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May 14, 2025
USDA Says Native Villages Aren't Tribal Land In $70M Dispute
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is standing by its assertion that two Native Alaskan villages are not tribal lands in the same way as reservations in its bid to convince a court to side with it in a fight over $70 million in broadband funds the agency is accused of wrongly giving away.
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May 14, 2025
Ga. Justices Consider Sovereignty In Telecom Permits Case
Georgia's justices were urged by the state Wednesday to overturn a trial court order granting summary judgment to telecommunications providers that sued to enforce prior contracts with the Georgia Department of Transportation that did not include increased permitting fees.
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May 14, 2025
FCC Cuts Deal With Fla. Pirate Radio Operator
The Federal Communications Commission has cut a deal with a man it accused of running an unauthorized radio station in Broward County, Florida, which requires him to pay a small fine and stop the illegal broadcasts in exchange for avoiding a stiffer penalty.
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May 14, 2025
ITC To Probe Nokia Patent Claims Against Acer And Others
The ITC has voted to investigate a patent complaint by Nokia against Acer, Asus and Hisense after the telecom giant accused them of infringing its patents with their video-capable laptops, desktop computers, handheld computers, tablets, televisions, projectors and components and module products.
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May 14, 2025
Texas Panel Says Ex-Cop's Phone Fair Game In Bribe Case
The highest criminal court of appeals in Texas ruled Wednesday that an ex-San Antonio police officer cannot suppress evidence found on a cell phone that prosecutors claim contains evidence of child pornography and that the officer had been accepting bribes.
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May 14, 2025
9th Circ. Says Trustee Is Liable Under New Social Media Test
A California school board member violated the First Amendment when she blocked two parents from making comments on her public Facebook and Twitter pages, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday, reaffirming a district court's judgment after applying the U.S. Supreme Court's new state-action test.
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May 14, 2025
House Committee Tees Up FCC Auction Reauthorization
While the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday was voting to clawback billions of dollars earmarked during the Biden administration for climate spending, it also managed to tee up a provision allowing the FCC to auction off spectrum once again.
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May 14, 2025
National Grid鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧 Must Face Jury Trial In Debt Harassment Suit
A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Wednesday that power company National Grid and two debt collectors must face a jury trial in a suit by a customer who says he was contacted about his outstanding debt more often than state law allows.
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May 14, 2025
Kirkland-Led Northleaf Clinches $2.6B Infrastructure Fund
Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised Northleaf Capital Partners has wrapped its fourth infrastructure fund above target after securing $2.6 billion of investor commitments, marking the firm's largest infrastructure fund to date.
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May 13, 2025
DOJ Antitrust Deputy Says Gov't 'Out-麻豆传媒yered' Google
The deputy head of the U.S. Justice Department's Antitrust Division took a victory lap Tuesday after dual monopolization wins over Google's search and advertising technology businesses, citing the cases as proof that the government's attorneys can win in a "David versus Goliath" battle.
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May 13, 2025
Google Spars With AGs Over Impact Of DOJ Ad Tech Ruling
Google is telling a Texas federal judge that its recent ad tech trial loss to the U.S. Department of Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia should have no bearing on the similar case brought in Texas by state attorneys general because the Virginia ruling is not yet final.
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May 13, 2025
Target Slapped With Class Action Over IPhone Warranties
Target Corp. is facing a proposed class action alleging it misled cellphone buyers about who is responsible for repairs, how much repairs cost and the warranty terms for its phones.
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May 13, 2025
FTC Says It Won't Enforce 'Click To Cancel' Until July
The Federal Trade Commission, currently only staffed with Republicans following President Donald Trump's firing of the remaining two Democratic commissioners, has decided to pump the brakes on its plan to start enforcing the agency's new "click to cancel" rule this month.
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May 13, 2025
SEC Inks Judgment In Telecom Execs' Inflated Revenue Suit
The former CEO and CFO of a bankrupt telecommunications software provider have cut a deal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that will ban them from ever again serving as head or officer of a public company.
