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DC Circ. Rejects Bid To Freeze Mountain V= alley Pipeline

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By Peter McGuire

The D.C. Circuit has rejected Virg= inia homeowners' bid for an emergency pause to construction on the controve= rsial Mountain Valley Pipeline while a dispute over the constitutionality o= f land seizure for the project plays out in court.

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US Wants Full 5th Circ. Review Of Atomic = Waste Ruling

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By Peter McGuire

The full Fifth Circuit should revi= ew and correct an erroneous panel ruling that federal nuclear regulators la= cked the authority to license temporary atomic waste storage, a decision th= at exacerbated circuit splits and contradicted decades of agency practice, = according to regulators and a storage company.

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Judge Says His JPMorgan Shares Won't Affe= ct Mall Debt Suit

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By Aaron West

A New York federal judge said the = shares he owns in the JPMorgan Equity Income Fund won't impact his ability = to preside over a debt dispute between a lender who provided $300 million i= n construction financing to the developer of the American Dream Mall in New= Jersey and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA.

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SF Not Complying With Calif. Housing Laws= , State Says

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By Bonnie Eslinger

San Francisco is out of compliance= with state housing laws and has the longest timelines and some of the high= est procedural hurdles in the Golden State for getting housing projects to = construction, according to a critical report released Wednesday by Gov. Gav= in Newsom's administration.

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Contractor Scores Partial Win In $6M Sola= r Project Dispute

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By Emily Enfinger

A general contractor has prevailed= on a subcontractor's race-based retaliation counterclaim in a $6 million s= olar project dispute, with a Virginia federal judge finding the counterclai= m fails to show that retaliation was the real reason behind the contractor'= s decision to suspend the subcontractor from the project.

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Zurich May Attempt To Recoup $3M From Sub= contractor

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By Riley Murdock

An Illinois appellate panel has re= vived Zurich American Insurance Co.'s bid to recover nearly $3 million in w= ater damage payments from a subcontractor, finding that the insurer was abl= e to assume a property owner's recovery rights despite having paid a separa= te company for the losses.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Pro Bono Work Is Powerful Self-Help For A= ttorneys

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Oct. 22-28 is Pro Bono Week, servi= ng as a useful reminder that offering free legal help to the public can hel= p attorneys expand their legal toolbox, forge community relationships and c= reate human connections, despite the challenges of this kind of work, says = Orlando Lopez at Culhane Meadows.=20

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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First-Gen Law Students May Be Hit Harder = By Debt

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By Lauren Berg

First-generation law school studen= ts are more likely to rely on student loans that leave them saddled with de= bt at graduation, more likely to juggle a job with their studies and have s= lightly lower LSATs and academic performance than their classmates, accordi= ng to a report released Wednesday.

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As Trump Lawyers Flip, Blaming Them Gets = Trickier

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By Phillip Bantz

The guilty pleas of three lawyers = affiliated with Donald Trump's 2020 campaign could forestall a potential bl= ame-the-attorneys defense strategy as the ex-president fights state crimina= l charges in Georgia and federal charges in Washington, D.C., over his effo= rts to overturn the election.

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Thomas Didn't Repay Luxury RV Loan, Sen. = Dems Say

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By Jared Foretek

According to a new Senate committe= e memorandum made public Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Tho= mas may have underreported his taxable income because he failed to dis= close on his tax filings that a $267,000 loan from health care industr= y executive Tony Welters had been forgiven.

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What Lawyers Need To Know About The New H= ouse Speaker

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By Courtney Bubl=C3=A9

The next speaker of the House, Rep= . Mike Johnson, R-La., was an active member of the House Judiciary Committe= e, who in his quest for the speaker's gavel touted his experience liti= gating major cases as a constitutional law attorney "to defend and preserve= the fundamental freedoms and conservative principles."

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New Report Champions Term Limits For Supr= eme Court

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By Katie Buehler

Term limits for U.S. Supreme Court= justices would reduce the likelihood of extreme ideological imbalances on = the court and ensure the bench better reflects the country's state of affai= rs, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Academy of Art= s & Sciences.

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Advocates Call For More LGBTQ Federal Jud= ges

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By Courtney Bubl=C3=A9

The Biden White House has prioriti= zed diversity in its selection of judicial nominees, such as openly LGBTQ i= ndividuals, but more representation of this community is needed as major ca= ses affecting LGBTQ rights make their way through the federal court system,= according to a coalition of over 200 groups focused on civil and human rig= hts.

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Trump Fined $10K For Again Violating Gag = Order In NY Trial

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By Frank G. Runyeon

Donald Trump was fined $10,000 on = Wednesday by a New York state judge for violating a gag order in the attorn= ey general's civil fraud case after the former president made a thinly veil= ed negative remark about the judge's law clerk.

