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Litigators of the Week: Covington and DWT Push Back Against States' Legal Challenges to TikTok

A judge in Indiana last week knocked out the state attorney general's lawsuits alleging child safety and privacy concerns on the platform. A day later a federal judge in Montana held the state's TikTok ban likely violates the First Amendment.
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Law.com

Verizon's Petition Seeking Repayment for $1M in Utility Relocation Fees Flops Before Virginia Supreme Court

"Here, Verizon's claim, at its essence, is a contract claim. A determination of which party ultimately is responsible to pay for the relocation of Verizon's facilities turns on the interpretation of various agreements entered into by the parties, including, but not limited to, VDOT's permit allowing Verizon to locate facilities within VDOT's rights-of-way, the comprehensive agreement between CBE and VDOT, and the agreement between CBE and Lane," Justice Wesley G. Russell Jr., wrote on behalf of the court.
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The Recorder

Objectors in $725M Facebook Settlement Combat 'Absurd' $8,500 Appeal Bonds

Objector lawyers who have challenged numerous Big Tech privacy settlements are fighting back against paying $8,500 bonds before appealing approval of a $725 million class action deal with Facebook's Meta Platforms Inc.
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Corporate Counsel

Nokia Embraces Automation to Flag Risks in Real Time, Lands Top Compliance Honors

"Our challenge was to move away from a classic telco approach to a faster, automated and scalable dealmaking approach," Nokia Chief Compliance Officer Alexis Mendoza said.
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New Jersey Law Journal

A Growing Type of Fraud Has Put Verizon in the Hot Seat in Federal Court

SIM swaps typically require the company employee to get a customer's personal information number, photo ID or email confirmation, but the Verizon manager failed to follow such steps, according to the suit.
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Corporate Counsel

Family-Owned Conglomerate Taps In-House Veteran With 'Vast Knowledge' for New Role

Amber Hall—who has spent her entire in-house career at Cox Enterprises save for a three-year sojourn to Wells Fargo—is the company's first chief compliance and privacy officer.
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Corporate Counsel

NPR Attorney for Quarter-Century Takes Legal Reins of Public TV Advocacy Group

America's Public Television Stations COO Lonna Thompson said Michelle Shanahan "will be a great asset to our stations on a broad variety of legal and regulatory issues arising in our media industry."
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Daily Business Review

$13M Miami Proposed Settlement With GoodRx Could Mean $4.5M in Legal Fees

"These 'high-volume' individual arbitration demands have become prevalent in the defense of alleged website/app privacy claims, and a number of companies are facing similar demands" one attorney, Ian M. Ross said.
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The Recorder

Where Deal Lawyers See M&A Heading As Attention Shifts Toward Cybersecurity

The cybersecurity space, buoyed by remote working and increasing cyber attacks, will provide the best opportunities for dealmaking over the next 12 months, according to a new report.
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International Edition

UK Competition Court Greenlights £853M Apple Class Action

Class representative Justin Gutman will argue that Apple deceived 23.8 million iPhone users by not informing them that software updates would diminish the performance of their phone.
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