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When U.S. Steel agreed to sell to Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. in a $1= 4.9 billion deal, CEO David B. Burritt called the combination "best fo= r all," but a growing bipartisan effort says it's actually bad for bot= h American workers and the U.S. trade deficit.

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US Steel Faces Bipartisan Backlash Over $= 14.9B Nippon Deal

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By Al Barbarino

When U.S. Steel agreed to sel= l to Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. in a $14.9 billion deal, CEO David B. Burri= tt called the combination "best for all," but a growing bipartisa= n effort says it's actually bad for both American workers and the U.S. trad= e deficit.

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Breaking Ground On Brownfields

Breaking Ground On Brownfields — Th= e Series

=09

By Emma Kennedy

In a time of historic funding allo= cation, land scarcity, affordability struggles and new sustainability goals= , brownfields are poised to see an unprecedented revival. Law360's Real Est= ate Authority has spent months investigating the opportunities and challeng= es that lie in redeveloping contaminated land.

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Real Estate Rumors: Monadnock, RFR, PGIM<= /a>

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By WaTeasa Freeman

A venture that includes Monadnock = Development has reportedly secured $256 million in financing for an East Fl= atbush mixed-use property, RFR Holding is said to be refinancing the Seagra= m Building in New York City with a $1.1 billion financing package and a ven= ture tied to PGIM has reportedly sold a cold storage facility in Florida fo= r $113 million.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Analysis

Top Government Contracting Policies Of 20= 23: Year In Review

=09

By Daniel Wilson

Federal contractors have seen swee= ping policy changes this year, headlined by a raft of new cybersecurity and= information security requirements, and the biggest change to prevailing wa= ge requirements for construction contractors in four decades. Here, La= w360 examines several significant policy changes that will affect governmen= t contractors.

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FERC Will Rethink Wall Street Utility Own= ership Rules

=09

By Keith Goldberg

The Federal Energy Regulatory Comm= ission on Tuesday said it would re-examine its policy for allowing financia= l firms such as BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc. and State Street Corp. = to own electric utilities.

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LITIGATION

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FERC Approved Unneeded La. LNG Pipeline, = DC Circ. Told

=09

By Madeline Lyskawa

The Federal Energy Regulatory Comm= ission unlawfully approved an unneeded project when it gave the go-ahead to= a Tellurian subsidiary's $1.4 billion plan to construct 67 miles of gas pi= pelines in Louisiana to feed a liquefied natural gas export terminal, envir= onmental groups told the D.C. Circuit.

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Building Co., Advisers Defend $75M Payout= In $1.4B Merger

=09

By Leslie A. Pappas

Foundation Building Materials Inc.= and advisers to its $1.4 billion merger with private equity firm American = Securities LLC pushed back Tuesday on shareholder allegations that a $75 mi= llion side deal that the construction products distributor struck with its = controlling shareholder violated Delaware law.

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Lumber Co. Structurlam Gets OK For Ch. 11= Liquidation Plan

=09

By Clara Geoghegan

The U.S. division of Canadian timb= er products maker Structurlam Mass Timber received approval of its Chapter = 11 plan Tuesday, with a Delaware bankruptcy judge praising the cooperative = spirit that led to a consensual plan.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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How Attorneys Can Be More Efficient This = Holiday Season

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Attorneys should consider a few ke= y tips to speed up their work during the holidays so they can join the fest= ivities — from streamlining the document review process to creating s= imilar folder structures, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Bonus Spotlight

McKool Smith, Other Firms Set 2024 Associ= ate Salary Info

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By Kevin Penton

McKool Smith is the latest among s= everal firms that have opted to match or exceed the 2024 salary scale for a= ssociates set last month by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, with the firm e= clipsing the scale by $5,000 for its more recent associates, the firm told = Law360 Pulse on Tuesday.

