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The city of Oakland breached its contract with a shipping terminal develo= per by ending a lease over the developer's plans to bring coal through the = site, a California state judge found, rejecting the city's position that co= nstruction delays sank the deal.

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Oakland Broke Deal With Shipping Port Ove= r Coal, Judge Says

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By Micah Danney

The city of Oakland breached its c= ontract with a shipping terminal developer by ending a lease over the devel= oper's plans to bring coal through the site, a California state judge found= , rejecting the city's position that construction delays sank the deal.

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NJ Panel Upholds Denial Of $56K Fee In Co= nstruction Row

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By George Woolston

A New Jersey appellate panel on Th= ursday backed a lower court's decision to deny Elliot Greenleaf PC over $50= ,000 in fees for representing a Philadelphia contractor in a contract dispu= te, ruling that a mid-trial involuntary dismissal after a defendant made an= offer of judgment does not entitle the firm to counsel fees.

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Developer Loses Delay Bid In Suit Allegin= g $99.5M EB-5 Scam

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By Carolina Bolado

Jury selection started on schedule= Thursday after a Florida state judge denied a last-minute bid by the owner= of Jupiter, Florida, shopping center Harbourside Place to delay or move a = trial starting next week over Chinese investors' allegations they were defr= auded in a $99.5 million EB-5 scheme.

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Monsanto Spinoff Blames Poor Air In PCB T= rial's Final Hours

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By Rachel Riley

An attorney for a Monsanto spinoff= highlighted documented signs of a Washington school's poor indoor air qual= ity as a final witness testified in a toxic tort trial on Thursday, making = a home-stretch effort to show a state court jury that campus employees' com= plaints were caused by dust and other fine particulates — and not PCB= s previously manufactured by the company.

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US Faces Yet Another Suit Over Canadian L= umber Tariffs

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By Alyssa Aquino

Three Canadian lumber producers jo= ined the chorus of parties opposing long-standing anti-dumping tariffs, tel= ling the U.S. Court of International Trade Wednesday that trade officials f= umbled their calculations and turned out a dumping margin when none had occ= urred.

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NC City Calls For Immunity In Suit Over C= ostly Rail Project

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By Hayley Fowler

The chief judge of North Carolina'= s business court grappled Thursday with the outer limits of sovereign immun= ity in a contractor's $115 million lawsuit against the city of Charlotte, q= uestioning both sides on whether the city waived that immunity by entering = a valid contract.

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Eric Trump Says He Wasn't Involved With D= ad's Financials

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By Stewart Bishop

Donald Trump's son Eric testified = Thursday in the trial over the New York attorney general's claims that the = former president, his adult sons and others defrauded counterparties in bus= iness dealings by lying about the elder Trump's net worth, saying he wasn't= involved in the preparation of allegedly fraudulent financial statements.

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COVERAGE RECAP: Day 22 Of Trump's NY Civi= l Fraud Trial

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By Frank G. Runyeon

Law360 is providing live coverage = from the courthouse as former President Donald Trump goes on trial in the N= ew York attorney general's civil fraud case. Here's a recap from day 22.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Interview

Ex-Calif. Top Judge On Facing & Fight= ing Sexism In The Law

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By Hannah Albarazi

Recently retired California Suprem= e Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye broke through barriers on her ris= e to the top of the Golden State's judiciary, but as a law student she endu= red a haunting experience that would shape her legal career.

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Over 2 Dozen Firms Urge Law School Action= On Antisemitism

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By Andrea Keckley

More than two dozen top U.S. law f= irms urged law school deans to confront the antisemitic incidents in the we= eks since Hamas' surprise attack on Israel, reminding recipients that they = recruit from their schools.

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Latham Sues Domain Registrant Over Allege= d Phishing Scam

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By Matt Perez

Latham & Watkins LLP has accus= ed an unknown scammer of registering 38 domain names to impersonate the fir= m and one of its attorneys as a means of defrauding clients over email, acc= ording to a complaint filed in Virginia federal court this week.

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Analysis

SEC Enters New Cyber Era In Case Against = SolarWinds, Exec

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By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange C= ommission's lawsuit against SolarWinds Corp. marks a shift in the agency's = response to corporate data breaches, with the SEC taking a tougher stance o= n fraud and leveling its first-ever civil claims against an executive = in a cybersecurity disclosure suit.

