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Labor and U.S. manufacturing requirements in the Inflation Reduction Act = have inserted another pressure point into deals between clean energy develo= pers and the firms they hire to build their projects given how significantl= y those requirements can boost, or reduce, the value of their projects' tax= credits.

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Analysis

Tax Bonus Rules Create A Clean Energy Con= tracting Crunch

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By Keith Goldberg

Labor and U.S. manufacturing requi= rements in the Inflation Reduction Act have inserted another pressure point= into deals between clean energy developers and the firms they hire to buil= d their projects given how significantly those requirements can boost, or r= educe, the value of their projects' tax credits.

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Asbestos Claimants Seek Appeal On Aldrich= Ch. 11 Dismissal

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By Rick Archer

A group of asbestos claimants are = asking a North Carolina bankruptcy judge to allow an appeal of his rejectio= n of their attempt to dismiss the Chapter 11 case of Aldrich Pump, saying t= he appeal could immediately resolve both the bankruptcy and significant leg= al issues.

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Canadian Green Building Co. Nexii Files C= h. 15 In Delaware

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By Leslie A. Pappas

Vancouver, Canada-based green cons= truction company Nexii Building Solutions Inc. is seeking bankruptcy protec= tion in Delaware with plans for an asset sale, owing $79 million of secured= debt and $5.6 million in trade debts to creditors.

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Feds Score Judgment In Row Over Idaho For= est Project

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By Tom Lotshaw

An Idaho federal judge said Wednes= day a conservation group waived its challenge of the U.S. Forest Service's = decision to categorically exclude a logging and prescribed burning project = in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest from environmental review under a He= althy Forest Restoration Act provision.

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5th Circ. Agrees Defective HVAC Class Act= ion Belongs In La. Court

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By Jonathan Capriel

Construction company D.R. Horton I= nc. and its contractors must face a proposed class action in Louisiana stat= e court accusing them of improperly installing HVAC systems that damaged ne= wly built residential houses, the Fifth Circuit ruled, as most of the homeo= wners live in one state.

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Up Next At High Court: Chevron Deference,= Corp. Filings

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By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will be clo= sed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and will begin a short oral argum= ent week Tuesday, during which the justices will consider overturning Chevr= on deference, a decades-old doctrine that instructs courts to defer to fede= ral agencies' interpretations of ambiguous statutes.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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7 E-Discovery Predictions For 2024 And Be= yond

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The legal and technical issues of = e-discovery now affect virtually every lawsuit, and in the year to come, pr= actitioners can expect practices and policies to evolve in a number of ways= , from the expanded use of relevancy redactions to mandated information sec= urity provisions in protective orders, say attorneys at Littler.=20

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Ex-Davis Polk Atty Claiming Retaliation B= attles Trial Clock

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By Pete Brush

A Black former associate suing Dav= is Polk & Wardwell LLP for alleged retaliation closed out the first wee= k of trial Friday, quizzing a parade of legal industry professionals before= a Manhattan federal jury amid repeated cautions from the judge on timing.

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Jackson Walker, Kirkland Sued Over Ex-Jud= ge's Relationship

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By Jack Karp

A former shareholder in an enginee= ring company suing a Texas bankruptcy judge over his concealed relationship= with a onetime Jackson Walker partner has added that law firm, its onetime= partner and Kirkland & Ellis LLP as defendants in his suit.

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Phelps Dunbar Expands To Tenn. With Firm = Combination

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By Emily Sawicki

New Orleans-headquartered Phelps D= unbar LLP is set to combine with Memphis, Tennessee-based Farris Bobango PL= C next month, the two announced Friday, creating a 400-attorney commercial = law firm with outposts in 14 Southern cities.

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Biden Nominates Judicial Picks For DC Sup= erior Court

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By Courtney Bubl=E9

President Joe Biden has re-nominat= ed seven judicial nominees for the D.C. Superior Court.

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7th Circ.'s First Female Judge To Take Se= nior Status

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By Dorothy Atkins

U.S. Circuit Judge Ilana Rovner to= ld President Joe Biden on Friday that she intends to take senior status onc= e a successor receives confirmation to fill her seat, marking a significant= career milestone after 40 years on the federal bench and serving as the fi= rst woman on the Seventh Circuit.

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Q&A

How A 'Graphic' Trial Sparked A Juror Men= tal Health Movement

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By Cara Salvatore

Jurors have traditionally received= little help with the intense mental strain that trial service can impose, = but a Canadian commission is working to create new support systems that all= ow jurors to process this unique civic duty, the group's founder told Law36= 0.

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OpenAI Must Face Defamation Suit From Ga.= Radio Host

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By Jake Maher

A Georgia state judge has given th= e green light to a defamation suit brought by a conservative talk radio hos= t claiming OpenAI's ChatGPT product published false legal information about= him, rejecting the company's bid to toss the case.

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Grand Jury Names Can Be Disclosed, Texas = Panel Says

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By Rose Krebs

A split Texas appellate court pane= l has reversed a lower court ruling that found the Nueces County District A= ttorney's Office didn't have to publicly disclose grand juror names in resp= onse to public information requests, with a dissenting justice raising safe= ty concerns about the decision.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

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By Kevin Penton

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosa= ti PC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after getting Google = off the hook from facing a proposed class action alleging it raked in over = $2 billion from unauthorized advertisements by trespassing on website owner= s' property.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate New= s Of The Week

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By Sue Reisinger

The U.S. Supreme Court is due to h= ear arguments Tuesday on whether investors — or only regulators ̵= 2; can hold companies liable for failing to alert shareholders to news that= could lead to falling stock prices. And several former top company lawyers= offered tips on how a departed general counsel can get back in the game.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You M= issed In London

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By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen = Lawrence Kurt Solicitors involved in a professional negligence claim from h= ousing association Midlands Living, soft-drinks producer Britvic file intel= lectual property proceedings against Blue Ice Machines, and proceedings aga= inst three individuals filed by Iran's state-owned oil and gas company. Her= e, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And= Stories On Law360

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For those who missed out, here's a= look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the= most buzz on Law360 last week.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abdul Latif Jameel Group

Alutiiq LLC

Avco Corp.

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Cor= p.

Britvic PLC

Business Insider Inc.

Cable News Network Inc.

Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V.

Chevron Corp.

Cybersecurity Ventures

D.R. Horton Inc.

Evergreen Marine Corp.

GLS Capital LLC

Getty Images Inc.

Google LLC

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

Horizon Technology Finance Corp.=

Ingersoll-Rand Co.

Institute for Justice

J.C. Penney Co. Inc.

Juniper Networks Inc.

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

LinkedIn Corp.

Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

McDermott International

National Association = for Law Placement Inc.

Natural Resources Defense Coun= cil

New York Football Giants Inc.

New York University

Onit Inc.

Platinum Partners LP

Practising Law Institute Inc.

SolarWinds Corp.

Space Exploration Technologi= es Corp.

The Estee Lauder Cos. Inc.

The Neiman Marcus Group LLC

Universal Health Services Inc.

Wolters Kluwer

eBay Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bandas Law Firm

Berger Montague

Bracewell LLP

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olsw= ang

Cadwalader Wickersham

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bonner County, Idaho

European Union

Federal Judicial Center

Internal Revenue Service

National Labor Relations Board

National Marine Fisheries Servi= ce

Texas Department of Transporta= tion

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Attorney's Office

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

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

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

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

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

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North C= arolina

United States = Virgin Islands Department of Justice

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