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An Illinois federal judge refused to grant former Chicago Alderman Ed Bur= ke a mistrial Thursday after a witness described a developer's hiring of Bu= rke's law firm as "symbolic of the Chicago way of doing business" and "very= corrupt."

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Chicago Pol Denied Mistrial Over Witness'= s 'Corrupt' Remark

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By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge refused = to grant former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke a mistrial Thursday after a witne= ss described a developer's hiring of Burke's law firm as "symbolic of the C= hicago way of doing business" and "very corrupt."

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Alaska, Willow Backers Fight 'Drastic' Bi= d To Halt Oil Project

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By Tom Lotshaw

Alaska and other backers of the Wi= llow oil project are urging a federal judge to let ConocoPhillips proceed w= ith more construction work this winter and not block it as conservation gro= ups have requested while they appeal an order affirming the Biden administr= ation's approval of the project.

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FERC Says Utilities Can't Justify Grid Up= grade Reward Wishes

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By Keith Goldberg

The Federal Energy Regulatory Comm= ission says it properly rejected a proposal by New York utilities that woul= d allow them to earn returns from grid upgrades, telling the D.C. Circuit t= he companies have failed to show the existing nonprofit system is unlawful = or unreasonable.

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EPA Proposes Removing All Lead Pipes In N= ext Decade

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By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Environmental Protection = Agency released a proposal Thursday aimed at replacing all lead pipes throu= ghout the country within the next 10 years to protect the public from the s= ignificant, and irreversible, health effects tied to exposure to lead in dr= inking water.

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NY Tribe Sues To Stop Sewage Pipeline On = Wildlife Refuge

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By Tom Lotshaw

The Tonawanda Seneca Nation is ask= ing a New York federal judge to scrap a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service perm= it allowing a wastewater pipeline to cross a national wildlife refuge in it= s ancestral territory and block its construction, saying the agency's revie= w was inadequate and construction has already led to damaging drilling flui= d spills.

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Pipe Co. Says Commerce Dept. Overreacted = To Heading Error

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By Alyssa Aquino

A Vietnamese pipe company is fight= ing a U.S. Department of Commerce ruling saddling it with Chinese and South= Korean duties, saying it stemmed from Commerce's refusal to accept late ev= idence based on the heading of a deadline extension request.

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PEOPLE

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DLA Piper Real Estate Pro Rejoins Greenbe= rg Traurig In Calif.

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By James Mills

Greenberg Traurig LLP is expanding= its real estate team, welcoming back a property pro from DLA Piper as a sh= areholder in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Industry Must Elevate Native American Wom= en Attys' Stories

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The American Bar Association's rec= ent research study into Native American women attorneys' experiences in the= legal industry reveals the glacial pace of progress, and should inform eff= orts to amplify Native voices in the field, says Mary Smith, president of t= he ABA.

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What Lawyers Must Know About Calif. State= Bar's AI Guidance

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Initial recommendations from the S= tate Bar of California regarding use of generative artificial intelligence = by lawyers have the potential to become a useful set of guidelines in the i= ndustry, covering confidentiality, supervision and training, communications= , discrimination and more, say attorneys at Debevoise.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Bonus Spotlight

Flurry Of Law Firms Matching Cravath's Bo= nus, '24 Pay Scales

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By Kevin Penton

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Cle= ary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Fried Frank Harris Shriver & = Jacobson LLP are among the latest firms that have matched what is gearing u= p to be a prevailing scale of year-end bonuses and 2024 salaries for associ= ates, according to memorandums reviewed Thursday by Law360 Pulse.

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Software Flaws Exposed Sealed Court Docs,= Researcher Says

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By Brandon Lowrey

Soon after cybersecurity researche= r Jason Parker began probing a court records website this year, they discov= ered they could easily access a sealed order granting children new names to= protect them from an abusive parent, they said. Next, Parker was able to v= iew an "extremely detailed" mental health evaluation from a doctor in a cri= minal case.

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Foley & Lardner Axes Associate Job Of= fer Over Israel Remarks

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By Lauren Berg

Foley & Lardner LLP has rescin= ded a job offer to a former summer associate and recent Georgetown Universi= ty Law Center graduate over her public comments about Hamas' attack on Isra= el, the law firm said Thursday.

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Latham & Watkins Most Social Media-Sa= vvy US Firm In 2023

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By Andrea Keckley

Latham & Watkins LLP was deeme= d the most social media-savvy BigLaw firm in the U.S. this year by an annua= l analysis, released Thursday, of the top 200 U.S. firms' social media perf= ormance.

