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  • March 28, 2025

    Anthropic Says Using Books For AI Is 'Quintessential' Fair Use

    Anthropic on Thursday moved to toss a group of journalists and authors' proposed class action accusing the artificial intelligence startup of exploiting their copyrighted work to train its large language model, Claude, telling a California federal court that its use of their works was transformative and thus "quintessential fair use."

  • 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.

  • March 28, 2025

    Google Privacy Fight Raises 'Classic' Trial Issues, Judge Says

    A California federal judge Friday doubted consumers' bid to certify a class of Chrome users in a revived lawsuit accusing Google of surreptitiously collecting their data while also observing that the case raises "classic" trial questions and asking how else Americans could "tell corporations what they believe to be offensive?"

  • 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.

  • March 28, 2025

    FCC Gives Newly Built Stations Leeway On License Requests

    The Federal Communications Commission has signaled that it's prepared to be more lenient on deadlines for new licenses after overturning a previous decision that denied a permit to run a newly built FM translator station in Louisiana.

  • March 28, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen sparkling winemaker Nyetimber hit a rival distillery with an intellectual property claim, Newcastle United's former owner Mike Ashley target the club's ex-vice president for damages tied to a fraudulent investment, and a real estate agency file a legal claim against law firm Winston & Strawn LLP. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • March 28, 2025

    PE Firm Peppertree Wins $354M Award In Telecom Deal Row

    An international arbitration panel has awarded $354 million to affiliates of private equity firm Peppertree Capital Management Inc. against the majority shareholders of a Latin American telecommunications tower operator, in a dispute stemming from an attempted sale of the company.

  • March 28, 2025

    UK Watchdog Clears ÂŁ16.5B Vodafone-Three Deal After Fixes

    The Competition and Markets Authority approved the ÂŁ16.5 billion ($21.3 billion) merger between Vodafone Group PLC and Three UK on Friday after the companies agreed to invest in network infrastructure and protecting customers.

  • 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.

  • March 27, 2025

    Cruz Says DOD Lobbied Against FCC Spectrum Auctions

    The U.S. Department of Defense has been asked to turn over documents that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said he believes will show that executive agency officials leaned on defense contractors, so they would lobby to keep the FCC's spectrum auction authority from being reauthorized.

  • March 27, 2025

    Google, Apple Staff Want Out Of Testifying In FTC-Meta Case

    Current and former employees of Google, Apple, TikTok, X Corp., Snap and Epic Games asked a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to quash subpoenas seeking their live testimony in the Federal Trade Commission's upcoming antitrust trial against Meta Platforms, arguing their taped depositions make the burden of testifying unnecessary.

  • March 27, 2025

    FCC Ready To Explore Earth-Based Backstop For GPS

    The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday started looking into methods of backing up the satellite-based Global Positioning System, which national security experts say is vulnerable to foreign attacks and signal interference in space.

  • March 27, 2025

    Palo Alto Networks Dodges $100M Cybersecurity Patent Case

    A California federal judge has found that Silicon Valley-based Palo Alto Networks Inc. didn't infringe a trio of cybersecurity patents, freeing the company from a lawsuit that had asked for at least $100 million.

  • March 27, 2025

    Apple Says Its Affidavits Are Admissible In Google Case

    After an unsuccessful bid to intervene in the remedies phase of the Justice Department's antitrust case against Google, Apple is urging a D.C. federal judge to consider its affidavits from company executives as the court weighs the proper fix for Google's search monopoly.

  • March 27, 2025

    Next-Gen 911 Overhaul, Location Accuracy Regs Underway

    The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday set into motion a modernization of 911 calling systems and new rules on wireless providers to help first responders pinpoint callers' vertical locations.

  • March 26, 2025

    Sotomayor Urges Caution On Nondelegation Doctrine Revamp

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned her colleagues during oral arguments Wednesday against using a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's administration of a broadband subsidy program as a way to resurrect the long-dormant nondelegation doctrine. Several conservative justices, however, seemed willing to disregard that admonition.

  • March 26, 2025

    Supreme Court Skeptical Of Nixing FCC Subsidy Fund

    Conservative justices took aim Wednesday at rising costs in the country's multibillion-dollar phone and broadband subsidy system, questioning whether lawmakers put meaningful limits on the program's growth, but some argued the fund works just like others created by Congress that rely on revenues from industry fees.

