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March 12, 2024
ISPs, Public Advocates Debate Need For FCC's Equity Rule
Two major broadband providers on Tuesday disputed the need for the federal government's new, far-reaching rule barring discrimination in broadband deployment, even as public and consumer advocates argued that equitable rollout of high-speed internet remains a national priority.
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March 12, 2024
NTIA Releases Rollout Plan For National Spectrum Strategy
The federal government released its long-awaited spectrum strategy on Tuesday, identifying the five telecom bands it plans to study to potentially open up for new, commercial usage.
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March 12, 2024
Hytera Can't Go To Chinese Court In $540M Motorola IP Fight
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday granted Motorola's request for an order blocking major Chinese radio company Hytera from pursuing a bid in China to keep Motorola from shutting down a Chinese case in which Hytera claimed it doesn't use Motorola's intellectual property.
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March 12, 2024
5 Questions For Former FCC Member Michael O'Rielly
It's been just over three years since Republican Michael O'Rielly left his seat on the Federal Communications Commission, but a lot of ground has shifted in the telecom space since he left for the private sector.
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March 12, 2024
Porn Stars Seek To Drop Meta Suit Due To Lack Of Evidence
Three adult entertainment performers told a California federal court on Monday that they want to drop their lawsuit claiming that Meta conspired with OnlyFans' parent to block ads for the risqué platform's competitors, saying Meta told their counsel that there's no evidence that the women's social media accounts were blacklisted.
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March 12, 2024
Apple To Allow Direct Downloads Of Apps In EU
Apple will start allowing developers to distribute apps directly from their websites in Europe, the latest in a string of changes by the tech giant as it comes into compliance with expansive new regulations under the Digital Markets Act.
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March 12, 2024
Paul Weiss' Digital Tech Chair On AI's Promises And Perils
While generative artificial intelligence promises to increase access to justice and kill the billable hour, we don't know how to prevent it from unleashing misinformation and disinformation on the electorate, says Katherine Forrest, a former Manhattan federal judge who is now chair of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's digital technology group.
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March 12, 2024
AT&T Offloaded Pensions In Risky Annuity Deal, Suit Says
AT&T shirked its fiduciary duty and put 96,000 workers' retirement savings in jeopardy by transferring pension obligations to a "risky" annuity provider, according to a proposed class action filed in Massachusetts federal court.
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March 11, 2024
GOP Bill Would Open Up 2,500 MHz Of Midband Airwaves
A bill introduced by Republican senators Monday would open 2,500 megahzertz of midband airwaves to private-sector or shared use, with half of that rolling out in the next two years.
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March 11, 2024
Gov't Says Cost Trumps Return In Dish Spectrum Fraud Case
The U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge to dismiss a suit accusing Dish Network of trying to buy discounted spectrum through sham companies, saying the plaintiff hasn't shown that Dish hid its interest in the buyers and the companies never received Federal Communications Commission bidding credits anyway.
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March 11, 2024
Google Search Judge Wary Of NYT Bid To Make Docs Public
The D.C. federal judge weighing the fate of Google's search business pushed back during a Monday hearing on the New York Times' bid for a large scale unsealing of key contracts at the heart of the Justice Department antitrust lawsuit, although he left any final decisions for another day.
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March 11, 2024
States Want Info On Google-Facebook Pact In Ad Tech Case
State-level enforcers accusing Google of monopolizing key digital ad technology are asking a Texas federal court to lift a stay on discovery for documents related to an agreement between Google and Facebook that allegedly tipped the scales of auctions in Facebook's favor to discourage use of other ad exchanges.
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March 11, 2024
Feds Seek Over 5 Years For Ex-CEO Who Lied To Investors
Prosecutors urged a California federal judge Friday to sentence the former CEO of Silicon Valley software startup HeadSpin, who pled guilty to falsifying documents to draw in investors, to more than five years in prison, after his counsel argued that no investor lost money and that he shouldn't get prison time.
