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May 08, 2026
ABC has accused the Federal Communications Commission of trying to trample its First Amendment rights by targeting long-running talk show "The View" with an investigation into whether it has been violating the agency's "equal time" rule for political candidates.
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May 08, 2026
The Lummi Nation is asking a Washington district court for an order that would block a telephone company from continuing to construct a broadband project at a site where Indigenous remains have been unearthed, arguing that they have not been allowed to assess the damage or properly rebury their ancestors.
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May 08, 2026
A D.C. federal court rejected Google's request to pause parts of an order in the government's search monopolization case requiring it to give rivals syndicated search results and data, but will allow Google to try again once a competitor is lined up for access.
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May 08, 2026
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires granted seven petitions for patent review under the America Invents Act and denied 12 other petitions, including a host of challenges by Cisco Systems and Samsung Electronics.
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May 08, 2026
In this week's Taxation With Representation, gold companies Regis Resources and Vault Minerals combine, Long Lake Management acquires American Express Global Business Travel and Vodafone buys out CK Hutchison Holdings to become the sole owner of their telecommunications joint venture.
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May 07, 2026
California federal jurors weighing Elon Musk's challenge to OpenAI's for-profit conversion on Thursday watched prerecorded testimony from a former OpenAI board member who voted to oust CEO Sam Altman in 2023 over concerns his pattern of lies and deception fostered a "toxic culture of lying."
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May 07, 2026
An online safety expert testified Thursday that Meta would not be unduly burdened by age-verification reforms New Mexico's attorney general is seeking in a $3.7 billion bench trial over harm to teen users of its social media platforms, given that European regulators in recent weeks announced nearly identical demands.
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May 07, 2026
Google and Verizon were hit with patent infringement suits in Texas federal court Wednesday over Google Pixel's Android Auto and Verizon's Driving Mode auto-reply features that send automated responses to incoming messages when hooked up to a vehicle's Bluetooth, which helps prevent distracted driving.
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May 07, 2026
An attorney for Nielsen urged a Second Circuit panel Thursday to undo an order, which is currently stayed, effectively blocking it from conditioning media company Cumulus' access to national radio ratings data on buying its local offerings.
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May 07, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice is correct that having a patent included in a standard does not necessarily give the patentholder market power, Netlist said in defending itself against Samsung's lawsuit accusing it of exploiting a standard-setting process.
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May 07, 2026
Semiconductor manufacturer Skyworks must face a proposed shareholder class action accusing it of downplaying the financial impact of its diminished business relationship with Apple, with the court finding the investors plausibly show the company concealed relevant information before revealing last year it would pull back its revenue expectations.
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May 07, 2026
Meta and its Instagram platform asked a Los Angeles judge to override a landmark jury verdict awarding millions of dollars in damages to a woman claiming she became addicted to the social media site as a child, saying in the alternative they deserve a new trial.
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May 07, 2026
A group of Senate Democrats on Thursday condemned the Federal Communications Commission's purported retaliation against ABC for not firing late night host Jimmy Kimmel after his controversial joke about the president and his wife.
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May 07, 2026
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has told the Federal Circuit that Verizon can't appeal a ruling by the agency's former director that wiped out the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's invalidation of a patent it challenged, saying the court has consistently upheld the board's ability to terminate such challenges.
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May 07, 2026
A New York federal judge won't let IBM Corp. entirely out of a suit from the village of Endicott alleging that the computer giant's old headquarters contaminated groundwater with forever chemicals and other pollution, only tossing claims related to one of the three wells at issue.
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May 07, 2026
Artificial intelligence was a common denominator across recent deal rumors, as Blue Owl Capital was said to be exploring a $30 billion sale of Stack Infrastructure's Asia operations, Anthropic cut a reported $200 billion deal with Google Cloud, and KKR raked in billions for the buildout of a new data center-focused AI company.
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May 07, 2026
Frontier Communications Corp. has agreed to end a proposed class action claiming its employee 401(k) plan was improperly overinvested in Verizon Wireless and other telecommunications stocks, according to a filing in Connecticut federal court.
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May 06, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission's digital discrimination rules, which were passed during the Biden administration, were knocked down by the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday after the panel found the agency reached beyond its statutory mandate when creating the restrictions.
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May 06, 2026
Ex-OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis, who has four children with Elon Musk, took the stand in a California federal jury trial Wednesday over Musk's challenge to OpenAI's for-profit conversion, defending her role as an intermediary between Musk and other OpenAI founders and testifying she twice raised concerns over Sam Altman's leadership.
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May 06, 2026
A certified class of North Carolina borrowers on Wednesday asked a federal judge to preliminarily approve a $9 million settlement to resolve claims their Illinois-based mortgage servicer Dovenmuehle Mortgage Inc. charged them excessive processing fees to pay their bills over the phone.
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May 06, 2026
An executive for a child protection organization told a New Mexico judge Wednesday that "ongoing quality issues" with Meta's reporting and the use of message encryption have made it harder to deliver actionable reports to law enforcement, as the state seeks $3.7 billion in reforms at the social media company.
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May 06, 2026
Amazon customers claimed in a proposed nationwide class action Wednesday that the e-commerce giant's Fire TV products illegally capture and analyze everything that users see and hear through their devices, including streamed content, personal photos and security camera streams.
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May 06, 2026
Two siblings asked a Florida federal court Wednesday to lift an asset freeze in the Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit alleging they sold $91 million of fake health benefits on the Affordable Care Act exchange, arguing they need money to pay their attorneys.
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May 06, 2026
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has some new tire sensors in the works that would provide safety and performance but require special permission from the Federal Communications Commission for the devices to work properly without breaking agency rules.
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May 06, 2026
Major wireless carriers are looking toward a future driven by artificial intelligence, but say its full potential can only be reached if policymakers give them more access to exclusive airwaves in the prime midband range.