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July 22, 2025
Gogo Worries 900 MHz Redo Could Disrupt In-Flight Receivers
In-flight communications provider Gogo told the Federal Communications Commission that a plan advanced early this year to rework two bands of 900 megahertz airwaves could disrupt its air-to-ground receivers that use an adjacent band.
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July 22, 2025
Final OK Sought On Energy Co.'s $8.2M 401(k) Suit Deal
A class of employees who participated in a Pennsylvania energy company's retirement plan have asked a federal judge to give final approval to an $8.2 million settlement resolving claims that the employees' 401(k) plans were mismanaged.
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July 22, 2025
Samourai Wallet Execs Could Explore Plea Deals, Judge Says
Two Samourai Wallet executives accused of using the crypto-mixing service to facilitate $2 billion in illegal transactions denied charges in an updated indictment Tuesday, before a Manhattan federal judge suggested they could explore plea talks ahead of their November trial.
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July 22, 2025
FCC Urged To Exempt Private Networks In Foreign Owner Rule
Private networks that offer public safety and industrial communications shouldn't be required to fill out new paperwork saying they aren't under the thumb of foreign adversaries, a nonprofit group told the Federal Communications Commission.
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July 22, 2025
AST Plan Called Threat To Amateur Satellite Signals
A nonprofit amateur satellite organization is fighting an application from AST SpaceMobile to launch hundreds of satellites for space-based cellular service, saying the company's proposal to use the 430-440 megahertz frequencies for telemetry and command could cause interference with amateur satellites active in the band.
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July 22, 2025
Capital One Gets Discovery Pause In Trump De-Banking Suit
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday paused discovery in the lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump's revocable trust and Eric Trump against Capital One, citing a possibility the complaint — alleging the bank canceled hundreds of Trump-affiliated accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol — could be dismissed.Â
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July 22, 2025
Transportation Cases To Watch: Midyear Report 2025
Litigation concerning whether local delivery drivers qualify as transportation workers exempt from arbitration and clashes over the scope of federal preemption in personal injury cases involving freight brokers and motor carriers are among the court battles that transportation attorneys are watching in the latter half of 2025.
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July 22, 2025
Boeing Says Calif. Ties Not Related To 737 Max Midair Blowout
The Boeing Co. is asking a California federal court to throw out claims against it stemming from the midair blowout of a door plug on one of its 737 Max 9 jets, saying the plaintiffs have failed to show that the incident had anything to do with the company's ties to California.
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July 22, 2025
Sable Aims To Sink Groups' Suit Over Calif. Oil Platforms
Sable Offshore Corp. told a California federal judge that green groups didn't follow proper litigation notice rules, dooming their lawsuit alleging the federal government failed to require the company to update safety and pollution control plans at drilling facilities.
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July 22, 2025
EU Deepens Look Into Universal Music $775M Downtown Deal
European Union antitrust enforcers kicked off an in-depth probe Tuesday into Universal Music Group's bid to buy Downtown Music Holdings, raising concerns that the $775 million transaction could give UMG access to the "commercially sensitive data of its rival record labels" held by Downtown.
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July 22, 2025
Ala. Pot Regulators Seek Dismissal Of Retaliation Suit
Alabama medical cannabis regulators have urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from a prospective medical marijuana business that was denied a license, or abstain from the matter entirely, because similar cases are pending in state court.
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July 21, 2025
Trump Asks DC Circ. To Block FTC Dem's Reinstatement
The Trump administration on Monday asked the D.C. Circuit to pause a Thursday order restoring a fired Federal Trade Commission Democrat's job, arguing that the ruling defies recent U.S. Supreme Court orders staying similar reinstatements at other independent agencies.
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July 21, 2025
J&J Unit's Catheter Rival Nears Injunction After $442M Win
A California federal judge indicated Monday he will issue a permanent injunction banning Johnson & Johnson's Biosense Webster from conditioning the provision of cardiac mapping services on purchases of cardiac catheters following Innovative Health's $442 million win on its antitrust claims, although he expressed doubt about some aspects of Innovative's request.
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July 21, 2025
The Biggest Telecom Developments Of 2025: Midyear Report
It's been a headline-grabbing year in communications law so far, with the U.S. Supreme Court handing down a major win for federal programs that help pay for broadband deployment and a new Republican chief at the nation's telecom agency ushering in a rule-slashing agenda.
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July 21, 2025
SEC Lifts FINRA Ban For Atty Accused Of Cheating On Exam
A divided U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has lifted an industry ban placed on a former SEC enforcement attorney who was deemed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to have cheated on a securities exam, finding there was no conclusive evidence of cheating.
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July 21, 2025
Sinclair Stations Clear Up FCC's Kid TV Enforcement
Sinclair Broadcast Group stations that aired Hot Wheels commercials during a children's Hot Wheels program in violation of Federal Communications Commission rules are settling with the agency after their owner inked a deal allowing the parent company to avoid a $2.6 million fine.
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July 21, 2025
FCC Waives Rules To Use Radar Digging In Construction
Rod Radar has convinced the Federal Communications Commission to grant it a waiver that would allow it to hook ground-penetrating radar to excavator buckets to help avoid underground infrastructure like utility lines.
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July 21, 2025
Man Tweaks Suit Over Gun Purchase Ban Tied To Pot Conviction
A man who claims he was wrongly denied the right to buy a gun despite his four-decades-old marijuana felony being expunged has tweaked his legal efforts, dropping the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as defendants in his lawsuit in Kansas federal court.
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July 21, 2025
Nonprofits Take Aim At New HUD Grant Rules
A coalition of nonprofit groups filed suit Monday in Rhode Island federal court, challenging new conditions for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants that target diversity, equity and inclusion programs; abortion access; and transgender individuals.
