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As the Washington Commanders seek a deal for a new stadium starting in 20= 27, they face many challenges, including determining the new home location = of the NFL team. Here, Law360 takes you through each location, including th= e issues that must be addressed and what experts think might happen.

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The 3 Locations Fighting To Be The Comman= ders' New Home

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By David Steele

As the Washington Commanders seek = a deal for a new stadium starting in 2027, they face many challenges, inclu= ding determining the new home location of the NFL team. Here, Law360 takes = you through each location, including the issues that must be addressed and = what experts think might happen.

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Feds Say 5th Circ. Must Pause NM Nuke Sto= rage Site Fight

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By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commis= sion has reiterated that the Fifth Circuit should pause a dispute over lice= nsing for a temporary nuclear waste storage facility in New Mexico until th= e appeals court decides whether to reconsider a decision that the agency la= cks the authority to license another temporary facility in Texas.

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Steel Co. President Faces Arrest For Cont= empt In ERISA Case

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By Beverly Banks

The president of a steel reinforci= ng installation company is facing a civil arrest warrant after failing to p= roduce financial records for a union's audit in an unpaid benefits contribu= tions case, with an Oregon federal judge saying the move was necessary beca= use the official still hasn't complied with monetary sanctions.

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ConocoPhillips Cleared To Work On Arctic = Project This Winter

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By Tom Lotshaw

An Alaska federal judge is allowin= g ConocoPhillips to resume work on its controversial Willow oil and gas pro= ject this winter, rejecting conservation groups' attempt to put it on hold = as they appeal a ruling upholding the federal approvals for the Arctic ener= gy development.

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Federal Jury To Decide Fate Of Ex-Philly = Labor Leader

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By P.J. D'Annunzio

The embezzlement trial of Internat= ional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager John Doug= herty wrapped up Monday with prosecutors restating their claims to a Philad= elphia federal jury that Dougherty stole hundreds of thousands of dollars f= rom the union he was duty-bound to protect to pay for home improvements, co= ncert tickets, expensive suits, and other luxuries.

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Jones Day And Former Client Spar Over $67= 8K In Fees

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By Christine DeRosa

Jones Day and a one-time client ha= ve gone to court in competing lawsuits, with the client — Ambass= ador Enterprises LLC and two of its entities — accusing the firm= of charging an unreasonable fee in Indiana and the firm firing back in a b= reach of contract suit seeking to recover its nearly $700,000 bill in Penns= ylvania.

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Trump Seeks NY High Court Review Of Fraud= Trial Gag Orders

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By Stewart Bishop

Former President Donald Trump on M= onday sought to have New York's highest court review his appeal of the rein= statement of gag orders in the civil fraud trial over the state's claims th= at he defrauded banks and insurers by falsely inflating his net worth.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Bonus Spotlight

Boies Schiller, Clifford Chance Latest To= Join Bonus Parade

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By Kevin Penton

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and Cli= fford Chance LLP are among the latest firms to release their year-end bonus= and 2024 salary figures, matching the prevailing scales set by Cravath Swa= ine & Moore LLP.

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Senate Confirms First Hispanic Woman To 5= th Circ.

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By Courtney Bubl=E9

The Senate voted 80-12 on Monday e= vening to confirm U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez to the Fifth = Circuit, making her the first Hispanic woman on the court.

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The Top In-House Hires Of November =09

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires in the last= month included high-profile appointments at Fox, AIG and Airbnb. Here, Law= 360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from November.

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Sidley Austin's Woodbridge Work Not Free = Speech, Panel Told

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By Craig Clough

An attorney for the liquidation tr= ustee for the defunct Woodbridge Group told a California appellate panel Mo= nday a lower court erred in tossing the trustee's claims that Sidley Austin= aided Woodbridge's $1.3 billion Ponzi scheme, saying Sidley's tr= ansactional work in the case is not protected by the First Amendment.

