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March 25, 2025
No More C-Suite 'Deference' At FTC, Ferguson Says
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson took aim Tuesday at previous antitrust enforcers' "hands off" approach, which he said worried too much about stifling Big Tech's momentum and innovation and not enough about the power that online platforms "wielded over our daily lives."
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March 24, 2025
T-Mobile, Customers Push Dish For Docs In Sprint Merger Suit
T-Mobile and the customers suing over its 2020 merger with Sprint are both asking an Illinois federal judge to force Dish to turn over discovery documents, with the plaintiffs claiming the documents are key to showing why Dish never became an effective competitor in the wireless market.
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March 24, 2025
Byron Allen Can't Revive $100M McDonald's Fraud Suit
A California appeals court on Monday refused to revive Byron Allen's $100 million fraud lawsuit over McDonald's 2021 pledge to spend more advertising money on Black-owned media, saying the fast food giant did not make an actionable business commitment by "joining a national dialog on racial inequity."
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March 24, 2025
Salesforce Can't Escape Backpage Sex-Trafficking Suit
A Texas federal judge has ruled Salesforce must face a suit over the sex trafficking of women on Backpage.com, the defunct classified ads website that utilized the company's software, saying it was properly alleged that Salesforce should have been aware of Backpage's connection to prostitution.
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March 24, 2025
T-Mobile, UScellular Deal Could Cut Service, FCC Warned
The planned multibillion-dollar tie-up between T-Mobile and UScellular wireless operations could harm consumers by shutting down cell towers in areas that can't be served without government deployment aid, the deal's opponents told the Federal Communications Commission.
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March 24, 2025
Judges Question T-Mobile Over Skipping Jury Trial
Judges from the D.C. Circuit on Monday questioned why T-Mobile and Sprint didn't exercise their right to challenge the Federal Communications Commission's $92 million combined fine for selling subscriber locations in a jury trial, suggesting that option may have been more fruitful than paying the fine and going to appellate court.
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March 24, 2025
Foley & Lardner Expands State AG Practice With Cozen Trio
Three former state attorneys general who have been practicing from Cozen O'Connor's Washington, D.C., and Denver offices have moved to Foley & Lardner LLP to continue working on a range of matters related to state attorneys general investigations, the latter firm announced Monday.Â
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March 24, 2025
Trump Asks High Court To Halt Fed. Workers' Reinstatement
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to pause a California federal court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary federal workers who were fired from six agencies, arguing the band of nonprofit groups that obtained the order have no standing to challenge the firings.
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March 22, 2025
Up Next At High Court: Non-Delegation & Clean Air Fights
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday to hear arguments in a dispute that could revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle and trigger a regulatory power shift.Â
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March 21, 2025
NJ, Pa. Claims Over Amazon Price Hike Project Cut For Good
Pennsylvania and New Jersey's attorneys general's efforts to shore up state law claims in the Federal Trade Commission monopolization lawsuit against Amazon.com failed after a Washington federal judge found nothing "unconscionable" about a project that matches rivals' price increases or deceptive about its concealment.
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March 21, 2025
Comcast, Touchstream End $525M IP Suit With Midtrial Deal
Comcast and New York startup Touchstream Technologies Inc. said Friday they have reached a settlement in Touchstream's $525 million infringement suit over video display patents.Â
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March 21, 2025
DC Circ. Won't Halt Revamp Of Public Safety Spectrum
The D.C. Circuit has denied requests from two sheriffs' groups and the San Francisco transit system to delay the Federal Communications Commission's order revamping the 4.9 gigahertz spectrum band, which is heavily used by public safety organizations.
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March 21, 2025
Meta Defends Need For Current Data In FTC Case
Meta Platforms Inc. told a D.C. federal court the company should be able to use the most recent data it has during next month's trial in the Federal Trade Commission's case accusing the Facebook parent company of monopolizing personal social networking.
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March 21, 2025
FCC Probes Chinese Cos. For Alleged Illicit US Operations
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday launched a new inquiry into Huawei, ZTE and other companies linked to the Chinese government examining whether they are still operating in the U.S. in violation of restrictions meant to curtail their operations here.
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March 21, 2025
Unlockd To Take Google Antitrust Battle To 9th Circ.
Defunct advertising app maker Unlockd is hoping the Ninth Circuit will revive its antitrust suit accusing Google of allowing the then-up-and-coming business to build a reliance on Google platforms and then cutting it off once it became a threat.
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March 21, 2025
Ga. Law Firm Hit With Telemarketing Calls Class Action
An Illinois man is suing Kaila & Solomon Law Group LLC, which does business as Guardian Law, and marketing company ClicTree LLC in federal court, alleging they violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by making unsolicited telemarketing calls to people on the National Do Not Call Registry.
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March 21, 2025
DC Circ. Won't Let Apple Intervene For Google Search Fix Trial
A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday rejected Apple's appeal seeking to participate in the remedy trial for the U.S. Department of Justice's search monopolization case against Google next month.
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March 21, 2025
Investors Fail To Show Dish Lied About 5G, Judge Says
A Colorado federal judge has permanently tossed a proposed investor class action claiming Dish Network lied about the success of its 5G network rollout, finding that while Dish may have been "overly ambitious" about its plans, that isn't enough to state a claim for securities fraud.
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March 20, 2025
'Careless People' Author Can Testify In Meta Addiction MDL
Meta Platforms Inc. on Thursday failed to block the deposition of the former executive behind the tell-all memoir "Careless People," with a California magistrate judge giving plaintiffs the green light to depose her in multidistrict litigation over social media platforms' allegedly addictive designs.
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March 20, 2025
Gilstrap Won't Enhance $192M Verdict Against Samsung
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap decided Thursday that tripling a $192 million willful patent infringement verdict against Samsung "is not warranted," finalizing a judgment against the smartphone maker over wireless charging devices used with Galaxy phones.
