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RISING STAR
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Chad Richards
By Britain Eakin
Chad Richards of Mayer Brown LLP is helping guide the regulatory approvals for Manulife Investment Management's $1.9 billion utility acquisition in the Pacific Northwest after coming off one of the largest infrastructure deals in recent years, BlackRock's $12.5 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners, earning a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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POLICY & REGULATION
OIL AND GAS
Commodities Firm Escapes Brazilian Bribery Case
By Brian Steele
A Connecticut federal judge has put an end to a criminal case alleging Freepoint Commodities LLC bribed Brazilian government officials to get an edge over its competitors, dismissing a single felony count shortly after prosecutors said the firm had satisfied its obligations under a deferred prosecution agreement.
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EXPERT ANALYSIS
Why Data Centers Must Focus On Water Stewardship
Reducing overall water use is important for data center developers and operators, but comprehensive water stewardship — including cooling system operation, chemical treatment, wastewater discharge, maintenance activities and interactions with municipal water infrastructure — is rapidly becoming both a regulatory expectation and a business imperative, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
DOJ Flags Breach Of Internal Policies In Apple Suit
By Bryan Koenig
The U.S. Department of Justice told a New Jersey federal judge Tuesday that its staffers breached internal policies when they shared personally identifiable information with an outside discovery vendor that was hired not by the department, but instead by the DOJ's state attorneys general partners, in the monopolization case against Apple.
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Prosecutors Say Goldstein Must Stay Behind Bars
By Jared Foretek
Federal prosecutors told the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday to keep convicted Supreme Court attorney Thomas Goldstein behind bars while he appeals his conviction, arguing that he remains a serious flight risk with wealthy overseas connections and "an ongoing danger" whose tax crimes continued "even after conviction."
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Arizona Atty Reprimanded For Series Of AI Errors
By Matt Perez
An Arizona federal judge has formally reprimanded a lawyer who admitted to filing four briefs that contained errors including false quotes and a faulty case summary generated with artificial intelligence amid an employment discrimination suit, noting the lawyer previously faced sanctions on two separate occasions for violating court rules.
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