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The U.S. Department of Commerce has imposed preliminary anti-dumping duti= es on boltless steel shelving from Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, = slapping rates of between 78% and 225% on several producers the agency deem= ed uncooperative with its investigations.

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TOP NEWS

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Commerce Tees Up Duties On Steel Shelves = From 4 Countries

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By Micah Danney

The U.S. Department of Commerce ha= s imposed preliminary anti-dumping duties on boltless steel shelving from M= alaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, slapping rates of between 78% and 22= 5% on several producers the agency deemed uncooperative with its investigat= ions.

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2nd Circ. Remains Mum In Hearing Over Pan= ama Discovery

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By Caroline Simson

The Second Circuit did little to t= ip its hand during oral arguments aimed at resolving whether federal courts= can order discovery for arbitration before the International Centre for Se= ttlement of Investment Disputes, asking few questions during a 22-minute he= aring concerning controversy over expanding the Panama Canal.

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Pa. Justices Say Construction Bid Fight B= elongs To PennDOT

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By Caleb Drickey

Pennsylvania may block a construct= ion firm accused of underpaying its workers from bidding on new constructio= n contracts, as the state's Supreme Court ruled that the company must first= contest any debarment with the state Department of Transportation before f= iling suit.

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State Dept. Urged To Improve Embassy Powe= r Plant Planning

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By Daniel Wilson

A U.S. Department of State watchdo= g has called on the agency to improve planning, contracting and oversight p= rocesses for its power plant projects amid ongoing performance issues with = an $118 million project at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.

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Trash Or Treasure, Court OKs Lifting Turk= ish Scrap Metal Duty

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By Jennifer Doherty

The U.S. Court of International Tr= ade on Monday affirmed the government's change of heart on whether a Turkis= h shipbuilder's duties should apply to scrap metal it sold to a rebar expor= ter, dismissing protests from U.S. steel producers.

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Insurer Must Unveil Secret Settlement Ter= ms, Court Told

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By Emily Enfinger

A construction company told a Utah= federal court that an insurer must reveal details of a confidential settle= ment with the company's former CFO in order to determine if the settlement = should be used to offset a $7 million judgment, saying the insurer has prov= ided no meaningful information.

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PEOPLE

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Veteran Project Finance Partner Joins Kil= patrick From Stroock

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By Adrian Cruz

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton= LLP announced Monday that it hired an experienced project finance partner = from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP who's spent over 30 years workin= g on a wide range of energy projects both domestically and abroad.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

ESG Around The World: Mexico

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ESG has yet to become part of the = DNA of the Mexican business model, but huge strides are being made in that = direction, as more stakeholders demand that companies adopt, at the least, = a modicum of sustainability commitments and demonstrate how they will meet = them, says Carlos Escoto at Galicia Abogados.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Colo. Atty Suspended For Using 'Sham' Cha= tGPT Case Law

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By Thy Vo

A Colorado attorney has been tempo= rarily suspended after he used "sham" case law citations produced by the ar= tificial intelligence platform ChatGPT in a motion and lied to a judge that= an intern produced the errors, according to a state disciplinary ruling.

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Dozens Of Law Firms Likely Hit By Cyberat= tack

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By Marialuisa Taddia

A "cyber incident" could have affe= cted more than 70 law firms in the U.K., sources estimated on Monday, as an= outage from a service provider confirmed to have hit Taylor Rose, O'Neill = Patient, and Gateley PLC remained unresolved.

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Analysis

Del. Vice Chancellor Calls Ex-AG Barr 'Do= ubly Wrong' On ESG

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By Jeff Montgomery

Delaware Vice Chancellor J. Travis= Laster has called out as "profoundly misguided" published comments by form= er U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr criticizing the state's top corpor= ate law courts for "flirtation" with environmental, social and governance p= rinciples.

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Groups Aid Rising Attys Under Fire For Pa= lestine Support

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By Andrea Keckley

The National Association of Muslim= Lawyers and the National Muslim Law Student Association said Monday that t= hey were launching a project to connect senior attorneys with law students = and new lawyers who have faced termination, withdrawn job offers or workpla= ce mistreatment for expressing support for Palestinian human rights.

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Defense And Judicial Posts Top Schumer's = Year-End Priorities

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By Courtney Bubl=E9

Breaking through the hold on milit= ary promotions and continuing to confirm judicial nominees will be among th= e top priorities for the Senate for the rest of the year, Senate Majority L= eader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said.

