Monthly Archives: July, 2020

Facebook Sued By Outlet Over “State-Controlled Media” Label

On Wednesday, social media and e-commerce company, Maffick LLC, which operates three social media channels “In the Now,” “Soapbox,” and “Waste-Ed” on Facebook and...

TikTok Sued For Patent Infringement By Competitor Triller

Social media video sharing platform Triller filed a complaint for patent infringement against its competitor, Beijing-based ByteDance, and its subsidiary TikTok, over their use...

Amicus Curiae Briefs in Dicamba Case Support Intervenors’ Request for En Banc Hearing

Six trade associations filed an amicus curiae brief in support of BASF’s petition for a rehearing en banc which was filed on July 20....

Riverkeeper Files Suit Against EPA for Failing to Prevent Pollution in Maryland Rivers

On Wednesday in the District of Columbia District Court, Gunpowder Riverkeeper (GRK) filed a complaint against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and...

FCC Chair Proposes Update to Lifeline Program Minimum Standard

On Thursday, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai sent his fellow Commissioners an order proposing improvements to the agency’s Lifeline program, to “clean...

Judge Certifies Class In Case Against Elk Energy Services For Alleged Inspector Misclassification

On Tuesday, Senior District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. of the Southern District of West Virginia entered an order granting the plaintiff’s motion for...

Appeals Court Affirms Egg Antitrust Decisions

The Third Circuit affirmed two Eastern District of Pennsylvania decisions from 2018, which held that egg processing companies are not participating in anticompetitive activity...

Senators Push DOJ To Investigate Zoom and TikTok over Chinese Ties

Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) asked the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday to investigate Zoom, a video communications...