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Arevon Energy Inc. said Tuesday that it closed on financing for a Califor= nia renewable energy storage facility, including $350 million from a Blacks= tone unit in the form of preferred equity, with guidance from three law fir= ms.

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Calif. Clean Energy Storage Secures $350M= From Blackstone

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By Grace Dixon

Arevon Energy Inc. said Tuesday th= at it closed on financing for a California renewable energy storage facilit= y, including $350 million from a Blackstone unit in the form of preferred e= quity, with guidance from three law firms.

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DC Circ. Again Nixes Challenge To FERC P= ipeline Powers

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By Madeline Lyskawa

The D.C. Circuit has reinstated it= s prior judgment affirming a lower court's dismissal of Virginia landowners= ' constitutional challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ap= proval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, nearly a year after the U.S. Suprem= e Court remanded the case.

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Squabble Heats Up Over Plans To Move DC N= BA, NHL Teams

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By Elaine Brise=F1o

Billionaire Ted Leonsis' efforts t= o dislodge his sports teams Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals from= the District of Columbia, and put down stakes in Virginia have run into re= sistance, including from a Virginia state senator and the mayor of Washingt= on, D.C.

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Trade Court Backs Commerce's 4th Go At Ta= iwan Nail Duties

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By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. Court of International Tr= ade backed the U.S. Department of Commerce's fourth try at defending its ap= proach to calculating anti-dumping duties for Taiwanese steel nails, accept= ing the department's reasons for departing from academic literature calling= for a different approach.

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$1.37M Conn. Contract Suit Revived After = Counsel Secured

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By Brian Steele

A federal breach of contract lawsu= it arising from the construction of an apartment complex in Hartford can pr= oceed now that the plaintiff has secured new counsel, a judge in the Distri= ct of Connecticut ruled Tuesday in overturning her own decision to kill the= case last October.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Opinion

New La. Gas Pipeline Projects Must Respec= t Rules And Rights

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As pipeline developers rush to joi= n in Louisiana's Haynesville Shale gas boom, established operators like Ene= rgy Transfer are justified in demanding that newer entrants respect safety = rules, regulatory requirements and property rights when proposing routes th= at would cross existing pipelines, says Joshua Campbell at Campbell Law.

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SG's Office Is Case Study To Help Close L= egal Gender Gap

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As women continue to be underrepre= sented in the upper echelons of the legal profession, law firms could learn= from the example set by the Office of the Solicitor General, where culture= and workplace policies have helped foster greater gender equality, say att= orneys at Ocean Tomo.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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AI-Generated Fake Case Law Leads To Sanct= ions In Wage Suit

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By Rose Krebs

The owner of a Missouri-based tech= nology business that was ordered to pay an ex-employee roughly $311,000 in = unpaid wages, damages and legal costs was sanctioned Tuesday by an appellat= e court for briefing "deficiencies," including submitting fake cases genera= ted by artificial intelligence.

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Judge Says Latham Deserves Default Win Ov= er Scam Domains

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By Emily Sawicki

Latham & Watkins LLP should be= handed a default win against an unknown scammer it accused of registering = dozens of domain names to impersonate the firm and one of its attorneys in = an attempt to defraud clients, a federal magistrate judge in Virginia recom= mended Tuesday, determining the firm has a protectable interest in a valid = trademark.

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ABA Asks Agency To End Use Of 'Master,' C= iting Slavery Tones

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By Hannah Albarazi

Calling someone a "court-appointed= master" carries negative connotations due to the term's use during slavery= , the American Bar Association's president wrote in a letter urging th= e Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to adopt the term "court-appoint= ed neutral" instead.

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Ex-FERC Chair Returns To Skadden As Energ= y Group Head

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By Andrea Keckley

James Danly, former Republican Fed= eral Energy Regulatory Commission member and onetime chairman, is returning= to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP as the head of its energy reg= ulatory group, the firm announced Tuesday amid growing private sector deman= d for energy attorneys in the nation's capital.

