FCC Chief Yearns For Red, White And Blue Broadcasts

By Christopher Cole

With the nation's 250th birthday fast approaching, the Federal Communications Commission urged broadcasters to line up behind a White House call for patriotic displays by touting July 4 over the public airwaves.

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Wireless Builders Want FCC Kibosh On Dish 'Shell Games'

By Nadia Dreid

Dish Network has reneged on its promise to build a 5G network, and with that pledge rescinded, it has stopped paying the companies that were supposed to be doing the build out, placing all their operations at risk, those companies told the Federal Communications Commission.

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FCC Warned Of Risks From Moving Too Fast On IP Networks

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission risks harm to the public if it moves too quickly to retire legacy phone networks in the transition to all-internet-based connectivity, consumer advocates warn.

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Social Media Cases Atty In Hot Water Over Courthouse Filming

By Craig Clough

A Los Angeles judge on Friday ripped into an attorney for the plaintiff in a bellwether suit alleging Meta and Google's social media platforms harm childrens' mental health, stripping the attorney of his seat on the plaintiffs' steering committee for violating court rules by twice filming inside the courthouse.

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Telecommunications Group Of The Year: Wiley

By Nadia Dreid

Wiley Rein LLP helped Intelsat Holdings leap the regulatory hurdles standing in the way of its $3.1 billion buyout by major satellite company SES SA, and it convinced the Eighth Circuit to toss a decades-old ban on broadcasters owning more than one Top Four-rated television station in any market, earning it a spot among the Law360 2025 Telecommunications Groups of the Year.

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Credit One Bank Pays $10M In Calif. DAs' Suit Over Debt Calls

By Gina Kim

Credit One Bank will pay $10.2 million to settle a lawsuit from a group of California district attorneys alleging it inundated consumers with excessive debt collection calls, even when they had no account with the bank, three years after the Ninth Circuit held that district attorneys can sue banks over such calls.

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Meta Judge's Antitrust Dismissal 'Usurped' Jury, 9th Circ. Told

By Dorothy Atkins

Facebook users urged the Ninth Circuit to revive their proposed class action accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of monopolizing personal social networking markets by misrepresenting its privacy and data practices, arguing that a trial judge misapplied antitrust law and "improperly usurped the jury's role" in deciding factual disputes.

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Discord Caused Child To Stream Suicide For Cult, Parents Say

By Ben Adlin

Discord Inc.'s failure to properly police its online platform enabled a sadistic cult focused on child abuse to convince a 13-year-old trans user to end his life as part of a suicide pact, according to a Washington state lawsuit.

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Squires Sinks 2 PTAB Challenges, Including 1 He Instituted

By Theresa Schliep

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has reversed his own decision and another made by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to institute a pair of America Invents Act petitions, citing what he called the challengers' inconsistent claim construction.

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Roundup

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

By Max Austin

The last week in London saw the founders of Getir sue investment fund Mubadala for more than $700 million tied to alleged breaches during the company's restructuring, the Welsh Rugby Union face a claim by Swansea Council over a proposed takeover of Cardiff Rugby, and Euro Car Parks target the Competition and Markets Authority after it was fined by the watchdog. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Calif.'s Civility Push Shows Why Professionalism Is Vital

The California Bar’s campaign against discourteous behavior by attorneys, including a newly required annual civility oath, reflects a growing concern among states that professionalism in law needs shoring up — and recognizes that maintaining composure even when stressed is key to both succeeding professionally and maintaining faith in the legal system, says Lucy Wang at Hinshaw.

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ABA Says Trump Attacks On Justices Cross 'Dangerous Line'

By Bonnie Eslinger

The American Bar Association on Monday condemned President Donald Trump's "personal attacks" against U.S. Supreme Court justices after Friday's 6-3 decision struck a blow to his tariff policy, saying the remarks "cross a dangerous line that threatens the safety of the judiciary and our judicial process."

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Feds Fight Ex-Judge's Bid For New Trial In ICE Arrest Case

By Parker Quinlan

The federal government asked a federal judge to deny acquittal and new trial motions made by a Wisconsin state judge convicted of directing a defendant in her courtroom to use a restricted staircase to avoid removal by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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2nd Circuit Chief Judge To Take Senior Status

By Courtney Bublé

Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston of the Second Circuit will take senior status over the summer, giving President Donald Trump another appellate seat to fill.

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Brief

Snow Delays Goldstein Deliberations Until Tuesday

By Jared Foretek

The jury in SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's tax evasion trial won't be back to deliberate until Tuesday, after snow prompted courts in the District of Maryland to close Monday.

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Analysis

How Greenberg Thinks Tariff Ruling Could Affect Dealmaking

By Al Barbarino

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling invalidating IEEPA-based tariffs gave dealmakers clarity on how to pursue potential refund rights in mergers and acquisitions, but President Donald Trump's swift announcement of new global tariffs has immediately reintroduced dealmaking uncertainty.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jeff Montgomery

Legal fee feuds, noncompete pact breach fights and post-closing "earnout" battles piled up in Delaware's equity and commercial law venues last week, with top jurists briefing lawmakers on efforts to better manage crowded dockets and expanded benches.

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