Heavy lifting and transport company Mammoet Salvage BV won approval on Tuesday from a New York federal judge to subpoena several banks as it seeks information on assets belonging to Iraqi state-owned Basra Oil Co., part of its efforts to enforce an arbitral award now worth some $67 million.
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Salvage Co. Gets OK To Subpoena Banks In $67M Case

By Caroline Simson

Heavy lifting and transport company Mammoet Salvage BV won approval on Tuesday from a New York federal judge to subpoena several banks as it seeks information on assets belonging to Iraqi state-owned Basra Oil Co., part of its efforts to enforce an arbitral award now worth some $67 million.

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2nd Circ. Upholds $54M Award To Citgo In Oil Cargo Dispute

By Hope Patti

The Second Circuit affirmed a $54 million judgment for Citgo Petroleum Corp. in its suit seeking coverage for oil cargo lost during political unrest in Venezuela, finding Tuesday that a lower court did not err or abuse its discretion in rulings on summary judgment, judicial notice and jury instructions.

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Romania Pushes €2B Claim Over Stymied Bucharest Project

By Caroline Simson

A property developer is facing a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) claim asserted by Romania in a London Court of International Arbitration proceeding relating to an ill-fated shopping and entertainment center project in central Bucharest.

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COMMERCIAL

Judge Mulling Hiscox's Arbitration Bid In Legionnaires' Row

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Michigan federal judge said he needs to see a contract between two insurers before deciding whether to send a dispute stemming from denied reinsurance coverage for a Legionnaires' disease outbreak to arbitration in Bermuda.

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PEOPLE

Former NATO Adviser Heads To UN For Legal Affairs Role

By Joyce Hanson

A former legal adviser at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has been appointed to serve the United States in the position of assistant secretary-general for legal affairs at the United Nations.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

5 Crisis Lawyering Skills For An Age Of Uncertainty

As attorneys increasingly face unprecedented and pervasive situations — from prosecutions of law enforcement officials to executive orders targeting law firms — they must develop several essential competencies of effective crisis lawyering, says Ray Brescia at Albany Law School.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

DC Bar Flags Ethics Risks For Law Firm Deals With Gov't

By Rae Ann Varona

A District of Columbia Bar committee said in a new opinion that law firms and attorneys must consider conflicts of interest and other possible ethics issues before entering into agreements with the government that may "limit or shape their law practices."

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LA's Acting US Atty Essayli 'Not Lawfully Serving,' Judge Says

By Lauren Berg

Bill Essayli "is not lawfully serving" as the acting U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, a federal judge ruled Tuesday evening, disqualifying President Donald Trump's pick from serving in that role while declining to outright toss indictments in three criminal cases under his supervision.

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Jackson Walker Atty Romance Deal Blasted As 'Collusion'

By Lynn LaRowe

A proposed settlement between Jackson Walker LLP and defunct life insurance bond seller GWG Holdings Inc. over a former Jackson Walker partner's secret romance with an ex-bankruptcy judge should be rejected because the deal "smacks of collusion," according to a recent objection.

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Grassley Calls On Judiciary To Formally Regulate AI Use

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is calling on the federal judiciary to set formal policies regarding artificial intelligence after he exposed two mishaps involving federal judges in New Jersey and Mississippi.

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Calif. Atty Seeks $25K As Fee Sanction For AI Error

By Emily Sawicki

A California attorney representing a mobile app platform in a small-time copyright and contract suit playing out in Oakland federal court has asked for $25,000 as reimbursement for work he said went into responding to an error-ridden motion and subsequent time spent on the matter.

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Mass. Bar Reprimands Ex-US Atty Rollins Over Leak, Texts

By Julie Manganis

A divided panel of state bar regulators voted to publicly reprimand former Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins for leaking confidential material about an investigation to a reporter and then trying to deflect suspicion in a deceptive message to subordinates, a lawyer for Rollins confirmed Tuesday.

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Atty In Katt Williams Assault Case Sanctioned For Bogus Cites

By Chart Riggall

An attorney for four women suing comedian Katt Williams must notify a federal district court for the next five years that she was sanctioned for using suspected artificial intelligence-generated fake citations as part of a punishment handed down Tuesday by a Georgia federal judge.

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3 Judge Picks Sent To Senate Despite No Public Notice

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate Judiciary Committee has received pre-hearing paperwork for anticipated judicial nominees for Texas, Alaska and Arkansas, despite no formal announcement yet from President Donald Trump.

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Senate Confirms Florida State Judge To Federal Seat

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted on Tuesday 52-47, along party lines, to confirm Florida state appellate Judge Jordan Emery Pratt to the Middle District of Florida.

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Akin Beats Malpractice Claim Over Alleged IP Theft Plot

By Rose Krebs

A Third Circuit panel on Tuesday refused to revive a malpractice claim against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP lodged in a lawsuit that accused attorneys of manipulating patent litigation to steal a former Cornell University graduate student's DNA sequencing intellectual property.

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Comey Gets Backing Of Ex-DOJ Officials, Lawmakers, Judges

By Jack Karp

More than 100 former U.S. Department of Justice officials, a group of former federal judges and U.S. attorneys, current and former members of Congress, and a nonprofit focused on defending democracy are all backing former FBI Director James Comey's effort to nix his criminal prosecution.

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Trump Appeals 'Unprecedented' NY Criminal Conviction

By Frank G. Runyeon

President Donald Trump appealed his New York criminal conviction for falsifying business records, arguing the charges were defective, the jury was improperly instructed, the judge was biased and that he was immune from prosecution.

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