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Biden Admin Escapes Martha's Vineyard Win= d Farm Suit

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By Faith Williams

The U.S. Department of the Interio= r is off the hook in a suit by Massachusetts fishers groups over a proposed= wind farm off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, ruling the groups failed to = prove the government acted unlawfully.

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Guatemalan Co. Says Power Plant Award Mus= t Be Nixed

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By Caroline Simson

A contractor on an ill-fated Guate= malan power plant construction project urged the Eleventh Circuit on Thursd= ay to vacate an arbitral award favoring the plant's owner, arguing that a l= ower court deferred too much to a tribunal and improperly turned a blind ey= e to its corruption allegations.

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EPA Backs Indirect Pollution Rule For SoC= al Warehouses

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By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Environmental Protection = Agency said it has proposed to approve a rule by California's South Coast A= ir Quality Management District aimed at requiring large warehouses in and a= round Los Angeles to reduce their indirect nitrogen oxide and diesel partic= ulate matter emissions.

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DOJ Says It's Making Headway On Enviro Ju= stice Strategy

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By Tom Lotshaw

The Justice Department's new Offic= e of Environmental Justice, in a first annual report released Friday, detai= ls its progress on a comprehensive environmental justice enforcement strate= gy, pointing to expanded outreach to tribes and communities, initiatives to= boost collaboration and training, and investigations and enforcement actio= ns.

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Trump's NY Trial Set To Enter Week 3 With= His Return Looming

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By Frank Runyeon and Stewart Bishop

The second week of the closely wat= ched trial of Donald Trump over the New York attorney general's civil fraud= claims wrapped up on Friday, with testimony from a Trump Organization exec= utive who worked on allegedly false valuations of the former president's re= al estate assets, ahead of Trump's expected return to the Manhattan courtho= use on Tuesday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Unpacking OMB's Proposed Uniform Guidance= Rewrite

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Affected organizations, including = state and local governments, should carefully review the Office of Manageme= nt and Budget's proposed overhaul of uniform rules for administering over $= 1 trillion in federal funding distributed each year, and take the opportuni= ty to submit comments before the December deadline, says Dismas Locaria at = Venable.

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Opinion

Judicial Independence Needs Defense Amid = Political Threats

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Amid recent and historic challenge= s to the judiciary from political forces, safeguarding judicial independenc= e and maintaining the integrity of the legal system is increasingly urgent,= says Robert Peck at the Center for Constitutional Litigation.

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Allen & Overy, Shearman Partners Sign= Off On Merger

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By Aebra Coe

A partner vote to approve the merg= er between Allen & Overy LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP succeeded = on Friday, securing more than 99% of the partner vote at each firm to&= #160;approve the deal that creates a 3,900-lawyer legal giant, Allen & = Overy announced Friday.

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US-UK Law Firm Mergers May Make For Thorn= y Love Affairs

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By Aebra Coe

As Allen & Overy LLP and Shear= man & Sterling LLP begin the work of combining, a number of other firms= on both sides of the Atlantic may be interested in following suit. However= , law firm management consultants point to some significant challenges that= come with inking trans-Atlantic deals.

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Key Moments In Lead-Up To Allen & Ove= ry-Shearman Merger

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By Tracey Read

On Friday, 800 partners at Allen &= amp; Overy LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP voted to create one of the b= iggest law firm tie-ups in history. Here is a look back at some of the bigg= est moments for the two firms leading up to the merger.

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BigLaw Firms Mobilize For Israel Charity = Funds

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By Aebra Coe

A number of large law firms and th= eir attorneys have opened up their wallets to offer support to victims in I= srael of last weekend's deadly attacks by Hamas, with at least one law firm= matching the charitable donations of its lawyers and staff up to $1,500 an= nually.

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More Than 400 US, UK Lawyers Condemn Hama= s Terrorism

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By Marialuisa Taddia

More than 410 senior lawyers from = some of the largest law firms on both sides of the Atlantic have publicly c= ondemned the attacks of Hamas against civilians in Israel, urging colleague= s to join them in denouncing acts of terrorism against Israel and Jews.

