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October 20, 2025
5G Broadcast Called Potential 'Force Multiplier' For Industry
Advocates of federal policies to support 5G Broadcast said the technology can help cellular networks by offloading technology that uses 5G to broadcast television, and other content is not "in competition with mobile networks" but a complement to them.
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October 20, 2025
Zuckerberg Ordered To Testify At 1st Social Media Harm Trial
A Los Angeles judge on Monday ordered Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify at an upcoming bellwether trial over major social media technology companies allegedly causing harm to young users' mental health, but put off deciding whether he must testify at future bellwether trials.
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October 20, 2025
IT Company Says Plaintiff In Contract Suit Threatened Worker
An information technology company defending against claims that it committed fraud while performing a contract for online retailer Wayfair LLC told a Texas federal court the plaintiff who brought the suit should be sanctioned for threatening an employee.
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October 20, 2025
Tax Pros Seek Clarity In Energy Supplier Certification Rules
The U.S. Treasury Department should clarify how developers can demonstrate new supplier certification compliance for some clean energy tax credits retooled by the Republican budget law, practitioners said Monday, noting uncertainty over what information could suffice under new restrictions on certain foreign suppliers.
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October 20, 2025
5th Circ. Affirms Fraud Conviction Of Failed Bank's Ex-CEO
A Fifth Circuit panel upheld the conviction of former First NBC Bank CEO Ashton J. Ryan Jr., who was sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $215 million in restitution after a jury found him guilty of bank fraud and conspiracy related to the collapse of the Louisiana bank.
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October 20, 2025
Chemical Co. To Tap Compliance Chief In Investor Suit Deal
Shareholders who sued Origin Materials leaders for allegedly concealing a three-year construction delay affecting a planned production facility have urged a California federal court to greenlight a nonmonetary settlement that would see the sustainable chemical manufacturer appoint a chief compliance officer, among other things.
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October 20, 2025
Connecticut Official Had 'Dirtiest Hands Of All,' Jury Told
Former Connecticut school construction director Kosta Diamantis was a "corrupt public official" who pushed local authorities to hire a masonry contractor and a construction management firm that paid him a cut of their negotiated government contracts, prosecutors told a jury during closing arguments Monday.
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October 20, 2025
Biotech Co. Asks SEC For Emergency Delisting Pause
Chinese biotechnology company Shineco Inc. has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an emergency stay of Nasdaq's suspension and delisting of its securities, arguing it will likely succeed in its pending appeal to the stock exchange.
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October 20, 2025
Tax Startup CEO Swindled $13M From Investors, SEC Says
The CEO of a defunct tax-compliance startup lied to investors as she raised $13 million for her company, overstating its revenues by almost 900 times and falsely claiming she was a certified public accountant, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday in California federal court.
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October 20, 2025
Wells Fargo Borrowers Defend Mortgage Application Fees Suit
A proposed class of Wells Fargo borrowers is fighting the bank's dismissal bid of their suit, which accuses the bank of wrongfully charging them mortgage application fees and failing to provide proper refunds, arguing in California federal court that Wells Fargo's dismissal motion "mischaracterizes" the named plaintiff's claims.
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October 20, 2025
Security Guards Seek Trial Over Alleged OT Record Tampering
Two security guards asked a Colorado federal judge Monday to reject a security company's bid for a win in their proposed class action, claiming the company's representations about the security guards committing time fraud were false.
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October 20, 2025
Funds Rip Boeing's 4th Circ. Bid To Decertify Max Fraud Class
Institutional investors have told the Fourth Circuit that they've sufficiently laid out their damages theories to advance certified class claims alleging Boeing kept its stock price trading at inflated levels by repeatedly misrepresenting the safety of its 737 Max fleet after two crashes and a door-plug blowout.
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October 20, 2025
'A Total Mess': Judge Slams Calif. Privacy Law's Ambiguity
California's Invasion of Privacy Act "is a total mess" that routinely requires courts to make "borderline impossible" decisions about how to apply the law's language to new technologies, a San Francisco federal judge commented in an order Friday, pleading for state lawmakers to bring the law into the 21st century.
