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Virginia landowners challenging the controversial Mountain Valley Pipelin= e have returned to the U.S. Supreme Court, imploring Chief Justice John Rob= erts to stop the natural-gas pipeline work from harming their property whil= e litigation over the constitutionality of land seized for the project play= s out in the lower courts.

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TOP NEWS

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Virginia Pipeline Challengers Seek Freeze= From High Court

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By Ali Sullivan

Virginia landowners challenging th= e controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline have returned to the U.S. Supreme = Court, imploring Chief Justice John Roberts to stop the natural-gas pipelin= e work from harming their property while litigation over the constitutional= ity of land seized for the project plays out in the lower courts.

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Berkshire Hathaway Unit Hit With Water Po= llution Suit In NC

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By Travis Bland

A Berkshire Hathaway-owned develop= er polluted creeks with harmful sediment while repeatedly failing insp= ections that warned about inadequate environmental safety measures at a 216= -acre housing development in North Carolina, environmentalists alleged in a= federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.

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'Vague' Billing Justifies 10% Cut In Atty= Fees, Judge Says

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By Beverly Banks

A federal magistrate judge Wednesd= ay recommended slashing a request for attorney fees from Iron Workers' bene= fit funds in a case dealing with an employer's unpaid contributions, saying= there are "vague" billing entries from the plaintiffs' counsel as part of = a $2.2 million judgment.

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COVERAGE RECAP: Day 36 Of Trump's NY Civi= l Fraud Trial

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By Stewart Bishop

Law360 reporters are providing liv= e coverage from the courthouse as former President Donald Trump goes on tri= al in the New York attorney general's civil fraud case. Here's a recap from= day 36.

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POLICY & REGULATION

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Calif. Court OKs Expanded Coverages For L= ast Resort Insurer

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By Eli Flesch

California's insurance regulator h= ad the authority to expand coverage available under the state's insurer of = last resort to include more traditional homeowners policies, a state trial = court found, saying that liability coverages could be part of the insurer's= offerings.

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ENFORCEMENT

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Trump's Bankers Testify They Saw No Fraud= And Made Millions

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By Frank G. Runyeon

Current and former Deutsche Bank e= mployees told a New York state judge Tuesday and Wednesday that they raked = in millions from Donald Trump's business and saw no fraud in the nine-figur= e loans they approved, but the judge appeared unswayed by arguments that th= e testimony undermined the attorney general's case.

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Denver Construction Co. Sanctioned In Cas= ino Project Case

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By Daniel Ducassi

A Colorado judge ordered a Denver = construction firm this week to pay a Reno, Nevada-based casino owner and op= erator for discovery violations involving a massive trove of documents tied= to a lawsuit over a quarter-billion-dollar expansion project.

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Chicago Pol Recorded Tying Project Aid To= Work For Law Firm

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By Celeste Bott

A former Chicago alderman facing c= harges that he used his considerable power to steer property tax work to hi= s law firm was heard Wednesday on recordings made by a government info= rmant resisting involvement in a developer's plans to renovate Chicago's Ol= d Main Post Office because "the cash register has not rung yet."

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

PRACTICAL GUIDANCE

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Understanding Discovery Obligations In Er= a Of Generative AI

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Attorneys and businesses must adap= t to the unique discovery challenges presented by generative artificial int= elligence, such as chatbot content and prompts, while upholding the princip= les of fairness, transparency and compliance with legal obligations in fede= ral civil litigation, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Bonus Spotlight

More Firms Match Cravath's Pay Scale, Wit= h Some Tweaks

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By Xiumei Dong

More law firms, including McDermot= t Will & Emery LLP and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, h= ave matched the associate salary scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LL= P, with Paul Weiss also introducing an extra tier for eighth-year associate= s.

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Judges' Financial Disclosures Missing In = Big Business Courts

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By Cara Bayles

By mid-November, federal judges= 217; 2022 financial disclosure forms should have been available on a public= database, but only half the reports were up. Many courts that draw commerc= ial litigation, from New Jersey to the Ninth Circuit, still had many judges= missing, and a new type of report, meant to provide real-time snapshots of= judges’ major windfalls, can take more than a year to be posted, flo= uting federal law.

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Katten Names Longtime Chicago Leader As N= ext Firm Chair

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By Lynn LaRowe

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announc= ed Wednesday that it has tapped its long-serving Chicago office managing pa= rtner and co-chair of its litigation department to take over as firm chair,= effective July 1.

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NYU Student Bar President Ousted After Is= rael Comments

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By Andrea Keckley

The New York University School of = Law Student Bar Association has voted to oust Ryna Workman as its president= , after the student faced backlash for their comments about the war between= Israel and Hamas, an image of an email posted to X, formerly Twitter, show= ed Tuesday.

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Analysis

Justice Thomas Eyes Public Rights Rule In= SEC Courts Case

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By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarenc= e Thomas on Wednesday focused his characteristically few questions dur= ing oral arguments to spark debate over the public rights doctrine use= d to determine whether lawsuits involving the government must be heard by a= jury.

