Return-Path: Delivered-To: andrew@sterlingcal.com Received: from reseller401.webserversystems.com by reseller401.webserversystems.com with LMTP id sCssNBEKSmXgCAMAchKAPA (envelope-from ) for ; Tue, 07 Nov 2023 03:57:37 -0600 Return-path: Envelope-to: andrew@sterlingcal.com Delivery-date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 03:57:37 -0600 Received: from o10.mailings-q.law360.com ([167.89.1.233]:9988) by reseller401.webserversystems.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.96.2) (envelope-from ) id 1r0Ipz-000qjZ-1k for andrew@sterlingcal.com; Tue, 07 Nov 2023 03:57:37 -0600 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=law360.com; h=from:subject:mime-version:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding: cc:content-type:from:subject:to; s=s1; bh=6amydNBS+pGcurgXQPhX2WDgnjPTvTpKEpG2t19J4Fw=; b=MMyUKtUVRWEX7yII037LpFd2bb5ou962Z7uI5VrU2f/H7DJNC4I0GswX9JIICQ7oUHt7 GTVADHxFYezXvuk2UFTB15J4F7YZEi0pM6neXWsmluHRMdIDS7H8z6An3xtODXxVWyh2ZG NKfHOlPZPQJc+uBs9ek5uHDM0K/LqZccIjBqCvVbsPsJLfQ++ydphPyEMaVXC1suDs/Wlt 9YRTTPhrxNJg86CsQXVQOd8W1RWrnztWanEVAstA5CJSJQsCyXIQU4I2oWj8Pfi+HkhHKz nLhPxzouVi0Xl2Qb9Csls6S5JizIZR814KYK//R7tMT80prlurV3n/LvPuVb5GJQ== Received: by filterdrecv-86b8f958d7-9tnwq with SMTP id filterdrecv-86b8f958d7-9tnwq-1-654A0A04-8 2023-11-07 09:57:24.378157808 +0000 UTC m=+1782949.799267041 Received: from www.law360.com (unknown) by geopod-ismtpd-11 (SG) with ESMTP id Ceadpq8zQ8m37BvbkFjZVw for ; Tue, 07 Nov 2023 09:57:24.132 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 09:57:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Construction Law360 Message-ID: <654a0a03e216a_3a91874409c7@169.254.28.133.mail> Subject: Biden Touts $16.4B To Fund Northeast Corridor Upgrades Mime-Version: 1.0 X-SG-EID: =?us-ascii?Q?DpMIMgk9mn4zdkN6zyeeU8Xim96gpeeiLvGJgfwEMomsY=2FlapgM46Wz5ZUlNVy?= =?us-ascii?Q?urBeu6Np7ycnTSu9Ak3oXsVmmH7rmHIxshnsM7r?= =?us-ascii?Q?jrjIDKVCuX7V0nctJPAdvnvwf6XeWcE8gzEsTkx?= =?us-ascii?Q?4mGprHMBezUt2fMpeQmVh67E6SZ1ytlgjU9qubH?= =?us-ascii?Q?KMr3o9Hmmok4hLz06ilC7TIqS5aQNjaLYTtCtrN?= =?us-ascii?Q?y4JmW+KMXSL=2FzGcCgvH4n69mQMg36h2h4sS07O?= To: andrew@sterlingcal.com X-Entity-ID: n4N5YJME4r04ODgodW2M/g== Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.9 X-Spam-Score: 19 X-Spam-Bar: + X-Spam-Flag: NO =09

President Joe Biden on Monday announced $16.4 billion in spending on proj= ects to improve rail service in the Northeast Corridor between New England = and Washington, D.C.

Construction

TUESDAY,= NOVEMBER 7, 2023

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TOP NEWS

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Biden Touts $16.4B To Fund Northeast Corr= idor Upgrades

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By David Holtzman

President Joe Biden on Monday anno= unced $16.4 billion in spending on projects to improve rail service in the = Northeast Corridor between New England and Washington, D.C.

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Analysis

ESG Practices Take Hits, But Aren't Going= Anywhere

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By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

After more than a year of being bu= ffeted by anti-ESG rhetoric and actions by red state attorneys general and = lawmakers, investment managers and companies have quieted their crowing abo= ut environmental, social and governance practices but have not abandoned th= em.

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GSA To Put $2B Into 'Low-Embodied Carbon'= Materials

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By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. General Services Administ= ration announced Monday it will steer $2 billion to more than 150 federal c= onstruction projects to help outfit them with low-carbon concrete, asphalt,= glass and steel in a push to lower greenhouse gas emissions and help spur = the market for such domestically made materials.