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How Firms Can Buttress Mental Health Duri= ng The Holidays

=09

By Aebra Coe

The holiday season is stressful an= d overwhelming for many people, and with particular vulnerabilities in the = legal industry around mental health, it's a time of year when law firms sho= uld take additional steps to ensure their people are healthy and happy, exp= erts say.

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Podcast

Approach The Bench: Judge Sutton On State= Constitutions

=09 =09

State constitutions are often over= looked by lawyers, law schools and judges, according to Sixth Circuit Chief= Judge Jeffrey Sutton, but their importance was brought to the fore when th= e U.S. Supreme Court recently ended the federal right to abortion.

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Row Over LA Sparks Tickets Ignites Suit F= or 2 Ex-Owners

=09

By Emily Sawicki

Two Los Angeles area attorneys and= former co-owners of the Women's National Basketball Association franchise = LA Sparks are suing the team's current owners, claiming they are refusing t= o honor the attorneys' lifetime guarantees for tickets and parking passes t= o attend games.

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Colo. Justices Bar Trump From 2024 Ballot=

=09

By Thy Vo

A split Colorado Supreme Court on = Tuesday said Donald Trump is disqualified from appearing on the state's 202= 4 primary election ballot, becoming the first court to find the former pres= ident cannot hold public office under the 14th Amendment for engaging in an= insurrection.

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Florida Man Cops To Threatening To Kill J= ustice Roberts

=09

By Katie Buehler

A Florida man has pled guilty to a= charge related to calling U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' c= hambers and leaving a voicemail in which he twice threatened to kill the ch= ief justice, according to court documents.

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Biden Names 5 District Judge Noms For Red= State Seats

=09

By Courtney Bubl=E9

President Joe Biden announced five= district judge nominees Tuesday, all of whom hail from states with two Rep= ublican senators.

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Conn. Federal Judge Retires After 16 Year= s On The Bench

=09

By Ryan Harroff

Senior U.S. District Judge Vanessa= L. Bryant of the District of Connecticut will be taking on inactive senior= status at the end of the year, retiring from her judicial work more than 1= 6 years after she was first appointed to the bench by former President Geor= ge W. Bush.

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Senate Confirms Former Cherokee Nation AG= To Judgeship

=09

By Courtney Buble

The Senate voted 52-14 on Tuesday = to confirm former attorney general of the Cherokee Nation Sara Hill to serv= e on the bench of the Northern District of Oklahoma.

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Senate Confirms New Head Of Justice Dept.= Legal Counsel

=09

By Courtney Buble

The Senate voted 50-17 on Tuesday = to confirm Christopher Fonzone, chief legal officer for the Office of the D= irector of National Intelligence, to be assistant attorney general of the U= .S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel.

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Senate Dems Press Thomas' Atty For Info = On Luxury RV Loan

=09

By Asha Glover

Two Senate Democrats invited Justi= ce Clarence Thomas' attorney on Tuesday to clarify his remarks that the Sup= reme Court justice's $267,000 loan from a healthcare industry executive was= n't forgiven, saying it raised questions about whether he properly reported= the loan on his tax filings.

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Zuckerman Spaeder Names DC White Collar = Atty As Co-Chair

=09

By Emily Sawicki

A white collar defense attorney wh= o rejoined Zuckerman Spaeder LLP in its Washington, D.C., office in October= 2022 after a brief stint in-house will soon take the helm as co-chair of t= he firm's executive committee, drawing on more than two decades of combined= experience with the firm.

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Ex-Cohen Milstein Atty Gets 4 Years In C= hild Porn Case

=09

By Carolina Bolado

A former Cohen Milstein Sellers &a= mp; Toll PLLC partner who has represented victims of child abuse was senten= ced to four years in prison after he pled guilty to possession of child sex= ual abuse material.

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LeClairRyan Trustee Can Keep Firm's IT S= ystems Running

=09

By Vince Sullivan

The Chapter 7 trustee of defunct l= aw firm LeClairRyan PLC received bankruptcy court permission Tuesday to con= tinue funding the operation of the firm's information infrastructure as she= works toward final resolution of claims against the estate and winding dow= n the bankruptcy.

