3M is urging a Florida federal court to release information relating to its recently inked $6 billion deal ending claims over allegedly faulty combat earplugs to a London arbitral tribunal, which is tasked with determining whether insurer AIG Europe Ltd. is wrongly refusing to pay its share of the historic pact.
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3M Says $6B Settlement Docs Needed In AIG Europe Fight

By Caroline Simson

3M is urging a Florida federal court to release information relating to its recently inked $6 billion deal ending claims over allegedly faulty combat earplugs to a London arbitral tribunal, which is tasked with determining whether insurer AIG Europe Ltd. is wrongly refusing to pay its share of the historic pact.

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King & Spalding Partner Selected As Trump's Trade Rep

By Hailey Konnath

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that King & Spalding LLP international trade partner Jamieson L. Greer was his pick for U.S. trade representative, noting that Greer played a "key role" in imposing tariffs on China during Trump's first term.

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New Orleans Property Owner Revives Bid To Nix Arbitration

By Joyce Hanson

A New Orleans property owner has again urged a Louisiana federal judge to overturn his order forcing it to arbitrate a $7 million Hurricane Ida damage claim with 11 insurers for a block of luxury apartments and retail shops, pointing to a recent ruling by the state's top court.

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Bulgarian Co. Says Fight Over $7M Can't Go To Arbitration

By Joyce Hanson

A Bulgarian contractor has asked an Illinois federal court not to pause a local bank's litigation seeking to determine the proper owner of $7 million it's holding in escrow related to a dispute over a natural gas construction project, saying a parallel arbitration proceeding is irrelevant.

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INVESTOR-STATE

2nd Circ. Nixes VR Capital Venezuela Fraud Suit

By Caroline Simson

The Second Circuit has refused to revive VR Capital's lawsuit accusing Venezuela's state-owned oil company of fraud in connection with its issuance of some $2 billion in since-defaulted bonds, ruling Tuesday that the asset manager hadn't adequately pled its case.

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Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Bonus Season Heats Up As More Firms Match Milbank's Scale

By Xiumei Dong

The 2024 associate bonus season is heating up, with more law firms matching Milbank LLP's year-end and special bonuses and U.K. firms extending the same offering to their U.S.-based attorneys, according to firm memos shared with Law360 Pulse and media reports.

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Texas Atty Sanctioned For Citing Bogus Cases After Using AI

By Lynn LaRowe

A Texas lawyer pursuing a wrongful termination lawsuit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has been sanctioned for submitting a brief that included citations to nonexistent cases generated by an artificial intelligence tool, a Texas federal judge ordered this week.

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Google Search Judge Says AI Will Affect Remedy Phase

By Matthew Perlman

The judge overseeing the government's search monopolization case against Google suggested Tuesday in D.C. federal court that artificial intelligence is shifting the market and will likely play a role in the remedies the court imposes on Google for allegedly violating antitrust law.

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Affinity Bar Groups Decry Colo. No-Poach Restrictions

By Thy Vo

Several attorney groups told Colorado's justices that barring lawyers from recruiting colleagues before officially leaving a firm would take away professional autonomy and harm lawyers from underrepresented backgrounds the most, filing briefs in support of a lawyer's challenge to her contract with a personal injury firm. 

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Fulton County DA Seeks To Reinstate Trump Election Charges

By Emily Johnson

The Fulton County District Attorney's Office told the Georgia Court of Appeals on Monday that six criminal charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others should be reinstated as they have an "abundance" of information to prepare their defense against allegations of trying to subvert the results of the November 2020 election.

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Giuliani's New Atty Faults Previous Counsel As NY Trial Nears

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge declined Tuesday to delay a January trial over whether Rudy Giuliani must turn over his Florida condo and World Series rings to fund a $148 million defamation judgment, after the former New York City mayor's new lawyer criticized outgoing counsel.

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Ex-Faegre Drinker Atty Files Disability Bias Suit

By Andrea Keckley

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP was hit with a disability discrimination lawsuit on Monday by a Denver attorney who says she was pushed out after seeking accommodations for hip problems.

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NJ Equal Pay Law Date Will Guide Atty's Discrimination Suit

By Irene Spezzamonte

Discovery and damages in a former Reed Smith LLP labor and employment attorney's suit claiming gender discrimination will be limited to the effective date of New Jersey equal pay law, a state judge ruled, saying the law doesn't apply retroactively.

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Fla. Bar Alleges Atty Delayed Trial Over His Broken Tooth

By Dorothy Atkins

The Florida Bar has launched a complaint against a criminal attorney in the Florida Supreme Court, accusing him of violating state bar rules by refusing to proceed with a jury trial because he had a broken tooth.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Adams Hoefer

Aylstock Witkin

Baker Botts

Baker Donelson

Brown Hay

BrownGreer PLC

Carmagnola & Ritardi

Clark Love & Hutson

Clark Smith Villazor

Clifford Chance

Cravath Swaine

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

DuBose Miller

Faegre Drinker

Franklin D. Azar & Associates

Katten Muchin

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Lane Law Group LLC

Latham & Watkins

Littler Mendelson

Lowrey Parady

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Milbank LLP

Moore Hill & Westmoreland

Patterson Belknap

Paul Hastings

Primera Law Group

Reed Smith

Ropes & Gray

Seeger Weiss

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

Taft Stettinius

Vinson & Elkins

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

Wilson Sonsini

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3M Co.

AXA XL Ltd.

American International Group Inc.

CITGO Petroleum Corp.

Global Partners LP

Google LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

London Court of International Arbitration

McAfee Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

New York Yankees

Phibro Animal Health Corp.

The Florida Bar

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Colorado Supreme Court

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Florida Supreme Court

Georgia Court of Appeals

Georgia General Assembly

International Chamber of Commerce

Louisiana Supreme Court

NAFTA

National Economic Council

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Supreme Court

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States District Court for the District of Colorado