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The U.S. Department of Labor has asked a Texas federal judge to toss the = Associated Builders and Contractors' lawsuit seeking to stop the agency fro= m enforcing a final rule regarding prevailing wage rates for federal constr= uction projects, saying the group didn't show how the rule would harm its m= embers.

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DOL Seeks To Ax Challenge To New Davis-Ba= con Rule

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By Abby Wargo

The U.S. Department of Labor has a= sked a Texas federal judge to toss the Associated Builders and Contractors'= lawsuit seeking to stop the agency from enforcing a final rule regarding p= revailing wage rates for federal construction projects, saying the group di= dn't show how the rule would harm its members.

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Renderings Pitch White Sox Ballpark In Ch= icago's South Loop

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By Nate Beck

Developer Related Group has releas= ed a series of renderings to tease a possible move by the Chicago White Sox= from their Guaranteed Rate Field to a new riverfront site in the city's So= uth Loop.

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Manchin Says Biden Admin Mishandled LNG P= ause

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By Madeline Lyskawa

Sen. Joe Manchin expressed his dis= may at the Biden administration's late-January announcement to pause liquif= ied natural gas export permit approvals, telling David Turk, the deputy sec= retary of energy, in a hearing on Thursday that the administration should h= ave turned to the Senate for discussion before making the decision.

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Deal In Renovation Row Should've Been In = Writing, Attys Told

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By Rose Krebs

A Delaware Superior Court judge ha= s offered a cautionary lesson to counsel representing a construction compan= y that contended it had reached an enforceable agreement with a homeowner i= n a renovation dispute: You should have gotten the deal in writing.

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New Eagle Rule Aims To Expand Clean Power= , Protect Birds

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By Peter McGuire

Federal wildlife regulators on Thu= rsday put out streamlined permitting for wind farms, power lines and other = projects that unintentionally kill, injure and disturb bald and golden eagl= es, a move welcomed by clean power and conservation groups.

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Commerce's Grudging Duty Hike Gets Trade = Court OK

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By Jennifer Doherty

U.S. flooring companies won a bid = to raise anti-dumping duties on certain Chinese competitors on Thursday, af= ter a U.S. Court of International Trade judge accepted recalculated tariffs= the U.S. Department of Commerce submitted under protest.

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Vietnamese Pipe Fittings Cleared Of Dodgi= ng China Duties

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By Jennifer Doherty

The U.S. Court of International Tr= ade has signed off on U.S. Customs and Border Protection's reversal of its = evasion determinations regarding two importers that brought carbon steel bu= tt-weld pipe fittings into the U.S. from Vietnam.

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Pierson Ferdinand Added 104 FisherBroyles= Attys In January

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By Aebra Coe

As of the end of January, a total = of 104 partners had departed FisherBroyles LLP to join breakaway law firm P= ierson Ferdinand LLP, according to an announcement by the new firm, which o= pened its doors at the beginning of the year.

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Ex-Schnader Harrison Atty Alleges Firm Mi= shandled Funds

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By Lynn LaRowe

A former partner of now-shuttered = Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP has accused the firm of misman= aging funds deducted from employee pay by failing to deposit them into a re= tirement plan, according to a putative class action in Pennsylvania fe= deral court.

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Ex-BigLaw Atty Must Revamp Social Media D= efamation Suit

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By Ryan Boysen

The social media influencer facing= a $150 million defamation lawsuit claiming he misrepresented an ex-Greenbe= rg Traurig LLP attorney's nightmarish divorce can breathe a sigh of relief = — for now — as a Florida federal judge tossed the suit Thursday= after finding it is "far longer than it needs be," but said most of it can= proceed if refiled properly.

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Dechert Pushes To Deep-Six Hacking Cover-= Up Suit

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By Stewart Bishop

Dechert LLP, its former white coll= ar practice leader and others on Thursday urged a New York federal judge to= find that alleged concealment of a hacking campaign to discredit a critic = of a firm client isn't enough to support a civil Racketeer Influenced and C= orrupt Organizations Act case.

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Judge Newman Says She's Been Cut From Jud= icial Listserv

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By Craig Clough

The day after a national panel tha= t reviews judicial misconduct affirmed Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman= 's suspension for refusing to undergo medical tests as part of a probe into= her mental fitness, the judge complained Thursday that she had been taken = off an email list that goes to all judges.

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Biden Nominates Ex-Hogan Lovells Associat= e For GC Post At DOT

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By Rose Krebs

President Joe Biden announced Thur= sday he is nominating a former Hogan Lovells attorney who has served in mul= tiple posts with the U.S. Department of Transportation to be the department= 's top lawyer.

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Analysis

These Firms Are Leading In Patent Litigat= ion Work

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By Kelly Lienhard

A Houston-based intellectual prope= rty firm filed the most patent suits over the last three years in the U.S.,= while a well-established boutique again took the top spot as the firm defe= nding the most patent litigation during the same period, according to a new= Lex Machina report.

