Stockdale Capital Partners LLC

The Center for Reproducti= ve Rights Inc.

TikTok Inc.

Trader Joe's Co.

Trump Organization Inc.

Twitter Inc.

Volkswagen AG

Webster Financial Corp.

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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Miller Law Associates APC

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Wachtell Lipton

White & Case

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alaska Department= of Environmental Conservation

Alaska Department of Law

Alaska Department of Natu= ral Resources

Consumer Financial Protectio= n Bureau

Federal Reserve System

Navajo Nation

New York Attorney General'= s Office

North Carolina Department of= Justice

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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

U.S. Customs and Border Protect= ion

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

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

U.S= . District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. Navy

U.S. Supreme Court

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