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Pa. Federal Judge, Navy Vet Mourned As Ju= rist With Integrity

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By James Boyle

Pennsylvania federal Judge Edward = G. Smith was remembered as a pleasant man with a reputation for integrity f= ollowing his death this week in Northampton County.

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Senate Confirms Asst. US Atty To Federal = Judgeship In NJ

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By Courtney Bubl=E9

The Senate voted 54-44 on Wednesda= y to confirm Assistant U.S. Attorney Jamel Semper to a U.S. judgeship in th= e District of New Jersey.

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Senate Votes In New Hawaii District Judge=

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By Nadia Dreid

Federal prosecutor Micah W.J. Smit= h will be the next federal judge in the District of Hawaii after the Senate= voted Wednesday afternoon to confirm him to the position in a 57-41 vote.

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Man Charged Over Foiled Plot To Assassina= te NY Atty

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By Khadrice Rollins

An Indian national was recruited i= nto an international plot to assassinate an attorney connected to a Punjab = political revolution, according to an indictment filed in New York federal = court Wednesday.

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Ohio Atty Suspended For Flinging Feces-Fi= lled Pringles Can

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By Ryan Harroff

The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesda= y suspended a criminal defense attorney for one year, with six months staye= d, over the attorney filling a Pringles can with his own feces and throwing= it in the parking lot of a victim advocacy center just before meeting with= the center's staff in court about a murder case.

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Alston & Bird Vax Bias Suit Paused D= uring Arbitration Push

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By Grace Elletson

A Georgia federal judge froze a su= it Wednesday from a former Alston & Bird LLP administrative assistant w= ho said she was fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, while the court mu= lls the firm's bid to force the case to arbitration.

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Play Ball! Fla. Ethics Panel OKs Judge T= o Attend Softball Game

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By Aaron West

A Florida judicial ethics panel th= is week said that a state judge may attend a softball game between a local = sheriff's office and police department as long as certain conditions are fo= llowed that don't create questions about the judge's impartiality.

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Judge Says Credit Card Fee Claim Site Sh= ould Be Shuttered

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By Emilie Ruscoe

A purported scam settlement claims= website allegedly attempting to profiteer off a $5.6 billion settlement be= tween Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. and merchants should come down immediat= ely, a federal magistrate judge has determined, citing details about the sc= heme including a Snoop Dogg soundalike message used to convince would-be cu= stomers to use the site.

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GOP AGs Say Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule = Is Unconstitutional

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By Sarah Jarvis

Republican attorneys general from = 19 states have backed two conservative groups' bid for another shot at over= turning a Nasdaq Stock Market requirement that makes exchange-listed compan= ies publicly disclose board diversity data, arguing the rule violates the C= onstitution's equal protection clause.

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Potter Handy Should Face ADA 'Shakedown'= Suit, DAs Say

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By Craig Clough

The San Francisco and Los Angeles = district attorney's offices urged a California appellate panel on Wednesday= to revive their civil suit alleging Potter Handy LLP deceived the court by= shaking down thousands of businesses with factually unsupported disability= rights lawsuits, saying a lower court erred in ruling the litigation privi= lege applies.

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Litigation Funder Targets Calif. Firm In= New Suit Over Mansion

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By Hailey Konnath

A Woodsford Litigation Funding aff= iliate has filed a new suit against San Francisco law firm Hosie Rice LLP, = claiming that the firm's founders owe it $1.8 million in proceeds from the = upcoming sale of their multimillion-dollar property in the Bay Area.

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Mass. Top Court Justice To Depart, Openi= ng 2nd Healey Pick

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By Brian Dowling

Justice David A. Lowy of the Massa= chusetts Supreme Judicial Court announced Wednesday he will retire from the= state's highest court in February, a departure that gives Gov. Maura Heale= y a second pick to the bench that had been completely stacked by her Republ= ican predecessor.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Axon Enterprise Inc.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Burger King Holdings Inc.

CDI Corporation

California Fair Plan Associatio= n

Campaign Legal Center

Deutsche Bank AG

Getty Images Inc.

Google LLC

LexisNexis Group Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

MasterCard Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Monarch Casino & Resort Inc.

NASDAQ Inc.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

New York University

PCL Employees Holdings Ltd.

RELX PLC

Southern Environmental Law Cen= ter

State Bar of California

The District of Columbia Bar

TransUnion LLC

Trump Organization Inc.

Twitter Inc.

United Auto Workers

Visa Inc.

Woodsford Litigation Funding Lt= d.

Zillow Group Inc.


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GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Department of Insur= ance

California Supreme Court

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Federal Judicial Center

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

Judicial Conference of t= he United States

Marin County, California

Massachusetts Supreme Judici= al Court

National Railroad Passenger Corp= .

New York Attorney General'= s Office

Ohio Supreme Court

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Justice

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

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

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. Dist= rict Court for the Northern District of Georgia

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

U.S. Navy

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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