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May 28, 2025
Redgrave Hires E-Discovery Co.'s Microsoft 365 Tech Pro
E-discovery and information law firm Redgrave LLP has hired one of the minds behind the creation of e-discovery company Lighthouse's Microsoft compliance and security compliance team, touting what the firm calls his "niche practice built to address the impact of cloud computing on eDiscovery and information governance."
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May 28, 2025
Fiber Network Co. Everstream Hits Ch. 11 With Over $1B Debt
Everstream Networks, a provider of fiber networks to businesses, and several affiliates filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas on Wednesday, citing at least $1 billion of estimated liabilities.
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May 27, 2025
CardiacSense Gives Patent Suit Against Garmin Another Go
Wearable tech company CardiacSense Ltd. dove deeper into a fitness tracker patent it accuses Garmin International Inc. of infringing after a Michigan federal judge last month dismissed its lawsuit but allowed for an amended complaint given the suit's "technical issues."
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May 27, 2025
11th Circ. Won't Revisit FCC Ownership Ruling
The Eleventh Circuit won't take a second whack at its order upholding a Federal Communications Commission finding that Gray Television had broken agency ownership consolidation rules by owning one too many stations in Anchorage, Alaska.
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May 27, 2025
Judge Follows The Users And The Money In Meta's FTC Case
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday looked for the right metrics to measure the effect that Meta Platforms Inc. has had on Instagram and WhatsApp in terms of users, growth and money spent buying the apps in deals the Federal Trade Commission says were designed to buy or bury the competition.
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May 27, 2025
FCC Mulls Adding Connected Vehicle Tech To Covered List
The Federal Communications Commission is thinking about adding more technologies to the list of those whose components are banned if they come from China or Russia, but it wants to hear what the industry thinks first.
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May 27, 2025
Debate Over Moratorium On State AI Oversight Goes To Senate
Before going on recess, the U.S. House of Representatives passed their budget reconciliation bill that includes a hotly debated moratorium on states' enforcement of artificial intelligence-related legislation, and the debate continues as the bill heads to the U.S. Senate, where at least a few Republicans have voiced opposition.
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May 27, 2025
DOJ Wants Google Docs Analyzing Potential Ad Tech Breakup
Enforcers are asking a Virginia federal court for access to Google documents analyzing a potential break up of the company's ad tech business, as the court considers what remedies to impose after finding Google monopolized key ad tech markets.
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May 27, 2025
Wireless Mics Need Fewer Reg Restrictions, FCC Told
A group that advocates for making more spectrum available for wireless microphones has its own ideas about what regulations the Federal Communications Commission should be cutting, starting with two areas it says are hindering the wireless mic industry.
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May 23, 2025
Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
This past year, a handful of attorneys secured billions of dollars in settlements and judgments for both classes and individual plaintiffs against massive companies and organizations like Facebook, Dell, the National Association of Realtors, Johnson & Johnson, UFC and Credit Suisse, earning them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2025.
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May 23, 2025
Senate Dems Bash Spectrum 'Giveaway' In Budget Bill
Key Senate Democrats who oversee telecommunications issues have lambasted House Republicans for "handing over" swaths of radio spectrum to the wireless industry in the sweeping budget reconciliation bill that GOP lawmakers passed Thursday.
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May 23, 2025
NY Judge Won't Rethink Sanctions Against Chinese Tech Co.
A New York federal judge has refused to reconsider a prior ruling that partially sanctioned a Chinese video technology company and its U.S. distributor that are both embroiled in a rival's trade secrets suit.
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May 23, 2025
Musk Doubles Down After OpenAI Drops For-Profit Transition
OpenAI's decision to abandon its transition into a for-profit enterprise was not enough to appease Elon Musk, who doubled down Thursday with an amended California federal court complaint continuing to allege the ChatGPT maker tricked him into contributing nearly $45 million with false promises of remaining a nonprofit.
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May 23, 2025
Fed. Circ. Partly Revives Allstate Challenge To Tech Patent
The Federal Circuit on Friday threw out the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's finding that Allstate failed to show the invalidity of two claims in a patent on cellphone sensors that can tell if a vehicle has accelerated or crashed, telling the board to take another look.
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May 23, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Troutman, A&O Shearman
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Blackstone acquires TXNM Energy, OpenAI buys io Products, Lumen Technologies sells its Mass Markets fiber-to-the-home business in 11 states to AT&T, and AMD sells its data center infrastructure manufacturing business to Sanmina.
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May 23, 2025
FTC Finally Drops Challenge To Microsoft-Activision Deal
The Federal Trade Commission has dropped its in-house case seeking to block Microsoft's $68.7 billion purchase of video game developer Activision Blizzard, after its Ninth Circuit loss earlier this month, ending a lingering challenge to a deal that closed in late 2023.
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May 23, 2025
Ex-FCC Nom Slams Trump For Pulling Digital Equity Funding
One-time FCC nominee Gigi Sohn dug into President Donald Trump for killing the $2.75 billion Digital Equity Fund, borrowing his language to say that the abrupt cancellation of a congressionally approved program was "unconstitutional" and "illegal."