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March 20, 2025
Calif. Panel Doubts Byron Allen's $100M McDonald's Suit
A California appeals panel expressed skepticism Thursday at an attempt by Byron Allen's television companies to revive their $100 million lawsuit accusing McDonald's of lying in a 2021 pledge to spend more advertising money on Black-owned media.
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March 20, 2025
India Wins Bondless Stay Of $156M Award Enforcement
At least while it's appealing, India won't have to start paying Deutsche Telekom AG the $155 million an arbitrator and a D.C. federal court has said the country owes the telecom after a massive satellite licensing deal went sour, that court has ruled.
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March 20, 2025
Philadelphia Inquirer Gets OK For Data Breach Class Deal
A Pennsylvania federal judge has given the final okay to a $525,000 settlement that resolves litigation against the Philadelphia Inquirer alleging the paper failed to protect the personal information of over 25,000 people compromised by a cyberattack.
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March 20, 2025
FTC Asks 8th Circ. To Nix Click-To-Cancel Rule Challenges
The Trump administration's Federal Trade Commission isn't planning an about-face on the "click-to-cancel" rule debuted last year under the Biden administration, at least according to a recent filing asking the Eighth Circuit to dismiss a petition challenging the rule.
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March 20, 2025
Ore. City Can License Channels For Public Safety System
A small town nestled in the northwestern part of Oregon will be allowed to license four business channels for public safety and first responder communications, the Federal Communications Commission has said.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Rock Climbing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Rock climbing requires problem-solving, focus, risk management and resilience, skills that are also invaluable assets in my role as a finance lawyer, says Mei Zhang at Haynes and Boone.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Dance The Legal Standard Two-Step
From rookie brief writers to Chief Justice John Roberts, lawyers should master the legal standard two-step — framing the governing standard at the outset, and clarifying why they meet that standard — which has benefits for both the drafter and reader, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Recent Settlement Shows 'China Initiative' Has Life After Death
Though the U.S. Department of Justice shuttered its controversial China Initiative two years ago, its recent False Claims Act settlement with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation demonstrates that prosecutors are more than willing to civilly pursue research institutions whose employees were previously targeted, say attorneys at Benesch.
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How Calif. Ruling Alters Worker Arb. Agreement Enforcement
The California Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Ramirez v. Charter Communications should caution employers that while workers’ arbitration agreements will no longer be deemed unenforceable based on their number of unconscionable provisions, they must still be fair and balanced, says Sander van der Heide at CDF Labor.
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Questions Linger About DTSA's Scope After Motorola Ruling
The Seventh Circuit’s recent ruling in Motorola v. Hytera, which held that the Defend Trade Secrets Act applies extraterritorially, does not address whether an act that furthers misappropriation must be committed by the defendant in order to satisfy the law's extraterritoriality requirement, say Ilissa Samplin and Grace Hart at Gibson Dunn.
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Series
Being A Luthier Makes Me A Better Lawyer
When I’m not working as an appellate lawyer, I spend my spare time building guitars — a craft known as luthiery — which has helped to enhance the discipline, patience and resilience needed to write better briefs, says Rob Carty at Nichols Brar.
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Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity
The Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” aptly illustrates how embracing cognitive diversity can be a winning strategy for teams, providing a useful lesson for law firms, which can benefit significantly from fresh, diverse perspectives and collaborative problem-solving, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Nat'l Security Considerations For Telecom Products Counsel
An increase in federal national security measures in the telecommunications space, particularly from the Federal Communications Commission, means that products counsel need to broaden their considerations as they advise on new products and services, says Laura Stefani at Venable.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: July Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy considers cases touching on pre- and post-conviction detainment conditions, communications with class representatives, when the American Pipe tolling doctrine stops applying to modified classes, and more.
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7th Circ. Motorola Ruling Raises Stakes Of DTSA Litigation
The Seventh Circuit’s recent ruling in Motorola v. Hytera gives plaintiffs a powerful tool to recover damages, greatly increasing the incentive to bring Defend Trade Secrets Act claims against defendants with large global sales because those sales could generate large settlements, say attorneys at MoFo.
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Challenging Prosecutors' Use Of Defendants' Jail Phone Calls
Although it’s an uphill battle under current case law, counsel for pretrial detainees may be able to challenge prosecutors’ use of jail-recorded phone calls between the defendant and their attorney by taking certain advance measures, say Jim McLoughlin and Fielding Huseth at Moore & Van Allen.
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Opinion
Now More Than Ever, Lawyers Must Exhibit Professionalism
As society becomes increasingly fractured and workplace incivility is on the rise, attorneys must champion professionalism and lead by example, demonstrating how lawyers can respectfully disagree without being disagreeable, says Edward Casmere at Norton Rose.
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A Refresher On Calculating Political Advertising Costs
With election season well underway, it is important for broadcasters, political candidates, time buyers and others concerned with how the cost of broadcast political advertising is determined to know what the Federal Communications Commission factors into lowest unit calculations, and how the commission has defined "commercial advertisers," says Gregg Skall at Telecommunications Law Professionals.
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Series
Serving In The National Guard Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My ongoing military experience as a judge advocate general in the National Guard has shaped me as a person and a lawyer, teaching me the importance of embracing confidence, balance and teamwork in both my Army and civilian roles, says Danielle Aymond at Baker Donelson.
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Big Business May Come To Rue The Post-Administrative State
Many have framed the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions overturning Chevron deference and extending the window to challenge regulations as big wins for big business, but sand in the gears of agency rulemaking may be a double-edged sword, creating prolonged uncertainty that impedes businesses’ ability to plan for the future, says Todd Baker at Columbia University.