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September 05, 2024
FCC Says Telecom Needn't Cover Already Funded Tribes
A pair of tribes in Oklahoma and Arizona already have plans to use federal funding to get broadband to their people, so the FCC has agreed to remove the tribal lands from the area one telecom was required by its federal grant commitments to provide service to.
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September 05, 2024
Split 3rd Circ. Won't Rule Out Pa. As Wiretapping Suit Forum
The Third Circuit ruled in a precedential opinion Thursday that a lower court must reconsider if Pennsylvania consumers can sue for privacy violations caused by session replay software, reviving a portion of consolidated wiretapping class claims over activity tracking on websites for companies including Papa John's and Mattress Firm.
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September 05, 2024
Google Wants To Know Now What Search Fixes DOJ Will Seek
The U.S. Department of Justice and Google are offering a D.C. federal judge opposing views about how the remedy phase should go in the search monopolization case, with Google pressing to know as soon as possible what enforcers will be asking for.
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September 05, 2024
Dodge Ram Drivers Urge 6th Circ. To Revive Emissions Claims
Dodge Ram drivers pressed the Sixth Circuit to revive their proposed class action alleging Fiat Chrysler and engine manufacturer Cummins deceptively marketed their trucks as being more environmentally friendly than they actually were, saying a Michigan federal judge incorrectly found that their claims conflicted with federal law.
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September 05, 2024
Industry Presses House To Clear Broadband Permit Hurdles
Nearly a dozen industry groups on Thursday called for U.S. House leaders to finally pass a bill that would help clear various permitting hurdles for broadband network projects.
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September 05, 2024
Texas Bank Ordered To Boost AML Compliance For Crypto Biz
The Federal Reserve has told a Texas institution to shore up "significant deficiencies" in its risk management and anti-money laundering procedures as they relate to crypto customers, among other concerns.
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September 05, 2024
OpenAI Slams YouTuber's AI Training Class Action
OpenAI told a California federal judge that a proposed class action accusing it of unjustly enriching itself by training its large language model programs with transcripts of YouTube videos is just a "carbon copy" of similar claims already thrown out by the courts, arguing the complaint should be dismissed.
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September 05, 2024
Biden Admin Issues Plans To Address PFAS Use, Exposure
The Biden administration has said it will continue to look for new technologies to remove so-called forever chemicals from the environment and find safe alternatives for the substances, which are used in a vast number of consumer and commercial products.
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September 05, 2024
Target Says TikTok Claims Are No Match For Actual Facts
Target told a federal court Wednesday that allegations it secretly employed facial recognition technology to collect shoppers' biometric data without their consent have no basis in fact.
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September 05, 2024
Fraud Claims Trimmed In Faulty VW Turbocharger Suit
A New Jersey federal judge has thrown out the bulk of a putative class action suit from a woman alleging vehicles made and sold by Volkswagen Group of America Inc. had faulty turbochargers, only allowing a claim that the automaker was aware of the defect and failed to warn buyers.
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September 05, 2024
DOJ And Google Set For Trial, Again, This Time Over Ad Tech
The U.S. Department of Justice is up Monday for its second high-stakes trial against Google in a year, going after the alleged monopolization of key digital advertising technology in Virginia federal court.
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September 05, 2024
Attys' Group Urges Justices To Back Trucker's CBD RICO Suit
The American Association for Justice is urging the Supreme Court to side with a trucker whose racketeering claims against CBD companies allege their false advertisements cost him his job, arguing that the plain text of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act allows his claims of injury to "business or property."
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September 05, 2024
Conn. Bar Says Woman Owes Exhibits In Suit Over Exam Tech
A bar examinee suing the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee and ExamSoft over an alleged software crash that hindered her ability to complete the exam has failed to file three exhibits referenced in her complaint, which the committee said Thursday makes it difficult to move to dismiss the matter.
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September 12, 2024
Squire Patton Hires Disputes Pro From Eversheds Sutherland
Squire Patton Boggs LLP has said that a former trainee who specializes in commercial disputes has returned to the firm as a partner in its office in Birmingham, as it continues to expand its litigation practice across the U.K.
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September 05, 2024
Flyers Denied $34M Fee For JetBlue, Spirit Deal Challenge
Airline passengers who launched an antitrust lawsuit over JetBlue's since-scrapped plan to merge with Spirit won't recoup any of the $34 million in legal fees they urged a Massachusetts federal court to award because the travelers can't be considered to have won on their claims, a federal judge in Boston said Thursday.
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September 05, 2024
Ill. Judge Exits Home Sellers' Broker Fees Antitrust Suit
An Illinois federal judge has recused herself from a certified and settled class action that accused the National Association of Realtors and multiple major brokerages of conspiring to charge artificially inflated broker commissions for home sellers.
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September 05, 2024
Ticketmaster Faces UK Probe Over Oasis Tour Sales
The competition watchdog said Thursday it has launched an investigation into Ticketmaster over concerns that it duped fans of Oasis into paying higher prices for their tickets to the rock band's scheduled reunion concerts using so-called dynamic pricing.
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September 04, 2024
Robinhood Inks $3.9M Deal In Calif.'s Crypto Withdrawal Probe
Robinhood's cryptocurrency trading platform will pay a $3.9 million penalty to resolve the state of California's claims that the Menlo Park-based company didn't allow customers to make withdrawals from their accounts from 2018 to 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Wednesday.