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Interview

SCOTUSblog Death Greatly Exaggerated, Tom= Goldstein Says

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By Jeff Overley

Earlier this month, SCOTUSblog co-= founder Tom Goldstein announced a "new look" for his celebrated chronicle o= f the U.S. Supreme Court. But the pioneering litigator is now rebutting rea= ctions from peers who publicly proclaimed that the makeover reflected "SCOT= USblog slowly dying away," "a real loss," and the start of "a slow farewell= to a venerable institution."

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Calif., Md. Judges To Take Senior Status,= Mo. Judge To Retire

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By Courtney Bubl=E9

A federal judge in California and = another in Maryland who has been presiding over a consent decree to improve= the Baltimore Police Department will take senior status next year, while a= third in Missouri will retire next summer, according to recent updates.

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Texas Bankruptcy Judge Resigns Amid Ethic= s Probe

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By Hilary Russ

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jon= es said Sunday that he is resigning from the Southern District of Texas ben= ch amid an investigation into his reported romantic relationship with a law= yer whose former firm, Jackson Walker LLP, had cases before him.

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Judge Newman Floats Possibly Hearing Dist= rict Court Cases

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By Ryan Davis

As she serves out a 12-month suspe= nsion from the Federal Circuit, U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman said at a= n American Bar Association conference Friday that she is considering an inv= itation to sit by designation in district court and oversee a trial after n= early four decades as an appellate judge.

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Okla. Judge Mocked Attys' Genitals In Tex= ts Amid Murder Trial

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By Gina Kim

An Oklahoma judge exchanged text m= essages with her bailiff during a murder trial, mocking the size of attorne= ys' penises and jurors' appearances, calling witnesses "liars" and tailorin= g jury instructions for her preferred outcome in the case, a Tuesday petiti= on by the state's Supreme Court justice alleges, calling for her removal.

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Greenberg Traurig Atty Shouldn't Face AD= A Claim, Judge Says

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By Henrik Nilsson

A Georgia federal magistrate judge= recommended Friday that a Greenberg Traurig attorney be dismissed from a d= iscrimination and retaliation suit brought by a former assistant at the fir= m because, as an individual, the attorney is not considered an "employer" u= nder the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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WaPo Says Devin Nunes Wiped Evidence In = Sanctions Bid

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By Henrik Nilsson

The Washington Post urged a D.C. f= ederal judge to sanction former California Rep. Devin Nunes for allegedly w= iping evidence in his defamation suit against the newspaper over a November= 2020 article that discussed the representative.

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Court's Religious Training Edict Errs, S= outhwest Tells 5th Circ.

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By Emily Sawicki

Amid its appeal of a Texas federal= court ruling in favor of a flight attendant who claimed her firing was a C= ivil Rights Act violation, Southwest Airlines is also urging the Fifth Circ= uit to toss a district court sanction ordering three of its in-house attorn= eys to undergo "religious-liberty training."

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Analysis

Google Judge Weighs Secrecy, Openness Wi= thout Crystal Ball

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By Bryan Koenig

DuckDuckGo's bid to become Apple's= privacy-mode search engine is among several details that have spilled into= the light in the Justice Department's case against Google's alleged search= monopoly as the presiding judge allows fewer confidential sessions.

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BlockFi Was Kept In Dark As FTX Fund Cra= tered, Jury Hears

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By Rachel Scharf

The second week of Sam Bankman-Fri= ed's Manhattan federal court trial finished Friday with testimony from the = founder and CEO of BlockFi Inc., who said the now-bankrupt crypto lender re= lied on balance sheets showing that FTX-tied hedge fund Alameda Research ha= d assets "north of $6 billion."

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Loeb & Loeb Seeks Confirmation Of $3= .4M Arb. Award

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By Christine DeRosa

Multiservice law firm Loeb & L= oeb LLP urged a New York federal court Thursday to confirm a more than $3.4= million arbitration award against two former clients that failed to pay th= e firm after it successfully represented them in various intellectual prope= rty litigation.

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Courthouse Bomber Gets 30 Years After 9t= h Circ. Remand

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By Rachel Riley

A California federal judge on Frid= ay bumped down the prison time for a man convicted in the 2008 bombing of a= San Diego courthouse, reducing his sentence from almost 34 years to about = 30 years after the Ninth Circuit returned the case for resentencing due to = a minor procedural error.