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Milbank, Perlmutter Center Pair Up To Fig= ht Injustices In Court

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By Marco Poggio

Milbank LLP has pledged $1 million= to create an exoneration and resentencing review unit at Yeshiva Universit= y's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law's Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice= as part of an alliance aimed at fighting inequities in the criminal justic= e system, the firm said Tuesday.

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DHS Trade Official Joins Squire Patton In= DC

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By Alison Knezevich

A U.S. Department of Homeland Secu= rity official has joined Squire Patton Boggs LLP as the firm continues to f= ocus on growing in the areas of national security, trade and international = investigations.

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Troutman Pepper Faces One Of Kwok Trustee= 's Clawbacks

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By Andrea Keckley

The trustee overseeing Chinese exi= le Ho Wan Kwok's Chapter 11 case has filed an adversary complaint against T= routman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP in a Connecticut bankruptcy court, sayi= ng Kwok transferred almost $2 million in prepetition funds and more than $8= 0,000 in post-petition funds to the firm through his shell companies.

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NJ Judge Fights Ethics Charges Over Aide'= s Remote Work

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By Jake Maher

A New Jersey state judge is fighti= ng an ethics complaint alleging that he improperly let his secretary w= ork remotely, arguing that he believed he had the discretion to make that k= ind of working arrangement and, at most, he made an "honest mistake" in tha= t regard.

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Ex-Wilson Elser Atty Can't Get Benefits F= or Chronic Fatigue

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By Jack Karp

A former Wilson Elser Moskowitz Ed= elman & Dicker LLP partner is not entitled to long-term disability bene= fits, as he did not prove that his chronic fatigue syndrome kept him from d= oing his job, a Nevada federal judge has ruled.

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Fired McElroy Deutsch Exec Pursues Firm L= eaders' Amex Info

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By Jake Maher

A former executive at McElroy Deut= sch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP, who is accused with her husband of steali= ng over $3 million from the firm, doubled down on her discovery request thi= s week for corporate credit card statements from several firm leaders, reje= cting the argument that their credit card use is not comparable to hers.

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Boeing Hit With Bias Suit By Ex-Defense = Division Attorney

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By Aaron West

Boeing was hit with an employment = discrimination suit in Washington state court from a former top attorney in= one of the company's finance departments who alleged that she was fired be= cause of her race after anti-Asian sentiment saw a rise during the COVID-19= pandemic.

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Conn. Judge Nom Blames Order Gaffe On 'V= ery Bad Moment'

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By Ryan Harroff

Connecticut lawmakers on Tuesday g= rilled a judge about an admonishment he received for berating a man over di= sobeying a nonexistent court order — a lapse the jurist attributed to= a "very bad moment" — and also questioned his respect for the state = high court's precedent.

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Trans Inmate Wins Move To Women's Prison= After 6-Year Saga

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By Chris Villani

An incarcerated person with gender= dysphoria will be moved to a women's prison and is on track to receive gen= der-affirming care after a Massachusetts federal judge found that her right= s had been violated, ending a six-year wait for a ruling in a case that had= stalled on the docket.

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American Arbitration Associatio= n

American Bar Association

American Intellec= tual Property Law Association

Arevon Energy Inc.

Axon Enterprise Inc.

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

Georgetown University

JS Held LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

Marvel Entertainment LLC

Momentum Midstream LLC

MoneyGram International Inc.

Monumental Sports & Ente= rtainment LLC

National Hockey League

Ocean Tomo LLC

Reliance Standard Life Insur= ance Co.

Southern California Edison Co.

Southwestern Energy Co.

Stifel Financial Corp.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Gr= oup Inc.

The Boeing Co.

The New York Times Co.

Twitter Inc.

US News & World Report LP

VeriSign Inc.

Washington & Lee University


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Committee on= Foreign Investment in the United States

Federal Communications Commissi= on

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Federal Trade Commission

Massachusetts Supreme Judici= al Court

New Jersey Supreme Court

U.S. Census Bureau

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

U.S. Court of Appeal= s for the Federal Circuit

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

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 State

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

U.S. Distric= t Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. Supreme Court

Un= ited States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut

United St= ates District Court for the District of Nevada

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