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September 04, 2024
X Stops Training Grok On EU Users' Posts To End Irish Action
X Corp., the former Twitter, has agreed to permanently halt its efforts to train its chatbot Grok on personal data lifted from public posts made by its European Union users in order to resolve an urgent proceeding pressed by Ireland's data protection authority, the regulator announced Wednesday.
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September 04, 2024
Albertsons CEO Takes Stand On Kroger Merger, Missing Texts
Federal Trade Commision attorneys on Wednesday pressed Albertsons Cos. Inc. CEO Vivek Sankaran in Oregon federal court about why he had such dire predictions about the company's future without a merger with Kroger despite previous statements about how his company had been crushing the competition.
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September 04, 2024
UBS Financial Gets Wrapped Up In Cash Sweep Class Action
UBS Financial Services has been hit with a proposed class action suit alleging it prioritized its own financial interests and those of its affiliated banks over customers by using its cash sweep program to direct customers' uninvested cash balances into accounts that disproportionately benefited the investment bank.
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September 04, 2024
SEC Fines NJ Financial Cos. For Whistleblowing Violations
New Jersey-based brokerage Nationwide Planning Associates Inc. and two affiliated investment advisers have agreed to collectively pay $240,000 to settle allegations that they prevented their clients from acting as whistleblowers, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday.
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September 04, 2024
Universal Service Fund's End Called Crushing For Broadband
A rural telecom trade association is warning of skyrocketing rates and provider loan defaults if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a Fifth Circuit decision to end the Universal Service Fund as it's currently constructed, citing internal survey findings that 68% of responding telecoms would cancel broadband deployment projects next year.
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September 04, 2024
FCC Plans To Tighten Vise On Scam Calls, Texts
The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote this month on additional rules intended to further its fight against unwanted and scam robocalls and texts.
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September 04, 2024
SEC Says $5M Fraud Scheme Targeted Venezuelan-Americans
A pair of Miami area residents and a company they control have agreed to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over $3.25 million to settle affinity fraud allegations involving a purported proprietary automated trading platform they were developing.
Expert Analysis
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What To Expect From CFPB And DOT Card Rewards Inquiry
Following the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's announcement of joint efforts with the U.S. Department of Transportation to investigate credit card rewards points, credit card issuers and airlines should keep a close eye on potential regulatory and class action litigation risks stemming from the inquiry, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing
Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Remedy May Be Google's Biggest Hurdle Yet In Antitrust Case
There are difficulties ahead in the remedies phase of the antitrust case against Google in District of Columbia federal court, including the search engine giant's scale advantage and the fast-moving nature of the tech industry, setting the stage for the most challenging of the proceedings so far, says Jonathan Rubin at MoginRubin.
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3 Ways To Limit Risks Of Black-Box AI In Financial Services
As regulators increasingly highlight the potential for artificial intelligence to make unfair consumer credit decisions, and require financial institutions to explain how these so-called black-box algorithms arrive at conclusions, companies should consider three key questions to reduce their regulatory risks from these tools, say Jeffrey Naimon and Caroline Stapleton at Orrick.
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Takeaways From EU's 'Pay Or Consent' Advertising Probe
Anne-Gabrielle Haie and Charles Whiddington at Steptoe examine key points from the European Commission's recent investigation into Big Tech's use of "pay or consent" advertising models, as well as the European Data Protection Board’s opinion on how such models can comply with EU competition and data protection laws.
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When Banks Unknowingly Become HIPAA Biz Associates
There appears to be significant confusion regarding the application of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to financial institutions when serving healthcare-related clients, so these institutions should consider undertaking several steps as a starting point in the effort to achieve compliance, say attorneys at Vorys.
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From Muppet Heads To OJ's Glove: How To Use Props At Trial
Demonstrative graphics have become so commonplace in the courtroom that jurors may start to find them boring, but attorneys can keep jurors engaged and improve their recall by effectively using physical props at trial, says Clint Townson at Townson Consulting.
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Opinion
The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address
A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Opting In To CIPA Risk Mitigation After New Precedent
A recent California federal court decision, adopting a new, broad interpretation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, will likely increase the volume of CIPA claims and should prompt businesses to undertake certain preventative measures, including adopting an opt-in approach to using third-party website advertising technologies, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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Opinion
It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union
As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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CFPB's Earned Wage Access Rule Marks Regulatory Shift
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's newly issued interpretive rule on earned wage access products, classifying them as extensions of credit, marks a significant shift in their regulatory landscape and raises some important questions regarding potential fringe cases and legal challenges, say Erin Bryan and Courina Yulisa at Dorsey & Whitney.
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What 7th Circ. Samsung Decision Means For Mass Arbitration
The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in Wallrich v. Samsung highlights the dilemma faced by mass arbitration filers in the face of nonpayment of arbitration fees by the defending party — but also suggests that there are risks for defendants in pursuing such a strategy, says Daniel Campbell at McDermott.
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How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act
In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.
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FTC Drives Crackdown On Connected Cars' Data Privacy Risk
After the Federal Trade Commission's warning to automakers about data privacy, which continues to emerge as a national concern, automakers must carefully examine their data collection, use and retention practices, say Catherine Castaldo and Michael Rubayo at Reed Smith.
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Jarkesy May Thwart Consumer Agencies' Civil Penalty Power
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy not only implicates future SEC administrative adjudications, but those of other agencies that operate similarly — and may stymie regulators' efforts to levy civil monetary penalties in a range of consumer protection enforcement actions, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.