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May 13, 2025
Pa. Justices Question Ruling Over Verizon's Utility Pole Rents
Some justices on Pennsylvania's Supreme Court questioned Tuesday whether the state's Public Utility Commission skipped steps in declaring that electrical utility FirstEnergy was charging Verizon "unjust and unreasonable" rates to rent space on utility poles, since the decision appeared to rest mainly on federal price limits the state had adopted.
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May 13, 2025
Senate Dems Say Paramount Deal Needs Full FCC Vote
Two Democratic senators called Tuesday for a full Federal Communications Commission vote on the tie-up of Paramount and Skydance Media to avoid even the "appearance of impropriety" from the deal gaining approval amid President Donald Trump's suit against Paramount's CBS.
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May 13, 2025
10th Circ. Wary Of Nixing $20M Fraud Award For Colo. Town
The Tenth Circuit seemed poised Tuesday to affirm a $19.8 million verdict in favor of a Colorado city battling a software developer accused of misrepresenting the readiness of its integrated billing platform for fiberoptic broadband services, even as the contractor insisted the language in the agreement was transparent.
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May 13, 2025
States Grapple With Feds Revoking Digital Equity Grants
States that received grant money under the $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act are scrambling to figure out their next steps after the Trump administration called the program "unconstitutional" and cut off their funding in recent days.
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May 13, 2025
麻豆传媒 Firms Expected To Settle Veteran's TCPA Suit
A veteran told a North Carolina federal judge he expects to settle a suit accusing several law firms and lawyers of badgering him about representing him in litigation over Camp Lejeune's drinking water even though he was never stationed at the base.
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May 12, 2025
Epic Infringed IP For 'Wicked' Star Fortnite Concerts, Jury Told
Epic Games should be made to pay for allegedly infringing a pair of inventors' patent that allowed tens of millions of fans to interact in virtual-world concerts staged in Fortnite involving "Wicked" star Ariana Grande and rapper Travis Scott, a Washington federal jury heard Monday.
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May 12, 2025
GOP Sens. Urge FCC To Overhaul Media Ownership Regs
Almost two dozen Republican senators have asked the Federal Communications Commission to "modernize the FCC's broadcast ownership rules," loosening regulations to allow "local broadcasters to compete with today's media giants."
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May 12, 2025
More Than Defaults: Google Judge Mulls AI, Search, Browsers
A D.C. federal judge has three weeks to figure out the last questions he'll ask the U.S. Department of Justice and Google before laying out search monopolization remedies that could help shape the way consumers search, browse and use artificial intelligence.
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May 12, 2025
Ohio AG Will Ask 6th Circ. To Revive Social Media Age Limit
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Monday that he is appealing a federal court decision blocking the state's law barring social media companies from allowing children under 16 to create accounts without parental consent.
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May 12, 2025
Feds Should Relax CBRS Power Limits, Carriers Say
Telecom carriers asked the Federal Communications Commission to accept industry proposals to relax power limits for devices in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service in hopes of opening the prime spectrum for more rapid growth.
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May 12, 2025
Music Labels Ask Justices To Uphold ISP's Copyright Liability
The nation's major record labels are urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to take up a petition from an internet service provider asking whether internet service providers can face "massive liability" for user copyright infringement, telling the justices that no circuit split on the question exists.
Expert Analysis
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When US Privilege 麻豆传媒 Applies To Docs Made Outside The US
As globalization manifests itself in disputes over foreign-created documents, a California federal court鈥檚 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 鈥 from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges 鈥 providing clues for what鈥檚 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 麻豆传媒yer
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聽at聽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 麻豆传媒 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 CFPB 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鈥檚 market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business 鈥 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 麻豆传媒 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 麻豆传媒yer: 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 鈥渟liding scale鈥 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鈥檚 recent ruling in NexStep v. Comcast highlights how even a persuasive expert鈥檚 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 麻豆传媒yer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons 鈥 due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources 鈥 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.