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October 20, 2025
RELX Escapes Ex-Employee's Greenwashing, Retaliation Suit
A Massachusetts federal judge has tossed a suit accusing RELX PLC of retaliating against a former employee and committing securities fraud by making business decisions that contradicted environmentally minded pledges made to investors, ruling that the employee missed the window to file a charge related to his termination.
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October 20, 2025
Exxon Fights 2nd Circ.'s Atty Fees Ruling In NYC Climate Case
Exxon, BP, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute are asking the Second Circuit for en banc review of a panel's decision to award attorney fees to New York City, which is suing them for deceptive practices around climate change.
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October 20, 2025
TikTok Urges Nix Of Wash. Applicant's Pay Transparency Suit
TikTok urged a Washington state court to toss an applicant's proposed class action claiming the video platform failed to include salary information in job listings, arguing the worker leading the case and dozens of others couldn't show he was harmed by the omission.
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October 20, 2025
Emergency Tariffs Unlawfully Unprecedented, Justices Told
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act has never been used until President Donald Trump to impose tariffs, and nowhere does the law provide that explicit authority, a dozen states, several small businesses and a pair of Illinois toymakers told the U.S. Supreme Court Monday.
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October 20, 2025
Bricklayer, Contractor End Suit Over Shuttling Time
A bricklayer and a refractory contractor told a Pennsylvania federal court Monday that they agreed to end a proposed class action claiming the company failed to pay workers for the time they spent shuttling to and from the construction of a petrochemical plant.
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October 20, 2025
Youths Appeal Dismissal Of Challenge To Trump Energy Orders
A group of youths filed a notice of appeal with the Ninth Circuit on Monday, seeking to overturn a Montana federal judge's dismissal of their lawsuit aimed at undoing President Donald Trump's energy-related emergency orders.
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October 20, 2025
Meta Faces Massive Cut To $167M Win Over WhatsApp Hack
A California federal judge said Friday that WhatsApp parent Meta must either accept a cut of its $167.25 million punitive damages win against spyware-maker NSO Group to $4 million or go to trial again over the proper amount of damages, concluding that the amount awarded by a jury was "excessive."
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October 20, 2025
Ski Equipment Makers Targeted In EU Antitrust Probe
The European Union's executive branch on Monday said it, along with local competition authorities, is conducting unannounced inspections at ski equipment companies it believes have formed an illegal cartel in violation of antitrust laws.
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October 20, 2025
Radio Co. Challenges Nielsen's National-Local Data 'Tying'
Cumulus Media sued Nielsen in New York federal court last week, as the local and national radio network owner seeks temporary and lasting blocks on a new ratings data policy Cumulus says entrenches Nielsen's monopolies by conditioning comprehensive nationwide data on subscriptions to the data for local geographies.
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October 20, 2025
21 AGs Back Planned Parenthood In Funding Freeze Fight
A coalition of attorneys general from 21 Democrat-led states chimed in on Monday in support of Planned Parenthood's case challenging the Trump administration's push to cut off Medicaid reimbursements to its centers and affiliates, saying more than a million people could lose healthcare access if the First Circuit doesn't halt the move.
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October 20, 2025
Connecticut Watchdog Atty Tapped To Lead Utility Regulator
Connecticut's governor announced Monday that he had chosen the legal and regulatory director for the state consumer watchdog agency, Thomas Wiehl, to serve as the chairman of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, and he tapped three others to serve as commissioners of the five-member body.
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October 20, 2025
Mobile Cos. Ask FCC To Revisit Local Interconnection Rule
Wireless carriers asked the Federal Communications Commission to ditch a rule that allows local exchange carriers to request interconnection agreements with mobile providers, triggering procedures the carriers say can be overly burdensome.
Expert Analysis
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NY AML Rules Get Crypto Rebrand: What It Means For Banks
A recent letter from the New York State Department of Financial Services outlining how banks can use blockchain analytics in anti-money laundering efforts is a reminder that crypto activity is not exempted from banks' role in keeping the financial system safe, says Katherine Lemire at Lankler Siffert.