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July 21, 2025
ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Ends VyStar Consent Order After $1.5M Penalty Paid
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau disclosed Monday that it has ended another Biden-era consent order, this time with VyStar Credit Union, which the agency said has paid the seven-figure penalty that was imposed against it last year.
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July 21, 2025
House GOP Would Cut SEC Funds, Curb Cyber Breach Rule
House Republicans are seeking to cut the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's budget by 7% in the upcoming fiscal year, presenting a plan that could also undercut a Biden-era regulation requiring publicly traded companies to quickly report cybersecurity breaches.
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July 21, 2025
BitGo, Bullish Join Crypto IPO Wave With Filings
Cryptocurrency custodian BitGo and venture-backed crypto exchange Bullish have both filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public, marking an increasing number of crypto-related companies that are eyeing public listings in the current favorable regulatory regime under President Donald Trump.
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July 21, 2025
Not Enough Similarities To Apply DOJ Ad Tech Win: Google
Google urged a New York federal judge not to let website publishers, advertisers and others lock the company into the Justice Department's win in a separate Virginia federal court monopolization lawsuit over its advertising placement technology business, arguing the cases have key differences in facts and circuit standards.
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July 21, 2025
FinCEN Gives Investment Advisers Reprieve On AML Rule
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has pushed back the compliance date for a rule requiring investment advisers to report suspicious activity to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network while it weighs the future of the Biden-era regulation.
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July 21, 2025
Crypto-Based Polymarket Sets US Return With Exchange Deal
Prediction market platform Polymarket said Monday it's returning to the U.S. with the acquisition of a registered derivatives exchange, a planned reentry that comes after a recently closed FBI investigation and a 2022 civil regulatory settlement that sent it offshore in the first place.
Expert Analysis
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DOJ Actions Signal Rising Enforcement Risk For Health Cos.
The U.S. Department of Justice's announcement of a new False Claims Act working group, together with the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history, underscore the importance of sophisticated compliance programs that align with the DOJ's data-driven approach, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Stablecoin Bills Present Opportunities, Challenges For Banks
Stablecoin legislation that Congress is expected to adopt in the coming weeks — the GENIUS and STABLE Acts — would create openings for banks to engage in digital asset activities, but it also creates a platform for certain tech-savvy nonbanks to directly compete, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery
E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.
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New FCPA Guidance May Flip The Whistleblowing Script
The U.S. Department of Justice’s updated Foreign Corrupt Practices Act guidelines lay out a new incentive structure that may put multinational U.S.-based companies in an unusual offensive whistleblowing position, potentially spurring them to conduct external investigations of their foreign rivals, says Markus Funk at Perkins Coie.
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Leveraging Diligence Findings For Better Life Sciences Deals
Life sciences parties should utilize due diligence strategically to review and draft deal documents, address issues identified during the diligence, and craft solutions to achieve the party's transactional goals, says Anna Zhao at Gunner Cooke.
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How McKesson Ruling Will Inform Interpretations Of The TCPA
Amid the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson, we can expect to see both plaintiffs and defendants utilizing the decision to revisit the Federal Communications Commission's past Telephone Consumer Protection Act interpretations and decisions they did not like, says Jason McElroy at Saul Ewing.
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Capital One Deal Approval Lights Up Path For Bank M&A
The federal banking regulators' recent approval of Capital One's acquisition of Discover signals the agencies' willingness to approve large transactions and a more favorable environment generally for bank mergers under the Trump administration, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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Bills' Defeat Means Brighter Outlook For Texas Renewables
The failure of a trio of bills from the recently concluded Texas legislative session that would have imposed new burdens on wind, solar and battery storage projects bodes well for a state with rapidly growing energy needs, say attorneys at Troutman.
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Gauging The Risky Business Of Business Risk Disclosures
With the recent rise of securities fraud actions based on external events — like a data breach or environmental disaster — that drive down stock prices, risk disclosures have become more of a sword for the plaintiffs bar than a shield for public companies, now the subject of a growing circuit split, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.
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New FCPA Guidance Creates 5 Compliance Imperatives
In light of new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act guidelines that mark a fundamental shift in enforcement priorities, companies should consider several specific steps to ensure compliance, from enhanced due diligence to robust whistleblower protections, says Andrew Wirmani at Reese Marketos.
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Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing violin in a string quartet reminds me that flexibility, ambition, strong listening skills, thoughtful leadership and intentional collaboration are all keys to a successful legal practice, says Julie Park at MoFo.
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DOJ Enforcement Trends To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025
Recent investigations, settlements and a declination to prosecute suggest that controlling the flow of goods into and out of the country, and redressing what the administration sees as reverse discrimination, are likely to be at the forefront of the U.S. Department of Justice's enforcement agenda the rest of this year, say attorneys at Baker Botts.
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Employer Tips As Deepfakes Reshape Workplace Harassment
As the workplace harassment landscape faces the rising threat of fabricated media that hyperrealistically depict employees in sexual or malicious contexts, employers can stay ahead of the curve by tracking new legal obligations, and proactively updating policies, training and response protocols, say attorneys at Littler.
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NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2
In the second quarter of the year, New York utilized every available tool to fill gaps left by federal retrenchment from consumer finance issues, including sweeping updates to its consumer protection framework and notable amendments to cybersecurity rules, say attorneys at Steptoe.
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SEC Proposal Could Hurt Foreign Issuers' US Market Access
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s June call for feedback on potentially narrowing how it designates foreign private issuers of securities could ultimately result in significant new barriers for traders that rely on FPI accommodations to participate in U.S. markets, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.