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April 04, 2025
Houston Atty Says Unethical Funding Deal Means No Fee Split
A Houston attorney has asked a Texas state court to rule that his partner is not entitled to an equal share of his case fees, accusing his colleague of mismanaging millions in funds and entering into an unethical agreement with a hedge fund.
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April 04, 2025
​​​​​​​Top Groups Lobbying The FCC
The Federal Communications Commission heard from advocates nearly 100 times in March about their priorities, including a rework of prison phone rate caps, efforts to clear broadband deployment hurdles, the transition to next-generation TV and more. Here's a look at some of the groups that met with the FCC in March and what they're concerned about.
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April 04, 2025
Novelis Seeks $15M For Recycle Facility Construction Delays
Atlanta-based aluminum giant Novelis said this week that a design and build firm in charge of construction of a sprawling recycling plant botched key features of the project, leading to "persistent delays" and more than $15 million in damages from repairs and lost profits.
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April 03, 2025
Ex-SunEdison Exec Gets 'Historic' $34.5M Deal In SOX Case
A former SunEdison Inc. executive scored a record-breaking $34.5 million settlement with SunEdison-sponsored yieldcos he once ran following a nearly decadelong legal battle and a finding that he was fired as retaliation in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for highlighting potential securities laws violations, his Hinckley Allen attorneys announced Thursday.
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April 03, 2025
Forge Ahead On Broadband Deployment Funds, States Say
A bipartisan group of legislators from 28 states called on the Trump administration not to disrupt the rollout of $42.5 billion in federal funds for broadband projects targeted to unserved areas around the country.
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April 03, 2025
Tribes Seek Priority Window For Upcoming Spectrum Auction
Native American tribes pressed the Federal Communications Commission to let them apply during a priority window for an upcoming auction of commercial spectrum, as the FCC has done previously to boost tribal connectivity.
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April 03, 2025
Judge OKs Toss Of FCPA Case Against Ex-Cognizant Execs
A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday granted the federal government's bid to end the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against two former executives of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., ending a legal battle that was beset by delays throughout its six-year run. Â
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April 03, 2025
Trump FCC Nominee Set For Senate Hearing Next Week
The Senate Commerce Committee will hold an April 9 confirmation hearing on Olivia Trusty, the White House nominee for a third Republican seat on the Federal Communications Commission.
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April 02, 2025
Calif. Tribe Sues After DOI Rescinds $700M Casino Eligibility
The U.S. Department of the Interior's sudden decision to rescind gambling eligibility for a $700 million tribal casino-resort project violates the California tribe's due process rights and is an overreach of the agency's authority, the tribe told a D.C. federal judge in a new lawsuit.
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April 02, 2025
Feds Drop FCPA Case Against Ex-Cognizant Execs
The federal government on Wednesday moved to dismiss its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives, ending a long-running case that had been stalled by President Donald Trump's executive order curtailing bribery prosecutions and another now-rescinded presidential decree targeting Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, which had been representing one of the defendants.
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April 01, 2025
Heritage Coal OK To Use Lender Cash Amid Settlement Effort
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved Heritage Coal owner KTRV's bid to continue using cash to support its operations as the company works to strike a settlement with secured lender Bedrock Industries.
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April 01, 2025
Republicans Float Wish List Of Biden Financial Rule Rollbacks
Republican lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee sent a bevy of letters to financial regulators on Tuesday calling for the withdrawal or modification of rules and guidance issued under the Biden administration addressing topics like risk management, mergers, banking capital requirements and crypto business reporting.
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April 01, 2025
Wireless Industry Asks FCC To Loosen NEPA Rules
A major wireless trade association is urging the Federal Communications Commission to drop National Environmental Policy Act requirements on certain wireless infrastructure deployments, saying that the "burdensome" "red tape" is hindering future wireless expansion, rather than facilitating it.
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April 01, 2025
Rep. Files Bill To Study LEO Broadband Funding In Appalachia
A bill introduced by a U.S. House Republican would direct a new study on possibly providing federal aid in Appalachia for low Earth orbit satellite systems that can fill gaps in high-speed connectivity.
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April 01, 2025
Atlanta Settles Enviro Group's Suit Over 'Cop City' Site
The city of Atlanta has agreed to settle an environmental group's legal challenge to the construction of its controversial police training center complex, reaching a deal Monday that includes $70,000 in attorney fees for the group and future water quality monitoring.
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April 01, 2025
Paul Hastings Atty Joins Dechert's Global Finance Team In NY
Dechert LLP's New York office has landed a former Paul Hastings LLP of counsel and CIFG Assurance North America deputy general counsel, saying Monday that his hire bolsters the firm's capabilities in private credit finance, securitization and structured and derivative products.