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What's At Stake At High Court For Presidential Removal Power
Two pending U.S. Supreme Court cases —Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook — raise fundamental questions about the constitutional separation of powers, threaten the 90-year-old precedent of Humphrey's Executor v. U.S. and will determine the president's authority to control independent federal agencies, says Kolya Glick at Arnold & Porter.
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Using The GHG Protocol For California Climate Reporting
With the California Air Resources Board's recent announcement that entities subject to the state's climate disclosure laws can use the Greenhouse Gas Protocol as a standard for structured, auditable reporting, a review of methods, data sources and disclosures under the protocol is timely for compliance planning, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.
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Employer Considerations As Ill. Ends Mandatory Fact-Finding
Illinois recently eliminated mandatory fact-finding conferences, and while such meetings tend to benefit complainants, respondent employers should not dismiss them out of hand without conducting a thorough analysis of the risks and benefits, which will vary from case to case, says Kimberly Ross at FordHarrison.
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3 Trends From AI-Related Securities Class Action Dismissals
A review of recently dismissed securities class actions centering on artificial intelligence highlights courts' scrutiny of statements about AI's capabilities and independence, and sustained focus on issues that aren't AI-specific, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Compliance Pointers Amid Domestic Terrorism Clampdown
A recent presidential memorandum marks a shift in federal domestic-terrorism enforcement that should prompt nonprofits to enhance diligence related to grantees, vendors and events, and financial institutions to shore up their internal resources for increased suspicious-activity monitoring and reporting obligations, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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5 Evolving Marketing Risks That Finance Cos. Should Watch
Financial services providers should beware several areas where consumer protection regulators are broadening their scrutiny of modern marketing practices, such as the use of influencer testimonials or advertisements touting artificial intelligence-powered products, so they can better adapt to changing expectations for compliance, say attorneys at Hinshaw.
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CFTC, SEC Joint Statement Highlights New Unity On Crypto
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's recent joint statement announcing a cross-agency initiative enabling certain spot crypto-asset products to trade on regulated exchanges is the earliest and most visible instance of interagency cooperation on crypto regulation, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Regulatory Uncertainties Loom As Fed Ends Crypto Oversight
The Federal Reserve Bank's recently ended crypto supervisory program headlines other recent federal actions from Congress, the White House and relevant agencies that may complicate financial institutions' digital-asset use and attendant compliance strategies, say attorneys at Buchalter.
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What The New Nondomiciled-Trucker Rule Means For Carriers
A new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration interim final rule restricting states' issuance of commercial drivers licenses to nondomiciled drivers does not alter motor carriers' obligations to verify drivers' qualifications, but may create disruptions by reducing the number of eligible drivers, say attorneys at Benesch.
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EU-US Data Transfer Ruling Offers Reassurance To Cos.
The European Union General Court’s recent upholding of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework in Latombe v. European Commission, although subject to appeal, provides companies with legal certainty for the first time by allowing the transfer of European Economic Area personal data without relying on alternative mechanisms, say lawyers at Wilson Sonsini.
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Opinion
SEC Arbitration Shift Is At Odds With Fraud Deterrence
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent statement allowing the use of mandatory arbitration by new publicly traded companies could result in higher legal costs, while removing the powerful deterrent impact of public lawsuits that have helped make the U.S. securities markets a model of transparency and fairness, say attorneys at Labaton Keller.
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Drug Ad Crackdown Demonstrates Admin's Aggressive Stance
Recent actions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services targeting pharmaceutical companies' allegedly deceptive advertising practices signal an active — potentially even punitive — intent to regulate direct-to-consumer advertising out of existence, say attorneys at King & Spalding.
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Protecting Sensitive Court Filings After Recent Cyber Breach
In the wake of a recent cyberattack on federal courts' Case Management/Electronic Case Files system, civil litigants should consider seeking enhanced protections for sensitive materials filed under seal to mitigate the risk of unauthorized exposure, say attorneys at Redgrave.
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DOJ Chemical Seizure Shows Broad Civil Forfeiture Authority
The U.S. Department of Justice’s recent seizure of meth precursor chemicals en route from China to Mexico illustrates the U.S. government's powerful jurisdictional reach to seek forfeiture of cartel-related assets, and company compliance programs must take note, say attorneys at White & Case.