Chinese device-maker Hikvision hoped to convince the D.C. Circuit Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission doesn't have the authority to strip a company's existing authorizations for national security reasons, but the judges did not seem persuaded.
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DC Circ. Wary Of Hikvision Appeal Over FCC Device Denials

By Nadia Dreid

Chinese device-maker Hikvision hoped to convince the D.C. Circuit Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission doesn't have the authority to strip a company's existing authorizations for national security reasons, but the judges did not seem persuaded.

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Flock, Colo. Towns Violated Residents' Privacy, Suit Says

By Rachel Konieczny

Flock's mass surveillance system and two Colorado towns invaded individuals' constitutional right to privacy by tracking their movements without consent and failing to employ safeguards for law enforcement using the technology, alleges a proposed class action filed in Colorado federal court.

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Apple AirTag Stalking Defect Suits Get Consolidated In Calif.

By Dorothy Atkins

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has sent nearly three dozen lawsuits alleging Apple Inc. defectively designed AirTags that were susceptible to abuse by stalkers to California's Northern District in a ruling that compared the cases to coordinated multidistrict litigation against Uber Technologies Inc. over driver sexual assaults.

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Uranium Heist Didn't 'Damage' Crypto Exchange, Jury Hears

By Stewart Bishop

Counsel for a Maryland cybersecurity consultant on Tuesday told a Manhattan federal jury that a purported heist of well over $53 million from Uranium Finance didn't actually damage the decentralized crypto exchange, in closing arguments that took aim at the linchpin charge of computer fraud.

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ENFORCEMENT

Musician Gets 18 Mos. For $8M AI-Streaming 'Bot Farm' Scam

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a North Carolina musician to 18 months in prison Tuesday, after he admitted scheming to steal $8 million worth of streaming royalty payments using an army of fake accounts and artificial intelligence-generated songs.

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LITIGATION

ICE Seeks Early Win In ACLU's Suit Over Detainee Records

By Parker Quinlan

The federal government on Tuesday sought to end a public records lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arguing the agency is allowed under federal law to create its own rules for when immigrant detainee information can be released.

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4 States Accuse TP-Link Of China Ties, Insecure Routers

By Carolina Bolado

The attorneys general of Florida, Montana, Nebraska and Iowa sued California-based TP-Link Systems Inc. on Tuesday, alleging the Wi-Fi router maker concealed its links to a Chinese company and deceptively promoted its products as secure despite vulnerabilities that left consumers open to malicious attacks.

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Mass. Justices Say Image Sent To Victim Not 'Dissemination'

By Julie Manganis

Sending a secretly recorded nude image only to the subject of that photo does not amount to "dissemination" under a 2008 anti-voyeurism law, Massachusetts' highest court said Tuesday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

AG Watch: Texas Takes A Lone State Stand Against Tech Cos.

A look at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's recent actions against Meta Platforms and Amazon.com illustrates how Texas is distancing itself from multistate coordination, offering practitioners a crucial perspective on navigating individual state actions amid coordinated attorney general litigation, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.

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Series

NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3

Several developments from New York financial services regulators in the third quarter reflect a common theme — regulators are increasingly seeking to apply established supervisory expectations to newer market participants and emerging financial products, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

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FCC Covered List Is Pushing Limits Of Supply Chain Scrutiny

Companies outside the traditional telecommunications sector may now need to factor the Federal Communications Commission's equipment authorization requirements into supply chain compliance as the FCC covered list continues to expand as a national security tool, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Omni Bridgeway Raises $1B For New Litigation Funding

By Ryan Boysen

Litigation funder Omni Bridgeway has raised a new $1 billion fund from mostly repeat investors, with plans to deploy the money broadly across countries and case types while avoiding debt leverage.

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Alito Explains Recusal But Says It Shouldn't Become Practice

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said this week he "reluctantly" recused himself from a dispute that could decide whether state and local government can sue Big Oil in state courts for damages related to greenhouse gas emissions, while suggesting the high court's members shouldn't make a practice of explaining their reasons for stepping away from cases.

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Justices' Docs Should Belong To Public, Gov't Watchdogs Say

By Jack Karp

Nearly two dozen government accountability groups are calling for Congress to enact a law that would make U.S. Supreme Court justices' papers government property that would someday be available to the public.

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California Federal Judge Jeffrey White To Retire After 24 Years

By Bonnie Eslinger

Senior U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White will retire at the end of the year after nearly a quarter-century on the federal bench in Northern California.

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ABA Accreditor Leader Remembered For Passion And Intellect

By Emma Cueto

After her sudden death while leading the American Bar Association council that handles law school accreditation, Melissa Hart is being remembered as a passionate and fiercely intelligent jurist, mentor and leader who will be missed as the council navigates numerous challenges to its accreditor status.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bailey & Glasser

Blank Rome

HWG LLP

Kelley Drye

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

Newman McNulty

Oberheiden PC

Orrick Herrington

Tin Fulton

Weil Gotshal

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan

Apple Inc.

Best Buy Co. Inc.

Burford Capital LLC

Chevron Corp.

Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington

ConocoPhillips

Consumer Watchdog

Cottrell Inc.

Credit Acceptance Corp.

Dahua Technology Co. Ltd.

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Google LLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

National Association of Attorneys General

Omni Bridgeway Ltd.

Phillips 66

Spotify Technology SA

Suncor Energy Inc.

The City University of New York

The State University of New York

TikTok Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Uber Technologies Inc.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

City of New York

Colorado Supreme Court

Committee for Public Counsel Services

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Iowa Attorney General's Office

Iowa District Court for Polk County

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Montana Attorney General's Office

New York Attorney General's Office

New York Department of Financial Services

Texas Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado