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NY Gov. Zaps Bill To Build Offshore Wind = Power Line

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By Keith Goldberg

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Frid= ay vetoed legislation that would have approved construction of underground = transmission lines on Long Island connecting an Equinor offshore wind proje= ct to the grid, citing local opposition to the project.

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Nev. Judge Refuses To Halt South Spring V= alley Project

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By Ali Sullivan

A Nevada federal judge won't obstr= uct the Bureau of Land Management's plans to clear pinyon-juniper woodlands= from two watersheds near Great Basin National Park, she said this week in = finding that conservation groups opposed to the project were unlikely to su= cceed on the merits of their claims.

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Housing Groups Can't Halt Chicago Soccer = Club's Land Lease

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By Quinn Wilson

An Illinois federal judge ended a = bid from housing advocates Friday to stop the U.S. Department of Housing an= d Urban Development from transferring 23 acres of dedicated public housing = land to the Chicago Fire Football Club, ruling the advocates lacked standin= g.

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Treasury Seeks Input On Rules For Energy = Credit Transfers

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By Kat Lucero

The U.S. Treasury Department wants= more feedback on how to tailor the so-called at-risk rules for pass-throug= h entities seeking to sell clean energy tax credits earned from their quali= fied development projects under the Inflation Reduction Act, an official sa= id Friday.

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No Need To Block Pipeline Construction, F= ERC Tells DC Circ.

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By Peter McGuire

Federal energy regulators on Frida= y urged a D.C. Circuit panel to reject Virginia homeowners' calls to block = construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline while the court considers whet= her their land was unconstitutionally seized to build the controversial gas= project.

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Fla. Couple Cop To Evading $42M In Plywoo= d Duties

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By Ayden Crosby

A Florida couple have pled guilty = to evading more than $42 million in import duties by disguising the origins= and species of plywood products they imported through a series of shell co= mpanies.

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PEOPLE

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Gateley Hires Clifford Chance Duo To Head= Arbitration Team

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By Tom Fish

Gateley PLC has hired two arbitrat= ion experts as partners in London from Clifford Chance LLP in a bid to expa= nd overseas by securing clients seeking to resolve international disputes.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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New DOJ Roles Underscore National Securit= y Focus

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The U.S. Department of JusticeR= 17;s recent creation of two new leadership positions signals to the private= sector that federal law enforcement is pouring resources into corporate in= vestigations to identify potential national security violations, say attorn= eys at Ballard Spahr.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Brownstein Leads Q3 Lobbying Earnings As = Slowdown Looms

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By Jack Karp

Law firm lobbying revenue remained= strong in the third quarter, but could be showing signs of slowing as legi= slative and government relations efforts begin to be impacted by a leaderle= ss House of Representatives and political dysfunction.

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LSAT Eliminates 'Logic Games,' Resolving = 2019 Settlement

=09

By Emily Sawicki

The Law School Admission Council I= nc. has announced it will remove the analytical reasoning portion of the La= w School Admission Test, commonly called "logic games," following a 2019 se= ttlement with blind prospective law students and will replace it with a sec= ond logical reasoning section.

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Maryland Judge Shot Dead In 'Targeted Att= ack' After Hearing

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By Madison Arnold

Maryland Circuit Court Judge Andre= w Wilkinson was gunned down Thursday night in the driveway of his home by a= man who lost custody of his children in a hearing earlier that day be= fore the judge, authorities said Friday.

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Ex-WilmerHale Atty Says Firing Was Racial= Discrimination

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By Jake Maher

A former WilmerHale senior associa= te is suing the firm in New York state court for racial discrimination and = retaliation, alleging that because he is Black the firm unfairly targeted h= im with negative work evaluations and ultimately fired him after he had a d= ispute with a higher-ranking attorney.

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Trump Fined $5K For 'Blatant' Violation O= f NY Gag Order

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By Frank G. Runyeon

A New York state judge fined Donal= d Trump $5,000 on Friday in the attorney general's fraud suit for failing t= o remove a disparaging post about the judge's law clerk from Trump's campai= gn website in violation of a previous order, though the court did not hold = the former president in civil contempt.

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Trump Seeks Stay Of Gag Order In DC Court= Pending Appeal

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By Dorothy Atkins

Former President Donald Trump aske= d a D.C. federal judge on Friday to pause her recently issued gag order pen= ding his appeal in a criminal conspiracy and obstruction case over the 2020= presidential election, making the request the same day a New York judge fi= ned him $5,000 for violating another gag order.

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Trump Aide Waives Atty Conflict In Secret= Docs Case

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By David Minsky

The personal aide to Donald Trump = told a Florida federal judge Friday that he'll keep his attorney despite a = potential conflict of interest stemming from his counsel's representation o= f a government witness in the investigation into whether the ex-president i= llegally kept classified documents after leaving the White House in 2021.

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Retired DC Circ. Judge Praises Eastman's = Honesty At Trial

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By Craig Clough

Retired D.C. Circuit Court Ju= dge and California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown appeared as a = character witness for John Eastman at his disbarment trial on Friday, telli= ng the court she believes him to be an honest attorney who "dedicated his l= ife to the preservation of constitutional order."

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5th Circ. Backs Judge's Decision Not To R= ecuse In BP Oil Spill

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By James Mills

A Fifth Circuit panel on Frid= ay affirmed that a Louisiana judge's decision not to recuse himself from li= ability suits regarding the 2010 BP oil spill — because he was a= former partner at Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann LLC when it represented a = manufacturer connected to the spill — was justified, calling any erro= r "harmless."

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Clergy Abuse Survivors Seek Final OK Of D= ata Leak Deal

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By Christine DeRosa

The survivors of alleged childhood= sexual abuse within a Connecticut Roman Catholic diocese are= 0;seeking final approval of a multimillion-dollar settlement with the = legal services provider they say exposed their identities in a court filing= , including a request for more than $150,000 in fees and expenses.

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Museum, NYC DA Ready For Ownership Row O= ver Seized Art

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By Anna Bongardino

The Cleveland Museum of Art and Ma= nhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office on Friday touted their respe= ctive records of honoring cultural artifact ownership as they gear up for a= fight over an ancient statue, after the institution sued Bragg for seizing= the artwork with plans to give it to Turkey.

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John Echohawk Honored As Trailblazer For= Native Rights

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By Crystal Owens

In a half-century of working to pr= otect Native American rights, John Echohawk has witnessed groundbreaking vi= ctories for the country's tribes — wins that over time turned the tid= e of economic stability among Indigenous communities, paving the way for se= lf-governance, cultural protections for children and reaffirmed sovereignty= .

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Atty's 'Personal Agenda' Ended Firm= Partnership, Suit Says

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By Matthew Santoni

A former Marsh Law Firm PLLC partn= er has filed a Pennsylvania lawsuit asserting that James Marsh owes her an = accounting of the firm's finances after she quit amid frustrations that he = was allegedly undermining her leadership and diverting money to himself.

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Harvard Instructor, Defense Atty Tapped = For Mass. Bench

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By Julie Manganis

A longtime Massachusetts litigator= who has handled some of the state's highest-profile white collar cases and= a lawyer who teaches at Harvard Law School were nominated Friday by Gov. M= aura Healey to fill judicial vacancies in Massachusetts Superior and Juveni= le Courts, the governor's office said.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

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By Kevin Penton

Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis = & Miles PC, Morgan & Morgan PA and Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP l= ead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after a California state judg= e determined that negligence claims against Meta, Snapchat and other social= media companies aren't barred by the First Amendment or federal law.

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

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By Sue Reisinger

Findings from a just-released surv= ey show that a majority of in-house lawyers are not satisfied in their jobs= , while two-thirds of the respondents said they were open to, or already lo= oking for, a new position. And the former general counsel of FTX has testif= ied he had no idea CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was taking customer funds.

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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 c= redit score agency Equifax hit with a class action suit over a data breach = compromising 14 million consumers’ data, scuppered law firm High Stre= et Solicitors accused by a fund management company of breaching its contrac= t, and Lenovo bring its 5G patent dispute with Ericsson to the High Court. = 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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Pro Say: The Secret Meeting That May Unr= avel A Murder Case

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In a plot that sounds like it came= from a TV crime show, a secret conversation held in an empty courtroom has= raised ethics questions for a judge, his clerk and a local attorney. And i= t may lead to a manslaughter conviction being tossed.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

Apple Inc.

Association of Corporate Counse= l

California Indian Legal Service= s

Cameron International Corporat= ion

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

Georgetown University

Helios Investment Partners LLP

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

KPMG International

LafargeHolcim Ltd.

Law School Admission Council In= c.

Lawyers' Committee for Ci= vil Rights

Lenovo Group Ltd.

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Massachusetts Bar Association

Mercedes-Benz USA LLC

Motorola Mobility LLC

Native American Rights Fund Inc.=

Netflix Inc.

New England Compounding P= harmacy Inc.

Northern Mariana Island= s Retirement Fund

Practising Law Institute Inc.

Ripple Labs Inc.

Rite Aid Corp.

Signature Resolution LLC

Snap Inc.

Society of Corporate = Compliance and Ethics

Spotify Technology SA

State Bar of California

Sunoco LP

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson<= /a>

Transocean Ltd.

Trump Organization Inc.

Twitter Inc.

eBay Inc.


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Miller Law Associates APC

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Land Management

California Supreme Court

Commodity Futures Trading Co= mmission

Consumer Financial Protectio= n Bureau

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commissi= on

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Federal Trade Commission

Internal Revenue Service

Maryland Judiciary

Navajo Nation

New York Attorney General'= s Office

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. A= ttorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Co= urt of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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

U.S. Customs and Border Protect= ion

U.S. Department o= f Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

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

U.S. Dis= trict Court for the Northern District of Illinois

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

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office<= /a>

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

Un= ited States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut

United St= ates District Court for the District of Nevada

Un= ited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Wisconsin Department of Justice

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