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Texas Biz Court Changes Pose More Questi= ons Than Answers

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By Catherine Marfin

A group of lawyers and judges on F= riday grappled with how to reconcile the language of a law creating a new s= tatewide business court with the current rules of civil procedure as the Te= xas Supreme Court works toward issuing official standards for litigators wh= o will practice in the forum beginning next year.

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Texas Law Firm Can't Get New Trial Over = Settlement Coverage

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By Hope Patti

A Texas law firm can't get a new t= rial in its dispute over indemnification for a $2.75 million legal malpract= ice settlement, a Texas federal court ruled, saying the jury did not go aga= inst the weight of evidence by ruling in favor of New York Marine & Gen= eral Insurance Co.

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Denver Court Wants Out Of Atty's Discrim= ination Suit

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By Mike Curley

The Denver County Court is looking= to escape a lawsuit alleging it discriminated against a lawyer who has hea= ring loss when a judge excused him from jury duty, saying it has no authori= ty over the judge's orders and any discrimination that occurred was not und= er the control of the court.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

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By Kevin Penton

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sulli= van LLP leads this week's list of Law360 Legal Lions after a California fed= eral judge wiped out speaker maker Sonos' nearly $33 million jury award aga= inst Google.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate Ne= ws Of The Week

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By Michele Gorman

Antitrust authorities in the U.K. = published guidance on the do's and don'ts of environmentally focused collab= oration, and a conservative group sent letters to more law firms to th= reaten lawsuits over diversity programs. These are among the stories in cor= porate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You M= issed In London

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By Tabitha Burbidge

The past week in London has seen A= I crypto-asset firm Fetch.Ai bring legal action against the Danish software= developer who sued the company last year, a medical technology company sue= d over a $35 million investment that went south, and Emirati shipping compa= ny Virgo Marine sink Reed Smith into a claim over the sale of an oil tanker= . Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And= Stories On Law360

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For those who missed out, here's a= look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the= most buzz on Law360 last week.

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Podcast

Pro Say: Are Junk Fees Headed For The Tr= ash?

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The Federal Trade Commission is mo= ving ahead with a proposal to crack down on what are commonly called "junk = fees" — the often obscured extra charges applied to concert tickets, = hotel bookings and other purchases — which can cost customers upward = of $80 million per year.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Acushnet Holdings Corp.

Adidas AG

Alliance Defending Freedom

Altman Weil Inc.

American Bar Association

American Economic Liberties = Project

Ampere Capital Group

Apple Inc.

AstraZeneca PLC

Aviation Capital Group

Baxter International Inc.

BlockFi Inc.

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedic= a Inc.

British Broadcasting Corp.

CNA Financial Corp.

Cengage

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute In= c.

ICBC Standard Bank PLC

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Microsoft Corp.

Munich Re Group

Mylan NV

National Right t= o Work Legal Defense Foundation

Netflix Inc.

New York University

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

Planned Parenthood Federation

Southern California Edison Co.

Southwest Airlines Co.

Spotify Technology SA

Texas Public Policy Foundation

The Finish Line Inc.

The Neiman Marcus Group LLC

The Williams Cos. Inc.

Themis Solutions Inc.

Therium Capital Management Ltd.

TikTok Inc.

Transport Workers Union of Am= erica

Trump Organization Inc.

Twitter Inc.

U.S. Anesthesia Partners

Vineyard Wind LLC

Vital Pharmaceuticals

Washington Post Co.


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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olsw= ang

Cain & Skarnulis

Carpmaels & Ransford

Carter Lemon

Center for Constitutional Litig= ation

Herbert Smith Freehills

Reichman Jorgensen Lehman &am= p; Feldberg LLP

Robins Kaplan

Ryan Law LLP

Ryan Law Partners

Shakespeare Martineau

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alabama Department of Public = Health

Bureau of Ocean Energy Manageme= nt

California Air Resources Board

Companies House

Competition and Markets Authori= ty

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportun= ity Commission

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Acquisition Regul= atory Council

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Federal Judicial Center

Federal Trade Commission

International Chamber of Commer= ce

National Oceanic = and Atmospheric Administration

National Security Agency

Office of Foreign Assets Control=

Oklahoma Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Missouri

Texas Legislature

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

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

U.S. Distric= t Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

U.S. Distri= ct Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. D= istrict Court for the Southern District of California

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

U.S. Distric= t Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

Wisconsin Supreme Court

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