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December 18, 2023
Alaska LNG Enviro Review Still Lacking, DC Circ. Told
The U.S. Department of Energy continues to unlawfully discount the climate change harms associated with a $43 billion liquefied natural gas project in Alaska despite performing a supplemental environmental review, environmental groups told the D.C. Circuit.
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December 18, 2023
Oil Co. Defends Appeal In Fraud Suit Against Pittsburgh Firm
An oil and gas producer alleging it was defrauded by a Pittsburgh-based law firm in a land purchase deal defended its appeal to the Third Circuit, asking the court to reinstate its fraud litigation against Tucker Arensberg after the case was dismissed as time-barred.
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December 15, 2023
Parties Want To Revisit Ore. Dam Review In 5 Years
The states of Oregon and Washington, as well as a coalition of green groups and Native American tribes, have entered into a joint agreement with the federal government to pause their lawsuit over hydropower practices on the Columbia River until 2029, as the parties begin restoring salmon habitats.
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December 15, 2023
Tulsa Can't Prosecute Crimes In Indian Country, Judge Says
The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, lacks jurisdiction to prosecute Native Americans for municipal crimes committed on reservation lands, a federal court judge determined Friday, saying an appellate court mandate that dismissed an early 19th-century law governing judicial authority over Indian Country will remain in effect.
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December 15, 2023
Property Plays: Hines, MG Properties, Prudential
Hines plans to build a Dallas residential tower, MG Properties has paid $76 million for a Denver multifamily property and Prudential Financial has loaned $75 million for an Illinois apartment building.
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December 14, 2023
Seattle Woman Drops Trafficking Suit Against Red Roof
A woman who says she was trafficked in a Seattle Red Roof Inn voluntarily dropped her case against the hotel company Thursday.
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December 13, 2023
NY Thruway Uses Cayuga Land Without Permission, Suit Says
The Cayuga Nation has filed suit against New York State seeking a cut of the tolls collected on the New York State Thruway where it passes through the 64,000-acre reservation promised to the nation in a 1794 treaty.
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December 13, 2023
SG Urges High Court To Back 5th Circ. In Texas Takings Case
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar filed an amicus brief in a U.S. Supreme Court takings dispute related to traffic barriers along a Texas highway, urging the high court to uphold the Fifth Circuit's ruling that the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment does not itself supply a cause of action for monetary relief against a state.
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December 13, 2023
Justices Urged To Review $26M Easement Deduction Tax Row
A partnership asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its bid to keep a $26.5 million deduction for a land conservation easement, saying the case was not barred by a law that prohibits suits to restrain the collection of taxes.
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December 12, 2023
Fishing Groups Seek 1st Circ.'s Take On Vineyard Wind Farm
Commercial fishing groups are asking the First Circuit to undo a Massachusetts federal judge's ruling nixing their challenge of U.S. Department of the Interior approvals for the Vineyard Wind 1 project, and to block development of the offshore wind farm before it causes more harm to their livelihoods and the environment.
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December 12, 2023
NY Bills Could Cut Private Universities' Tax Breaks
New York would pare tax breaks granted to private universities by repealing exemptions for real and personal property tax exemption as well as taking away tax-exempt status for institutions, under two bills introduced in the state Senate.
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December 12, 2023
Real Estate Rumors: Affinius Capital, Relevant Group, Adler
Affinius Capital and Simmons Bank have reportedly loaned $85.1 million for an Arizona multifamily property, Relevant Group is said to have sold a Los Angeles hotel for $12 million, and Adler Real Estate Partners is said to have sold three Maryland properties for $4.2 million.
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December 12, 2023
Quarles & Brady Taps New Leaders For 3 Practice Groups
Quarles & Brady LLP has named new leaders for its health and life sciences, real estate, and product liability practice groups after two prior leaders joined the firm's executive committee and another stepped back from his leadership role.
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December 12, 2023
FBI Says Site Selection Over New HQ Still On Shaky Ground
FBI and General Services Administration officials continued to disagree Tuesday on whether there was impropriety with the selection process that resulted in Greenbelt, Maryland, being chosen for the new, consolidated FBI headquarters location.
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December 12, 2023
Sprinkler Co. Inks Deal To End $1.1M Water Damage Suit
An insurer settled its Washington federal court case against a Michigan-based fire prevention company after blaming the company's sprinkler for causing over $1.1 million in water damage to a Seattle apartment building when it drenched the place without cause.
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December 11, 2023
Tulsa Looks To Ax Tribe's Indian Country Jurisdiction Dispute
Tulsa city officials are asking an Oklahoma federal district court to dismiss claims by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation that allege Native Americans are being unlawfully prosecuted, saying the law regarding jurisdiction over Indian Country is "unsettled, continually evolving and the subject of several pending lawsuits in both state and federal courts."
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December 11, 2023
Conn. Justices Ponder Borough's News Habits In Notice Case
The Connecticut Supreme Court searched Monday for a legal notice standard that works for the 21st century as it considered a challenge to a real estate regulation, pointing to modern news consumption habits as a reason to wonder if newspapers are the best platform for disseminating such notices.
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December 11, 2023
Ga. Appeals OKs Retrial After Juror Removal In Forgery Case
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Monday overturned the conviction of and ordered a new trial for a woman found guilty of lying and forging documents to obtain the property of her deceased boyfriend, saying a trial court wrongly replaced a juror after deliberations at her trial began.
