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Filipino workers who helped build stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in= Qatar sued a U.S. construction company that oversaw the venture Thursday i= n Colorado federal court, arguing the business and others should be held li= able for the forced labor and inhumane living conditions they endured.

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Workers Sue Construction Co. Over Qatar W= orld Cup Abuses

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By Thy Vo

Filipino workers who helped build = stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar sued a U.S. construction comp= any that oversaw the venture Thursday in Colorado federal court, arguing th= e business and others should be held liable for the forced labor and inhuma= ne living conditions they endured.

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Feds Reexamined Couplers Too Soon, Import= er Says

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By Micah Danney

A New Jersey importer of rail coup= lers from China sued to unwind recent duty orders covering freight rail cou= plers from China and Mexico, arguing the investigation preceding the tariff= s unlawfully followed another that determined the imports weren't harming t= he domestic industry.

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Ga. High Court To Review Death Suit Again= st Home Inspectors

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By Jonathan Capriel

The Georgia Supreme Court will be = looking at whether a property inspector can contractually limit its liabili= ty to just one year, after taking up the appeal of a widow whose husband di= ed when their home's retaining wall collapsed more than 12 months after an = inspector signed off on the property.

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Trump To Return To NYC As Fraud Trial Mar= ches On

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By Frank G. Runyeon

Former President Donald Trump plan= s to return to lower Manhattan next week to attend his fraud trial, where h= is former attorney-turned-antagonist Michael Cohen is set to take the stand= as the New York state attorney general's key cooperating witness, accordin= g to sources familiar with Trump's security arrangements.

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Real Estate Rumors: Prologis, 27 Capital,= Carlyle Group

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By WaTeasa Freeman

Prologis is said to be the buyer o= f a $184 million industrial park in Phoenix, 27 Capital is rumored to be th= e buyer of a 76-unit residential portfolio on a Florida Island, and Carlyle= Group is believed to be a part of the joint venture that purchased a Brook= lyn luxury rental tower for $22.5 million=20

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ENFORCEMENT

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Vegas Contractors Get Prison Time For Bre= aking Clean Air Act

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By Collin Krabbe

A pair of Vegas contractors have b= een sentenced to six months in prison for violating the Clean Air Act after= pleading guilty to releasing asbestos into the air during the renovation o= f a cannabis growing facility.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Leveraging Municipal Bonds For Green Ener= gy Finance

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The U.S.'s transition to renewable= energy will require collaboration between public and private capital sourc= es — and that means that lawyers used to working in corporate finance= must understand how the municipal bond market functions differently, due t= o its grounding in the U.S. Constitution, says Ann Fillingham at Dykema.

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How Law Firms Can Use Account-Based Marke= ting Strategies

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Amid several evolving legal indust= ry trends, account-based marketing can help law firms uncover additional re= venue-generating opportunities with existing clients, with key consideratio= ns ranging from data analytics to relationship building, say Jennifer Ramse= y at stage LLC and consultant Gina Sponzilli.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Conservative Group Targets 3 More Firms'= Diversity Programs

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By Craig Clough

An anti-affirmative action group t= hat caused two major law firms to revise their diversity programs due to li= tigation said it sent letters this week to Winston & Strawn LLP, Hunton= Andrews Kurth LLP and Adams and Reese LLP threatening similar lawsuits, wi= th Adams and Reese agreeing on Thursday to drop its program.

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Ex-Fragomen Employee Posted Client Inform= ation On Twitter

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By Ashish Sareen

A former immigration coordinator a= t Fragomen LLP has been barred from the profession, after she shared confid= ential client information and made inappropriate comments on social media, = the Solicitors Regulation Authority said on Thursday.

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Washington Is Latest State To Consider Ba= r Exam Alternative

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By Greg Lamm

Washington is the latest state to = consider a pathway to gaining a law license without taking the bar exam, in= cluding allowing law school graduates to work as apprentices at law firms.

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Trump Property Manager Sticks With Atty I= n Secret Docs Case

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By David Minsky

The Mar-a-Lago property manager ac= cused of obstructing the investigation into former President Donald Trump's= alleged illegal retention of classified documents told a Florida federal j= udge Thursday that he'll stick with his current attorney, despite a potenti= al conflict of interest over former clients of the lawyer being called as w= itnesses at trial.

