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June 04, 2025
FCC Says C-Band Payment Clearinghouse Can Wind Down
The C-Band Relocation Payment Clearinghouse has received the go-ahead from the Federal Communications Commission to wind down its operations by the end of the month, after the agency agreed it had done what it was intended to do.
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June 04, 2025
ContractPodAi Launches Tariff-Focused AI Software
Contract management software provider ContractPodAi, which offers an automated legal assistant called Leah, announced the release of a tariff-focused chatbot that tracks global tariffs and trade regulations.
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June 04, 2025
Ex-Potomac Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Partner Joins Pierson Ferdinand In Boston
Pierson Ferdinand LLP has added a former Potomac Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Group partner with experience representing OpenSky in patent fights involving VLSI to the firm's intellectual property department in Boston.
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June 04, 2025
Albright Ends Traxcell's Patent Cases Targeting Grubhub, Lyft
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright has tossed a pair of lawsuits accusing Grubhub and Lyft of infringing a Traxcell Technologies wireless network system patent, saying the patent owner failed to show that either the food ordering service or ride-hailing company actually uses the system.
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June 04, 2025
CFPB Resumes $4.2M Redress After Pressure From States
California's Department of Financial Protection and Innovation said Wednesday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now making good on a $4.2 million redress plan for former students of a shuttered sales-training firm, following agency delays and subsequent pressure from various states.
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June 04, 2025
Datasite Acquires Grata To Bolster AI-Driven Market Platform
Cloud-based merger and acquisitions software provider Datasite, advised by Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, said Tuesday it has acquired Grata, a private market intelligence company represented by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, in a deal aimed at bolstering Datasite's AI-driven sourcing and research capabilities.
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June 04, 2025
Calif. Assembly Passes Internet Price Cap, Moving To Senate
The California State Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill that would mandate a low-cost option capping the price of high-speed internet service for low-income families at $15.
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June 04, 2025
Epic Wins IP Award Interest Fight With Tata At 7th Circ.
The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday sided with Epic Systems and ordered a lower court to recalculate interest on a $140 million punitive damages award it won against Tata Group in an intellectual property case, saying interest ran from the first judgment in 2017 even though an amended version was entered five years later.
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June 04, 2025
FTC Can't Exclude TikTok Blackout From Meta Case
Meta Platforms can point to TikTok briefly going dark at the beginning of 2025 as it tries to fend off claims that it is monopolizing the social media market, after a D.C. federal judge refused to let the Federal Trade Commission lock the case to evidence from the year 2023.
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June 04, 2025
FCC Hopes To Junk 'Dead Wood' In Cable Regs, Chair Says
The Federal Communications Commission wants to eliminate 77 regulations affecting the cable industry that the FCC's Republican chief says are outdated.
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June 04, 2025
Public Remarks Limited In Megan Thee Stallion's Trial Lies Suit
A Texas social media personality defending herself against Megan Thee Stallion's cyberstalking lawsuit agreed to stop posting about the case after the rapper told a Florida federal judge on Wednesday that public statements could incite violence, weeks after fellow recording artist Tory Lanez was stabbed in a California prison.
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June 04, 2025
Âé¶¹´«Ã½makers Say Recent Rocket Mortgage Deals Need Scrutiny
A group of lawmakers is calling on antitrust enforcers to scrutinize online mortgage giant Rocket's recent deals for real estate brokerage website Redfin and mortgage company Mr. Cooper over concerns that Rocket is trying to dominate the entire homebuying process.
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June 04, 2025
Meta Inks 20-Year Deal With Ill. Energy Provider To Develop AI
Meta has struck a 20-year deal with Constellation Energy to purchase nuclear power from an Illinois plant to help fuel its development of artificial intelligence technology, the companies announced Tuesday.
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June 04, 2025
Cognizant Granted Some DHS Docs In Visa Fraud Case
A New Jersey federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to confer with attorneys for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. on how much to broaden a search for materials related to two types of visas, in a case brought by a former executive alleging the company defrauded the government through its visa applications.
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June 04, 2025
Aerospace Coms Group Asks FCC To Redo Launch Changes
A radio communications group representing the country's largest aerospace companies and defense contractors is asking the Federal Communications Commission to rethink certain recent procedural changes for space launch operations, arguing that more safeguards are needed to protect incumbent flight test operations from potential space launch interference.
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June 04, 2025
Apple Can Shield Info In NJ TikTok Addiction Suit
A New Jersey state court will allow Apple Inc. to inject itself into the state attorney general's high-profile lawsuit accusing TikTok of designing features that harm and cause addiction in children, allowing the manufacturer of the iPhone to argue, away from public view, that certain content in the lawsuit should be redacted.
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June 04, 2025
Fed. Circ. Won't Revive $15M Patent Verdict Against Google
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday shot down an audio programming patent owner's request to undo a Delaware federal judge's ruling that threw out a $15.1 million jury verdict against Google.
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June 04, 2025
Judge Won't Block Amazon From Talking To Depo Witnesses
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Federal Trade Commission's bid, in its antitrust case against Amazon, seeking to block lawyers representing the e-commerce giant from conferring with witnesses during breaks in their depositions.