  • March 26, 2025

    Ramey Slams BlackBerry's IP Fee Win As 'Manifest Injustice'

    Ramey LLP and its client Silent Communications LLC urged U.S. District Judge Alan Albright Thursday to amend his finding that Ramey is liable for covering BlackBerry's attorney fees, estimated to be nearly $900,000, after filing a patent lawsuit in bad faith, arguing that the judgment is a "manifest injustice."

  • March 26, 2025

    Apple Cites Amazon Ruling To Toss Web App Antitrust Suit

    Apple is hoping the Ninth Circuit will allow it to wash its hands of a proposed antitrust class action accusing it of preventing iPhones from running web-based apps for the same reason the court just refused to revive a consumer antitrust action over Amazon's fulfillment service, according to a recent filing.

  • March 26, 2025

    Prysmian To Acquire Channell Commercial For Up To $1.15B

    Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian said Wednesday it will spend up to $1.15 billion to acquire Texas-based Channell Commercial Corp., a telecommunications equipment provider, in a transaction advised by Freshfields LLP and DLA Piper.

  • March 25, 2025

    Virginia Gov. Vetoes AI Bias Bill, Citing Industry Impact

    Virginia's governor has blocked legislation that would have required the developers and deployers of "high-risk" artificial intelligence systems used in employment, healthcare and other areas to implement safeguards against algorithmic discrimination, saying that the "burdensome" proposal would have "stifled" the burgeoning AI industry. 

  • March 25, 2025

    Intelsat Seeks Fast C-Band Relocation Payments

    The Federal Communications Commission should be paying satellite operators to partially clear out of the upper C-band and it should be doing it quickly, according to Intelsat, which told the agency that it has already done its part.

  • March 25, 2025

    Cruz Sees Spectrum Pipeline Passing In Budget Bill

    A new pipeline of commercial spectrum will almost certainly be made available as part the sweeping budget bill that Congress will soon consider, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Tuesday.

  • March 25, 2025

    Calif. Lawmaker Floats NY-Like Internet Pricing Cap

    A California Democrat hopes to pass legislation through the state Assembly to put a pricing cap on internet service plans for low-income households in the same way as a New York law that has survived legal challenges.

  • March 25, 2025

    Privacy Statements OK By Pa. Wiretapping Law, Judge Says

    Websites that disclose third-party data collection in privacy statements that a "reasonably prudent person" could see do not violate Pennsylvania's laws against wiretapping, a federal judge has ruled, throwing out a long-running lawsuit that defendants claimed could have rendered many websites illegal.

Expert Analysis

  • What Patent Litigators Should Know About CHIPS Act Grants

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    With the U.S. Department of Commerce now actively awarding grants under the CHIPS and Science Act, recipients should ensure they understand the implications of promises to construct new semiconductor manufacturing facilities, especially in jurisdictions with active patent litigation dockets, say Gabriel Culver and Peter Hillegas at Norton Rose.

  • Opinion

    Data Breach Reporting Requirements Must Change In AI Age

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    Outdated data breach reporting laws are inadequate to protect consumers in the age of artificial intelligence, as AI’s ability to determine relationships coupled with its improvements to deepfake technology mean that the very definitions used in breach reporting laws are no longer sufficient, says Collin Walke at Hall Estill.

  • Series

    Rock Climbing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Dance The Legal Standard Two-Step

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    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.

  • Recent Settlement Shows 'China Initiative' Has Life After Death

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    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.

  • How Calif. Ruling Alters Worker Arb. Agreement Enforcement

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    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.

  • Questions Linger About DTSA's Scope After Motorola Ruling

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    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.

  • Series

    Being A Luthier Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity

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    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.

  • Nat'l Security Considerations For Telecom Products Counsel

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    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.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: July Lessons

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    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.

  • 7th Circ. Motorola Ruling Raises Stakes Of DTSA Litigation

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    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.

  • Challenging Prosecutors' Use Of Defendants' Jail Phone Calls

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    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.

  • Opinion

    Now More Than Ever, Lawyers Must Exhibit Professionalism

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    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.

  • A Refresher On Calculating Political Advertising Costs

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    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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