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March 11, 2024
Landlords' Group Slams FCC Digital Equity Rule In DC Circ.
A property owners' advocacy group has sued the Federal Communications Commission in the D.C. Circuit, claiming the agency soared well past its legal limits in passing a new broadband equity rule and will put renters' access to internet service at greater risk.
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March 11, 2024
Fed. Circ. Cuts Down Netflix's Appeal Of Broadcom Patent
The Federal Circuit on Monday backed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in finding that an Avago Technologies distributed computing patent was valid, handing a loss to Netflix.
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March 11, 2024
Senate Could Be Hurdle To House Plan For TikTok Limits
A bill to clamp down on TikTok that was unanimously approved by a House committee is expected to come to the House floor this week, but its fate in the U.S. Senate looks dicier.
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March 11, 2024
FCC Can't Make ISPs Pay Into Universal Fund Yet, Group Says
An affordable broadband advocacy nonprofit has told the Federal Communications Commission it doesn't need to promise broadband carriers that it will not make them pay into the Universal Service Fund if they are reclassified, because there are other steps the agency must take before it could start charging them anyway.
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March 11, 2024
5th Circ. Revives Dish's Bid To Take Down Arabic TV Site
The Fifth Circuit has revived Dish Network's suit against a German resident for sharing Arabic-language programming pirated from Dish after finding the defendant purposefully advertises to viewers in the United States.
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March 11, 2024
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Delaware's Court of Chancery became a hot topic in New Orleans last week as litigators and judges at an annual convention acknowledged the First State's corporate law preeminence is under scrutiny. Back home, the court moved ahead on disputes involving Meta Platforms, Abercrombie & Fitch and Donald Trump.
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March 08, 2024
Trump 'An Existential Threat' To Rule Of Law, Attys Warn
Former President Donald Trump represents an "existential threat" to democracy and the rule of law, legal experts said Friday at a conference on white collar crime in San Francisco.
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March 08, 2024
Senate Confirms New FCC Inspector General
Nearly a year after she was first nominated, Fara Damelin was confirmed as the Federal Communications Commission's next inspector general by the U.S. Senate on Thursday evening, just before the State of the Union address.
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March 08, 2024
Cahill Has 'Great Ambitions' To Take IP Litigation By Storm
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has spent the last year building up a new intellectual property practice, with a veteran of top law firms leading the way and attorneys from White & Case LLP joining the firm earlier this year.
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March 08, 2024
Cable Biz Resists Blackout Refunds, Says It's Not To Blame
The cable industry faces several regulatory challenges at the Federal Communications Commission, but their top priority is rolling back a pending plan to require customer refunds when programs are blacked out.
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March 08, 2024
Consumers Fight Dismissal Bids In Microsoft And OpenAI Suit
Consumers who say their privacy was violated by Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI LP's products are urging California federal court not to dismiss their complaint, saying it clearly and in detail lays out the basis for their allegations.
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March 08, 2024
Microsoft Pushes AI As Weapon For Fighting Robocalls
Microsoft is continuing its push to convince the Federal Communications Commission that artificial intelligence can help in its effort to combat robocalls and texts, not just make the problem worse.
Expert Analysis
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A Checklist For Cyber Incident Response Communications
The recent cyberattack of file transfer tool MOVEit, and its spread among industries, is a reminder for companies that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to incident response communications, and there are certain questions that every business should ask before communicating about an incident, say Kamran Salour at Lewis Brisbois and Sadia Mirza at Troutman Pepper.
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Level Up Lawyers' Business Development With Gamification
With employee engagement at a 10-year low in the U.S., there are several gamification techniques marketing and business development teams at law firms can use to make generating new clients and matters more appealing to lawyers, says Heather McCullough at Society 54.
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Mallory Ruling Leaves Personal Jurisdiction Deeply Unsettled
In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway, a closely divided U.S. Supreme Court recently rolled back key aspects of its 2017 opinion in Daimler AG v. Bauman that limited personal jurisdiction, leaving as many questions for businesses as it answers, say John Cerreta and James Rotondo at Day Pitney.
