Monthly Archives: July, 2020

FCC Begins Auction of 5G Priority Access Licenses

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Thursday that it will begin auctioning licenses for a mid-band spectrum suitable for 5G service. Priority Access Licenses...

Ninth Circuit Upholds EPA’s Approval of Enlist Duo Pesticide

On Wednesday the Ninth Circuit mostly upheld a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register Enlist Duo—a pesticide to kill weeds on...

Advocates Sue to Block Montana Forest Plan

On Tuesday, the Cottonwood Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit against the United States Forest Service alleging that the defendant violated the National Environmental...

Facebook Adds $100M To Facial Recognition Settlement, Totaling $650m

Facebook added $100 million to a previous class action settlement to satisfy a skeptical judge, who believed that Facebook was not adequately punished in...

T-Mobile Sued For Allowing $8.7m Cryptocurrency Hack via SIM Swap

T-Mobile was sued in the Eastern District of New York by plaintiffs Reginald Middleton and Veritaseum LLC on Tuesday for its alleged “failure to...

Facebook Opposes Trademark for Dogbook Social Media Use

On Wednesday, Facebook filed an opposition before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board against applicant Daniel Stallard’s DOGBOOK trademark application over the likelihood of...

States Ask Court to End New EPA Rule, Claiming It Takes Away State Powers

Attorneys general from 21 jurisdictions said in a complaint filed in the Northern District of California on Tuesday against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

Court Dismisses Pivotal Software Securities Litigation for Lack of False Statements

On Tuesday, the Northern District of California granted information technology and software company Pivotal Software’s motion to dismiss a securities class action against it....