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FCC Reaches $9.1M Settlement With Telecom Companies

The Federal Communications Commission announced Wednesday that it has reached a $9.1 million settlement with two telecommunications companies that provide relay services for people with hearing and speech disabilities.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Regulate That Hairbrush? Cyberlaw Experts Say Maybe

In 2003 there were an estimated 500 million internet-connected devices. By 2020 it is predicted there will be 50 billion. Travis LeBlanc, recently resigned chief of enforcement at the Federal Communications Commission, says the profusion poses privacy and security risks for individuals, companies and countries.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge OKs Libel Suit Against CNN Over Investigative Report

A libel case against CNN stemming from the cable network's investigation of children's deaths at a Florida hospital will go forward, after an Atlanta federal judge found that the hospital's former CEO has presented enough evidence at this early stage of the case to suggest that CNN “was acting recklessly with regard to the accuracy of its reporting.”
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Libel Suit Against Boss-Rating Blog Headed to High Court

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that has a significant bearing on media law in the internet age.
12 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Stark Tosses Former Wu-Tang-Aligned Rapper's Defamation Case

A Delaware federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a defamation suit by a rapper formerly affiliated with the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, who claimed media outlets had falsely reported that he attempted a grisly act of self-mutilation and attempted suicide.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

A 'Loss' Under the CFAA Does Not Require Interruption of Service

In their Privacy Matters column, Richard Raysman and Peter Brown focus on what federal appellate courts actually agree upon with regard to the text of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, even though there presently exists a circuit split over the meaning of the word "authorization" as used in the statute.
14 minute read

The Recorder

Prather v. AT and T, Inc.

By | February 06, 2017
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Appeals Court Eases Access to Stored Twitter Data in Criminal Investigation

In a ruling of first impression, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled that the social media platform Twitter can be forced to turn over to law enforcement audio data that it has stored on its servers.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Nobody Thinks Trump's SCOTUS Pick Is a Grouch. Except Autocorrect.

Those who know U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neal Gorsuch call him "humble," "down-to earth" and "quite personable." Autocorrect, however, sees the opposite—a "grouch." Social media lit up Tuesday night with tweets and posts referencing President Donald Trump's nomination of "Neil Grouch."
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Hogan Lovells Expands into Public Relations Field

Mark Irion, formerly of the Washington public relations group Levick, is bringing his services in-house at the firm.
25 minute read

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