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The Bureau of Land Management should have looked before it leaped in reap= proving ConocoPhillips' planned Willow drilling project in Arctic Alas= ka, the Center for Biological Diversity said Monday, arguing that the agenc= y refused to evaluate the effects of any alternative plans that stranded ec= onomically viable oil on the company's land leases.

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Groups Make Final Appeal To Overturn Alas= kan Willow Project

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By Crystal Owens

The Bureau of Land Management shou= ld have looked before it leaped in reapproving ConocoPhillips' planned= Willow drilling project in Arctic Alaska, the Center for Biological Divers= ity said Monday, arguing that the agency refused to evaluate the effects of= any alternative plans that stranded economically viable oil on the company= 's land leases.

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Fla. Wants To Keep Clean Water Act Permit= Review Powers

=09

By Nate Beck

Florida officials have told a D.C.= federal judge that there would be substantial consequences if he pulls the= state's authority to run a federal Clean Water Act permit program that has= received thousands of project applications that are reviewed by more than = 300 trained employees.

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US Backs Spain In $386M Solar Award Cases=

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By Caroline Simson

The Biden administration is urging= the D.C. Circuit not to enforce some $386 million in arbitral awards issue= d to investors after Spain dialed back its renewable energy incentives, arg= uing that courts need not defer to arbitrators when deciding whether an arb= itration agreement exists.

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FERC Says It Followed Court's Orders With= LNG Reapproval

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By Keith Goldberg

The Federal Energy Regulatory Comm= ission defended its reapproval of a Texas liquefied natural gas terminal Mo= nday, telling the D.C. Circuit it addressed the appeals court's concerns af= ter the court ordered the agency to revise its environmental reviews of the= project.

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Caterpillar Gets Tweaks To Antitrust Suit= Blocked

=09

By Bryan Koenig

A Delaware federal judge has refus= ed to let a defunct construction equipment supplier add a new legal theory = in its long-running antitrust case accusing Caterpillar of pressuring an on= line auctioneer to break its contract with a would-be competitor, finding n= o good cause to permit amendment years after the deadline.

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Ex-NYPD Official Cops To NYC Mayor Straw = Donor Scam

=09

By Lauren Berg

A retired New York Police Departme= nt inspector and longtime ally of New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday = pled guilty in Manhattan state court to a misdemeanor conspiracy charge for= his part in a scheme to use straw donors to inflate public funding of the = mayor's 2021 campaign.

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Discrepancy In Co. Name Can't Sink $4.5M = Army Deal Dispute

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By Daniel Wilson

The Armed Services Board of Contra= ct Appeals has allowed an Iraqi contractor to proceed with its $4.5 million= dispute over alleged unpaid invoices under a construction equipment deal, = rejecting the U.S. Army's arguments that the claim and contract involved tw= o different companies.

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PRACTICE GROUP OF THE YEAR

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Construction Group Of The Year: Kaplan Ki= rsch

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By WaTeasa Freeman

An industry leader in the planning= and construction of some of the country's major transit hubs, Kaplan Kirsc= h & Rockwell LLP worked on guiding the expansion of the L in Chicago an= d the improvements to Los Angeles International Airport, earning a spot amo= ng Law360's 2023 Construction Groups of the Year.

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PEOPLE

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Fox Rothschild Adds Real Estate Vet In Mi= ami Office

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By Faith Williams

Philadelphia-based firm Fox Rothsc= hild LLP has welcomed a commercial real estate attorney with more than 20 y= ears of experience to its Miami office, the firm announced Monday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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High Court Case Could Reshape Local Devel= opment Fees

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If last month's oral arguments are= any indication of how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in Sheetz v. County= of El Dorado, it's unlikely the justices will hold that the essential nexu= s and rough proportionality tests under the cases of Nollan, Dolan and Koon= tz apply to legislative exactions, but a sweeping decision would still be t= he natural progression in the line of cases giving property owners takings = claims, says Phillip Babich at Reed Smith.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Rape Questions Could Be Next Focus Of Bar= App Reforms

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By Cara Bayles

New Jersey will change its charact= er and fitness questionnaire to ask less invasive questions of sexual assau= lt survivors, after a Law360 inquiry about the form. With nearly every stat= e asking would-be lawyers questions that could dredge up sexual traumas, so= me attorneys are calling for other states to follow New Jersey's lead.

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Ex-CFTC Official, Crowell & Moring At= ty Dies After Carjacking

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By Alison Knezevich

Mike Gill, a former Commodity Futu= res Trading Commission official and Crowell & Moring LLP attorney, died= over the weekend, days after he was shot during one of a string of carjack= ings in Washington, D.C.

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ABA Passes Historic Law School Free Speec= h Proposal

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By Tracey Read

The American Bar Association's pol= icymaking body on Monday adopted a proposal to require ABA-approved law sch= ools to have free speech policies, the first resolution of its kind, along = with a slate of other new regulations.

