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  • January 23, 2026

    Enviros Seek Quick Win In Mont. National Forest Logging Row

    A group of environmental nonprofits is asking a federal district court for a summary judgment win in their challenge to a plan to clear-cut 12,331 acres in Montana's Flathead National Forest, saying the project's biological opinion does not reflect the litany of construction that is already underway adjacent to the property.

  • January 23, 2026

    Convicted Ex-Budget Official Gives Up Conn. Law License

    With a second corruption trial looming, former Connecticut school construction official Konstantinos Diamantis has agreed to give up his license to practice law in the state and waive his ability to reapply to the bar.

  • January 23, 2026

    Latham, Davis Polk Guide Construction Gear Co.'s $747M IPO

    Construction equipment rental company EquipmentShare began trading Friday after raising $747 million at the midpoint of an expected range in an initial public offering guided by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and underwriters counsel Latham & Watkins LLP.

  • January 22, 2026

    Nationwide Unit Says Insurers Must Defend Construction Co.

    A subsidiary of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. on Thursday accused Underwriters at Lloyd's London and other insurers of wrongfully refusing to defend a general contractor from a construction defects suit involving a Los Angeles home that was bought for $7.1 million.

  • January 22, 2026

    5th Circ. Won't Restore Plastics Co.'s $75M IP Jury Award

    The Fifth Circuit is standing behind a lower court's decision throwing out a verdict of more than $75 million that plastics manufacturer Trinseo Europe GmbH won in a suit accusing a former Dow Chemical Co. employee and Kellogg Brown & Root LLC of swiping trade secrets.

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