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May 20, 2025
State AGs Say No To Nixing Wireless Site NHPA Reviews
Eight states are calling on the Federal Communications Commission not to listen to a major wireless trade group's petition encouraging it to cut "burdensome ... red tape," which the states say are actually mandates of the National Historic Preservation Act.
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May 20, 2025
Meta Says Too Late For 'Dramatic Shift' In Antitrust Argument
Consumers who claim Meta monopolized the social media advertising market are attempting to make a late "dramatic shift" from their years-long argument that all of its users should have been paid a "made-up figure" of $5 a month for their data, the company told a California federal court Monday.
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May 20, 2025
Trump Calls For FCC Spectrum Auctions In Budget Bill
President Donald Trump on Tuesday jumped into the ongoing debate about federal auctions of the airwaves by calling for inclusion of spectrum sales in the budget reconciliation bill pending in Congress.
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May 20, 2025
Judge Denies Meta's Mid-Trial Bid To End FTC Monopoly Case
A D.C. federal judge refused Tuesday to cut short the trial in the Federal Trade Commission's monopolization lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc., not finding the clear evidentiary failure necessary to nix the government's case over the company's purchases of WhatsApp and Instagram.
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May 20, 2025
Senate Dems Protest Broadband Deployment Delays
A dozen Senate Democrats urged President Donald Trump to curtail the U.S. Department of Commerce's potential overhaul of a $42.5 billion broadband deployment program created during the Biden administration.
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May 20, 2025
Amazon, Apple Get Atty Fees Over Dropped Antitrust Plaintiff
A Washington federal judge on Tuesday ordered an ousted lead plaintiff's counsel in a proposed antitrust class action against Amazon and Apple to pay a combined $223,000 in attorney fees to the defendants after finding last month that the lawyers had failed to tell the court that their client had abandoned the case.
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May 20, 2025
Apple Can't Get Quick Pause Of App Store Order At 9th Circ.
The Ninth Circuit agreed Monday to expedite briefing in Apple's appeal challenging a lower court's new injunction mandating certain App Store policy changes, but the panel declined to rule on Apple's emergency request to pause the injunction as Apple and Epic Games brief the hotly contested dispute.
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May 20, 2025
ZoomInfo Accused Of Illegally Selling Cellphone Numbers
ZoomInfo is facing allegations that it violates Colorado law by selling individuals' cellphone numbers without their consent, in a proposed class action that was moved to Washington federal court last week.
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May 19, 2025
Comscore Accused Of Monopoly Over Movie Box Office Data
Media analytics giant Comscore Inc. wields a monopoly over U.S. theatrical box office data and has used it to squeeze out a company that provides competing software for film distribution planning and booking, according to a new antitrust suit filed Monday in California federal court.
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May 19, 2025
FCC's Carr Claims Victory Versus DEI In Verizon-Frontier OK
Verizon took a leap toward closing its $20 billion bid for Frontier Communications by gaining the Federal Communications Commission's approval after ditching its diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the behest of FCC Chair Brendan Carr.
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May 19, 2025
Apple's Refusal To Put Fortnite On App Store Prompts Hearing
A California federal judge issued an order Monday requiring Apple to show why she should not find that the company has violated her recent injunction requiring changes to its App Store policies, after Epic Games complained that the tech giant is refusing to put Fortnite back on its U.S. online storefront.
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May 19, 2025
5th Circ. Tosses FCC Workplace Diversity Reporting Rule
The Fifth Circuit on Monday threw out a Federal Communications Commission rule that required TV and radio broadcasters to disclose employment diversity data to the FCC.
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May 19, 2025
FCC Examines Revisions To Alaska Broadband Measurements
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking input on a proposal to change how final milestone commitments are evaluated for the so-called Alaska Plan, with a telecom in Alaska suggesting the commission's "Fabric" dataset offers a more accurate representation of where people actually live within census blocks than the current distribution model does.
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May 19, 2025
Fed. Circ. Sides With Samsung In PTAB Fight With Power2B
Samsung on Monday won a fight at the Federal Circuit over Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions regarding a pair of patents on stylus detection technology, finding all the challenged claims were unpatentable.
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May 19, 2025
Conservative Groups Push Media Ownership Deregulation
Nearly two dozen right-leaning groups and activists made a pitch for media ownership deregulation, telling the Federal Communications Commission that outdated restrictions are stifling local broadcasters at a time of rapid change in the media sector.
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May 19, 2025
Voice Provider Must Cut Off Jury Call Spoofs, FCC Says
The Federal Communications Commission says it's cracking down on a scam call ring that targeted Cook County, Illinois, residents with alerts that they'd missed jury duty and had to pay up to avoid penalty, ordering voice service provider Flowroute to stop carrying the traffic on its network or face a permanent block.