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Justices Doubtful Of States' Power To DQ = Trump

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By Thy Vo

U.S. Supreme Court justices were d= eeply skeptical Thursday that states have the authority to bar Donald Trump= from the ballot under the 14th Amendment, repeatedly questioning why Color= ado should be allowed to potentially decide the course of the 2024 presiden= tial election.

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Analysis

5 Key Takeaways From Justices' Trump DQ A= rguments

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By Katie Buehler

A special U.S. Supreme Court sessi= on Thursday examining Colorado's removal of former President Donald Trump f= rom its primary ballot was dominated by debate over a state's authority to = do so, but the justices also found time to examine Reconstruction-era langu= age choices and weigh the benefits of relying on ancient case law — w= hile mostly avoiding the question of Trump's participation in an insurrecti= on.

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NY Judge Scolds Trump Attys For Response = To Perjury Query

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By Frank G. Runyeon

The New York state judge overseein= g Donald Trump's civil fraud trial on Thursday chastised defense attorneys = for their "misleading" response to his demands for information about report= s of possible perjury by defendant and key trial witness Allen Weisselberg.

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DOJ Won't Prosecute Biden For Keeping Cl= assified Docs

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By Lauren Berg

President Joe Biden "willfully ret= ained" documents related to foreign policy in Afghanistan and other classif= ied materials following his vice presidency, but there is not enough eviden= ce to pursue criminal charges against him, according to a lengthy U.S. Depa= rtment of Justice report released Thursday.

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Ex-Trump Aide Peter Navarro Can't Stay F= ree During Appeal

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By Hailey Konnath

A District of Columbia federal jud= ge on Thursday refused to allow former White House adviser Peter Navarro to= remain outside of prison while he appeals his sentence for refusing to com= ply with congressional subpoenas, rejecting Navarro's argument that his app= eal raises a "substantial question of law" warranting his release.

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Justices Rule Gov't Agencies Not Immune = From FCRA Suits

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By Matthew Santoni

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thurs= day that a person can sue a government agency under the Fair Credit Re= porting Act, because the law's 1970 definition of a "person" was suffi= cient to waive the government's immunity.

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Judicial Nominee Assures GOP Sens. She's= Not A Marxist

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By Courtney Buble

Republicans on the Senate Judiciar= y Committee raised concerns about two U.S. district court nominees appearin= g before the committee on Thursday over their supposed ties to Marxism and = the defund the police campaign, but the nominees tried to disabuse law= makers of that suggestion.

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Trustee Balks At Retro Atty Hire In Info= Wars Ch. 11 Case

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By Vince Sullivan

The Office of the U.S. Trustee opp= osed a retroactive retention of a law firm for the bankruptcy trustee in th= e Chapter 11 case of Alex Jones' InfoWars radio show production company, sa= ying there is no justification for failing to file a retention application = for more than a year.

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Kidde-Fenwal's Ch. 11 Fee Examiner OKs $= 20.4M For 15 Firms

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By Alex Wittenberg

The fee examiner appointed in fire= -suppression company Kidde-Fenwal's Chapter 11 case has recommended that a = Delaware bankruptcy judge approve $20.4 million in pay for 15 firms working= on the proceedings, after they agreed to cut their requested compensation = by about $333,000.

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OpenAI Asks 11th Circ. To Uphold Fee Rul= ing

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By Matt Perez

OpenAI urged the Eleventh Circuit = on Wednesday to uphold a federal judge's decision not to dock it attorney f= ees for attempting to remove a Georgia radio host's defamation lawsuit to f= ederal court, saying it had "an objectively reasonable basis for removal."

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Baltimore Judge To Face Hearing Over Cla= ims He Groped Atty

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By Dorothy Atkins

A Baltimore city district court ju= dge is set to face a judicial ethics hearing in May over allegations that h= e repeatedly touched a lawyer without her consent following a bar associati= on event, while he apologized for making the woman uncomfortable and said h= e genuinely thought she had been flirting with him.

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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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Associated General Con= tractors of America

Berkeley Research Group LLC

Capital One Financial Corp.

Chevron Corp.

Chicago White Sox

Citizens for Re= sponsibility & Ethics in Washington

Fenwal Inc.

Guggenheim Partners LLC

Houlihan Lokey Inc.

Lex Machina Inc.

LexisNexis Group Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

The Leadership C= onference on Civil & Human Rights

TikTok Inc.

Trump Organization Inc.

Twitter Inc.

U.S. Energy Corp.

University of Virginia

YouTube Inc.


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California Department of = Transportation

Colorado Secretary of State

Colorado Supreme Court

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Fish and Wildlife Service

International Trade Commission

National Archives an= d Records Administration

New York Attorney General'= s Office

Rural Housing Service

U.S. Attorney's Office

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

U.S. Court of Appea= ls for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protect= ion

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of Transportatio= n

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

World Trade Organization

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