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ABA Prez Nominee Wants Organization To Le= ad On Diversity

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By Henrik Nilsson

The American Bar Association's Nom= inating Committee on Monday named solo practitioner Michelle Behnke of Madi= son, Wisconsin, as its nominee to serve as president for the 2025-2026 term= .

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$4.5M Perkins Coie Crypto Settlement Gets= Initial OK

=09

By Emilie Ruscoe

A $4.5 million settlement between = Perkins Coie LLP and investors alleging it misappropriated $10 million in c= ryptocurrency has gotten an initial nod from a Washington federal judge.

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Hack Disrupts Pa. Courts A Week After Ga.= Cyberattack

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By James Boyle

A cyberattack Sunday night on the = Pennsylvania court system's website has disrupted several public-facing ser= vices Monday, nearly a week after a similar incident tied up online systems= in Fulton County, Georgia.

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Ex-White House Counsel Rejoins Gibson Dun= n In DC

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By Rose Krebs

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has= welcomed back ex-White House counsel Stuart Delery to co-chair its crisis = management and its administrative law and regulatory practice groups.

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Longtime EDNY Judge Steps Into Private Pr= actice At Bracewell

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By Lynn LaRowe

Bracewell LLP has bolstered its go= vernment enforcement and investigations practice with a partner who served = on the federal bench in the Eastern District of New York for more than 15 y= ears and as director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts for th= e past several years.

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Article III Project Founder Launches DC '= Lawfare' Boutique

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By Daniel Connolly

Mike Davis, a founder of the conse= rvative Article III Project and a former aide to Sen. Chuck Grassley known = for his inflammatory social media presence, announced Monday that he's laun= ching a boutique law firm in Washington, D.C., focused on what he called "o= ffensive and defensive lawfare" against Democrats.

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Trump's Fans & Foes Warn Justices Aga= inst Narrow DQ Ruling

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By Jeff Overley

As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders = former President Donald Trump's potential disqualification from again being= commander-in-chief, scholars and groups with wildly divergent views agree = on this: If the justices take the easy route by deciding the case on narrow= grounds, they'll put the nation and their own reputations on the road to r= uin.

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Judicial Watchdog Flags $10K Gift To Men= endez's Defense

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By Carla Baranauckas

A $10,000 contribution to Sen. Rob= ert Menendez's legal defense fund by a federal judge's wife should be retur= ned and the judge and his wife should apologize and promise not to make pol= itical donations, a judicial watchdog said Monday.

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Md. Jury Set To Decide If Ex-State's Att= y Lied On Loan Apps

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By Ali Sullivan

The legal team representing former= Baltimore state's attorney Marilyn Mosby said during closing arguments Mon= day that she mistakenly placed her trust in her then-husband to address tax= debts the couple owed to the IRS, while federal prosecutors accused Mosby = of shifting the blame for allegedly lying on mortgage loan applications.

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9th Circ. Affirms Ax Of Atty's Age Bias = Claims Against Bar

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By Andrea Keckley

A Massachusetts patent attorney's = Age Discrimination and Employment Act lawsuit doesn't overcome the sovereig= n immunity of the California State Bar, an undivided Ninth Circuit panel ha= s held.

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Senate Confirms Schagrin Partner To Inte= rnational Trade Court

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By Courtney Buble

The Senate voted 76-0 on Mond= ay evening to confirm Schagrin Associates partner Joseph Laroski Jr. to the= U.S. Court of International Trade, the second confirmation for this court = in the past week.

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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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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

Apple Inc.

Arctic Slope Regional Corp.

Caterpillar Inc.

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

ConocoPhillips Co.

Defenders of Wildlife

Earthjustice

Federalist Society

Gallup Inc.

Georgetown University

Google LLC

Harvard University

Int= ernational Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Komatsu Ltd.

LinkedIn Corp.

Natural Resources Defense Coun= cil

New York Law School

New York University

NextEra Energy Inc.

Ohio State University

Pew Research Center

Sierra Club

Sovereign Arbitration Advisor= s LLC

State Bar of California

The Catholic University of Am= erica

The Wilderness Society

UCLA School of Law

United Nati= ons Commission on International Trade Law

University of Virginia

Yale University


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Michelle Behnke & Associates

Western Washington Law Group

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Armed Services Board of = Contract Appeals

Bureau of Land Management

California Natural Resources = Agency

California Supreme Court

Chicago Transit Authority

Colorado Supreme Court

Commodity Futures Trading Co= mmission

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Administra= tion

International Trade Commission

Los Angeles World Airports

Manhattan District Attorney&= #39;s Office

Maryland Attorney General'= s Office

New York City Police Department

Office of the U.S. Trade = Representative

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney&= #39;s Office for the District of Maryland

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

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of He= alth and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland S= ecurity

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

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

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection= Agency

U.S. Supreme Court

World Bank Group

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