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The Recorder

North County Communications Corporation of Arizona v. Qwest Corporation

4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

A Primer on Federal and Pa. Electronic Surveillance Law

Recently, news broke that not one but two former high-ranking Pennsylvania state officials—former Treasurer Rob McCord and John Estey, the one-time top aide to Gov. Ed Rendell—secretly recorded conversations, potentially thousands of them, with political and business leaders at the behest of federal law enforcement. These revelations bring focus on the regulations concerning electronic surveillance and wiretapping: Under what circumstances do they permit the interception of seemingly private conversations? Can law enforcement officers or cooperators record seemingly private conversations without permission? How about private citizens? And do persons who learn their communications have been intercepted without their permission have any recourse? What follows is a primer on this complex and highly technical area of the law.
13 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Nortel Distribution Appeal Gets Third Circuit Jump-Start

A Delaware federal judge has certified an appeal of a bankruptcy court's unusual method for distributing $7.3 billion raised in Nortel Network's protracted bankruptcy proceeding, saying a review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit would materially advance a case that has already dragged on for seven years.
19 minute read

Law.com

Ten Cases to Watch for This Summer From the D.C. Circuit

Merrick Garland's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court in March catapulted the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit into the national spotlight. Still, the business of the court pressed on. And many cases on the 2015-2016 docket were newsworthy in their own right. A look at 10 of the most significant cases argued this term that haven't been decided yet.
38 minute read

National Law Journal

Uber Hit With New Class Action Over Text Messages

Uber Technologies Inc. was hit with another class action on Monday alleging the ride-hailing firm's text messages to potential drivers violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a claim Uber has had some success defeating in previous cases.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Controversy Erupts Over Brazil's Temporary Blockage of WhatsApp

'We will be having similar debates in the U.S. before long,' warns Stanford's Vivek Wadhwa.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

5 Reasons to Make Lawyering More Mobile

iManage's Dan Carmel says that today's lawyer can get her job done with a plethora of tools and software from a variety of locations.
15 minute read

National Law Journal

Labor, Consumer Groups Push CFPB to Toughen Proposal to Ban Arbitration Clauses

In a letter sent to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Wednesday, a coalition including powerful labor unions and the NAACP applauded the agency for weighing a proposal to prevent companies from using arbitration clauses to block consumers from bringing class actions. But they pushed for a tougher crackdown on the clauses.
9 minute read

The Recorder

New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC v. Public Utilities Commission of the State of California (The Utility Reform Network)

By | April 20, 2016
9 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters Promotes 24 to Partner Including Five in Hong Kong

Partner promotion round is the largest since 2013 and all new Asian partners are in Hong Kong.
8 minute read

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