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New Orleans Federal Judge To Take Senior = Status

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By Courtney Buble

U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallo= n of the Eastern District of Louisiana, who has been on the bench since 199= 5 and has overseen major multidistrict litigation cases, will take senior s= tatus Jan. 1, 2024, or earlier if a successor is confirmed.

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Wachtell Says X Corp. Can't Duck Arbitrat= ion In $90M Fee Row

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By Jake Maher

Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz d= oubled down on its effort to move a dispute with X Corp., formerly known as= Twitter, over $90 million in legal fees into arbitration in a new brief th= is week, taking aim at the Elon Musk-owned social media company's "often-tr= ied, often-rejected" reading of the parties' arbitration clause.

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Bankman-Fried Atty Parries Star Witness A= s Feds Object

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By Pete Brush

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's la= wyer pressed Thursday to create daylight between his client, who is accused= of leading a $10 billion fraud that sank the cryptocurrency exchange, and = star prosecution witness Caroline Ellison amid a constant barrage of govern= ment objections in Manhattan federal court.

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Mich. Man Gets 3 Years In Prison For Thre= atening To Kill Judge

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By Gina Kim

A Lansing man convicted in July fo= r making curse-laden threats to kill a federal judge and making threats ove= r the internet against a state court employee and a county sheriff was sent= enced to 37 months in prison, according to a judgment filed Wednesday in Mi= chigan federal court.

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J&J Talc Unit Blasts $1.3M Ch. 11 Fee= Claims By Talc Tort Firms

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By Rick Archer

Johnson & Johnson spinoff LTL = Management is asking a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to reject a request for = $1.3 million in fees for four talc tort plaintiffs' firms in its now-dismis= sed second Chapter 11 case, arguing it was money wasted on unnecessary and = unsuccessful motions.

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Texas Lawyers, Judges Propose Rules For N= ew Biz Court

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By Catherine Marfin

A subcommittee of Texas lawyers an= d judges has recommended that written opinions from the state's business co= urt should not be binding on judges across the state as part of a sweeping = list of proposed changes to civil procedure that will guide the new court's= operations.

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Ex-DC Councilman's Law License Suspended= For A Year

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By Alison Knezevich

The D.C. Court of Appeals on Thurs= day suspended for one year the law license of former D.C. Councilman John K= . "Jack" Evans, who resigned from the council in 2020 amid an ethics scanda= l.

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Prosecutor Disbarred In Drug Lab Scandal= Seeks Reprieve

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By Julie Manganis

A former Massachusetts assistant a= ttorney general who was ordered disbarred by the state's highest court= in August for failing to disclose evidence of misconduct by a state drug l= ab chemist is asking that her disbarment be imposed retroactively to 2018.

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DOJ Slams Ex-Defender's DQ Bid In Harass= ment Suit

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By Ryan Boysen

The federal judiciary has denied c= laims that its attorneys engaged in misconduct while defending against a No= rth Carolina public defender's sexual harassment lawsuit, after an inquiry = into secret recordings apparently led to the abrupt departure of the public= defender's high-powered legal dream team and left her representing herself= .

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Judge Newman Says Now Is The Time To Rev= iew The AIA

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By Ryan Lynch

Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newm= an said Wednesday at a reception held in her honor that it's time to reeval= uate the America Invents Act, the landmark 2011 law that created new proced= ures for filing and challenging patents.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

American Society of Civil En= gineers

BlockFi Inc.

CH2M Hill

Carlyle Group LP

Cushman & Wakefield Inc.

Deutsche Bank AG

FTI Consulting Inc.

Federation Int= ernationale de Football Association

First NBC Bank Holding Co.

Getty Images Inc.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

Law School Admission Council In= c.

Netflix Inc.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

Princeton University

Prologis Inc.

Solicitors Regulation Author= ity Ltd.

The District of Columbia Bar

Trump Organization Inc.

Twitter Inc.

Wabtec Corp.

Washington Metrop= olitan Area Transit Authority


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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Federal Judicial Center

International Trade Commission

New York Attorney General'= s Office

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. A= ttorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan

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

U.S. Bankrupt= cy Court for the District of New Jersey

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

U.S. Department of Justice

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. Dist= rict Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

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United St= ates District Court for the District of Nevada

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