T-Mobile and Sprint are asking the D.C. Circuit to knock down $92 million in fines the FCC slapped them with for selling users' sensitive location data, saying that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision backs their contention they deserved a jury trial.
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T-Mobile, Sprint Slam FCC Privacy Fine At DC Circ.

By Nadia Dreid

T-Mobile and Sprint are asking the D.C. Circuit to knock down $92 million in fines the FCC slapped them with for selling users' sensitive location data, saying that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision backs their contention they deserved a jury trial.

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Report Floats Indoor-Only Sharing For Federal Spectrum

By Jared Foretek

A public interest group is urging federal agencies to consider indoor-only use by new users across five spectrum bands currently occupied by federal users in order to allow sharing by private users without compromising the needs of military and other incumbent networks or risking interference.

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EchoStar, Navajo Push FCC For Fixed Wireless In 12 GHz

By Christopher Cole

EchoStar Corp. and other 12 gigahertz license holders said they can provide the Navajo Nation part of that spectrum band to help deploy broadband on tribal lands if the Federal Communications Commission paves the way for fixed 5G wireless services.

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Mexico Floats Retaliation Against New Trump Tariffs

By Alex Lawson

Hours after President-elect Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum signaled that her government would respond with levies of its own Tuesday, imploring Trump to take a more diplomatic approach.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Don't Undermine Existing CBRS Users, Wireless Cos. Tell FCC

By Christopher Cole

Businesses that rely on the Citizens Broadband Radio Service want the Federal Communications Commission to refrain from making any changes that could disrupt existing business users of the tiered access spectrum.

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ENFORCEMENT

Smart Devices Fail To Disclose Security Lifespan, FTC Says

By Jared Foretek

As holiday shopping gets underway, the Federal Trade Commission is raising alarm about smart device update disclosures, saying an overwhelming majority of devices – from hearing aids to home security cameras and fitness devices — come without clear information on how long the manufacturer will keep them protected from security risks.

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LITIGATION

Google Search Judge Says AI Will Affect Remedy Phase

By Matthew Perlman

The judge overseeing the government's search monopolization case against Google suggested Tuesday in D.C. federal court that artificial intelligence is shifting the market and will likely play a role in the remedies the court imposes on Google for allegedly violating antitrust law.

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Fed. Circ. Won't Review Rejection Of Dish's $3.9M Fees Award

By Theresa Schliep

The full Federal Circuit declined Tuesday to reconsider a panel's ruling that vacated a $3.9 million attorney fees award to Dish Network for its successful defense against a Realtime Adaptive Streaming patent suit.

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Madigan Pushed Land Transfer After Law Biz Pitch, Jury Told

By Celeste Bott

A former Chicago alderman testifying against ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan told jurors Tuesday he connected prospective developers to Madigan, who lobbied to take on their legal work and soon after pushed legislation that would clear the way for their project.

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CMS Cancels Call Center Solicitation With Disputed Labor Clause

By Daniel Wilson

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services called off its unusual resolicitation of a still-active $6.6 billion contract for contact center services on Tuesday, following litigation from contractor Maximus over a contentious labor harmony agreement in the solicitation.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

9th Circ.'s High Bar May Limit Keyword Confusion TM Claims

A recent Ninth Circuit ruling that a law firm did not infringe upon a competitor’s trademarks by paying Google to promote its website when users searched for the rival’s name signals that plaintiffs likely can no longer win infringement suits by claiming competitive keyword advertising confuses internet-savvy consumers, say attorneys at Mitchell Silberberg.

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Series

Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Mayer Brown, Gibson Dunn Match Milbank Bonuses

By Anna Sanders

Mayer Brown LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP joined a chorus of other BigLaw firms in doling out extra cash for associates, matching the year-end and special bonuses set by Milbank LLP, according to media reports.

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Analysis

Better, Faster, Stranger: What Attys Think Of Our AI Future

By Chris Villani

Law firms are increasingly embracing the use of artificial intelligence, wary of its limitations but enchanted by its potential to transform the practice of law through smaller headcounts and cheaper litigation.

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Trump Nominees Receive Bomb Threats, Feds Say

By Frank G. Runyeon

Some of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet appointees and administration nominees were targeted with "numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents," federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday, confirming reports from Trump's transition team.

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North Carolina Federal Judge Whitney To Take Senior Status

By Jared Foretek

U.S. District Judge Frank DeArmon Whitney will take senior status in the Western District of North Carolina on Sunday.

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High Court Bar's Future: Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher

By Katie Buehler

Principal Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Brian H. Fletcher is the legal equivalent of the coveted five-tool baseball player, who uses his unique intellect to dissect complex issues, quickly develop theories and arguments and level with skeptical U.S. Supreme Court justices, former colleagues and court watchers say.