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Girardi Courtroom Profanity Is Proof Of C= ompetency, Feds Say

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By Emily Sawicki

Prosecutors have asked a Californi= a federal judge to find disbarred attorney Tom Girardi, 84, competent to st= and trial following a dementia diagnosis, citing a moment during a Septembe= r cross-examination in which the attorney lashed out against the prosecutio= n as proof of "his appreciation of this case and the allegations lodged aga= inst him."

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Fake Atty Who Bribed Federal Agents Gets = 6 Months In Prison

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By Gina Kim

A phony Beverly Hills attorney wit= h links to Armenian mobsters was sentenced to six months in prison and six = months of home detention by a California federal judge Monday, after admitt= ing to a long-running credit card scheme and bribing federal agents to gain= access to sensitive law enforcement information.

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Calif. Panel Issues Draft Opinion On Repo= rting Atty Misconduct

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By Henrik Nilsson

The California Supreme Court Commi= ttee on Judicial Ethics Opinions released a draft opinion Monday intended t= o help judges decide when to report attorney misconduct to the State Bar of= California, laying out a host of hypothetical scenarios and detailing whet= her reporting is required.

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Fired Davis Polk Atty's Bid To Expand Tri= al Ripped By Judge

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By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge on Monda= y rejected an attempt by a Black former Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP assoc= iate to drastically expand his upcoming retaliation trial, calling it an ar= bitrary bid to potentially "torture" his former employer with excessive lit= igation.

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Judge Says Attys Misused Emergency Email = To Seal Antitrust Docs

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By Aaron West

The Illinois federal judge oversee= ing an antitrust suit accusing elite universities of conspiring to restrict= student aid chewed out attorneys involved with the case on Sunday for usin= g the court's emergency inbox to send a "terse" email late Friday night tha= t requested — unconvincingly — part of an unidentified court fi= ling be placed under seal.

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State Says Goat Theft Decision Won't Brea= k NC Jurisprudence

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By Aaron West

A former DLA Piper associate and a= nimal rights activist who was convicted of stealing a baby goat in North Ca= rolina doesn't have the jurisprudence-shattering case he claims he does, th= e state's justice department told the North Carolina Supreme Court last wee= k.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Airbnb Inc.

Ambassador Enterprises LLC

American Airlines Group Inc.

American International Group In= c.

Arctic Slope Regional Corp.

Brooklyn Law School

Brooks Brothers Group Inc.

Brown-Forman Corp.

Buffalo Bills

Cable News Network Inc.

California Institute of Techn= ology

Campbell Soup Co.

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

Church & Dwight Co. Inc.

Cogent Communications Holding= s Inc.

Coinbase Global Inc.

ConocoPhillips Co.

Defenders of Wildlife

Earthjustice

FedEx Corp.

Fox Corp.

GTT Communications Inc.

GoDaddy Inc.

Google LLC

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

Holtec International Inc

Instagram Inc.

International Association of Bridge Structural Ornamen= tal & Reinforcing Iron Workers

International Br= otherhood of Electrical Workers

Jack Daniel's Properties Inc.<= /a>

Ligado Networks LLC

Lincoln National Corp.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Massachusetts Institute o= f Technology

McKesson Corp.

MetLife Inc.

Nascar Digital Media LLC

National Collegiate Ath= letic Association

Natural Resources Defense Coun= cil

Pew Research Center

Sierra Club

SoFi Stadium

Space Exploration Technologi= es Corp.

State Bar of California

The Hartford Financial= Services Group Inc.

The State University of New Yor= k

The Tennessee Titans

Trump Organization Inc.

United States Soccer Federat= ion Inc.

Warby Parker Inc.

Willis Towers Watson PLC


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

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GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alaska Department of Law

Alaska State Legislature

Bureau of Land Management

California Supreme Court

Federal Bureau of Investigation

National Park Service

New York Attorney General'= s Office

North Carolina Department of= Justice

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Central District of California

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

U.S. Department of Homeland S= ecurity

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Di= strict Court for the Central District of California

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

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

U.S= . District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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. General Services Adminis= tration

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U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

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