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Analysis

Biden Stokes LNG Uncertainty With Export = Review Pause

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By Keith Goldberg

The Biden administration's pause o= f its approvals of liquefied natural gas exports to countries that don't ha= ve free-trade agreements with the U.S. will delay several projects and have= potential customers question whether their supply agreements can ultimatel= y be honored.

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Roundup

Real Estate Authority: A New Tallest Towe= r?

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By Real Estate Authority Staff

Law360 Real Estate Authority cover= s the most important real estate deals, litigation, policies and trends. Th= is week brought key developments in California, Florida and New York —= ; as well as a pitch for a 1,900-foot tower, which would unseat One World T= rade Center as the tallest tower in the United States.

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Ex-LA Pol Huizar Gets 13 Years For Taking= Bribes, Tax Evasion

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By Gina Kim

A California federal judge sentenc= ed former Los Angeles City Councilor Jose Huizar to 13 years in prison= Friday for a yearslong "pay-to-play" scheme that raked in nearly $2 m= illion in bribes from developers in return for approving projects, describi= ng his conduct as "outrageous" and criticizing the politician for showing l= ittle remorse.

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Biden Admin Pauses LNG Reviews Over Clima= te Concerns

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By Keith Goldberg

The Biden administration on Friday= said it would pause its approvals of liquefied natural gas exports to coun= tries that don't have free-trade agreements with the U.S., and revise its e= xport policy to greater account for LNG's impacts on climate change and ene= rgy prices.

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ComEd Can't Slash $1.3M Live-Wire Bench T= rial Judgment

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By Lauraann Wood

Exelon subsidiary Commonwealth Edi= son has lost its bid to convince an Illinois state appellate court that it = should nix most of an apartment developer's $1.3 million bench trial award = in a trespass suit targeting a live power line that delayed construction fo= r nearly two years.

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Paxton Says Barclays Can't Participate In= Texas Bond Market

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By Sarah Jarvis

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton = on Friday announced that Barclays is no longer allowed to underwrite the st= ate's municipal bonds after the bank failed to respond to requests from the= attorney general's office for information about its stated carbon emission= commitments.

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SunPower Top Brass Concealed Weak Control= s, Suit Claims

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By Sydney Price

Executives and directors of solar = power equipment company SunPower have been hit with a shareholder derivativ= e suit alleging they concealed and failed to properly address the company's= weak financial controls, which led to share declines.

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Nelson Mullins' Rates Spark Coverage Spat= Over Builder's Suit

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By Aaron West

An insurance policy battle between= an exterior building product manufacturer and its insurer over who should = pay for a law firm's services in a separate lawsuit spilled into Ohio feder= al court this week after the insurer removed the company's case from state = court to the federal arena.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Opinion

Stakeholder Amici Should Be Heard In Russ= ian Trade Case

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Although the U.S. Court of Interna= tional Trade recently rejected U.S. Steel's amicus brief in NLMK Pennsylvan= ia v. U.S., other industry stakeholders should seek to appear — and t= he court should allow it because additional perspectives will lead to a mor= e informed ruling, say attorneys Jeffrey Shapiro and Michael Andrews.=20

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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How Clients Are Contributing To Law Firm = Well-Being

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By Aebra Coe

Outside counsel are often trained = to respond to email at all hours and deliver on requests from corporate cli= ents posthaste, a culture of on-demand service that has played a part in me= ntal health challenges in the profession. In recent years, though, some cli= ents have begun to push for a paradigm shift.

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Jury Mulls Alleged Davis Polk 'Scheme' To= Fire Black Atty

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By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal jury on Friday= began deliberating claims by a Black former Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP = associate that he was fired for airing concerns about racial bias in what h= is lawyer called a clandestine retaliation plot.

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Ex-BigLaw Atty Gets 8 Years After Copping= To Manslaughter

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By Kelcey Caulder

Former Fisher Phillips partner Cla= ud "Tex" McIver was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday after pleadin= g guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges tied to the 2016 sho= oting of his wife.

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NYC Man Gets 5 Months In Merck, Pandion I= nsider Trading Case

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By Frank G. Runyeon

A tech support professional who tr= aded on confidential information about an upcoming Merck & Co. acquisit= ion that was secretly obtained from a Covington & Burling LLP associate= was sentenced to five months in prison Friday, getting credit from a Manha= ttan federal judge for his early confession.

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Judge Overseeing NFL Case To Take Senior = Status

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By Courtney Bubl=E9

Chief Judge Philip Gutierrez of th= e Central District of California will take senior status on Oct. 15, accord= ing to a recent update from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

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Interview

Judge Reyes Talks Big Trials, Preparation= And Dogs At Work

=09

By Bryan Koenig

Less than a year after U.S. Distri= ct Judge Ana C. Reyes took the bench in February 2023, the longtime William= s & Connolly LLP litigation partner has already handled several Jan. 6 = trials and the Assa Abloy merger trial, a case she took on a scant month af= ter her Senate confirmation.