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December 11, 2023
Justices Won't Wade Into Fight Over Texas Grid Law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review the Fifth Circuit's ruling that a Texas law giving incumbent transmission companies the first chance to build new power lines is unconstitutional.
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December 08, 2023
Albertsons Wants Off The Hook For Amazon Reno Costs
Albertsons is looking to force Amazon to disclose how $700,000 was spent on improving a California retail space leased to the e-commerce giant, as part of an underlying lawsuit filed by the property's landlord accusing former tenant Albertsons of owing millions for rebuilding the space to Amazon's specifications.
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December 08, 2023
Property Plays: Willets Point, Countryside Plaza, Quilvest
Property Plays is a weekly roundup of the latest loans, leases, sales and projects around the country. Send your tips — all confidential — to realestate@law360.com.
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December 08, 2023
Enviro Orgs. To Drop Suit Over Axed Lithium Exploration
The Center for Biological Diversity and Amargosa Conservancy are moving to dismiss their paused suit challenging a temporarily axed lithium exploration project near the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Nevada, saying they've struck an agreement with federal agencies to settle the case.
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December 08, 2023
Gunster Lands GrayRobinson Father-Son Real Estate Duo
Florida business law firm Gunster has brought on a father-son real estate attorney duo from GrayRobinson PA in Tampa.
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December 08, 2023
Insurer Can't Keep Info Secret In Ga. Church Fire Damage Suit
A Georgia federal judge shot down an insurance company's bid Friday to keep certain information confidential in a dispute over fire damage suffered by a Conyers, Georgia, church in 2022.
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December 08, 2023
Wis. Expands Tax Breaks For Farmland Preservation
Wisconsin is expanding eligibility for farmland preservation tax credits and increasing the amounts of credits that eligible landowners can receive for qualifying acres, under a bill signed by the governor.
Expert Analysis
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5 Ways Attorneys Can Use Emotion In Client Pitches
Lawyers are skilled at using their high emotional intelligence to build rapport with clients, so when planning your next pitch, consider how you can create some emotional peaks, personal connections and moments of magic that might help you stick in prospective clients' minds and seal the deal, says consultant Diana Kander.
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A Look At Lease Expansion Options In A Challenging Market
Expansion options can provide a powerful incentive for businesses to sign long-term leases even amid economic uncertainty, but both landlords and tenants must carefully consider the potential rights and terms, says Kris Ferranti at Shearman.
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5 Keys To A Productive Mediation
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Cortney Young at ADR Partners discusses factors that can help to foster success in mediation, including scheduling, preparation, managing client expectations and more.
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Evaluating The Legal Ethics Of A ChatGPT-Authored Motion
Aimee Furness and Sam Mallick at Haynes Boone asked ChatGPT to draft a motion to dismiss, and then scrutinized the resulting work product in light of attorneys' ethical and professional responsibility obligations.
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7 Tips To Increase Your Law Firm's DEI Efforts In 2023
Law firms looking to advance their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts should consider implementing new practices and initiatives this year, including some that require nominal additional effort or expense, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Gina Rubel at Furia Rubel.
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Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Get Back To Home Base
When I argued for the petitioner in Morgan v. Sundance before the U.S. Supreme Court last year, I made the idea of consistency the cornerstone of my case and built a road map for my argument to ensure I could always return to that home-base theme, says Karla Gilbride at Public Justice.
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New US Waters Definition May Rock The Boat
Federal agencies' latest attempt to define "waters of the United States" attempts to avoid previous rules' failings, though it will potentially increase administrative difficulties for regulated entities and also leaves ample ground for litigation, say Christopher Thomas and Andrea Driggs at Perkins Coie.
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Atty-Client Privilege Arguments Give Justices A Moving Target
Recent oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case regarding the scope of the attorney-client privilege appeared to raise more questions about multipurpose counsel communications than they answered, as the parties presented shifting iterations of a predictable, easily applied test for evaluating the communications' purpose, say Trey Bourn and Thomas DiStanislao at Butler Snow.
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5 Gen X Characteristics That Can Boost Legal Leadership
As Generation X attorneys rise to fill top roles in law firms and corporations left by retiring baby boomers, they should embrace generational characteristics that will allow them to become better legal leaders, says Meredith Kahan at Whiteford Taylor.
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6 Questions For Boutique Firms Considering Mergers
To prepare for discussions with potential merger partners, boutique law firms should first consider the challenges they hope to address with a merger and the qualities they prioritize in possible partner firms, say Howard Cohl and Ron Nye at Major Lindsey.
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5 Tips For Adding Value To Legal Clients' Experience In 2023
Faced with a potential economic downturn this year, attorneys should look to strengthen client relationships now by focusing on key ways to improve the client experience, starting with a check-in call to discuss client needs and priorities for the coming year, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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Unpacking The Interim Guidance On New Stock Buyback Tax
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service's recent notice on applying the newly effective excise tax on stock repurchases provides much-needed clarity on the tax's scope, which is much broader than anticipated given its underlying policy rationale, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.
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Legal Standing For Nature: The Road Not Taken
Fifty years have passed since former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas asked whether natural objects like trees and rivers should have standing — and while the high court has since narrowed access to the courtroom for potential environmental plaintiffs, Douglas' vision is worth revisiting, says Ninth Circuit Judge Margaret McKeown.