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Ohio-based construction materials manufacturer Owens Corning said Friday = it has inked a $3.9 billion agreement to buy Tampa, Florida-based door-make= r Masonite International Corp., just weeks after the latter company's earli= er effort to buy PGT Innovations Inc. fell through.

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Owens Corning To Buy Door-Maker Masonite = In $3.9B Deal

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By Al Barbarino

Ohio-based construction materials = manufacturer Owens Corning said Friday it has inked a $3.9 billion agreemen= t to buy Tampa, Florida-based door-maker Masonite International Corp., just= weeks after the latter company's earlier effort to buy PGT Innovations Inc= . fell through.

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Fruit Of The Loom Entity Seeks Pay For Sp= orts Complex Work

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By Hope Patti

Fruit of the Loom subsidiary Russe= ll Brands LLC said it's owed $256,000 for its work on the construction of a= n Ohio sports complex, telling an Ohio federal court that the builder, prop= erty owner and surety have failed to tender payment nearly a year after the= work was completed.

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SunZia Line Developer To Argue Against DO= I Injunction Bid

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By Crystal Owens

The developer of the proposed SunZ= ia Southwest Transmission Project can intervene in litigation seeking to ha= lt construction of its 550-mile powerline, a federal district court ruled, = saying that disposing of the motion may impair the company's ability to pro= tect its interests.

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DOI Accused Of Delaying Coal Mine Envirom= ental Review

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By Madeline Lyskawa

Signal Peak Energy has slapped the= U.S. Department of the Interior with a complaint in D.C. federal court acc= using the agency of unlawfully delaying an environmental impact statement n= eeded for the approval of its expansion of the Bull Mountains coal mine in = Montana.

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Green Construction Co. Gets Ch. 15 Nod Fo= r Canadian Case

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By Clara Geoghegan

Canadian construction materials ma= ker Nexii Building Solutions Inc. received Chapter 15 recognition of its fo= reign reorganization proceedings from a Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday as= it looks to sell its assets and pay down debt under the supervision of a C= anadian court.

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Roundup

Real Estate Authority: Neumann's WeWork R= eboot?

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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. Ca= tch up on this week's key developments in California, Florida and New York = — as well as the obstacles WeWork founder Adam Neumann faces if he tr= ies to reclaim the struggling company that ousted him.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Willkie Opens Munich Office, 20 Frankfurt= Attys To Join

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By Matt Perez

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP a= nnounced Thursday the expansion of its footprint in Germany with the launch= of an office in Munich.

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Thompson Coe Atty Is Starting His Own Pla= intiffs Firm

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By Daniel Connolly

Houston trial lawyer Will Moye, wh= o has defended clients such as the Houston Astros, Chevron and Ford Motor C= o. against personal injury and product liability claims, announced he's swi= tching sides and will launch his own firm representing injured plaintiffs.

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Burford Can't Sub For Sysco In Pork, Beef= Price-Fixing Suits

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By Jack Karp

Legal investment firm Burford Capi= tal cannot substitute for Sysco in sprawling price-fixing lawsuits against = pork and beef producers because doing so would extend the litigation just s= o Burford can maximize its return on investment, a Minnesota federal judge = ruled Friday.

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'Not Walmart': Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO Mus= t Face Theft Suit

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By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey state judge on Friday= declined to remove McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former&#= 160;chief financial officer from a suit accusing him and his wife of steali= ng more than $3 million, noting that the heightened ethical duty imposed on= law firms justifies keeping the claims alive.

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NJ Won't Restrict Ch. 11 Cases To Certain= Judges, Group Told

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By Rose Krebs

A creditors advocacy group concern= ed about "judge-shopping" in major bankruptcy cases has said the chief judg= e of New Jersey's increasingly popular bankruptcy court has assured the gro= up he will not limit such cases to particular jurists.

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NY Panel Rejects NYCLU Demand For Memos T= o State Judges

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By Marco Poggio

A New York state appellate court s= aid the state's court system is not bound to comply with a request by the N= ew York Civil Liberties Union to disclose internal documents interpreting f= ederal and state law that were sent to judges over the course of more than = a decade.

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Analysis

FCRA Immunity Waiver Ruling Tees Up Compl= iance Frenzy

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By Matthew Santoni

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that t= he Fair Credit Reporting Act waives federal agencies' immunity from lawsuit= s will not only open the door to more litigation against government lenders= but may also trigger housecleaning to ensure that debts are correctly repo= rted, experts told Law360.

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Conn. Justices Asked To Rule On McCarter = Damages Dispute

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By Emily Sawicki

A Connecticut federal judge has gr= anted McCarter & English LLP more than $680,000 in prejudgment interest= after the firm's victory on claims a former client refused to pay legal fe= es in an underlying suit.