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Illinois Judges Face Partisan Complaint O= ver Diversity Orders

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By Celeste Bott

A group founded by former Trump ad= viser Stephen Miller has filed a discrimination complaint against three Ill= inois federal judges over their efforts to encourage younger, female and mi= nority attorneys to handle oral arguments in their courtrooms, saying the p= olicies amount to "oral-argument affirmative action for lawyers."

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Trump Org. Monitor Flags Financial 'Error= s' As Ruling Looms

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By Dorothy Atkins

An independent monitor overseeing = the Trump Organization's finances amid the New York attorney general's civi= l fraud suit reported Friday she found multiple errors and misstatements in= disclosures sent to third-party lenders, including underreporting the orga= nization's liabilities by millions of dollars and hiding $40 million recent= ly sent directly to the former president.

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Ga. State Rep Moves To Impeach DA Fani Wi= llis

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By Andrea Keckley

Republican Georgia State Rep. Char= lice Byrd introduced a resolution to impeach Fani T. Willis on Friday,= one day after Donald Trump joined a motion to disqualify the Fulton C= ounty district attorney from the sweeping racketeering case she is pursuing= against the former president and more than a dozen others in connection wi= th the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

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Kirkland, Other Firms Seek $23M Fees In C= yxtera Ch. 11

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By Jonathan Romeo

Law firms and professional adviser= s have filed final fee applications exceeding $23 million in the New Jersey= bankruptcy case of data center provider Cyxtera Technologies Inc., includi= ng a request from Kirkland & Ellis LLP for $14.5 million in legal fees.

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Conn. Firm Accuses Copyright Case Foe Of= Filing False Docs

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By Rose Krebs

A Connecticut firm embroiled in a = yearslong, multistate copyright battle over images on its website has told = a California federal judge that the stock photo website accusing it of infr= ingement submitted false and inaccurate information to the U.S. Copyright O= ffice.

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Antitrust Enforcers Warn Cos. About Auto= -Deleting Messages

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By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission and U= .S. Department of Justice issued new guidance on Friday warning companies a= bout the need to preserve messages sent using collaboration tools and "ephe= meral" messaging platforms while agency investigations or lawsuits are ongo= ing.

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Painters Union's Trust Says Law Firm Owe= s It Medical Costs

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By Emmy Freedman

A painters union's trust that prov= ides employee benefits has said in a new lawsuit that a plan participant an= d a Washington state personal injury law firm must reimburse it for medical= expenses after they recovered more than $700,000 in damages from a pair of= car crashes.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2024 Editor= ial Boards

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Law360 is looking for avid re= aders of its publications to serve as members of its 2024 editorial advisor= y boards.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

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By Kevin Penton

Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP lea= ds this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, as a New York federal judge r= uled in favor of a pair of photographers who launched separate but related = copyright infringement suits alleging that well-known appropriation artist = Richard Prince stole their work.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate Ne= ws Of The Week

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By Michele Gorman

Exxon's decision to sue a pair of = activist investors to block a proposed climate change-related vote could re= flect frustration with the SEC's tonal shift on shareholder proposals, and = a new study shows most companies are limiting the use of generative AI beca= use of privacy and data security issues. These are among the stories in cor= porate legal news you may have missed in the last week.

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

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By Max Austin

The past week in London has seen S= ainsbury’s Supermarkets face patent proceedings over a specific type = of mandarin, Alexander Nix, the former chief of Cambridge Analytica, embroi= led in further proceedings with Dynamo Recoveries, the sports management ar= m of Warner Bros raise a red card against crypto exchange Next Hash, and EY= targeted in a libel claim by a consultancy firm. Here, Law360 looks at the= se 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

Abu Dhabi National Insurance= Co. PSC

Air Lease Corp.

Allergan PLC

American Petroleum Institute In= c.

American Red Cross

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

Assa Abloy AB

Associated Materials LLC

BDO LLP

Bouygues

CSL Behring LLC

Cable News Network Inc.

Chevron Corp.

Cisco Systems Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

Commonwealth Edison Co.

Cornerstone Research Inc.

Hilco Real Estate LLC

Instagram Inc.

Kering SA

Kuehne & Nagel International A= G

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

MasterCard Inc.

McAfee Inc.

McGuireWoods Consulting LLC

National Association = for Law Placement Inc.

National Association of Realtor= s

National Multifamily Hous= ing Council

New York State Bar Association

NuStar Energy LP

Nucor Corp.

Organizati= on for Economic Cooperation and Development

Real Estate Board of New York

SL Green Realty Corp.

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd.<= /a>

Teva Pharmaceutical Industrie= s Ltd.

The Carlyle Group Inc.

The DIRECTV Group Inc.

The Florida Bar

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The New York Times Co.

Trump Organization Inc.

United States Steel Corp.

Venture Global LNG Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

YouTube Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Reichman Jorgensen Lehman &am= p; Feldberg LLP

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Employee Benefits Secur= ity Administration

European Union

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Crimes Enforcement= Network

Georgia Supreme Court

Illinois Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

International Monetary Fund

New York Attorney General'= s Office

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

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Bankrupt= cy Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Copyright Office

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Homeland S= ecurity

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

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

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

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

U.S. Di= strict Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United Nations

Un= ited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

World Bank Group

World Trade Organization

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