The Federal Communications Commission signed off on Windstream's merger with Uniti Group Inc. on Wednesday, approving the transfer of Windstream, Uniti and their respective subsidiaries to the newly formed New Windstream LLC.
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FCC Approves Windstream-Uniti Tie-Up

By Jared Foretek

The Federal Communications Commission signed off on Windstream's merger with Uniti Group Inc. on Wednesday, approving the transfer of Windstream, Uniti and their respective subsidiaries to the newly formed New Windstream LLC.

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Bills On Both Sides Of Capitol Hill Seek Tech Deployment Help

By Christopher Cole

Rural wireless companies praised the recent filing of bills in both chambers of Congress to expand responsibility for funding phone and broadband subsidies to edge providers and tech companies, saying the programs are "no longer sustainable" without more revenue sources.

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Sens., AGs Unite To Raise Alarm On State AI Moratorium

By Allison Grande

A sweeping proposal being considered by Congress to strip states of the ability to regulate artificial intelligence for a decade would do more harm than good, especially if there continues to be no similar protections in place at the federal level, a bipartisan quartet of U.S. senators and state attorneys general said Wednesday. 

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Mississippi Social Media Law Blocked Again By Federal Judge

By Craig Clough

A Mississippi federal judge reinstated a preliminary injunction Wednesday that blocks a state law requiring digital service providers to verify users' ages and social media platforms to acquire parental consent for a minor's account, preventing it from taking effect after the Fifth Circuit lifted the court's previous injunction.

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Brief

Senate Adds Full 5-Year Term For New FCC Commissioner

By Christopher Cole

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Olivia Trusty, a newly added member of the Federal Communications Commission, to serve another five years in addition to the term ending June 30 that lawmakers had approved the day before.

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LITIGATION

Trump Set To Delay TikTok Sale-Or-Ban Deadline For 3rd Time

By Allison Grande

President Donald Trump is planning to extend for an additional 90 days a looming deadline for TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese parent company or face a nationwide ban, according to the White House, which said that the administration would use the extra time to finalize a deal to keep the popular social media app from going dark. 

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India Says Justices' Ruling Doesn't Change Its $156M Appeal

By Joyce Hanson

India has told the D.C. Circuit that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision involving personal jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not address whether it is entitled to constitutional due process protections as it fights a nearly $156 million judgment against it.

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Seychelles Co. Brings $22M Guinea Award To DC Circ.

By Ali Sullivan

A consulting company is asking the D.C. Circuit to revive its bid to enforce a $22 million arbitration award against the Republic of Guinea, contending that the lower court was wrong to toss the case on jurisdictional grounds.

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FTC, Amazon Trade Blows Over Attempts To End Prime Case

By Rachel Riley

The Federal Trade Commission and Amazon have slammed one another in federal court filings over their competing bids to win regulators' case targeting Prime subscription enrollment practices, continuing to spar over the applicability of a consumer protection law shielding online shoppers.

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Judge Warns Overeager Samsung, ZTE Attys Not To Bug Staff

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge has issued a short, stern warning to counsel in Samsung's antitrust fight against ZTE over its standard essential patents' licensing practices, telling counsel not to contact court staff again about the status of their pending stipulation and noting "future improper communications to court staff may result in sanctions."

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BANKRUPTCY

Altice France Files Ch. 15 In New York With $22B In Debt

By Yun Park

Telecom company Altice France SA has asked a New York bankruptcy judge to recognize its French insolvency, saying it has over €19.2 billion ($22 billion) in debt and citing pressures from rising costs and increased competition.

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DEALS

DOJ Defends Using Written Depos In HPE-Juniper Merger Trial

By Jared Foretek

The U.S. Department of Justice is defending its proposal to include written deposition testimony into the record for its upcoming antitrust trial against Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks, saying that playing depositions live would waste crucial time in what is scheduled to be an eight-day trial.

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PEOPLE

Space And Satellite Partner Jodi Goldberg Joins Pillsbury In DC

By Madeline Lyskawa

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP announced Wednesday that the firm is bolstering its communications practice with the addition of Jodi Goldberg, a new partner in its Washington, D.C., office.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech

New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

'Absolutely Disgusting': Litigant's Stashed Gum Irks Judge

By Hailey Konnath

A Florida federal judge admonished a plaintiff for sticking her chewed gum to a courtroom table, leading to a federal prosecutor getting the gum stuck to her skirt later, calling it "absolutely disgusting" and saying he "never dreamed" he would have to "write an order like this."

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9th Circ. Backs 'Legitimate' Bar Membership Admission Rules

By Lauren Berg

The Ninth Circuit on Friday tossed a challenge to local rules in district courts in the circuit requiring lawyers to be bar members in the state where the court is located in order to seek general admission, saying admission rules aren't unconstitutional and there are several "legitimate reasons" for the rule.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton and Andrea Keckley

WilmerHale leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit vacated a $300 million patent infringement jury verdict against Apple, based on instructions by a Texas federal judge that the appellate court panel determined to be erroneous.