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Bankman-Fried To Testify In 'Hail Mary' T= rial Strategy

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By Rachel Scharf

Sam Bankman-Fried plans to take th= e witness stand in Manhattan federal court to defend himself against charge= s that he drained billions of dollars from now-defunct crypto exchange FTX,= his attorney said Wednesday, a rare and risky move that could easily backf= ire.

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Ex-Fugees Star Gets Hearing On Retrial Bi= d Amid AI Concerns

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By Elliot Weld

Former Fugees rapper Prakazrel "Pr= as" Michel has been granted an evidentiary hearing on his motion for a new = trial in his foreign lobbying case after claiming his old attorney used an = experimental artificial intelligence program to write closing arguments at = his first trial.

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Alston & Bird Pulls Ex-Aide's COVID S= uit Into Federal Court

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By James Mills

In a discrimination lawsuit Alston= & Bird LLP moved to Georgia federal court on Wednesday, a former firm = employee is claiming she was improperly fired for refusing to get vaccinate= d against COVID-19.

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Saudi Arabia To Let Foreign Firms Consul= t On Kingdom Laws

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By Tracey Read

Saudi Arabia has approved changes = to its Code of Law Practice to allow foreign legal firms to give consultati= ons on the kingdom's laws.

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OFAC Names Jenner & Block DC Partner= As Chief Counsel

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By Jack Rodgers

The Treasury Department's Office o= f Foreign Assets Control has tapped a Jenner & Block LLP partner to ser= ve as chief counsel, the firm announced this week.

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OpenAI Ducks Fees As Ga. Defamation Suit= Is Remanded

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By Jake Maher

The fight between OpenAI and a Geo= rgia radio host who alleges that it defamed him by producing fake legal inf= ormation about him will play out in state court, a Georgia federal judge ru= led Wednesday, though OpenAI won't be docked attorney fees for removing the= suit.

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Small-Firm Atty Sanctioned Over Fake 'Sa= udi Sun' Newspaper

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By Daniel Connolly

A California federal judge has ord= ered an attorney to pay $268,000 in sanctions related to accusations of cre= ating fake news articles to influence a case, and the sanctioned lawyer res= ponded by filing a letter saying he doubts the judge signed the order.

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Ohio Judge Under Ethics Fire Over Facebo= ok Tiff With Litigant

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By Parker Quinlan

The Ohio Bar Association has accus= ed a Cincinnati probate judge of ethics violations for social media comment= s he made on an estate matter that was settled before his court, including = disparaging remarks about the family's housekeeping and a relative's purpor= ted substance use.

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FBI Informant Lied To Nab Atty In Pot Br= ibe Sting, Jury Hears

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By Brian Dowling

A key witness for Boston federal p= rosecutors acknowledged Wednesday that he told a "series of lies" crafted b= y federal agents that led to charges against a Massachusetts attorney for a= llegedly offering a bribe to help a marijuana client secure a local retail = license.

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Carter Mario Drops Lawsuit Against TikTo= k Marketer

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By Aaron Keller

Without providing an official reas= on on the docket, one of the most prolific personal injury law firms in Con= necticut, Carter Mario, has dropped a short-lived state lawsuit against a T= ikTok marketer tapped to promote one of the firm's sprawling advertising ca= mpaigns.

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DeSantis Fights Ousted Prosecutor's Bid = To Get Job Back

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By Ryan Boysen

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is defen= ding his decision to suspend a local prosecutor for allegedly being soft on= crime, telling the Florida Supreme Court it has no authority to review a l= awsuit challenging the decision and the prosecutor's removal was justified = due to her office's below-average "prison admission" numbers, among other t= hings.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alliance Defending Freedom

American Bar Association

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

Associated Press

Axon Enterprise Inc.

Chevron Corp.

Georgetown University

Newsweek/Daily Beast Co. LLC

Ohio State Bar Association

Saudi Arabian Oil Co.

Strata Solar LLC

The Carlyle Group Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Leadership C= onference on Civil & Human Rights

The New York Times Co.

TikTok Inc.

TripleFive Group of Companies

Trump Organization Inc.

Twitter Inc.

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

YouTube Inc.

Zurich Insurance Group AG


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Carter Mario Law Firm

Herbert Smith Freehills

Law Office of Jason H. Coffman

Martin G. Weinberg Attorney at Law=

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Equal Employment Opportun= ity Commission

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Federal Trade Commission

Florida State Senate

Florida Supreme Court

Illinois Supreme Court

National Security Council

New York Attorney General'= s Office

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Foreign Assets Control=

Ohio Supreme Court

Texas Attorney General's Offi= ce

U.S. Atto= rney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

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

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Justice

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 Eastern District of Virginia

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

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

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

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

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