Judge Nixes $28M DAPL Verdict To Pave Way For Deal

By Cara Salvatore

A North Dakota federal judge agreed Tuesday to overturn the state of North Dakota's $28 million verdict against the U.S. for failure to control Dakota Access pipeline protesters, clearing the way for a settlement the parties have said is ready to go.

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Latham, Milbank Guide Data Center Power Co.'s $2B IPO Pitch

By Nate Beck

Gas engine maker Innio is seeking a valuation of up to $20.3 billion in an initial public offering guided by Latham & Watkins LLP and Milbank LLP that's set to price amid interest in companies supporting the infrastructure for artificial intelligence technology.

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CBP Says $20.6B In IEEPA Tariff Refunds Have Been Sent

By Dylan Moroses

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's tariff refund system has processed hundreds of thousands of new entries over the past two weeks, and since coming online last month it has cleared $20.6 billion in refunds for duties struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court to importers, according to a declaration filed Tuesday in the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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Trade Court OKs Revised Japanese Steel Duty

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce properly backed its use of a shipment date over an invoice date when conducting a review of the antidumping duty rate for a Japanese company's imports of certain steel products, the U.S. Court of International Trade found.

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Two Korean Chemical Exporters Face Triple-Digit Duties

By Jack McLoone

A pair of South Korean exporters of certain monomers and oligomers may be hit with triple-digit antidumping duty rates after the U.S. Department of Commerce finalized determinations on Tuesday that they are selling the goods at unfair prices.

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Panel Says Georgia Power Electric Co. Must Face Billing Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia appeals court on Tuesday revived a suit from a man claiming Georgia Power Electric Co. and a state commission wrongfully tacked a fee onto his electric bill, finding a trial court failed to notify him of a scheduling conference.

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11th Circ. Restores Mortality Table Case Against Energy Co.

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday reinstated a proposed class action against a Southern Co. subsidiary from married retirees who said outdated life expectancy data caused them to lose out on benefits, holding that a lower court erred in ruling federal benefits law didn't require using reasonable actuarial assumptions in annuity conversions.

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Justices Won't Review Mining Co.'s Federal Indemnity Bid

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to tackle a uranium mining company's lawsuit seeking $15 million in legal costs from the federal government related to nuclear contamination liabilities.

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9th Circ. Ruling Must End Land Transfer Suit, Copper Co. Says

By Crystal Owens

Resolution Copper Co. is asking a federal court to dismiss an amended religious freedom and constitutional challenge to a Tonto National Forest 2,500-acre land exchange that includes an ancient Apache worship site, arguing it recycles claims that the Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court have already rejected.

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Venezuela's Oil Reopening Leaves Risk Allocation Uncertain

As Venezuela reopens its oil sector, its new hydrocarbons framework requires contracts to preserve their economic equilibrium and authorizes the executive to modify terms, resulting in a dangerous lack of clarity about who bears which risks when conditions deteriorate, says José Alberro at FTI Consulting.

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Data Center Boom Brings New Patent Risk For Owners

As U.S. data center investment surges, owners and operators face rising patent infringement suits targeting entire facility designs rather than individual products — risks that standard vendor indemnities often fail to cover, say attorneys at V&E.

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Meet Biden's Attys Fighting DOJ Release Of Memoir Materials

By Jeff Overley

Former President Joe Biden has selected Hecker Fink LLP lawyers well acquainted with politically charged litigation for his extraordinary new lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of orchestrating a congressional inquiry in order to divulge "highly personal" records to the Heritage Foundation.

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Chicago US Atty Revamps Grand Jury Rules After Misconduct

By Parker Quinlan

Chicago's top federal prosecutor announced on Wednesday a new suite of rules for how grand jury investigations are handled after an Illinois federal judge accused the prosecutor's office of misconduct in a case against six immigration activists.

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Pierce Atwood Rips Billionaire's 'Absurd' Suit Over Asset Sale

By Sydney Price

Pierce Atwood and two attorneys urged a Massachusetts federal judge to reject a Ukrainian billionaire's suit blaming them for a $1.8 billion damages order in investor litigation over the billionaire's failed biotech company, saying his own wrongdoing led to the judgment.

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Ex-Judges Urge Court To Scrutinize Trump-IRS Deal

By Jack McLoone

A group of 35 former federal judges pushed for a Florida federal court to reopen President Donald Trump's now-settled $10 billion tax leak case against his own Internal Revenue Service, alleging that Trump and the DOJ deceived the court.

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Trump Taps Ohio Appeals Judge For Federal Bench

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he's nominating state Judge Matthew Byrne as a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of Ohio.

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Perkins Coie Docs At Issue In Omani Co.'s Malpractice Case

By Sarah Jarvis

An Oman-based screw and nail manufacturer has urged a Washington state judge to force Perkins Coie LLP to hand over a trove of documents related to the firm's past work representing the Middle Eastern company in a U.S. Department of Commerce probe, saying more information is needed to assess the law firm's defenses against claims its mistakes cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars.

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ProPublica Denied Access To Ranbaxy Antitrust MDL Docs

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Massachusetts federal court denied ProPublica's bid to unseal court filings in settled multidistrict litigation alleging a subsidiary of Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceuticals illegally delayed market entry of generic drugs, ruling the nonprofit news organization's request came too late in the case.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Keller Rohrback's Gretchen Freeman Cappio

By Andrea Keckley

By the time Volkswagen was exposed for touting the low emissions of cars that secretly released nitrogen oxide pollutants up to 40 times the legal limit in the U.S., Keller Rohrback LLP's Gretchen Freeman Cappio knew she wasn't interested in defending corporate giants.

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