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Loeb & Loeb Corporate Co-Leaders Name= d Next Firm Chairs

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By Andrea Keckley

The leaders of one of Loeb & L= oeb LLP's largest departments will be taking over as firmwide co-chairs in = February, with the firm announcing Thursday that it is elevating two of its= corporate law veterans.

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Texas Bar Eyes Ethics Rules For Handling = Atty Departures

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By Lynn LaRowe

A Texas lawyer leaving a firm cann= ot be subject to an unreasonable notice requirement and should not be barre= d outright from copying client files, according to a wide-ranging proposed = ethics opinion from the state bar on how to handle attorneys' departures.

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First Native Hawaiian Woman Confirmed To = Federal Bench

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By Alison Knezevich

Judge Shanlyn A.S. Park, a state c= ourt judge in Hawaii and a former public defender, is set to become the fir= st Native Hawaiian woman to serve as a life-tenured federal judge after the= U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm her.

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Chief Judge Of Chicago Federal Court To T= ake Senior Status

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By Nadia Dreid

U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallme= yer, chief judge of the Northern District of Illinois, will take senior sta= tus next summer, paving the way for President Joe Biden to appoint a new fa= ce to the 22-seat bench.

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1st Black Woman Appointed To Minn. Federa= l Court To Retire

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By Courtney Buble

Judge Wilhelmina Wright, the first= Black woman to be appointed to the federal court in Minnesota, will retire= next year, the court announced Thursday.

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Senate Dems Vote To Authorize Subpoenas F= or Crow And Leo

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By Courtney Buble

After weeks of delay, the Senate J= udiciary Committee Democrats voted on Thursday to authorize subpoenas for i= nfluential conservatives Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo as part of their U.S. = Supreme Court ethics probe, but Republicans questioned the validity of the = vote.

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NY Appeals Court Reinstates Trump Gag Or= ders

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By Stewart Bishop

A midlevel New York appeals court = on Thursday reinstated gag orders issued by the judge overseeing the civil = fraud trial of Donald Trump and others, which prohibit the former president= from speaking publicly about the judge's court staff.

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Robins Kaplan Can't Reduce Sanction Over= Dropbox Access

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By Matt Perez

A New York state judge refused to = renegotiate Robins Kaplan LLP's $156,000 sanctions order over the law firm'= s access to an opposing party's Dropbox account in a litigation funding dis= pute, but agreed to stay the ruling pending appeal.

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Atty Held In Contempt After Several 'Fri= volous' False Ad Suits

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By Aaron West

A New York federal judge on Thursd= ay held a Sheehan and Associates attorney in contempt for filing a "meritle= ss" false advertising lawsuit over the amount of potassium in a Starbucks c= offee flavor, saying the case was just one in a string of similarly questio= nable lawsuits the lawyer had filed.

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Ex-Southwest Worker Says Religious Bias = Win Should Stand

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By Patrick Hoff

There's no reason to overturn a ju= ry win for an anti-abortion former Southwest flight attendant who accused t= he airline of religious bias, or an order requiring Southwest's counsel to = attend religious bias training, the ex-worker told the Fifth Circuit.

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Littler, Ex-Firm Atty Agree To Pause In = Doc Theft Showdown

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By Lynn LaRowe

Littler Mendelson PC and a former = firm attorney have agreed to pause the firm's Texas state lawsuit alleging = she stole confidential documents, with the reason for hitting the brakes on= the hard-fought case unclear.

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Law Firm Owner Gets 4 Years For Tax-Dodg= ing Scheme

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By Elliot Weld

A California attorney who owns mul= tiple small firms around the country was sentenced to four years in prison = Thursday for failing to pay taxes on one of his Wisconsin-based firms.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Arctic Slope Regional Corp.

CH Energy Group Inc.

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

ConocoPhillips Co.

Consolidated Edison Inc.

Defenders of Wildlife

Georgetown University

National Native America= n Bar Association

National Right t= o Work Legal Defense Foundation

Natural Resources Defense Coun= cil

New York State Electric & G= as Corp.

New York University

Planned Parenthood Federation

Sierra Club

Southwest Airlines Co.

Starbucks Corp.

State Bar of California

The Florida Bar

The Leadership C= onference on Civil & Human Rights

TikTok Inc.

TransPerfect Global Inc.

Transport Workers Union of Am= erica

Trump Organization Inc.

Twitter Inc.

Tyler Technologies Inc.

University of California Davis

Utilities Inc.

YouTube Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

BP Peterman Law Group

Curtis Mallet-Prevost

Sheehan & Associates PC

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alaska Department of Law

Bureau of Land Management

COPRAC

Dallas County, Texas

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Internal Revenue Service

Kansas Judicial Branch

National Railroad Passenger Corp= .

New York Attorney General'= s Office

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court= for the District of Alaska

U.S. District Court= for the District of Hawaii

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

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