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April 01, 2025
Davis Wright Hires 40-Year Energy Vet From Pierce Atwood
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has hired an energy partner from Pierce Atwood LLP who has more than four decades of experience representing energy project developers, private equity companies who invest in those projects and other players, the firm announced on Tuesday.
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March 31, 2025
DOI Rescinds Gaming Eligibility In $700M Calif. Casino Project
The Department of the Interior has temporarily suspended a gaming eligibility determination for a California tribe's $700 million casino and gaming resort project, saying Secretary Doug Burgum is concerned that the agency didn't consider additional evidence regarding the 160-acre parcel's restored lands exception.
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March 31, 2025
Heritage Coal Files For Ch. 11, Alleging Ex-Owner Sabotage
Heritage Coal and its owner KTRV have both filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware, saying Heritage's owner prior to KTRV has asserted ownership over the debtors' assets and taken steps to sabotage and vandalize the debtors' mining equipment.
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March 28, 2025
GOP Rep. Says Lawmakers Ready For FCC Subsidy Fix
Congress will be prepared to reform the country's telecom subsidy programs for low-income and rural consumers if the U.S. Supreme Court decides they must be overhauled, according to a key House Republican.
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March 28, 2025
Carriers Challenge Midco's 'Unsubsidized Competitor' Status
Two Minnesota telecoms say the FCC must take seriously their petitions to strip a rival of its "unsubsidized competitor" status and adjust their federal deployment aid because the companies have gone through the trouble of individually checking thousands of addresses to back their claims.
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March 28, 2025
DC Circ. Tosses Green Groups' Challenge To La. Gas Pipelines
A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday rejected an environmental challenge to a Tellurian subsidiary's $1.5 billion plan to construct parallel, roughly 30-mile gas pipelines in Louisiana, ruling that federal energy regulators reasonably weighed greenhouse gas impacts and market demand in approving the project.
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March 28, 2025
5th Circ. OKs Largest US Crude Export Terminal's Expansion
A Fifth Circuit panel found the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dotted its i's and crossed its t's before it greenlighted an expansion of the largest crude oil export terminal by volume in North America, finding in a Friday opinion the agency adequately studied the project's effects.
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March 27, 2025
Commerce Nominee Demurs On Broadband Fund At Hearing
Sen. Ted Cruz's top aide, Arielle Roth, skirted the question Thursday when asked how much each state would receive under the $42.5 billion broadband deployment program during her confirmation hearing to be the next head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
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March 27, 2025
FCPA 'Purgatory' Frustrates White Collar Bar, Anxious Clients
An abrupt pause in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement has created tension between clients eager to resolve investigations and their attorneys, who are having trouble reaching decision-makers at the U.S. Department of Justice and are more inclined to await further guidance from the government.
Expert Analysis
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In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege
Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.
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Emerging Energy Trends Reflect Shifting Political Landscape
As the Trump administration settles in, some emerging energy industry trends, like expanded support for fossil fuel production, are right off of its wish list — while others, like the popularity of Inflation Reduction Act energy tax credits, and bipartisan support for carbon capture, reflect more complex political realities, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.
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Series
Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.
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Opinion
Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay
Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.
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5 Key Takeaways From Energy Secretary's Confirmation
The recent confirmation hearing for U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright highlighted several important themes, including his vision for transforming the DOE, his nuanced stance on renewables, and a renewed emphasis on energy abundance and affordability, says Connor McCulloch at Ankura Consulting Group.
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Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example
Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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What Calif. Bill Could Mean For Battery Energy Storage
A newly proposed bill in the California Legislature would place major restrictions on the development of battery energy storage system projects in the state — but with Gov. Gavin Newsom's strong support for clean energy technology, the legislation will likely face significant obstacles, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.
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Perspectives
Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines
KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.
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Trump's Energy Plans: Climate, Data Centers, LNG And More
With a host of executive orders addressing climate and emissions policies, expanded energy development, offshore and onshore projects, liquefied natural gas and more, the second Trump administration has already given energy companies much to consider, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex
Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.
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Trump's Energy Plans: Funding, Permits And Nuclear Power
In the wake of President Donald Trump's flurry of first-day executive orders focusing on the energy sector, attorneys at Gibson Dunn analyze what this presidency will mean for energy-related grants and loans, changes to permitting processes and developments in nuclear power.
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When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law
In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Drug Cartels' Terrorist Label Raises Litigation Risk For Cos.
President Donald Trump's planned designation of some Latin American drug-trafficking groups as foreign terrorist organizations creates an additional and little-noticed source of legal exposure: U.S. civil litigation risk involving terrorism claims by victims of those groups, say attorneys at Covington.
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Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering
Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.
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Series
Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Becoming a documentary filmmaker has allowed me to merge my legal expertise with my passion for storytelling, and has helped me to hone negotiation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are important to both endeavors, says Robert Darwell at Sheppard Mullin.