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Eastman Disbarment Judge Makes Prelim. Cu= lpability Finding

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By Craig Clough

Shortly after John Eastman's defen= se rested in his California disbarment trial, the judge overseeing the proc= eedings made a preliminary finding of culpability that allows for aggravati= ng witnesses to testify, which may include evidence about harm some public = servants suffered as a result of Eastman's election denial activities.

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Giuliani Wants Public Service Considered = In DC Ethics Case

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By Alison Knezevich

Rudy Giuliani's record of public s= ervice should be considered a mitigating factor in the disciplinary case ov= er the attorney's alleged efforts to help former President Donald Trump ove= rturn the results of the 2020 election, his lawyers told a Washington, D.C.= , ethics board on Thursday.

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Bankman-Fried Found Guilty Of Massive Fra= ud That Sank FTX

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By Pete Brush and Rachel Scharf

A Manhattan federal jury quickly c= onvicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Thursday of defrauding customers = who placed billions of dollars with the fallen cryptocurrency exchange and = of fleecing its investors and lenders by secretly spending huge sums for hi= s own benefit.

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Dentist Alleges Extortion From Ex After L= aw Professor Killed

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By David Minsky

A dentist who is accused of hiring= hit men to kill a Florida State University law professor and the ex-husban= d of his sister took the stand in his own defense on Thursday, telling juro= rs he is innocent and that his now-imprisoned ex-girlfriend used the killin= g as part of a plot to extort money from him.

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Calif. Atty Seeks Costs After Beating Ant= i-BLM Tweeting Case

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By Chart Riggall

A California attorney who defeated= disciplinary charges over her tweets saying Black Lives Matter protesters = "should be shot" asked the state bar court this week to reimburse her for n= early $4,000 in expenses the attorney said she racked up over the course of= her defense.

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Warner Norcross Tries Again To Shake Cybe= rattack Suit

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By Carolyn Muyskens

Warner Norcross + Judd LLP urged a= Michigan federal judge to rethink his ruling that victims whose data was e= xposed in a ransomware attack have standing to bring a class action against= the law firm, arguing there's no reason to believe their data was ever mis= used.

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Judicial Ethics Probe Stirs Tension On S= enate Committee

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By Courtney Bubl=C3=A9

Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Repub= lican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, warned Thursday that he is li= kely to be a lot less cooperative if Democrats on the panel continue to pur= sue ethics investigations of conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices.

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7-Eleven Says Trademark Law Firm Stole N= ame, Color Scheme

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By Aaron West

Convenience store giant 7-Eleven t= his week sued a Chicago-based law practice called Seven Eleven Law Group fo= r trademark infringement, alleging that the firm, which specializes in trad= emark matters itself, is ripping off its name and its green and white color= scheme, as well as unfairly profiting off its brand.

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OpenAI Seeks To Erase Ga. Radio Host's D= efamation Suit

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By Jake Maher

OpenAI fired back at a defamation = suit from a radio host and gun rights activist in Georgia state court this = week, arguing that his complaint about being implicated in a fake, ChatGPT-= produced filing missed every single requirement of a defamation claim.

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Petition Watch: Derek Chauvin, Sanctions= , Military Verdicts

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By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court receives th= ousands of petitions for review each term, but only a few make the news. He= re, Law360 looks at four petitions filed in the past two weeks that you mig= ht've missed, including questions over whether court-martial jury verdicts = need to be unanimous, a judge's sanction order violated a plaintiff's right= to a jury trial and over former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's= murder conviction for the death of George Floyd.

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7-Eleven Inc.

Cornell University

Cushman & Wakefield Inc.

NBCUniversal Media LLC

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

Sierra Club

SolarWinds Corp.

State Bar of California

The District of Columbia Bar

TransUnion LLC

Trump Organization Inc.

Twitter Inc.

University of California Davis

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd

Yahoo Inc.


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Federal Bureau of Investigation

New York Attorney General'= s Office

New York City Police Department

Pennsylvania Department of State=

U.S. Army

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

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

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. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

World Trade Organization

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