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May 19, 2025
Phones 4u Fights Decision Clearing UK Networks Of Collusion
The administrators of Phones 4u urged an appeals court on Monday to overturn a finding that the U.K.'s biggest phone operators did not unlawfully collude when they pulled out of supplying the retail chain, which subsequently went out of business.
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May 16, 2025
State Immunity In England Needs Clarification, Judge Says
Investors in an Indian satellite communications company have been granted permission to challenge a ruling allowing India's sovereign immunity defense in English litigation to enforce a $217 million arbitral award, after a judge in London ruled Friday that the immunity issue raises broader questions.
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May 16, 2025
FCC Taking Steps To Expand Use Of 12 GHz, 42 GHz Bands
When the Federal Communications Commission gets together Thursday for their next monthly open meeting, they plan to get the ball rolling on a rulemaking to figure out ways the 12.7 GHz and 42 GHz bands "could be used more intensively by satellite communications."
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May 16, 2025
Fed. Circ. Backs Apple PTAB Win Over Location-Tracking IP
The Federal Circuit has backed a series of Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions that found a trio of beacon technology patents were invalid, handing a win to challenger Apple.
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May 16, 2025
FCC Aims To Push China Out Of Telecom Certification Process
The Federal Communications Commission has announced its plan to ban Chinese test labs and telecommunications certification bodies from being used on devices destined for the United States, and industry stakeholders have opinions on whether they think that's a good idea.
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May 16, 2025
Attys With 'Borrowed' Claims Can't Skip Inquiry, Lumen Says
Telecommunications company Lumen has told the Colorado Supreme Court that attorneys still need to conduct their own "objectively reasonable inquiry" when borrowing claims from outside litigants, in the hopes of beating a shareholder suit that took allegations from other cases despite attorneys not speaking to the witnesses.
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May 16, 2025
Frost Brown Adds NY Litigator From Grant Herrmann
Frost Brown Todd LLP added a litigator from Grant Herrmann Schwartz & Klinger LLP to the firm's business and commercial litigation practice, as it expands from its stronghold in the Midwest.
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May 16, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Blakes, Davies, Goodmans
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Charter Communications Inc. merges with Cox Communications, Hub International Ltd. boosts its valuation after securing an investment, Pan American Silver Corp. acquires Mag Silver Corp. and Robinhood buys WonderFi.
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May 16, 2025
DC Circ. Orders Closer Look At FTC's $5B Meta Privacy Deal
A D.C. Circuit panel ordered a lower court on Friday to take another look at the Federal Trade Commission's bid to modify a $5 billion privacy deal with Meta after the court found it lacked jurisdiction to review the changes the first time around.
Expert Analysis
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Cos. Should Prepare For Mexican Payments Surveillance Tool
The recent designation of six Mexican cartels as "specially designated global terrorists" will allow the Treasury Department to scrutinize nearly any Mexico-related payment through its Terrorist Finance Tracking Program — a rigorous evaluation for which even sophisticated sanctions compliance programs are not prepared, says Jeremy Paner at Hughes Hubbard.
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Implications Of Kid Privacy Rule Revamp For Parents, Cos.
The Federal Trade Commission's recent amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act will expand protections for children online, meaning parents will have greater control over their children's data and tech companies must potentially change their current privacy practices — or risk noncompliance, say attorneys at Labaton Keller.
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7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments
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As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.
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Series
Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.
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Opinion
DOJ's HPE-Juniper Challenge Is Not Rooted In Law
Legal precedents that date back as far as 1990 demonstrate that the U.S. Department of Justice's recent challenge to the proposed $14 billion merger between Hewlett Packard and Juniper is misplaced because no evidence of collusion or coordinated conduct exists, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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Justices' TikTok Ruling May Pose Threat To Online Expression
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent landmark ruling upholding a federal law mandating TikTok's forced divestiture in the name of data security may embolden digital censorship agendas worldwide, says IP lawyer Bahram Jafari.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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Questions Remain After Justices' Narrow E-Rate FCA Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Wisconsin Bell, holding that requests for reimbursement from the Federal Communications Commission's E-Rate program are subject to False Claims Act liability, resolves one important question but leaves several others open, says Jason Neal at HWG.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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Colo. Anti-SLAPP Cases Highlight Dismiss Standard Disparity
A pair of recent decisions from the Colorado Court of Appeals highlights two disparate standards for courts evaluating anti-SLAPP motions: one that requires a court to accept the plaintiff's evidence as true and another that allows the court to assess its merits, says Jacob Hollars at Spencer Fane.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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10 Issues To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting
This year, in addition to evergreen developments driven by national security priorities, disruptive new technologies and competition with rival powers, federal contractors will see significant disruptions driven by the new administration’s efforts to reduce government spending, regulation and the size of the federal workforce, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.