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June 13, 2025
Liberty Latin America Pays $24K To End Ownership Probe
Liberty Latin America Ltd. has reached a consent decree with the Federal Communications Commission to pay $24,000 and adopt a compliance plan to resolve an investigation into whether it violated foreign ownership limits.
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June 13, 2025
Electronic Tablets Allow Inmates To Connect — With A Cost
Authorities say the increased use of electronic tablets in prisons and jails helps inmates communicate with family and access entertainment, but advocates warn that the tablets lead to less connection, more surveillance and greater profits for prison telecoms.
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June 13, 2025
Ex-Ill. Speaker Madigan Gets 7½ Years For Bribery
An Illinois federal judge on Friday sentenced former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to seven and a half years in prison and fined him $2.5 million for his conviction on bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud charges, saying his determination that Madigan perjured himself on the stand at trial impacted the stiff penalty.
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June 13, 2025
Hopes Run High For Senate's Focus On Universal Service
Telecom industry groups are expressing guarded optimism that Congress could soon reform the nation's telecommunications subsidy system as a high court decision looms on the future of the Universal Service Fund.
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June 13, 2025
Trump Org. Seeks 'T1' Trademark For Phones, Telecom Services
The entity that handles trademarks for the Trump Organization has filed an application to use "T1" on cellphones and other products, according to a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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June 13, 2025
FCC Urged To Clarify 'Quiet Hours' Call Restrictions
A telemarketing trade group is continuing to push the Federal Communications Commission to rule that recipients of solicitations during the commission's designated "quiet hours" cannot sue if they previously consented to getting messages.
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June 13, 2025
Robocall Blocker Hits Synchrony Financial With TCPA Suit
A robocall blocking company took Synchrony Financial to Connecticut federal court for allegedly placing thousands of unwanted and unlawful prerecorded phone calls in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, calls that the firm said have made its service more expensive to provide.
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June 12, 2025
Google Again Asks To Trim Yelp's Antitrust Suit
Google is once again asking a California federal judge to trim Yelp's case accusing it of monopolizing the local search market, arguing that the reworked complaint doesn't fix deficiencies the court pointed out in a dismissal order earlier this year.
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June 12, 2025
Neb. Accuses Temu Of 'Siphoning' User Data, Fueling IP Theft
Chinese bargain-shopping app Temu is unlawfully gathering sensitive information from minors and other customers through secretly installed malware and is allowing intellectual property infringement to "thrive" on its platform, Nebraska's attorney general alleged in a sweeping new lawsuit.Â
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June 12, 2025
Senate Dem Worries 'Salt Typhoon' Still Wreaks Havoc
The Senate's lead Democrat on spectrum issues said Thursday that last year's massive "Salt Typhoon" cyberattack linked to China may not be over and that giving wireless carriers vast amounts of new spectrum could only make U.S. networks more vulnerable.
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June 12, 2025
Protect Public Broadcast Channels, Nonprofit Tells FCC
A media nonprofit serving one of Washington, D.C.'s suburbs urged the Federal Communications Commission to protect access to public, educational and government channels when exploring whether to nix potentially burdensome regulations.
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June 12, 2025
Senate GOP Moves To Confirm Trump's FCC Nominee
The U.S. Senate plans next week to bring up President Donald Trump's nomination of Olivia Trusty to the Federal Communications Commission.
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June 12, 2025
Cannabis Co. TerrAscend Accused Of Spam Texts
Multistate marijuana operator TerrAscend Corp. was hit with a proposed class action in Michigan federal court Thursday accusing the cannabis giant of spamming customers with unsolicited texts in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
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June 12, 2025
Schumer Slams Delay In BEAD Funding As 'Shameful'
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blasted the Trump administration on the Senate floor Thursday for delaying the government's $42.5 billion broadband infrastructure program, saying it will harm New Yorkers who lack connectivity.
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June 12, 2025
Google Fights MDL Plaintiffs' Sanctions Bid Over Lost Chats
Google is pushing back on a request for sanctions that a slew of advertisers and publishers have brought in their antitrust lawsuit over the company's advertising placement technology, saying the plaintiffs have not shown Google hid evidence amid the "mountains" of electronically stored information it provided.
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June 11, 2025
States Tackle Data Privacy, Kids' Safety As Sessions Wrap Up
Connecticut, Texas, Oregon and other states with legislative sessions that end this month have pushed through laws that broaden existing data privacy statutes to sweep up more companies and categories of information and measures that seek to join the growing push to restrict kids' access to online platforms.
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June 11, 2025
Verizon-Frontier Merger Gets Conn. Regulator's OK
Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on Wednesday approved the merger of debt-laden internet and telephone services provider Frontier Communications with a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon, saying the latter has the financial and managerial stability plus the technical knowledge necessary to provide adequate and reliable service to customers.
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June 11, 2025
FCC Dem's Job Safe For Now As Agency Ranks Shrink
The Federal Communications Commission is running on a shoestring when it comes to high-level decisions, with only a Republican chair and Democrat left in charge after recent departures that have made the agency's chairman unable to move major initiatives.