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What Revised FTC Guides Mean For Influencer Campaigns
The Federal Trade Commission’s recent updates to its endorsement guides will affect influencer campaigns in several key ways, including how and when influencers should make disclosures, and how companies should manage campaigns, says Gonzalo Mon at Kelley Drye.
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4 Legal Issues Grant-Funded Broadband Projects May Face
The Biden administration's recently announced funding allocations represent the largest ever government investment in broadband internet infrastructure, but these new development opportunities will require navigation of complicated and sometimes arcane legal environments, says Casey Lide at Keller & Heckman.
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5 Ways Firms Can Rethink Office Design In A Hybrid World
As workplaces across the country adapt to flexible work, law firms must prioritize individuality, amenities and technology in office design, says Kristin Cerutti at Nelson Worldwide.
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Top 5 Privacy Cases To Watch, From Chatbots To Geolocation
Litigation related to privacy law violations has been on the rise recently, and while some judges have pushed back on the novel theories set forth by plaintiffs, new privacy cases are launched almost every day, including notable ones on topics ranging from chatbots to geolocation, say Sushila Chanana and Rodolfo Rivera Aquino at Farella Braun.
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Flawed Analysis Supports Common Law Tax Deficiency Ruling
The Colorado federal district court’s recent decision in Liberty Global, holding that the U.S. Department of Justice may assert a common law tax claim without the notice of tax deficiency required by the Internal Revenue Code, relies on a contorted reading of the statute and irrelevant case law, say Loren Opper and Christie Galinski at Miller Canfield.
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Opinion
Congress Should Curb FTC Pattern Of Consent Order Abuse
In upcoming hearings, Congress should recognize that the Federal Trade Commission’s intrusive investigation of Twitter is part of a growing pattern of consent order abuse, which will continue to harm consumers, companies and the agency itself unless lawmakers step in, says former FTC chief technologist Neil Chilson, now at the Center for Growth and Opportunity.
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Opinion
Bar Score Is Best Hiring Metric Post-Affirmative Action
After the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling striking down affirmative action admissions policies, law firms looking to foster diversity in hiring should view an applicant's Multistate Bar Examination score as the best metric of legal ability — over law school name or GPA, says attorney Alice Griffin.
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Local Gov'ts Must Be Vigilant Ahead Of New TCPA Rules
Before updated Telephone Consumer Protection Act rules take effect later this month, local governments hoping to avoid costly liability landmines should ensure their calling policies and equipment are flexible enough to comply with any proposed modifications before employing the use of automated messages, say Gerard Lederer and Gregory Caffas at BB&K.
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2 Years Later: TransUnion's Impact On Data Breach Litigation
In the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark TransUnion decision, plaintiffs have sought to bypass the effects of the ruling — which poses a significant impediment to large data breach class actions and uncertainty for cyber insurers — through various clever pleading forms, say Jason Fagelman and Sarah Cornelia at Norton Rose, and Amanda Thai at Beazley.
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Ghosting In BigLaw: How To Come Back From Lack Of Feedback
Junior associates can feel powerless when senior colleagues cut off contact instead of providing useful feedback, but young attorneys can get back on track by focusing on practical professional development and reexamining their career priorities, says Rachel Patterson at Orrick.
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Steps To Success For Senior Associates
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Adriana Paris at Rissman Barrett discusses the increased responsibilities and opportunities that becoming a senior associate brings and what attorneys in this role should prioritize to flourish in this stressful but rewarding next level in their careers.
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Legal Profession Must Do More For Lawyers With Disabilities
At the start of Disability Pride month, Rosalyn Richter at Arnold & Porter looks at why lawyers with disabilities are significantly underrepresented in private practice, asserting that law firms and other employers must do more to conquer the implicit bias that deters attorneys from seeking accommodations.