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April 09, 2025
Tillis Says China IP Theft Should Be Priority In Trade Talks
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., on Wednesday called China's theft of U.S. intellectual property "rampant" and said the issue should be near the top of the agenda if the Trump administration enters trade negotiations with the Chinese government in the coming weeks.
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April 09, 2025
Trump's FCC Nominee Faces Light Scrutiny At Senate Hearing
The woman that President Donald Trump has tapped to become the fifth member and final member of the Federal Communications Commission and cement the agency's Republican majority mostly skated through her nomination hearing Wednesday morning.
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April 09, 2025
Judge Rejects Objections To $400M GPB Capital Payout Plan
A New York federal judge has approved a plan to distribute up to $400 million to investors defrauded by GPB Capital Holdings, rejecting objections from company insiders who argued the settlement was unfair because they could still face liability, finding that those concerns didn't outweigh the need to compensate defrauded victims.
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April 09, 2025
FCC Weighs New Rule To Combat Scam Robocalls
The Federal Communications Commission released more information this week about a plan to clamp down on unwanted robocall traffic by closing what it considers to be a technical loophole in FCC caller authentication rules.
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April 09, 2025
House Dems Probe Musk's Alleged Conflicts Of Interest
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee wrote to four federal agencies seeking answers to how they plan to ensure that Elon Musk isn't using his position at the Department of Government Efficiency to exploit them and enrich himself in violation of federal ethics rules.
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April 09, 2025
Atlanta Gas Light Co. Sued For $150K Over Cable Damage
Atlanta Gas Light Co. was sued by a Colorado-based telecommunications company in federal court Tuesday over allegations that it did more than $150,000 worth of damage to a fiber optic cable system the company maintains in DeKalb County, Georgia.
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April 09, 2025
NASA Nom Quizzed On Musk And Colonizing The Moon
The commercial astronaut and businessman that President Donald Trump intends to make the next head of NASA came under fire during his nomination hearing Wednesday over his ties to billionaire and presidential confidante Elon Musk, who has billions in contracts with the agency.
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April 09, 2025
Ex-Qualcomm Executive Convicted Of $180M Fraud
A federal jury in San Diego has found a former executive at Qualcomm guilty of defrauding the chipmaker by creating a fake company, concealing his connection to it and selling it to Qualcomm for $180 million.
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April 09, 2025
FTC Has Authority To Bring Antitrust Case Against Amazon
A federal court in Washington found the Federal Trade Commission has the authority to bring an antitrust case targeting Amazon's treatment of sellers on its platform directly in federal court without also pursuing an in-house administrative case.
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April 08, 2025
TelexFree Investors Can't Sue Wells Fargo, Others As Class
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday refused to grant class certification in a suit from investors claiming they lost money in the massive TelexFree Ponzi scheme, siding with a handful of defendants remaining in the multidistrict litigation.
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April 08, 2025
Dems Air Grievances But Advance Telecom Bills At Markup
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce managed to advance about 20 bills Tuesday, most of which dealt with telecom issues, including proposed legislation that would require the FCC to publish lists of licensees with ties to "adversarial" foreign countries and mandate a study on the dangers of foreign-made routers.
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April 08, 2025
Morrison Foerster-Led Infineon Paying $2.5B For Auto Tech Biz
Morrison Foerster LLP is guiding Infineon Technologies AG on an agreement to purchase Marvell Technology's automotive Ethernet business for $2.5 billion, in a deal that will expand the German company's own automobile technology business.
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April 08, 2025
FCC Reworks Database Of Reassigned Phone Numbers
It will be easier and cost less for companies to make sure they're reaching the right consumer's phone number with recent changes to the Reassigned Numbers Database, the Federal Communications Commission said.
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April 08, 2025
Justices Halt Order To Reinstate Federal Workers
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday hit pause on a California federal court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary federal workers who were fired from six agencies, agreeing with the Trump administration that the nonprofit groups that obtained the order lack standing to challenge the firings.Â
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April 07, 2025
AT&T Wants 401(k) Forfeiture Suit Tossed
AT&T has asked a California federal judge to throw out an employee's suit regarding forfeited employer 401(k) contributions, arguing it has the right to determine how the abandoned funds are used as the plan sponsor.
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April 07, 2025
FCC Agrees To Bankers' Request To Delay Call Consent Rule
The Federal Communications Commission agreed Monday to delay for a year a new rule expanding the scope of call consent revocation, after banking groups said they need more time to comply.
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April 07, 2025
T-Mobile Says 5G Rural Fund Could Be Unnecessary
T-Mobile thinks a federal program to patch holes in rural 5G service using an auction fund could end up wasting money by getting off the ground too soon, and has urged the Federal Communications Commission to put the whole idea on ice.
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April 07, 2025
Jaguar Land Rover Inks Patent License Deal With Avanci
Avanci and British automotive manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover have struck a deal over a pool of essential patents linked to 5G connected vehicles, the U.S. license operator announced Monday.
