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April 15, 2025
Zuckerberg Calls Buying Rival, Building Co. Two Sides Of 1 Coin
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried Tuesday to distance himself from internal documents describing Instagram and WhatsApp as competitive threats, pushing back on Federal Trade Commission monopolization claims by arguing in D.C. federal court that the owner of Facebook was always focused on improvements to itself and the acquisitions.
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April 15, 2025
Judge Ends 'China Initiative' Prosecution Of Ex-Ga. Tech Prof
A federal judge has dismissed the last remaining criminal charges against a former Georgia Tech professor who was indicted more than four years ago over allegations he was helping Chinese tech workers come to the U.S. under the guise of being university-affiliated researchers.
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April 15, 2025
Japan Orders Google To Stop Android Licensing Practice
Japan's competition enforcer became the latest global authority to take on Google's Android licensing practices Tuesday, ordering the search giant to stop requiring phone manufacturers and mobile carriers to preinstall its apps on their devices.
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April 15, 2025
SpaceX Blasts GE Healthcare Effort To 'Slow Roll' Spectrum
GE Healthcare Technologies has asked the Federal Communications Commission to hold off on issuing authorizations for space launch operations in a certain slice of spectrum used by the healthcare industry, and SpaceX is steaming mad about it.
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April 15, 2025
Avoid 'Prescriptive' Pole Upgrade Rules, Telecoms Say
An industry group warned the Federal Communications Commission that it would be a bad idea to impose broad new rules to expedite broadband upgrades to utility poles at a time when the FCC is looking to cut the number of telecom regulations.
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April 15, 2025
Carriers Seek High Court Clarity On Universal Service
The trade group for regional and rural wireless service providers warned members Tuesday that they can't count on federal support for telecom deployment following last month's U.S. Supreme Court arguments over the federal government's program for subsidizing build-outs in high-cost and underserved areas.
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April 15, 2025
How An Apple Exec's Attys Turned A Bribe Charge Into 'Vapor'
When jurors ruled this month that an Apple executive's promise to donate iPads to the local sheriff's department was not a bribe, it appeared to vindicate a defense strategy of calling no witnesses and painting the case as fundamentally flawed.
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April 15, 2025
Submarine Cable Rules Need To Follow NIST, Feds Told
Companies that use undersea cables should have flexibility in how they develop their individual cybersecurity plans — as long as those plans comply with the framework laid out by the government's National Institute of Standards and Technology, a trade group is telling the Federal Communications Commission.
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April 15, 2025
Insurer Denies Coverage For Short Seller Cohodes' Libel Case
Short seller Marc Cohodes, who was accused by a financial advisory firm of causing $5 million in reputational damage via libelous posts on X, cannot have coverage for the litigation, an insurer told a Montana federal court, noting that his homeowners policy excluded intentional wrongdoing.
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April 15, 2025
Telecom Infrastructure Biz Hits Ch. 11 With Up To $50M Debt
Excell Communications Inc., a telecommunications infrastructure developer, and two affiliates filed for bankruptcy in New York with $45.5 million in unsecured debt after losing a key business relationship.
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April 15, 2025
Judge Upholds Jury Verdict Against Project Veritas
A D.C. federal judge upheld a $120,000 jury verdict against Project Veritas for its sting operation on the liberal consulting firm Democracy Partners, ruling that the conservative activist group's activities are not protected by heightened First Amendment standards because the case involved non-expressive conduct, not speech content.
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April 14, 2025
Ransomware Payouts, Forensic Costs Falling, Law Firm Says
The measures that companies are putting in place to guard against ransomware attacks are starting to pay off, with the amount that's being doled out to contain the impact of these incidents and the cost of forensic investigations dropping last year, according to a new BakerHostetler report.
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April 14, 2025
SEC Won't Revisit WhatsApp Settlements With 16 Firms
A divided U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission refused Monday to redo settlements it inked with 16 financial firms over their failure to keep records of so-called off-channel communications, finding the "settlor's remorse" the firms are suffering because others received better terms is not reason enough to modify their deals.
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April 14, 2025
PAC Treasurer Avoids Prison For $26.4M Fundraising Fraud
A Manhattan federal judge on Monday sentenced the former treasurer of multiple political action committees to 30 months of home detention for a scheme that raised about $26.4 million from small-dollar donors for supporting veterans and other causes, but that saw little of that money go to intended recipients.
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April 14, 2025
Linking Friends No Longer Meta's Focus, Zuckerberg Says
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified Monday that the social media giant is no longer solely focused on connecting friends and family, arguing on the first day of the Federal Trade Commission's monopolization trial that the company has broader focus and faces more competition than the FTC claims.
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April 14, 2025
Apple Wants Renewed Cloud Storage Monopoly Suit Tossed
Apple has urged a California federal court to toss the latest version of a proposed class action alleging it gives its iCloud service an advantage over third-party cloud storage providers, saying it limits certain remote-backup features for security and privacy.