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June 11, 2025
Phone Search During Traffic Stop Aboveboard, 8th Circ. Says
A police officer's search of a registered sex offender's phone during a traffic stop that revealed images of child pornography was lawfully used as evidence in a trial that resulted in a more than 17-year prison sentence, the Eighth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
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June 11, 2025
Senate Commerce Dems Demand Review Of Cruz Budget Bill
Democrats on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee urged the chair on Wednesday to hold a formal markup for their reconciliation proposal, which includes a spectrum deal, instead of fast-tracking it to the Senate floor.
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June 11, 2025
HPE Says DOJ Wants 'Unfair' Juniper Merger Trial Advantage
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has asked a California federal judge to evenly dole out time for the July trial challenging its planned $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks Inc., arguing the U.S. Department of Justice wants to "tilt the playing field in its favor" with an uneven allocation.
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June 11, 2025
Debt Collectors Push FCC To Shed Consumer Contact Rules
Debt collectors are adding their two cents to the Federal Communications Commission's request for unnecessary regulations that should be eliminated, calling on the agency to eliminate an upcoming rule that would make it easier for individuals to stop future robocalls and texts.
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June 11, 2025
NFL Tells 9th Circ. $4.7B Sunday Ticket Verdict Rightly Nixed
The National Football League has told the Ninth Circuit that a lower court was right to toss a $4.7 billion jury verdict for claims that the league colluded to raise the price of the Sunday Ticket broadcast package on DirecTV, after the court found testimony from a pair of experts during trial was unreliable.
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June 11, 2025
2nd Circ. Rules Girlfriend's Phone Search Didn't Violate Rights
The Second Circuit on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a New York man on charges over the receipt and possession of child sexual abuse material, rejecting claims that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when his girlfriend unlocked his phone, found illicit images and showed them to a police officer.Â
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June 11, 2025
Sony Fights Feds' 'Bewildering' Support Of Cox's High Court Bid
Sony Music Entertainment and other music publishers questioned the federal government's "bewildering" support for Cox Communications Inc.'s challenge at the U.S. Supreme Court to a Fourth Circuit ruling affirming a contributory copyright infringement verdict against the internet service provider, saying only the verdict's vicarious liability finding should be reviewed.
Expert Analysis
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How Trump 2.0 May Change Business In Latin America
Companies in Latin America should expect to face more trade restrictions, tighter economic sanctions and enhanced corruption risks, as the incoming administration shifts focus to certain non-U.S. actors, most notably China, says Matteson Ellis at Miller & Chevalier.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Opinion
Section 230 Debates Will Continue, With Or Without TikTok
Regardless of whether TikTok is forced to shut down in the U.S. in the coming weeks, legal disputes will continue over social media platforms' responsibility under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for harms allegedly caused by content shared on their apps, says Carla Varriale-Barker at Segal McCambridge.
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Series
Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.
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How To Manage During A Trade Dispute With USMCA Partners
Companies can try to minimize the potential impacts of future tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, and uncertainty about future trade relations, by evaluating supply chains, considering how they may be modified, and engaging with the new administration over exemptions and the upcoming review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Reviewing The High Court's Approach To Free Speech Online
As the U.S. Supreme Court began addressing the interplay between the First Amendment and online social media platforms, its three opinions from last term show the justices adopting a nuanced approach that recognizes that private citizens, public employees and online platforms all have First Amendment rights, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
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Top 10 Legal Issues This Year For Transportation Industry GCs
General counsel must carefully consider numerous legal and policy challenges facing the automotive and transportation industry in the year to come, especially while navigating new technologies, regulations and global markets, says Francesco Liberatore at Squire Patton.
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Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation
Litigation will likely play a prominent role in shaping policy outcomes during the second Trump administration, and stakeholders have several tools at their disposal to steer regulatory litigation toward more favorable venues, say attorneys at Covington.
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Searching For Insight On Requested Google Chrome Remedy
The potential for Google to divest its Chrome browser — a remedy requested by the Justice Department following a D.C. federal court’s finding the company is a monopolist — has drawn both criticism and endorsement, but legal precedent likely supports the former, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.
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How The UPC, ITC Complement Each Other In Patent Law
Attorneys at Ropes & Gray discuss the similarities and differences between the Unified Patent Court and the International Trade Commission, as well as recent matters litigated in both venues and why parties choose to file at these forums.
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Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.
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An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025
As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.
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10 Noteworthy sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Developments From 2024
In a banner year for consumer finance regulation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made significant strides in its efforts to rein in Big Tech and nonbank financial firms, including via rules regarding open banking, credit card late fees, and buy now, pay later products, say attorneys at Wiley.
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Series
Fixing Up Cars Makes Me A Better Lawyer
From problem-solving to patience and adaptability to organization, the skills developed working under the hood of a car directly translate to being a more effective lawyer, says Christopher Mdeway at Kaufman Dolowich.
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Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal Team
In a compressed economy, convincing the C-suite to invest in additional legal talent can be a herculean task, but a convincing pitch — supported by metrics and cost analyses — may help in-house counsel justify the growth of their team, say Elizabeth Smith and Roger Garceau at Major Lindsey.