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No More Shady Trading For Ex-FBI Trainee = After BigLaw Theft

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By Hailey Konnath

The former FBI trainee who secretl= y traded nonpublic information that he stole from his BigLaw associate ex-g= irlfriend has agreed to a civil judgment against him permanently barring hi= m from violating securities laws, a judgment entered just months after he p= led guilty to insider trading.

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Workday Bias Case Should Stay In Calif., = Md.-Based Atty Says

=09

By Emmy Freedman

A Black senior counsel at Workday = urged a California federal court to keep alive his race and disability disc= rimination suit against the human resources services company and a deputy g= eneral counsel, saying his claims under California law are valid despite hi= s living in Maryland.

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Labaton, Rolnick Clash Over Legal Fees I= n Materials Co. Deal

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By Jeff Montgomery

Law-firm battling has sharpened ov= er multimillion-dollar legal fee claims linked to a proposed $19 million De= laware Court of Chancery settlement for a stockholder suit challenging a $3= .1 billion materials company sale in 2019, court records show.

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Pa. Atty Aims To Escape Litigation Fundi= ng Scheme Suit

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By James Boyle

A Pennsylvania lawyer has called o= n a federal court to toss a former client's claims that an attorney from th= e lawyer's firm improperly used his workplace injury case as collateral to = secure litigation funding and then transferred the high-interest-rate loans= to his legal fees.

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Buchalter, Parker Milliken Accused In $1= 9M Theft From Trusts

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By James Boyle

Attorneys from law firms Buchalter= APC and Parker Milliken Clark O'Hara & Samuelian have been accused by = members of a Los Angeles-based group of trusts of conspiring to help their = client bilk nearly $20 million from the trusts in a Ponzi scheme.

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NC Committee Open To More Transparent Di= scipline Process

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By Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina legislative commi= ttee tasked with taking a closer look at the State Bar's grievance process = seemed open on Friday to giving attorneys facing discipline greater access = to information while they're under investigation, a process that's currentl= y cloaked in confidence.

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

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By Michele Gorman

Big Tech general counsel are among= those who have launched a legal community aimed at accelerating the adopti= on of generative artificial intelligence in the corporate space, and a ruli= ng by the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of a UBS whistleblower solidified pro= tections across a wide range of industries. These are among the stories in = corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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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 = a Saudi Arabian property investor file legal action against RLS Solicitors,= Aspire Pharma and Bayer Intellectual Property tackle a patent dispute, the= owners of soccer club West Ham United FC raise a red card against E20 Stad= ium LLP with a commercial fraud action, and accountants BDO file another co= mmercial claim against the managing directors of KGJ Insurance Services. He= re, 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

A.P. Moller-Maersk

ABC Inc.

APL Logistics Ltd.

American Bar Association

Apollo Global Management LLC

Association of Corporate Counse= l

BDO LLP

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

Burford Capital LLC

BuzzFeed Inc.

Cable News Network Inc.

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

Chevron Corp.

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.

Duquesne University

FTI Consulting Inc.

Federal National Mortgage= Association

Ford Motor Co.

Fruit of the Loom Inc.

Harvard University

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.

Horizon Technology Finance Corp.=

Houston Astros

Jaguar Land Rover Ltd.

Lazard Ltd.

Lex Machina Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

London Court of Intern= ational Arbitration

Michelin Group

Microsoft Corp.

Momentive Performance Materi= als Inc.

Morgan Stanley

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

New York Civil Liberties Union

North Carolina State Bar

Oaktree Capital Management

Owens Corning Corp.

PGT, Inc.

Pentwater Capital Management LP<= /a>

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Linde Group

The New York Times Co.

Toys R Us Inc.

Walmart Inc.

Walt Disney Parks & = Resorts Worldwide Inc.

WeWork Inc.

Workday Inc.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Brownstone Appellate Law Firm

John J. Radshaw III Attorney at L= aw

Law Office of Michael J. Curls

Nelsons Solicitors Ltd.

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Land Management

California Privacy Protectio= n Agency

Commodity Futures Trading Co= mmission

Consumer Financial Protectio= n Bureau

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Commission

Executive Office of the Preside= nt

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commissi= on

Florida State Senate

Montana Department of= Environmental Quality

National Park Service

National Railroad Passenger Corp= .

Office of Su= rface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Rural Housing Service

San Carlos Apache Nation

Tohono O'odham Nation

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

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District Cour= t for the District of Arizona

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

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

U.S. District Co= urt for the District of Minnesota

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

U.S. D= istrict Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Western District of Kentucky

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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

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