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May 22, 2025
Fiber Optics Co.'s Leaders Sued Over Financial Restatements
Officers and directors of fiber optics technology company Luna Innovations Inc. are facing a shareholder derivative complaint after the company announced it would revise certain financial statements after prematurely recognizing certain revenue it hadn't actually earned yet.
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May 22, 2025
FCC Clamps Down On 'Bad Labs' Seen As Security Threats
Labs that test communications equipment flowing to the U.S. market will get a security makeover after a vote Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission.
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May 22, 2025
Fla. Can't End Tech Groups' Challenge To Social Media Law
A Florida federal judge on Thursday denied the state's motion to dismiss a complaint brought by technology groups challenging a Florida law restricting social media companies from blocking political candidates, ruling that the plaintiffs have standing to sue on behalf of their members.
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May 22, 2025
Motorola Eyes $4.5B Wireless Radio Deal, And Other Rumors
Motorola eyes a $4.5 billion purchase of a wireless radio maker, Providence Equity buys a live event company at a reported $1 billion value and Intel's sale of a networking unit could attract billions. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal-related rumors from the past week.
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May 22, 2025
Tax Court Backs IRS In Multibillion-Dollar Facebook Clash
The U.S. Tax Court largely sided with the IRS on Thursday in a multibillion-dollar tax dispute with Facebook, upholding the agency's approach for valuing the company's intangible property but finding it applied the wrong data points in its analysis.
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May 22, 2025
FCC Eyes More Satellite Use Across 4 Spectrum Bands
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday took the next step in plans to open multiple spectrum bands to more extensive satellite use by proposing changes that officials say could free up a total of 20,000 megahertz for space-based communications.
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May 22, 2025
Millicom Buying Telefonica's Uruguay Mobile Unit For $440M
Millicom International Cellular has agreed to acquire Telefonica's mobile operations in Uruguay at a $440 million enterprise value, in a deal that will expand its Latin America footprint through one of the region's most stable economies.
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May 22, 2025
Pa. House Rep Asks 3rd Circ. For Immunity In Robocall Suit
Counsel for a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives told the Third Circuit on Thursday that a federal judge was wrong to conclude the lawmaker was not immune from a Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuit over recorded phone messages he sent to constituents.
Expert Analysis
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When US Privilege Law Applies To Docs Made Outside The US
As globalization manifests itself in disputes over foreign-created documents, a California federal court’s recent trademark decision illustrates nuances of both U.S. privilege frameworks and foreign evidentiary protections that attorneys must increasingly bear in mind, say attorneys at Hunton.
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Notable 2024 Trademark Cases And What To Watch In 2025
Emerging disputes between established tech giants and smaller trademark holders promise to test the boundaries of trademark protection in 2025, following a 2024 marked with disputes in areas ranging from cybersquatting to geographic marks, says Danner Kline at Bradley Arant.
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What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025
The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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How Trump's Tariff Promises May Play Out In 2nd Term
While it is unclear which of President-elect Donald Trump's promised tariffs he intends to actually implement in January, lessons from his first administration, laws governing executive action and U.S. trade agreements together paint a picture of what may be possible, say attorneys at Butzel.
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Series
Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.
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7th Circ. Ruling Muddies Split On Trade Secret Damages
The Seventh Circuit's recent endorsement in Motorola v. Hytera of a Second Circuit limit on avoided-cost damages under the Defend Trade Secrets Act contradicts even its own precedents, and will further confuse the scope of a developing circuit conflict that the U.S. Supreme Court has already twice declined to resolve, says Jordan Rice at MoloLamken.
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Opinion
6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
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How Ƶ Rule Would Affect Data Brokers And Beyond
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently proposed a rule that would not only expand data broker oversight by classifying many as consumer reporting agencies, but would also impose new limitations on companies seeking to obtain information from them, potentially requiring such entities to alter their business models, say attorneys at Orrick.
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Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Reviewing 2024's State Consumer Privacy Law Enforcement
While we are still in the infancy of state consumer privacy laws, a review of enforcement activity this year suggests substantial overlaps in regulatory priorities across the most active states and gives insight into the likely paths of future enforcement, says Thomas Nolan at Quinn Emanuel.
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Preparing For The New Restrictions On Investment Into China
In light of a new regulatory program governing U.S. investments in China-related technology companies of national security concern, investors should keep several considerations in mind, including the rules' effect on existing and new investments, compliance hurdles, and penalties for noncompliance ahead of the rules' January implementation, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.
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Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Fed. Circ. Ruling Shows Importance Of Trial Expert Specificity
The Federal Circuit’s recent ruling in NexStep v. Comcast highlights how even a persuasive expert’s failure to fully explain the basis of their opinion at trial can turn a winning patent infringement argument into a losing one, say attorneys at Barnes & Thornburg.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Tracking The Uncertainty Of The FTC's Negative Option Rule
The fate of the Federal Trade Commission's final rule requiring businesses that utilize negative options to provide consumers with a simple cancellation method remains in limbo as it faces multiple legal challenges and the threat of possible congressional action looms, say attorneys at Manatt.