Tennessee's attorney general went to trial Monday against Meta over claims the social media giant concealed teen mental health harms, telling a jury that despite the revelations employees saw from its systematic research program, the public "warning never came."
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Meta Left Users In Dark About Danger, Tenn. AG Tells Jury

By Cara Salvatore

Tennessee's attorney general went to trial Monday against Meta over claims the social media giant concealed teen mental health harms, telling a jury that despite the revelations employees saw from its systematic research program, the public "warning never came."

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Hawaiian Telecom, Electric Co. Resolve Pole Removal Dustup

By Christopher Cole

A telecom has agreed to end its dispute with Hawaiian Electric Co. after urging the Federal Communications Commission to block the utility's removal of 22 electric poles that are also used for communications gear.

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NTIA Pushes For Gov't, Industry Move Toward 6G Mobile

By Christopher Cole

The federal government's spectrum manager hopes to see the advent of sixth-generation mobile services on a fast track as long as global partners are ready to get on board.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Utilities Org. Urges FCC Not To Preempt Wash. Pole Regs

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A group representing 27 consumer-owned public utility districts in Washington state has told the Federal Communications Commission not to preempt the state's process to resolve issues stemming from mobile or internet service providers wanting to attach equipment to utility poles.

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Carriers Back Changes To Broadband Map Data Gathering

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

An association of competitive communications providers backed the Federal Communications Commission's recent action to eliminate regulations the agency has characterized as unduly burdensome, in addition to improving data collection and the national broadband deployment map.

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LITIGATION

Epic Says Google Wants To Hide Rival App Stores In Search

By Lauren Berg

Epic Games and Google asked the California federal judge overseeing the gaming giant's antitrust battle against the tech giant to resolve a dispute over whether the court's injunction requires rival app stores to be shown in Play Store search results or whether Google can "relegate" rivals to a separate page.

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Mexico Billionaire Not Financier's Only Victim, Judge Told

By Pete Brush

A Greek financier who allegedly swiped $450 million from Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego in a fraudulent stock-for-cash loan deal has "numerous other victims," a prosecutor told a Manhattan federal judge Monday.

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AT&T Technician In Ill. Sues For Pre-, Postshift Work Pay

By Lauraann Wood

AT&T's Illinois unit was hit Monday with proposed class pay claims by a premises technician who says the telecommunications giant illegally fails to compensate premises technicians for duties they're required to complete as they prepare for and conclude their daily shifts. 

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Judges On AI: Examining Administrative, Organizational Uses

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas examines how artificial intelligence could transform a court's ability to deal with administrative work and organize materials when preparing for hearings or drafting opinions, thereby affording judges more time to resolve contested issues.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Brief

Milbank Issues Bonuses To Associates, Special Counsel

By Andrea Keckley

Milbank LLP is continuing to lead the way on bonuses, confirming Monday it has issued a round of special bonuses ranging from $6,000 for the class of 2026 and 2025 associates to $25,000 for the class of 2021 associates and beyond.

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Cooley Owes $25.4M Judgment To NJ Biotech Co. Founder

By Brian Steele

A New Jersey state court on Monday entered a $25.4 million judgment against Cooley LLP after a jury found the multinational firm had committed malpractice in its representation of a biotech founder who said his own lawyers assisted in shoving him out of his company.

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ABA Says Feds' Susman Godfrey DQ Bid Is More Intimidation

By Lauren Berg

The American Bar Association on Monday urged the D.C. federal judge overseeing its lawsuit challenging 2025 executive orders targeting law firms to reject the Trump administration's bid to have Susman Godfrey LLP disqualified as plaintiffs' counsel, calling it the latest "effort to intimidate" the American legal profession.

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Quinn Emanuel's Ethics Training 'Promising,' Judge Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge Monday approved a court-ordered ethics training program prepared by Quinn Emanuel in the wake of misrepresentations the firm made concerning an expert in a false advertising suit brought by Guardant Health against its client Natera, saying the firm had designed an "extremely promising" eight-hour program.

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Simpson Thacher Atty Says Patriot Nat'l Founder Sank Co.

By Madison Arnold

A Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner wrapped up her testimony Monday in a Florida state malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc., telling the jury that the founder was willing to forgo establishing a floor on the value of so-called Series B warrants, which he says contributed to the company's demise.

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300+ Public Defenders Strike In The Bronx

By Andrea Keckley and Daniel Moritz-Rabson

More than 300 attorneys and staff with the Bronx Defenders Union went on strike Monday, one year after the last time the union walked off the job.

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Comey Says Seashell Post No Threat To Trump

By Abigail Harrison

Former FBI Director James Comey urged a North Carolina federal court Monday to dismiss an indictment stemming from a social media post he made last year, arguing the post doesn't constitute a "true threat" to President Donald Trump.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

American Bar Association

Apple Inc.

Brooklyn Defender Services

CTIA

Center for Family Representation Inc.

Competitive Carriers Association

Epic Games Inc.

Google LLC

Guardant Health Inc.

Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc.

Hawaiian Telcom Communications Inc.

Instagram Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Natera Inc.

Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

OrbiMed Advisors LLC

Patriot National Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Burns Charest

Conrad & Scherer

Cooley LLP

Cravath Swaine

Faegre Drinker

Keller Anderle

Kellogg Hansen

Long & Levit

Mazie Slater

Milbank LLP

Morgan Lewis

Munger Tolles

Quinn Emanuel

Selendy Gay

Sher Tremonte

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Stearns Weaver

Susman Godfrey

Wagstaff & Cartmell

Wilentz Goldman

Williams & Connolly

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Chicago Department of Aviation

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Illinois Supreme Court

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

New Jersey Court

Tennessee Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Supreme Court