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New York Law Journal

Wall Street Sweep: Handling Personal Devices, Ephemeral Messaging and Privacy Rights

The SEC and the CFTC recently announced billion dollar settlements against several Wall Street financial institutions involving "widespread and longstanding failures by the firms and their employees to maintain and preserve electronic communications," in violation of recordkeeping requirements in the federal securities laws. The magnitude of the fines underscore the importance of firms' record-keeping to regulators.
11 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

States Have Started Receiving Payments Over Experian and T-Mobile Data Breaches

"Consumers entrusted these companies with a wealth of important information about themselves, but the companies failed to properly store, safeguard, or dispose of it," New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.
2 minute read

International Edition

New Zealand's Bell Gully and Chapman Tripp and Australia's Allens Advise on $1B Mobile Tower Deal

The transaction follows several mobile phone tower transactions in Australia as infrastructure investors look to the telecommunications sector in their search for suitable assets.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Attorneys Score Nearly $9M in Attorney Fees, Advance 'Novel Legal Theory'

"The settlement that was made here was eye-popping," said Yaniv Adar, a partner at Mark Migdal & Hayden and TCPA expert who was not involved in the underlying case.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Federal Judge: ECPA Does Not Protect 'Disclosure of an Email Address,' Only Contents of Communication

"In other words, the statute protects the content of the communication (i.e., what is written in the e-mail), not the instrument (i.e., the e-mail address)," Judge Vanessa Bryant wrote in the opinion, granting Publishers Clearing House's motion to dismiss.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Airline Internet Provider Hires Transportation Veteran to Succeed Retiring GC

Crystal Gordon is taking the legal reins of Gogo as the company seeks to capitalize on the post-COVID-19 resurgence of the airline industry.
2 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Superior Court Rules Verizon to Recover $120M From Insurers

"The securities claim definition at issue here is in a standard form that is used by policyholders across the country," said Keith McKenna, a partner at Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

T-Mobile Faces Patent Suit Over LTE, 5G Technology

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Attorney With Deep Regulatory Background Lands CLO Post at Fiber-Optic Company

"Lumos has both deep community roots and a sure-fire growth plan—a dynamite combination that allows it to punch above its weight in the industry," said A.J. Brown, the company's newly appointed legal chief.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Gender Bias Claims Filed Against Comcast

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

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