The Eleventh Circuit has ruled that Florida can enforce its restrictions on social media for children, vacating and reversing a preliminary injunction that blocked the state's enforcement.
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11th Circ. Says Fla. Can Enforce Social Media Teen Ban

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Eleventh Circuit has ruled that Florida can enforce its restrictions on social media for children, vacating and reversing a preliminary injunction that blocked the state's enforcement.

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Delay In 39% Audience Cap Lift Not Needed, Broadcasters Say

By Christopher Cole

The broadcast lobby urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject a bid from several cable industry groups to pause the agency's repeal of the 39% national audience share limit on TV station chains.

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Utah Broadband Settles FCC Probe Over Lost Huawei Gear

By Christopher Cole

A broadband provider serving Utah admitted it could not confirm that it properly destroyed foreign gear under a network security program and agreed to pay $11,000 to resolve the matter, the Federal Communications Commission said.

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Analysis

Paramount, State AGs Chose Certainty Over Merger Trial Risk

By Matthew Perlman

Paramount Skydance closed its $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery on Oct. 6, after reaching a settlement with state enforcers that experts say was driven by both politics and the underlying litigation risk for both sides.

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LITIGATION

Widow Says Free Speech Can't Shield OpenAI In Shooting Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

A widow who says ChatGPT helped a mass shooter plan the attack that killed her husband at Florida State University has told a federal court that OpenAI can't hide behind the First Amendment to shield its conduct.

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Brief

4th Circ. Pauses Comcast DOL Appeal For High Court Case

By Benjamin Morse

The Fourth Circuit put Comcast Corp.'s challenge to the U.S. Department of Labor's authority to hear a whistleblower retaliation case on hold pending a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the agency's power to adjudicate employment disputes.

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Brief

Samsung Settles Patent Case On Eve Of Texas Trial

By Elliot Weld

Samsung has reached a settlement with a patent-holding company claiming that certain smartphones and tablets were infringing patents covering app management before a trial was set to begin early next week in Texas.

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DEALS

4 Firms Steer $2B Sale Of AT&T's Mexico Wireless Unit

By Al Barbarino

A group of four U.S. and Mexican law firms are guiding AT&T Mexico's agreement to sell itself to a consortium made up of Grupo Televisa and Fintech Holdings Inc. for $2 billion.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

What Lawyers Should Know Before Accepting Crypto Payment

As clients increasingly request to pay legal fees, retainers and escrow funds using cryptocurrency, lawyers should consider how only a handful of state bar authorities have addressed the issue with varying ethics opinions, as well as the related questions that no authority has yet answered, says attorney Felix Shipkevich.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Watchdog Wants Probe Of Trump Press Secretary's Atty Claim

By Jack Karp

A nonprofit government watchdog on Wednesday asked the State Bar of California to investigate whether the new White House press secretary has claimed to be an attorney without being licensed to practice law.

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Ex-BigLaw Atty Wants Firm Docs For Insider Trading Defense

By Carolyn Muyskens

A former BigLaw associate accused of insider trading is seeking records from ex-employers Sidley Austin LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP to help fight charges that he tipped others about nonpublic deals the firms were working on.

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Quinn Emanuel Seeks Arbitration Of $1.7M Fee Dispute

By Caroline Simson

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is urging a California federal court to order an entrepreneur to arbitrate malpractice claims stemming from the firm's representation of her in a sexual harassment claim against a technology investor as it seeks to collect more than $1.7 million in unpaid fees.

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Baker Botts Atty Seeks $3.4M In Fees After Defamation Suit

By Madison Arnold

A Baker Botts LLP patent attorney has moved for almost $3.4 million in attorney fees and expenses in a defamation suit an inventor brought against her that was dismissed.

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Fox Rothschild Beats Daycare's Malicious Prosecution Suit

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state court dismissed an adult daycare company's suit against Fox Rothschild LLP and one of its attorneys related to their prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm, according to a court order.

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DLA Piper Accused Of Malpractice In Investor's Soccer Deals

By Bonnie Eslinger

American businessman John Textor has filed a legal malpractice suit in Florida against DLA Piper over the firm's representation in connection with an investment vehicle he created to acquire soccer clubs in the United Kingdom and other countries, claiming his damages could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Actelion Ltd.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Ameris Bancorp

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Ares Management Corp.

CBS Interactive Inc.

Cable News Network Inc.

Comcast Corp.

Computer & Communications Industry Association

Grupo Televisa SAB

Home Box Office Inc.

Instagram Inc.

International Finance Corp.

Johnson & Johnson

LinkedIn Corp.

Maryland State Bar Association

Meta Platforms Inc.

National Association of Broadcasters

New York City Bar Association

North Carolina State Bar

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Permira

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Skydance Media LLC

Starbucks Corp.

State Bar of California

TelevisaUnivision Inc.

The District of Columbia Bar

The Software & Information Industry Association

TikTok Inc.

Virginia State Bar

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

eBay Inc.

iRobot Corporation

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Avyno Law

Baker Botts

Bannister Wyatt

Berney & Sang

Clement & Murphy

Crowell & Moring

DLA Piper

Dynamis LLP

Enenstein Pham

Fox Rothschild

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Kilpatrick Townsend

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Martin G. Weinberg PC

McDonald Hopkins

Milbank LLP

Morgan Lewis

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

SML Avvocati

Shipkevich PLLC

Sidley Austin

Stearns Weaver

Sullivan & Cromwell

Wachtell Lipton

Weil Gotshal

Williams & Connolly

Wilson Sonsini

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Connecticut Attorney General's Office

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Internal Revenue Service

Nebraska Supreme Court

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

World Bank Group