FCC Probes Chinese Cos. For Alleged Illicit US Operations

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday launched a new inquiry into Huawei, ZTE and other companies linked to the Chinese government examining whether they are still operating in the U.S. in violation of restrictions meant to curtail their operations here.

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DC Circ. Won't Halt Revamp Of Public Safety Spectrum

By Christopher Cole

The D.C. Circuit has denied requests from two sheriffs' groups and the San Francisco transit system to delay the Federal Communications Commission's order revamping the 4.9 gigahertz spectrum band, which is heavily used by public safety organizations.

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Up Next At High Court: Non-Delegation & Clean Air Fights

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday to hear arguments in a dispute that could revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle and trigger a regulatory power shift. 

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Investors Fail To Show Dish Lied About 5G, Judge Says

By Katryna Perera

A Colorado federal judge has permanently tossed a proposed investor class action claiming Dish Network lied about the success of its 5G network rollout, finding that while Dish may have been "overly ambitious" about its plans, that isn't enough to state a claim for securities fraud.

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DC Circ. Won't Let Apple Intervene For Google Search Fix Trial

By Matthew Perlman

A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday rejected Apple's appeal seeking to participate in the remedy trial for the U.S. Department of Justice's search monopolization case against Google next month.

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Ga. Law Firm Hit With Telemarketing Calls Class Action

By Kelcey Caulder

An Illinois man is suing Kaila & Solomon Law Group LLC, which does business as Guardian Law, and marketing company ClicTree LLC in federal court, alleging they violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by making unsolicited telemarketing calls to people on the National Do Not Call Registry.

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Unlockd To Take Google Antitrust Battle To 9th Circ.

By Nadia Dreid

Defunct advertising app maker Unlockd is hoping the Ninth Circuit will revive its antitrust suit accusing Google of allowing the then-up-and-coming business to build a reliance on Google platforms and then cutting it off once it became a threat.

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NJ, Pa. Claims Over Amazon Price Hike Project Cut For Good

By Bryan Koenig

Pennsylvania and New Jersey's attorneys general's efforts to shore up state law claims in the Federal Trade Commission monopolization lawsuit against Amazon.com failed after a Washington federal judge found nothing "unconscionable" about a project that matches rivals' price increases or deceptive about its concealment.

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Meta Defends Need For Current Data In FTC Case

By Matthew Perlman

Meta Platforms Inc. told a D.C. federal court the company should be able to use the most recent data it has during next month's trial in the Federal Trade Commission's case accusing the Facebook parent company of monopolizing personal social networking.

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Comcast, Touchstream End $525M IP Suit With Midtrial Deal

By Andrew Karpan

Comcast and New York startup Touchstream Technologies Inc. said Friday they have reached a settlement in Touchstream's $525 million infringement suit over video display patents. 

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Opinion

We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment

As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

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Paul Weiss Stuns Legal Industry With Trump DEI Deal

By Ryan Boysen

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's decision to strike a deal with the Trump administration to defuse an executive order targeting the firm has drawn criticism across the legal industry and highlights the challenges preventing BigLaw firms from taking collective action against the White House.

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3rd Circ. Axes Ethics Claim Against Judge Critical Of Trump

By Emily Sawicki

A D.C. federal judge who criticized then-candidate Donald Trump in a CNN interview last spring has escaped judicial misconduct charges, with the Judicial Council of the Third Circuit finding that the judge had not violated judicial canons in his statements regarding Trump's social media posts amid a pending legal action.

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Ex-Cognizant CLO Reconsidering Dismissal Of Paul Weiss

By Carla Baranauckas

A former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executive facing bribery charges indicated Friday that he may reconsider his decision to fire Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP as his trial counsel, now that President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order limiting the firm's access to federal buildings and officials.

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Judge Accused Of Bias Expresses Regret Over MDL Remarks

By Emily Johnson

The chief judge of the Eleventh Circuit has dismissed a judicial ethics complaint alleging that a Florida federal judge had shown impermissible bias in favor of women leading the multidistrict litigation over the hormonal contraceptive drug Depo-Provera, after the judge said she "regrets any misunderstanding" and took steps to address the issue.

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Attys Suing FIFA Say Humans, Not AI, Made Citation Errors

By Lauren Berg

Attorneys accusing soccer's international governing body, its Puerto Rican affiliate and a regional soccer association of trying to block local rivals told a Puerto Rico federal judge Friday that it was simply human oversight — not the use of artificial intelligence — that led to citation inaccuracies in recent filings.

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Ex-Buzbee Client Says Roc Nation Can't Exit Conspiracy Suit

By Lynn LaRowe

Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's company Roc Nation can't exit a lawsuit that claims his company conspired to "finance" malpractice suits against attorney Tony Buzbee because it was "an integral and driving force" behind the alleged misconduct, according to a response filed in Texas federal court to a motion to dismiss on jurisdictional grounds.

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Analysis

Nonlawyer Migrant Aides See Clear Mission But Murky Future

By Marco Poggio

"Accredited representatives," a little-known and underutilized role that allows nonlawyers to represent immigrants with the federal government's authorization, are facing unprecedented demand but also an uncertain future under the Trump administration.

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No Suspension Pause For Ex-Alex Jones Atty, Ethics Boss Says

By Brian Steele

A former Alex Jones attorney's two-week suspension from practicing law in Connecticut should not be halted amid an impending appeal, but he should get credit for a previous weeklong suspension he served over the same mishandling of confidential information about family members of Sandy Hook shooting victims, the state's chief legal ethics official said in a new filing.

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3rd Circ. Takes On NJ Judicial Privacy Law's Constitutionality

By Rose Krebs

The Third Circuit has granted requests by several data brokers to review a lower court judge's ruling that New Jersey's judicial privacy and security measure, known as Daniel's Law, is constitutional.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen a sub-postmaster sue the Post Office and Fujitsu, Russian insurer Ingosstrakh hit the Financial Times with a defamation claim, and Britvic-owned Robinsons Soft Drinks file a passing off claim against Aldi. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Cognizant's former chief legal officer, who's facing bribery charges, requested a trial delay after he fired Paul Weiss from his defense team following the Trump administration's suspension of the firm's security clearances. Meanwhile, new findings show that women are still compensated less than men in legal operations roles. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.​

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP, Grant & Eisenhofer PA and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a D.C. federal judge upheld a $612.4 million jury verdict against the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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