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April 14, 2025
Verizon Says Unlocking Rules Are Boon To Crime Rings
Verizon is asking the Federal Communications Commission to allow carriers to wait longer before unlocking customers' devices, telling the agency that device locking is one of the only effective tools for combating phone trafficking crime rings.
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April 14, 2025
FCC Inundated With Ideas On Where To Cut Regulatory Fat
From prison phone service providers to trade groups, everybody has something to say about what rules and requirements the Federal Communications Commission should be cutting as part of President Donald Trump's directive to shed as many regulations as possible.
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April 14, 2025
Industry Seeks Tougher Laws To Fight Cable Theft, Vandalism
State and local officials should enact more effective laws to fight the growing theft and vandalism of cable infrastructure, according to a new industry report.
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April 14, 2025
FCC Could Nix Engineer Certification Reg, Cable Biz Says
A cable industry lobbying group said Monday the Federal Communications Commission could soon withdraw a little-known but contentious rule requiring professional engineers to certify providers' broadband mapping data.
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April 11, 2025
Microsoft, OpenAI Want Out Of Musk's For-Profit Challenge
OpenAI and Microsoft are ready to be done with a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk accusing them of swindling the billionaire by turning OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, into a private entity after he and others invested in the artificial intelligence venture.
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April 11, 2025
Ireland Probes X's Use Of Public Posts To Train AI Tool Grok
Ireland's data protection authority said Friday that it is forging ahead with an investigation into whether efforts by the Elon Musk-owned social media platform X to train its artificial intelligence model Grok on personal data lifted from public posts complied with the European Union's data protection rules.
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April 11, 2025
T-Mobile Prevails In Wireless Patent Trial In EDTX
T-Mobile on Friday persuaded jurors in the Eastern District of Texas to reject an infringement case from a patent licensing company that had landed a nine-figure verdict against a different telecom company in another patent case that later settled amid a retrial.
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April 11, 2025
Dish Says Worker Signed Release Barring NDA Class Action
The Dish Network told a Colorado state judge that a former employee can't bring a class action alleging that its separation agreements contain illegal nondisclosure provisions because she released any claims against the company when she signed the separation deal and collected severance.
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April 11, 2025
EchoStar Wants FCC To Cut Satellite Cos.' Political File Reg
Dish Network parent company EchoStar Corp.'s wishlist to curb Federal Communications Commission regulations includes a proposal to drop a requirement that satellite providers keep tabs on paid political ads.
Expert Analysis
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What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires
Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.
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Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support
A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: August Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy considers certification cases touching on classwide evidence of injury from debt collection practices, defining coupon settlements under the Class Action Fairness Act, proper approaches for evaluating attorney fee awards in class action settlements, and more.
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Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where
During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.
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4 Steps To Address New Sanctions Time Bar Extension
Recent guidance from the Office of Foreign Assets Control clarifies details of the newly extended statute of limitations for civil and criminal enforcement of U.S. sanctions law, so compliance teams should implement key updates, including to lookback periods and recordkeeping policies, say attorneys at Freshfields.
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Series
Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.
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Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing
Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Remedy May Be Google's Biggest Hurdle Yet In Antitrust Case
There are difficulties ahead in the remedies phase of the antitrust case against Google in District of Columbia federal court, including the search engine giant's scale advantage and the fast-moving nature of the tech industry, setting the stage for the most challenging of the proceedings so far, says Jonathan Rubin at MoginRubin.
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Opinion
The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address
A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Opting In To CIPA Risk Mitigation After New Precedent
A recent California federal court decision, adopting a new, broad interpretation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, will likely increase the volume of CIPA claims and should prompt businesses to undertake certain preventative measures, including adopting an opt-in approach to using third-party website advertising technologies, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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Opinion
It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union
As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Why DOJ's Whistleblower Program May Have Limited Impact
The U.S. Department of Justice’s new whistleblower pilot program aims to incentivize individuals to report corporate misconduct, but the program's effectiveness may be undercut by its differences from other federal agencies’ whistleblower programs and its interplay with other DOJ policies, say attorneys at Milbank.
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What 7th Circ. Samsung Decision Means For Mass Arbitration
The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in Wallrich v. Samsung highlights the dilemma faced by mass arbitration filers in the face of nonpayment of arbitration fees by the defending party — but also suggests that there are risks for defendants in pursuing such a strategy, says Daniel Campbell at McDermott.
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How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act
In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.
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Considerations As State AGs Step Up Privacy Enforcement
As new state privacy laws take effect, businesses are facing an increasingly complex patchwork of compliance obligations and risk of scrutiny by attorneys general, but companies can gain a competitive edge by building consumer trust and staying ahead of regulatory trends, say Ann-Marie Luciano and Meghan Stoppel at Cozen O’Connor.