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DHS Cites 'Acute' Need For Rushed Border = Barrier In Texas

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By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Department of Homeland Se= curity is waiving 26 federal laws to rapidly construct new barriers and roa= ds along part of Texas' southern border, calling it an area of "high illega= l entry."

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New England States Partner To Woo Offshor= e Wind Proposals

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By Peter McGuire

Three New England states agreed to= solicit multistate offshore wind power developments, a first-in-the countr= y move intended to attract more competitors to build large, viable clean el= ectric projects.

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Mountain Valley Developer Agrees To Full = Pipeline Inspection

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By Peter McGuire

The operator of the controversial = Mountain Valley Pipeline will hire a third-party company to help inspect po= tentially worn and damaged equipment to alleviate concerns raised by federa= l inspectors about the project's risk to safety and the environment.

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Advocacy Group Ends NY Bight Offshore Win= d Challenge

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By Madeline Lyskawa

An advocacy group voluntarily drop= ped its challenge against the Biden administration seeking to upend wind en= ergy development off the coast of New York and New Jersey, putting an end, = for now, to litigation that began in D.C. federal court in January 2022.

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COVERAGE RECAP: Day 3 Of Trump's NY Civil= Fraud Trial

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By Frank G. Runyeon

Law360 will be providing live cove= rage from the courthouse as former president Donald Trump goes on trial in = the New York Attorney General's civil fraud case. Here's a recap of day thr= ee.

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NY AG Hits Back At Trump's Insults In $25= 0M Fraud Trial

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By Stewart Bishop

New York Attorney General Letitia = James on Wednesday derided former President Donald Trump's string of "offen= sive" and "race-baiting" remarks over his $250 million civil fraud trial on= state allegations that he and others defrauded banks and insurers by exagg= erating his net worth by billions of dollars.

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Ga. High Court To Review $10M Subdivision= Fight

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By Rosie Manins

Georgia's highest court agreed Wed= nesday to review a developers' dispute with an Atlanta-area county that is = holding up the construction of a $10 million subdivision where 41 homes are= to be built.

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Conn. Quarry Wins $9.5M In Suit Over 'Pol= itical' Shutdown

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By Brian Steele

Officials in East Haven, Connectic= ut, had improper motivations for causing the shutdown of a quarry ahead of = the 2017 mayoral election, a federal judge ruled in finding the town and tw= o other defendants liable for arbitrary and "conscience-shocking" conduct a= nd awarding the injured company nearly $9.5 million.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Litigation Report Highlights 'Fearsome Fo= ursome,' Spending Trends

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By Jack Karp

Four law firms are the ones genera= l counsel and law firm leaders most fear having to face off against in cour= t, according to a new report set to be released Thursday.

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Latham Leads M&A As Global Deals Fall= To 10-Year Low

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By Aaron West

A new mergers and acquisitions stu= dy shows that even as M&A deal making has fallen to a 10-year low, Lath= am & Watkins LLP has completed the most transactions in 2023 so far.

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Foley & Lardner Says Recruiter Owes R= efund After Hire's Exit

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By Andrea Keckley

Foley & Lardner LLP has launch= ed a breach of contract suit against a New York-based legal recruiting firm= that it says refused to refund a placement fee after a partner it hired la= sted less than three months.

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Ex-Cohen Milstein Atty Pleads Guilty In F= la. Child Porn Case

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By Carolina Bolado

A former Cohen Milstein Sellers &a= mp; Toll PLLC partner who has represented victims of child abuse pled guilt= y Wednesday to possession of child sexual abuse material after he was = found with nearly 2,000 files on his computer.

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Dealer Gets 30 Years Over Drugs That Kill= ed BigLaw Atty

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By Cara Salvatore

A drug dealer whose fentanyl-laced= cocaine killed three New Yorkers, including an Akin Gump associate, was se= ntenced to 30 years Wednesday in a case that provided a small window into t= he pressures of BigLaw.

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Analysis

Trump's Attacks May Goad Courts Into 'Con= stitutional Crisis'

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By Phillip Bantz

Facing a gag order in his New York= civil fraud trial and the threat of another in his Washington, D.C., elect= ion-interference case, Donald Trump may put core constitutional principles = to the test by continuing verbal attacks on court staffers, witnesses and p= rosecutors.

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New Biden Picks Include Prosecutor For 1s= t Circ.

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By Courtney Bubl=E9

President Joe Biden announced thre= e judicial nominees Wednesday for the First Circuit and district courts in = New Jersey and Connecticut.

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Senate Elevates Magistrate Judge To Md. D= istrict Bench

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By Courtney Bubl=E9

The U.S. Senate voted 53-44 o= n Wednesday to confirm Magistrate Judge Brendan Abell Hurson, who previousl= y served as a public defender, to be a U.S. district judge for the District= of Maryland, having won the support of both senators from the state.

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Senate Approves Ex-Ford Counsel For Judge= ship In Mich.

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By Courtney Bubl=E9

The Senate voted 52-42 on Wednesda= y to confirm Susan K. DeClercq to be a district judge for the Eastern = District of Michigan. She was most recently director and counsel of sp= ecial investigations at the Ford Motor Company and, according to the White = House, will be the first federal judge of East Asian descent in the st= ate.

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Northern District Of Ohio Judge Takes Sen= ior Status

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By Alison Knezevich

U.S. District Judge Patricia A. Ga= ughan of the Northern District of Ohio, who was the first woman to serve as= the district's chief judge, has taken senior status.

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Analysis

With NH Prosecutor, Biden Lands On 'Safe= ' 1st Circ. Pick

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By Chris Villani and Brian Dowling

After President Joe Biden tapped N= ew Hampshire Assistant U.S. Attorney Seth Aframe for an open seat on the Fi= rst Circuit on Wednesday, attorneys hailed the nominee's "even-handed decis= ion-making" while acknowledging that he represented a "safe choice" after a= n earlier confirmation bid failed.

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Interview

4th Circ.'s Chief Judge Forecasts A Soci= al Issues Blitz

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By Travis Bland

The Fourth Circuit jurist who brok= e barriers as the bench's first Hispanic leader anticipates that the court'= s current lineup of legal battles over laws curbing transgender rights will= be joined by an increasing number of cases seeking justice for marginalize= d communities.

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John Eastman Witness Thought Jan. 6 Was = Antifa 'False Flag'

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By Craig Clough

A witness whose data attorney John= Eastman relied on when arguing the 2020 presidential election was stolen w= rote online that the U.S. Capital riot was a "false flag" action orchestrat= ed by "Antifa and paid operatives," the former government intelligence anal= yst confirmed Wednesday during Eastman's California disbarment trial.

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Mintz Partner Among 2 Tapped For Mass. S= uperior Court

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By Julie Manganis

The co-chair of securities litigat= ion at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo PC and a solo practition= er from Springfield were nominated Wednesday to seats as associate justices= on the Massachusetts Superior Court.

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