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SEC Urges 5th Circ. To Deny Appeal In Na= sdaq Diversity Case

=09

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange C= ommission is pushing back on a request that the full Fifth Circuit decide t= he fate of a Nasdaq Stock Market rule requiring corporations to disclose bo= ard diversity data, arguing that conservative groups opposed to the rule ca= nnot point to any court rulings in their favor and that the case presents n= o questions of "exceptional importance" that demand a circuit court review.=

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NC Residents Ask For Cert. In Court Soft= ware Class Action

=09

By Matt Perez

A group of North Carolina resident= s have asked for certification in their proposed class action alleging the = state's new digital court system has led to hundreds of wrongful arrests an= d detentions, with all facing common issues sufficient to satisfy class req= uirements.

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Immigrant Rights Groups Sue To Block Tex= as 'Papers' Law

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By Micah Danney

Immigrant rights groups and El Pas= o County filed suit in Texas federal court Tuesday challenging the state la= w enacted a day earlier that gives state law enforcement the power to arres= t, detain and deport migrants, calling the measure unconstitutional.

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Law Prof's Ex-Son-In-Law Backs Illegal R= ecording Verdict

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By George Woolston

The former son-in-law of a busines= s law professor at Longwood University in Virginia shot back at a bid to ge= t a $361,000 verdict finding she illegally recorded him tossed, arguing jur= ors were properly instructed to determine whether he had a reasonable expec= tation of privacy.

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Photog, Firm Ask For Ruling On Disputed = Firefighter Image

=09

By Ivan Moreno

A photographer has urged a Texas f= ederal judge to rule that a Houston law firm infringed his copyright for an= image of a firefighter standing in front of a blaze to promote its service= s, but the personal injury firm that was sued disputes the photo even = belongs to him.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AECOM

Aetna Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties= Union of Texas

American Gateways

American Psychological Associ= ation

American Securities LLC

Apple Inc.

BlackRock Inc.

Brigham Young University

Citizens for Re= sponsibility & Ethics in Washington

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

Courthouse News Service Inc.

DXC Technology Co.

Eastdil Secured LLC

Evercore Inc.

Foundation Building Materials = Inc.

Georgetown University

Getty Images Inc.

Google LLC

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

LinkedIn Corp.

Lone Star Funds

Microsoft Corp.

Midcontinent Indepe= ndent System Operator Inc.

NASDAQ Inc.

Nat= ional Association for the Advancement of Colored People

New Civil Liberties Alliance

PJM Interconnection LLC

Pittsburgh Pirates

RBC Capital Markets

Sierra Club

Solar Energy Industries Asso= ciation

Spotify Technology SA

State Street Corp.

Texas Civil Rights Project

The Leadership C= onference on Civil & Human Rights

The New York Times Co.

The Vanguard Group Inc.

Tyler Technologies Inc.

United Steelworkers

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

UnitedLex Corp.

WNBA Enterprises LLC

Walmart Inc.

World Wrestling Entertainment = Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abrams & Bayliss

Allen Law PC

Alston & Bird

American Center for Law & Ju= stice Inc.

Javier Marcos & Associates

Rogers Joseph O'Donnell

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Colorado Secretary of State

Colorado Supreme Court

Committee on= Foreign Investment in the United States

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Acquisition Regul= atory Council

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

National Security Council

North Carolina Department of= Justice

Office of the Dir= ector of National Intelligence

Ohio Supreme Court

Oklahoma Court of Criminal App= eals

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Texas Comptroller of Public = Accounts

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Att= orney's Office for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. A= ttorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida

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

U.S. Ba= nkruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

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 Defense

U.S. Department of Homeland S= ecurity

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. District C= ourt for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Distri= ct Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Southern District of Florida

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

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. Government Accountabili= ty Office

U.S. Navy

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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