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Feature

Current And Former GCs Urge Law Grads To 'Rise Up'

By Michele Gorman

From sharing details about being part of the first class of female graduates at Washington and Lee University School of Law to explaining how a middle-school teaching job led to obtaining a law degree, five commencement speakers — all current or former general counsel — recently shared their wisdom for the next generation of attorneys.

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Trump Taps Atty Dropped By Biden For Eastern Ky. Fed. Court

By Ali Sullivan

President Donald Trump has announced plans to nominate former Kentucky Solicitor General Chad Meredith to serve as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

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NJ Court Greenlights Beasley Allen Attys In Talc Litigation

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state judge will allow two Beasley Allen Law Firm attorneys to represent a California couple in their suit accusing Johnson & Johnson of selling carcinogenic talc-based baby powder and appear pro hac vice despite the company's vehement opposition.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

A new report showed a dip in the average size of corporate legal teams over the last year, and an attorney focused on special purpose acquisition companies is predicting the Trump administration's friendly stance on cryptocurrency will spawn a wave of new cryptocurrency-related ventures going public in the coming months. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Attys Face Sanctions For 'Sweeping' Copying Of Firm's Motion

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge has ordered The Neil Jones Food Co.'s defense counsel to explain why she shouldn't sanction them for filing a dismissal motion that appears to plagiarize a losing motion filed by another firm in another case in the district, slamming the "sweeping copy and paste" conduct as "patently unacceptable."

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Pogust Goodhead face legal action from mining giant BHP Group, Trainline bring a procurement claim against the Department for Transport, Sworders auction house sue Conservative peer Patricia Rawlings, and Nokia hit with a patents claim by Hisense. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Aetna Inc.

Altice SA

Altice USA

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

Apple Inc.

Assicurazioni Generali

Associated Press

Association of Corporate Counsel

Astellas Pharma Inc.

Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.

BHP Group PLC

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

Bertelsmann AG

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

ByteDance Ltd.

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.

Cantor Fitzgerald LP

Chevron Corp.

Computer & Communications Industry Association

Council for Innovation Promotion

Deutsche Telekom AG

Duke University

Epic Games Inc.

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.

Gilead Sciences Inc.

Google LLC

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

Hisense Co. Ltd.

John Wayne Airport

Johnson & Johnson

Juniper Networks Inc.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Nav Technologies Inc.

Neil Jones Food Co.

New York Yankees

Nokia Corp.

Northeastern University

Numericable

PepsiCo Inc.

Pinterest Inc.

Point Mortgage Corp.

Purdue Pharma LP

Red Bull GmbH

Reddit Inc.

Rural Wireless Association

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Shenandoah Life Insurance Company Inc.

Snap Inc.

State Bar of California

TC Energy Corp.

The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

TikTok Inc.

Trainline

TransCanada Corporation

Uniti Group Inc.

University of Virginia

Vodafone Group PLC

Washington & Lee University

Windstream Holdings Inc.

YouTube Inc.

ZTE Corp.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Akin Gump

Arias Sanguinetti

Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Team, LLP

Barnes & Thornburg

Beasley Allen

Bingham McCutchen

Bird & Bird

Blackstone Chambers

Bradley Arant

Candey Ltd.

Clyde & Co

Coleman & Horowitt

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cozen O'Connor

DMH Stallard

DWF LLP

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dean Omar

Denlea & Carton

Dentons

Ellenoff Grossman

Faegre Drinker

Fieldfisher

Foley & Lardner

Freshfields

Fridman Fels

Fried Frank

Gibson Dunn

Gordons LLP

Gowling WLG

GrayRobinson

Holland & Knight

Hueston Hennigan

Hughes Hubbard

Jones Day

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lehotsky Keller

Levy Firestone

Lewis Brisbois

Liddle Sheets

Mayer Brown

McDermott Will & Emery

McGuireWoods

Milbank LLP

Mishcon de Reya

Moore Hill & Westmoreland

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Pillsbury Winthrop

Pogust Goodhead

Prince Lobel

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Reynolds Porter

Ropes & Gray

Ross Aronstam

Seladore Legal

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Simon Paschal

Skadden Arps

Slaughter and May

Squire Patton

Stewarts Law LLP

TLT LLP

Taylor Wessing

Troutman

Wachtell Lipton

White & Case

Wiggin LLP

Wilkinson Stekloff

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Young Conaway

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

House of Lords of the United Kingdom

International Chamber of Commerce

National Institutes of Health

New Jersey Court

New Jersey State Ethics Commission

North Carolina Department of Justice

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court