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April 07, 2025
Verizon, State Street Say Pension Annuity Suit Claims Fall Flat
Verizon Communications and its independent fiduciary State Street urged a New York federal judge to toss a proposed class action from Verizon retirees who challenged the conversion of their federally regulated pension benefits into annuity insurance contracts, arguing the allegations lacked standing and failed to state a claim.
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April 07, 2025
Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
The Federal Trade Commission sued to block GTCR BC's planned purchase of a medical device coatings company, the Justice Department's antitrust case against Live Nation survived a dismissal bid and a New York state court found a ski mountain deal hurt competition. Here, Law360 looks at the major merger review developments from March.
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April 07, 2025
Ex-AG Lynch Exits $10B McDonald's Bias Case Ahead Of Trial
Paul Weiss partner and former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch is stepping away from McDonald's defense in Byron Allen's $10 billion bias lawsuit against the fast food giant, just months before the case is slated to go to trial.
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April 07, 2025
Meta May Not Scroll Past 'Clever' Instagram Addiction Suit
Meta Platforms Inc. may struggle to convince Massachusetts' top court to dismiss a suit claiming it illegally hooks kids on Instagram, according to experts, who credit the state's attorney general for a creative legal strategy to thwart web platforms' usual defenses.
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April 08, 2025
Justices Skip Fruit Art, Abandoned TM And Sentence Petitions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined petitions regarding the standard for considering whether unregistered trademarks are abandoned in a case involving T-Mobile, a copyright dispute over fruit taped to walls as part of an art installation, and sentencing guidelines in the theft of trade secrets belonging to General Electric.
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April 04, 2025
Nokia Reaches Deal Before EDTX Patent Trial, T-Mobile Still On
Nokia has settled out of a lawsuit accusing its equipment customer, T-Mobile, of infringing a Dallas-based patent business' wireless communications patents, according to a settlement notice filed Friday in Texas federal court, leaving T-Mobile and its other network equipment supplier, Ericsson, to face trial April 5.
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April 04, 2025
Toyota Wins Patent Case Against UNM In Texas Court
A Texas federal court has shot down a lawsuit against Toyota Motor North America Inc. over a University of New Mexico wireless communications patent after finding that the Federal Circuit already invalidated "the sole claim ever asserted in this case."
Expert Analysis
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How Companies Are Approaching Insider Trading Policies
An analysis of insider trading policies recently disclosed by 49 S&P 500 companies under a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule reveals that while specific provisions vary from company to company, certain common themes are emerging, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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11 Patent Cases To Watch At Fed. Circ. And High Court
As we head into fall, there are 11 patent cases to monitor, touching on a range of issues that could affect patent strategy, such as biotech innovation, administrative rulemaking and patent eligibility, say Edward Lanquist and Wesley Barbee at Baker Donelson.
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Why India May Become A Major Patent Litigation Forum
India is reinventing itself with the goal of becoming a global hot spot for patent litigation, with recent developments at the Delhi High Court creating incentives for plaintiffs to assert patent rights in India, say Ranganath Sudarshan at Covington and IP litigator Udit Sood.
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How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations
Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.
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Finding Coverage For Online Retail Privacy Class Actions
Following recent court rulings interpreting state invasion of privacy and electronic surveillance statutes triggering a surge in the filing of privacy class actions against online retailers, companies should examine their various insurance policies, including E&O and D&O, for defense coverage of these claims, says Alison Gaske at Gilbert LLP.
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The State Law Landscape After Justices' Social Media Ruling
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent NetChoice ruling on social media platforms’ First Amendment rights, it’s still unclear if state content moderation laws are constitutional, leaving online operators to face a patchwork of regulation, and the potential for the issue to return to the high court, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles
Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.
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'Pig Butchering': The Scam That Exploits Crypto Confusion
Certain red flags can tip off banks to possible "pig-butchering," and with the scam's increasing popularity, financial institutions need to take action to monitor entry points into the crypto space, detect suspicious activity and provide a necessary backstop to protect customers, say Brandon Essig and Mary Parrish McCracken at Lightfoot Franklin.
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Opinion
Agencies Should Reward Corporate Cyber Victim Cooperation
The increased regulatory scrutiny on corporate victims of cyberattacks — exemplified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against SolarWinds — should be replaced with a new model that provides adequate incentives for companies to come forward proactively and collaborate with law enforcement, say attorneys at McDermott.
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Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.
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5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond
As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.
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Series
Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer
My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.
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How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'
Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.
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Election Outlook: A Precedent Primer On Content Moderation
With the 2024 election season now in full swing, online platforms will face difficult and politically sensitive decisions about content moderation, but U.S. Supreme Court decisions from last term offer much-needed certainty about their rights, say Jonathan Blavin and Helen White at Munger Tolles.
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Opinion
Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process
Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.