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Chinese Investors Settle EB-5 Claims On E= ve Of Trial

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By David Minsky and Carolina Bolado

All 21 Chinese investors in Jupite= r, Florida, shopping center Harbourside Place who claim they were defrauded= in a $99.5 million EB-5 visa scheme have opted to settle their claims agai= nst the developer and owner of the shopping center on the eve of trial, whi= ch was set to open Monday.

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AECOM Can't Cap Liability In Colo. Toll L= anes Row, Suit Says

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By Thy Vo

A Colorado construction company cl= aims AECOM hid design mistakes in a state toll lanes project that caused ye= ars of delays and nearly $300 million in losses, according to a state court= lawsuit seeking to invalidate a subcontract that it claims would allow the= company to escape liability.

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Carlyle Group Ducks Racial Criteria Suit = Against Developer

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By Grace Dixon

The Carlyle Group was dismissed Mo= nday from a former Clover Group Inc. employee's racial bias suit in New Yor= k federal court that alleged the private equity giant should have known the= developer it was backing financially refused to build in predominantl= y Black areas.

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Solar Developer Takes Vineyard Wind 1 Cha= llenge To 1st Circ.

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By Tom Lotshaw

A part-time Martha's Vineyard resi= dent urged the First Circuit on Monday to undo an incidental harassment aut= horization for the Vineyard Wind 1 project, characterizing a lower judge's = deference to federal officials' conclusion that only a "small number" of en= dangered North Atlantic right whales would be affected as "Chevron deferenc= e on steroids."

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Building Manufacturer To Face Rival's Tra= de Secrets Suit

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By Kelly Lienhard

A Tennessee judge on Monday denied= a portable building manufacturer's bid for a pretrial win in rival Weather= King's suit claiming its former employee recruited other staff members and= used trade secrets to form competitor American Barn Co., finding that Weat= her King took reasonable steps to secure confidential information.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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5th Circ. Ruling May Beget Fraud Jury Ins= truction Appeals

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The Fifth Circuit’s recent U= .S. v. Greenlaw decision, disapproving disjunctive fraudulent-intent jury i= nstructions, will likely spawn appeals in mail, wire and securities fraud c= ases, but defendants must show that their deception furthered ends other th= an taking the victim's property, says Charles Fowler at McKool Smith.=20

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm = Ranks In Q3

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A promotion to partner or election= to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots= of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose c= ommitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law f= irm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals = — moved up in the third quarter of this year.

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Justice Breyer Sees High Court Willingnes= s To Address Ethics

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By Julie Manganis

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice= Stephen Breyer told members of the Federal Bar Association of Massachusett= s on Monday that he's confident the high court will address concerns over e= thics that have surfaced in recent months.

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Gibson Dunn Helps Launch Student Antisemi= tism Helpline

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By Tracey Read

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP is = helping the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, Hillel Interna= tional, lead a new legal protection helpline for students who have experien= ced antisemitism, the firm announced Monday.

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Trump Takes Stand, Rips Judge And AG In H= istoric Fraud Trial

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By Stewart Bishop

Donald Trump assailed the judge an= d the New York attorney general from the witness stand Monday in the civil = fraud case alleging he lied about his wealth to gain undue advantage in bus= iness deals, while he denied he engaged in wrongdoing at the Trump Organiza= tion.

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Meadows Fights To Move Ga. Election Case = To Federal Court

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By Kelcey Caulder

Former White House chief of staff = Mark Meadows told the Eleventh Circuit on Friday that he is entitled as a f= ormer federal officer to move his prosecution in a sprawling election inter= ference case to federal court, while Georgia fights to keep the case in sta= te court.

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Justices View FCRA Immunity Bid Through 5= 0-Year-Old Lens

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By Matthew Santoni

The U.S. Supreme Court seemed read= y Monday to accept a Pennsylvania man's argument that a "person" who could = be liable under the Fair Credit Reporting Act included a government agency,= but the justices bumped repeatedly into a 1973 precedent that said the mea= sure would need a clearer statement of lawmakers' intent to waive the = government's immunity.

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Law Profs Say Firearms Regs Can Clear Jus= tices' Hurdle

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By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court isn't requi= red by its recently adopted historical analog test to upend a federal statu= te prohibiting persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders from= possessing firearms if no similar law was on the books in the 1800s, two&#= 160;former clerks to conservative justices argue in a new paper, claim= ing the test's flexibility has been overlooked.