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Up Next At The High Court: Transgender Care, Holocaust Art

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday for its December arguments session, which will include blockbuster questions about the constitutionality of state laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors and whether Hungary can be held liable for property stolen during World War II.

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Data Cos. Lose Challenge To NJ Judicial Privacy Law

By Jake Maher

A federal judge has ruled that the New Jersey judicial privacy and security measure known as Daniel's Law is constitutional, handing a defeat to a large group of data brokers accused of illegally posting judges' names and addresses online.

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Citi Gets TRO On Banker Accused Of Poaching Atty Clients

By Craig Clough

A California federal judge on Tuesday granted Citibank NA's request for a temporary restraining order against one of its former bankers who it alleges jumped to a rival with confidential information on law firm and attorney clients, but denied the request regarding a second banker as "too speculative."

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Analysis

How Trump's Ga. Allies Could Walk Back Their Guilty Pleas

By Phillip Bantz

If any of President-elect Donald Trump's four co-defendants who secured early plea deals in the Georgia election meddling prosecution regret their decisions now that scandal has engulfed the case and Trump is returning to the White House, they might have some long shot options left on the table.

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Myman Greenspan Accused Of Wrongfully Firing Assistant

By Emily Sawicki

Motion picture and television law firm Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP used a "transparent pretext" to illegally fire an assistant who had a health condition and was over the age of 50, according to a suit alleging wrongful termination in California state court.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

President-elect Donald Trump announced that a King & Spalding LLP international trade partner is his choice for U.S. trade representative. Meanwhile, the new general counsel for the largest federal employees' union is expected to fight any attempts to cut government jobs, which the new administration has threatened to do.

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Hub Hires: Goodwin Procter, Morgan Lewis, Foley Hoag

By Julie Manganis

Massachusetts firms bolstered their white collar, intellectual property and regulatory practices with November hirings, including a former federal prosecutor who oversaw a massive kickback prosecution.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

1-800 Contacts Inc.

AT&T Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union

American Federation of Government Employees

American Petroleum Institute Inc.

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

Bank of America Corp.

Bank of Montreal

Cargill Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

Communications Workers of America

Corporate Legal Operations Consortium

DISH Network Corp.

Dropbox Inc.

EchoStar Corp.

Enterprise Wireless Alliance

Google LLC

Harvard University

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Lawyers for Civil Rights

LegalZoom.com Inc.

LendingTree LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

Massachusetts Bar Association

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Nascar Digital Media LLC

National Public Radio Inc.

National Retail Federation Inc.

Northeastern University

Octane Fitness LLC

Rosetta Stone Inc.

Sling TV LLC

Spectrum Management Holding Co.

T-Mobile US Inc.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

The Walt Disney Co.

Therapeutics Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

Yale University

Zillow Group Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Arnold & Porter

Baker Donelson

Ballard Spahr

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Breen & Pugh

Buchanan Ingersoll

Carlton Fields

Choate Hall

Clark Hill

Colby Law Firm

Constangy Brooks

Cooley LLP

Dechert LLP

Dentons

Epstein Becker

Faegre Drinker

Fish & Richardson

FisherBroyles

Foley & Lardner

Foley Hoag

Gibbons PC

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Greenberg Traurig

Greenspoon Marder

Harrison Law

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Hudson Cook

Husch Blackwell

K&L Gates

Katten Muchin

Kelley Drye

King & Spalding

Latham & Watkins

Lerner & Rowe

Lewis Brisbois

Lowenstein Sandler

Manatt Phelps

Mayer Brown

McCarter & English

McElroy Deutsch

Milbank LLP

Mintz Levin

Mitchell Silberberg

Montgomery McCracken

Morgan & Morgan

Morgan Lewis

Myman Greenspan

Nelson Mullins

Nukk Freeman

Orrick Herrington

Paduano & Weintraub

Parker Poe

Patterson Belknap

Phillips Lytle

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Quinn Emanuel

Riker Danzig

Ropes & Gray

Rouse & Copeland

Russ August & Kabat

Saul Ewing

Seyfarth Shaw

Sills Cummis

Skadden Arps

Spiro Harrison

Starr Gern

Stinson LLP

Stoel Rives

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Hine

Tressler LLP

Troutman Pepper

UB Greensfelder

Vedder Price

Verrill Dana

Volpe Koenig

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

California Civil Rights Department

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Committee on Education and the Workforce

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Georgia Court of Appeals

Internal Revenue Service

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Michigan Attorney Discipline Board

NAFTA

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Navajo Nation

New Jersey Legislature

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

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

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United Nations