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Top State Judges To Tackle Public Interes= t 'Lawyer Deserts'

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By Jack Karp

A new committee composed of state = Supreme Court chief justices and others will examine why fewer attorneys ar= e going into public interest law, as well as the state of legal education a= nd bar admissions processes more generally, according to an announcement Mo= nday.

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Trump Can't Subpoena Jan. 6 Docs In Elect= ion Criminal Case

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By Henrik Nilsson

The D.C. federal judge overseeing = Donald Trump's criminal election-interference case denied the former presid= ent's bid to subpoena records from the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack= on the U.S. Capitol Building, saying Monday that Trump's "vague" motion re= sembled a "fishing expedition."

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Trump Downplays NY Judge's Safety Risk Af= ter Threats

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By Frank G. Runyeon

Donald Trump's lawyers on Monday s= aid safety concerns don't justify a New York state judge's gag orders again= st the former president in the state attorney general's civil fraud trial, = arguing that threats made by others don't present an "imminent" danger and = should not result in his loss of First Amendment rights.

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NY Adult Survivors Act Window Shuts, Airi= ng Years Of Abuse

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By Hannah Albarazi

While survivors of sexual abuse an= d their attorneys rushed last week to file otherwise time-barred lawsuits b= efore the New York Adult Survivors Act's lookback window closed, attorneys = are waiting to see if the law allows them to hold alleged assailants and en= abling institutions to account.

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Judge In Del. Asks DOJ To Look Into IP Ed= ge Patent Litigation

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By Andrew Karpan

The top federal judge in Delaware = concluded Monday that the Texas attorneys behind prolific patent litigation= funding outfit IP Edge might have broken the law — and their ethical= obligations as lawyers — by litigating ferociously for settlements f= rom tech companies while operating behind a shadowy network of "relatively = unsophisticated individuals."

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Ex-Kirkland Atty Says BigLaw Firm Can't = Escape Sex Bias Suit

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By Jake Maher

A former Kirkland & Ellis LLP = associate accusing the firm of sex discrimination has urged a California fe= deral court to disregard its motion to dismiss, arguing that Kirkland has b= een rehashing already-rejected arguments and improperly tacking on new ones= .

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Former Texas Bankruptcy Judge Claims Sui= t Wrongly Served

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By Peter McGuire

Former Texas bankruptcy Judge Davi= d R. Jones wants more time to see whether the federal government will defen= d him against allegations he hid his romantic relationship with a Jackson W= alker LLP attorney while her firm had major cases before him.

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US Trustee Balks At MedStaff Firm's Bass= Berry Retention

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By Yun Park

The Office of the U.S. Trustee obj= ected to the proposed retention of Bass Berry & Sims PLC by debtor Amer= ican Physician Partners, saying the request to hire the firm as special cou= nsel would call for duties beyond that of special counsel retention.

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NC Justice Wants Probe Of Comments Halte= d Pending Appeal

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By Aaron West

A North Carolina Supreme Court jus= tice, who said her high court colleagues make biased decisions based on gen= der and race in a news interview, filed an emergency motion on Monday to st= op a formal investigation into her statements, which she said threatens her= seat on the court and violates her First Amendment rights.

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NLRB Judge Dings Ky. Public Defender For= Failure To Bargain

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By Emily Brill

A Kentucky public defender's offic= e violated federal labor law by refusing to bargain with an International B= rotherhood of Electrical Workers local over a move to outsource the legal r= epresentation of psychiatric ward patients, a National Labor Relations Boar= d judge ruled.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd.

American Insurance Association

BHP Group PLC

Bloomberg

Boy Scouts of America

BuzzFeed Inc.

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

International Br= otherhood of Electrical Workers

Int= ernational Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

J.C. Penney Co. Inc.

Kentucky Bar Association

LinkedIn Corp.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC<= /a>

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

McDermott International

Miramax Film Corp.

Morgan Stanley

NBCUniversal Media LLC

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Neiman Marcus Group LLC

The Walt Disney Co.

Trump Organization Inc.

WSP Global Inc.

WSP Holdings Ltd.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Washington & Lee University

Zurich Insurance Group AG


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Central Intelligence Agency

Colorado Supreme Court

Delaware Court of Chancery

National Labor Relations Board

New York Attorney General'= s Office

Pennsylvania Department= of Transportation

Pennsylvania Office of the Go= vernor

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

U.S. Bankruptcy= Court for the District of Delaware

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Homeland S= ecurity

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

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

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

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Supreme Court

United Stat= es District Court for the District of Utah

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