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The Federal Aviation Administration's approval of upgrades to an aging ai= rport in New Jersey did not violate federal law, the Third Circuit ruled Th= ursday, rejecting a plea for review from groups opposed to the terminal pro= ject.

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3rd Circ. Rejects Challenge To NJ Airport= Improvements

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By Ali Sullivan

The Federal Aviation Administratio= n's approval of upgrades to an aging airport in New Jersey did not violate = federal law, the Third Circuit ruled Thursday, rejecting a plea for review = from groups opposed to the terminal project.

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Timber Cos. Sue Forest Service For $33.3M= Over Wildfire

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By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

The U.S. Forest Service failed to = properly fight a 200,000-acre wildfire in the Willamette National Forest th= at destroyed more than $30 million of two affiliated Oregon lumber companie= s' resources, according to a lawsuit they filed against the agency.

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Iron Workers Union, Concrete Co. Agree To= Call Off Dispute

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By Ryan Harroff

Trustees for a Philadelphia ironwo= rkers union's benefit plans and a concrete company they accuse of skirting = health plan and pension contributions told a Pennsylvania federal judge on = Wednesday that they agreed to dismiss their dispute entirely after four day= s arguing in a jury trial.

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Construction Bosses Found Not Guilty In C= rane Collapse Trial

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By Elliot Weld

Two construction managers were fou= nd not guilty Thursday by a New York state judge in a trial over a crane co= llapse that injured two workers, ending a case marred by allegations that p= rosecutors concealed evidence.

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Mich. Plaintiffs' Attys Say Utilities Can= Foresee Electrocutions

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By Carolyn Muyskens

Power companies should be held to = a very broad standard when it comes to the foreseeability of accidental ele= ctric shock, a trade association representing Michigan plaintiffs' lawyers = told the state Supreme Court on Wednesday, as justices prepare to hear oral= arguments in an injured construction worker's case.

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Texas BBQ Restaurateur Sues Cokinos Young= Over $14M Deal

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By Peter McGuire

The founder of a Texas barbecue re= staurant claims Cokinos Young PC and one of its attorneys misrepresented hi= m in a property deal and fraudulently inflated the transaction by $4 millio= n.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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What May Define Contract Disputes Act Jur= isdiction In 2024

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Now is a good time to reflect on h= ow several recent decisions may have limited the government's ability to we= aponize jurisdictional prerequisites under the Contract Disputes Act, and h= ow this new direction may affect government contractors and practitioners f= iling CDA appeals in 2024, say attorneys at Seyfarth.

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Environmental Justice: A 2023 Recap And 2= 024 Forecast

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A 2023 executive order directing e= ach federal agency to make environmental justice part of its mission, as we= ll as the many lawsuits and enforcement actions last year, demonstrates tha= t EJ will increasingly surface in all areas of law and regulation, from tec= hnically challenging to seemingly ordinary permitting and construction matt= ers, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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What The Law Firm Of The Future Will Look= Like

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As the legal landscape shifts, it&= #8217;s become increasingly clear that the BigLaw business model must adapt= in four key ways to remain viable, from fostering workplace flexibility to= embracing technology, say Kevin Henderson and Eric Pacifici at SMB Law Gro= up.

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Hunton Latest Firm To Announce Raises, Bo= nuses

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By Andrea Keckley

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has repor= tedly fallen in line with the scale Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP set for = both bonuses and salary increases.

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Quinn Emanuel Opening Del. Office As Lead= er Aims To Grow

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By Rose Krebs

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sulli= van LLP is launching an office in Delaware with the hiring of an attorney w= ho was a partner at boutique firm Abrams & Bayliss LLP for more than se= ven years and served as chief of staff to former Gov. Jack Markell, the fir= m said Thursday.

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Arbitrator Flubbed Blank Rome Case, Ex-Di= ckstein Partners Say

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By Craig Clough

Counsel for former Dickstein Shapi= ro LLP partners who claim Blank Rome LLP owes them $4 million because the f= irms' merger was mischaracterized as an asset sale urged a California appel= late panel on Thursday to vacate a ruling affirming an arbitrator's decisio= n in favor of Blank Rome, saying the arbitrator followed the wrong procedur= es.

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La. Fed. Judge, 1st Female JPML Chair, To= Take Senior Status

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By Courtney Buble

U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Va= nce of the Eastern District of Louisiana, who was the first woman to chair = the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, will take senior status on = Jan. 16.

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Ex-Shook Hardy IP Pro Named USPTO's Chief= Policy Officer

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By Gina Kim

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Offi= ce on Thursday named former Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP partner Sharon Isra= el as its newest chief policy officer and director for international affair= s, effective Jan. 8.

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Outgoing La. Gov. To Join New Orleans' Fi= shman Haygood

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By Chart Riggall

Outgoing Louisiana Gov. John Bel E= dwards will join the New Orleans-based litigation boutique Fishman Haygood = LLP when he departs office next week, the firm announced Thursday.

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Nonprofit, Paralegals Sue To Take Down NC= Legal Advice Law

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By Travis Bland and Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina nonprofit is chal= lenging a state law banning anyone but a fully licensed attorney from offer= ing legal advice, saying in a federal lawsuit Thursday that the regulations= amount to an unconstitutional restraint on free speech in violation of the= First Amendment.

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'Sour Grapes? YES, Very Sour,' Inventor T= ells Judge In IP Case

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By Andrew Karpan

Going against the advice of his la= wyers, an inventor of a "no spill" gasoline container let loose on a Kansas= federal judge over how disappointed he was that she didn't agree that his = failed lawsuit had been "evidently too complex for the average juror."