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June 04, 2025
Chancery Strips Amazon, Others From $1.3B Zoox Merger Suit
Delaware's chancellor has kept alive breach of fiduciary duty claims against most directors and two officers of self-driving taxi venture Zoox Inc. over its $1.3 billion acquisition by Amazon, while dismissing Amazon itself and rejecting stockholder fee-shifting claims.
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June 04, 2025
Chip Trade Secret Conviction Specific Enough, 1st Circ. Hints
The First Circuit on Wednesday appeared skeptical of arguments that jurors who convicted a former Analog Devices Inc. engineer of possessing trade secrets improperly glossed over the difference between what was described in the indictment and what was actually found during a search of his electronic devices.
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June 04, 2025
MoFo Can't Escape Perkins Coie's 'Taint' In IP Suit, Court Told
Biometric security company FaceTec told a California federal judge that Morrison & Foerster LLP should be barred from representing identity verification platform Jumio in a patent suit, arguing that its participation is "tainted" by the actions of disqualified co-counsel Perkins Coie LLP.
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June 04, 2025
Ex-Kirkland Project Finance Atty Joins McGuireWoods In NY
McGuireWoods LLP has added Sharaf Islam as a partner from Kirkland & Ellis LLP to help expand the firm's project finance group with an attorney versed in digital infrastructure and renewable-energy deals.
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June 04, 2025
Brookfield Plugs $10B Into Swedish AI Hub
Private equity giant Brookfield Asset Management announced Wednesday it will invest up to 95 billion Swedish krona (around $10 billion) into the construction of a new data center in Sweden that will support artificial intelligence development.
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June 04, 2025
FCC Republican Says He's Leaving Agency This Week
Nathan Simington, one of only two Republicans on the Federal Communications Commission, said Wednesday he will leave the agency at the end of this week.
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June 04, 2025
Winston & Strawn, Cravath Guide $19B Industrial Tech Merger
Chart Industries Inc. and Flowserve Corp. said Wednesday they have agreed to merge in an all-stock deal that values the combined entity at $19 billion, giving it the "scale and resilience" needed to compete, with Winston & Strawn LLP and Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP providing legal guidance.
Expert Analysis
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An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.
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Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.
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Addressing Antitrust Scrutiny Over AI-Powered Pricing Tools
Amid multiple recent civil complaints alleging antitrust violations by providers and users of algorithmic pricing tools, such as RealPage and Yardi, digital-era measures should feature prominently in corporate compliance programs, including documentation of pro-competitive benefits and when to use disclosures, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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How Courts Weigh Section 1782 Discovery For UPC Cases
A look at cases from six different federal district courts reveals a number of discretionary factors that influence how courts consider Section 1782 discovery applications in connection with Unified Patent Court proceedings, say attorneys at Finnegan.
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How Calif., NY Could Fill Consumer Finance Regulatory Void
California and New York have historically taken the lead in consumer financial protection, and both show signs of becoming even more active in this area during the second Trump administration amid an enforcement pullback at the federal level, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Âé¶¹´«Ã½yer
While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.
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Unpacking FTC's New Stance On Standard-Essential Patents
Under its new chairman, Andrew Ferguson, the Federal Trade Commission is likely to bring more stand-alone Section 5 cases to challenge anticompetitive conduct, and it will be important for companies to see how the FTC responds to allegations of patent holdup by standard-essential patent holders committed to fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.
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Digesting A 2nd Circ. Ruling On Food Delivery App Arbitration
The Second Circuit recently rejected Grubhub's attempt to arbitrate price-fixing claims, while allowing Uber Eats to do so, reinforcing that even broad arbitration clauses must connect to the underlying dispute and suggesting that terms of service litigation may center on websites' design and content, say attorneys at Greenspoon Marder.
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Bid Protest Spotlight: Instructions, Price Evaluation, Standing
In this month's bid protest roundup, Caitlin Crujido at MoFo looks at three recent decisions that consider a contractor's attempt to circumvent unambiguous solicitation instructions, the fairness of an agency's price evaluation and whether a protestor that would be unable to perform even if sucessful has standing.
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5 Ways Banking Has Changed In 5 Years Since COVID
Since the start of the pandemic five years ago, technology, convenience and shifting expectations have transformed compliance for the financial services industry in several key ways, from the shrinking role of the traditional bank branch to the rise of fintech and mobile payments, says Christopher Pippett at Fox Rothschild.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Mastering The New TCPA Opt-Out Regulations
On April 11, the Federal Communications Commission's new rules concerning the handling of opt-out requests for robocalls and text messages became effective, so companies should prioritize high-value messaging, offer consumers regular opportunities to reconsent to communications, and more, says Aaron Weiss at Carlton Fields.
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A Look At M&A Trends In An Uncertain Deal Environment
Dealmakers are adopting more cautious and deliberate merger and acquisition practices, such as earnout agreements, joint ventures and strategic partnerships that mitigate risk and bridge valuation gaps, amid the slower pace so far in 2025, says Louis Lehot at Foley & Lardner.
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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.
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Takeaways From Gov't Report On AI Copyrightability
A recent report from the U.S. Copyright Office is a critical step toward establishing a framework for determining the copyrightability of work created in whole or in part by artificial intelligence systems, solidifying the office's positions on AI tools and advanced prompt techniques, say attorneys at Skadden.