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Brooklyn US Atty Scolded For Remarks In O= zy Media Case

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By Khadrice Rollins

A Brooklyn federal judge said Mond= ay that prosecutors went too far in a press release announcing criminal cha= rges against the founder of Ozy Media, saying U.S. Attorney Breon Peace's c= omments describing the defendant as a "con man" could jeopardize a fair tri= al.

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WDTX Declines To Mess With Litigation Fun= ding Disclosure

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By Andrew Karpan

A Canadian e-commerce software com= pany's effort to import a Delaware federal judge's controversial litigation= funding disclosure rules into the Western District of Texas has = definitively flopped.

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Ex-Perkins Coie Atty DQ'd From Defending = PacBio In IP Fight

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By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge on Mond= ay disqualified a former Perkins Coie LLP attorney, now working in-house at= Pacific Biosciences of California Inc., from helping out with a patent inf= ringement case against the biotechnology company, though the judge declined= to disqualify the entire in-house legal team as was requested.

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2nd Circ. Doubts Judge Rakoff's Handling= Of Palin Libel Trial

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By Rachel Scharf

A Second Circuit panel indicated M= onday that it might revive Sarah Palin's defamation suit against The New Yo= rk Times, expressing concerns that U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff underp= layed key trial testimony in both his instructions to the jury and his own = ruling rejecting the claims.

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Dentist Found Guilty Of Murdering Fla. L= aw Professor

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By David Minsky

A jury convicted a South Florida d= entist of murder Monday for hiring hit men to kill a law school professor w= ho was his sister's ex-husband.

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Former Linde GC Urges 3rd Circ. To Rever= se Benefit Suit Loss

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By Aaron West

Linde North America's former gener= al counsel urged the Third Circuit on Monday to reverse district court deci= sions that led to his losing out on more than $100,000 in retirement benefi= ts he claims the engineering company still owes him.

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Atty Fights Napoli Shkolnik Bid To Toss = Discrimination Suit

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By Andrea Keckley

A Chinese American attorney is pus= hing back on Napoli Shkolnik PLLC's bid to toss her discrimination lawsuit = against her former firm, saying in a New York federal court filing that her= accusations are connected to detailed descriptions of discriminatory condu= ct and show that the defendants "acted in what they believed to be their ow= n perverse interests."

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Cou= rt

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By Leslie A. Pappas

After a Halloween break, today's r= oundup includes two weeks' worth of Chancery Court treats, including morsel= s about Gilead, Twitter, Boston Scientific, Fiesta Restaurants, Berkshire H= athaway and more.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AECOM

Allco Renewable Energy Ltd.

American Counci= l for an Energy-Efficient Economy

American Jewish Committee

Anti-Defamation League

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Boston Scientific Corp.

Chevron Corp.

Deutsche Bank AG

Federal Bar Association

Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc.

Israeli-American Council

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

LinkedIn Corp.

Mazars LLP

Metro-North Commuter Railroad C= o.

Momentive Performance Materi= als Inc.

New Relic Inc.

Okada Manila

Omni Logistics LLC

Pacific Biosciences of Ca= lifornia Inc.

Pilot Travel Centers LLC

Sears Hometown and Outlet= Stores Inc.

TPG Capital LP

The Carlyle Group Inc.

The Linde Group

The New York Times Co.

Trump Organization Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Adams & Reese

Advocates for Justice Cha= rtered Attorneys

Cadwalader Wickersham

Clifford Law Offices PC

Curtis Mallet-Prevost

Intellectual Property Law Group

Joseph Saveri Law Firm

Keker Van Nest & Peters

Kenneth J. Montgomery PLLC

Law Offices of Frederick K. Br= ewington

Reichman Jorgensen Lehman &am= p; Feldberg LLP

Shakespeare Martineau

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Colorado Department of Tr= ansportation

Congressional Budget Office

Federal Bureau of Investigation

National Marine Fisheries Servi= ce

National Railroad Passenger Corp= .

New York Attorney General'= s Office

Rural Housing Service

U.S. A= ttorney's Office for the Eastern 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. Court of Appeals = for the First Circuit

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

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

U.S. Court of Appeal= s for the Seventh Circuit

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

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

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

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

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

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

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Western District of New York

U.S. Dis= trict Court for the Western District of Tennessee

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

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. General Services Adminis= tration

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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