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Jones Day Attys Guide GOP In Trump's High= Court Ballot Fight

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By Jeff Overley

Jones Day lawyers are leading a GO= P condemnation of former President Donald Trump's bombshell disqualificatio= n from Colorado's 2024 ballot for allegedly "engaging in insurrection" at t= he U.S. Capitol, warning the U.S. Supreme Court that the exclusion "threate= ns to thwart the democratic process."

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Colo. Voters Urge Justices To Confront Ke= y Trump DQ Issues

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By Thy Vo

The voters behind a Colorado lawsu= it to bar former President Donald Trump from the state's primary election b= allot urged the U.S. Supreme Court to focus on the novel 14th Amendment que= stions of the case, writing in a brief Thursday that a ruling hinged on sta= te law issues would only kick the can down the road.

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Ill. Voters Look To Bar Trump From Ballo= t

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By Celeste Bott

A group of Illinois voters filed a= n objection Thursday urging the state's Board of Elections to prohibit form= er President Donald Trump from appearing as a candidate on the primary and = general election ballots, arguing he is disqualified from holding office un= der the 14th Amendment because of his actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 202= 1, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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Trump Wants Smith Held In Contempt For I= gnoring Stay

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By Ryan Boysen

Former President Donald Trump aske= d a D.C. federal court to hold special counsel Jack Smith in contempt Thurs= day, claiming the prosecutor engaged in "brazen misconduct" by filing headl= ine-grabbing briefs in the election-interference case against Trump despite= a recent ruling that paused the case while Trump appeals the rejection of = his presidential immunity defense.

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Trump Attys Want Mich. Disciplinary Boar= d Charges Tossed

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By Emily Sawicki

Attorneys accused of misconduct fo= r their federal lawsuit challenging 2020 election results in Michigan pushe= d back on a disciplinary board's decision not to toss proceedings, arguing = the grievance administrator applied incorrect professional standards and in= appropriately targeted out-of-state attorneys.

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Dems Again Call On Thomas To Recuse From= Trump Cases

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By Katie Buehler

Democratic lawmakers on Thursday r= epeated calls for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse hims= elf from a dispute involving former President Donald Trump, this time implo= ring the justice not to participate in two appeals challenging a Colorado r= uling disqualifying Trump from appearing on the state's primary election ba= llot.

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Google Suit May Get Jackson Walker Atty = As Special Master

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By Peter McGuire

A Texas federal judge has suggeste= d David T. Moran of Jackson Walker LLP as a special master to oversee poten= tially contentious discovery in an antitrust suit against Google from a coa= lition of conservative attorneys general headed to trial next year.

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5th Circ. Won't Block Miss. GOP Capital = City Law Amid Appeal

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By Hailey Konnath

The Fifth Circuit on Thursday refu= sed to temporarily block a controversial new Mississippi law that would giv= e the majority-white state government greater control over the court system= in the state's majority-Black capital city while the NAACP and other group= s appeal, finding that they're not likely to succeed in their challenge.

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NC Court Leadership Shuffle Reveals Myst= erious Rotation Plan

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By Travis Bland

North Carolina Chief Justice Paul = Newby is putting into place a rotating system for the position of chief jud= ge on the Court of Appeals, but details about the novel concept are still u= nknown, according to the intermediate appellate court's now-former chief ju= dge.

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Judge Questions Ex-Fed. Defender's Case = As Bias Trial Wraps

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By Julie Manganis

A former assistant federal defende= r for North Carolina's Western District established that her manager "appea= red to have been hostile" toward her, but there is "real doubt" that her tr= eatment was based on gender bias, a Massachusetts federal judge said Thursd= ay.

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Client Sues Ex-Atty Over Alleged Litigat= ion Funding Scheme

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By Rachel Rippetoe

A Philadelphia man is suing his fo= rmer lawyer for allegedly using his workplace injury case as collateral to = secure litigation funding and then transferring the high-interest-rate loan= s to his legal fees.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Activision Blizzard Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union

BitGo Inc.

CACI International Inc.

Citizens for Re= sponsibility & Ethics in Washington

DTE Energy Co.

Ernst & Young LLP

Frontier Airlines Inc.

Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd.

Google LLC

Institute for Justice

LinkedIn Corp.

Lockheed Martin Corp.

Michigan Association for Justic= e

Michigan Attorney Grievan= ce Commission

Nat= ional Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Republican = Congressional Committee


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abrams & Bayliss

American Center for Law & Ju= stice Inc.

Keker Van Nest & Peters

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Armed Services Board of = Contract Appeals

Colorado Secretary of State

Colorado Supreme Court

Council on Environmental Quality=

Ewing Township, New Jersey

Federal Acquisition Regul= atory Council

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Emergency Management = Agency

Federal Judicial Center

Illinois Supreme Court

International Trade Commission

Los Angeles Superior Court

Michigan Attorney Discipline B= oard

Mississippi Attorney Gene= ral's Office

National Railroad Passenger Corp= .

North Carolina General Assembly

Texas Commission on Env= ironmental Quality

Transportation Security A= dministration

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

U.S. Court of Appeal= s for the Federal Circuit

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

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

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportatio= n

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

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

U.S. Dis= trict Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S= . District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

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

U.S. Dis= trict Court for the Western District of Louisiana

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

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U.S. Supreme Court

United St= ates District Court for the District of Kansas

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