SBF Attys Seek Media Ban After Witness Intimidation Claims
By Katryna Perera
Attorneys for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried have asked a New York federal
judge to impose a media ban on their client instead of revoking his bail
following a conversation the disgraced cryptocurrency executive had with a
reporter from The New York Times, saying that despite the government's
assertions, Bankman-Fried was not trying to intimidate witnesses.
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Coinbase Gets Hacker Theft Suit Sent To Arbitration
By Katryna Perera
A California federal judge on Wednesday ruled that a proposed class action
against cryptocurrency platform Coinbase stemming from alleged hacker
attacks that resulted in stolen account funds must go to arbitration
because the company indicated in its terms of service that users must
arbitrate claims.
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Google Must Face VPPA Claim In E-Classroom Risk Suit
By Dorothy Atkins
A California magistrate judge on Wednesday trimmed most of an elementary
school student's lawsuit alleging Google illegally collected his data and
exposed his account to hackers, causing him to be falsely accused of
sending his teacher explicit messages, but the judge kept alive a claim
under the Video Privacy Protection Act.
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Action Needed Fast On Internet Security, FCC Chief Says
By Christopher Cole
The Federal Communications Commission's leader said Wednesday that U.S.
government actions are needed as quickly as possible to shore up security
of the Border Gateway Protocol, the internet's global routing system.
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7th. Circ. Sends AT&T Unit's Decade-Old FCA Fight To Trial
By Dorothy Atkins
The Seventh Circuit revived Wednesday a whistleblower's decade-old False
Claims Act suit alleging AT&T subsidiary Wisconsin Bell Inc. overcharged
public schools and libraries for internet services, ruling that there are
factual disputes over whether the company knew of the alleged overcharges
that must be decided by a jury.
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Advocacy Groups, Scholars Back FTC Against Illumina Appeal
By Bryan Koenig
Advocacy groups and academics backed the Federal Trade Commission in a
series of Fifth Circuit amicus briefs Tuesday and Wednesday blasting both
direct attacks on the agency's constitutionality and attacks on its
findings that Illumina's planned reacquisition of Grail is anti-competitive.
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Mich. Atty General Rips Pause On Fake-Elector Discipline
By Danielle Ferguson
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Wednesday called out the state
board tasked with investigating attorney misconduct for trying to pause
hearings against a lawyer facing 2020 election charges, saying the delay
will allow attorneys to continue to abuse their licenses.
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The 'Anti-KKK' Law That May Sink Trump's Free-Speech Claim
By Phillip Bantz
Of the four felony counts that Donald Trump faces for attempting to
overturn the 2020 election, a conspiracy charge under a Reconstruction-era
federal civil rights statute is the most "creative" and most likely to
undercut the former president's anticipated First Amendment defense,
experts say.
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Analysis
What To Know About The Obstruction Charge Against Trump
By Katie Buehler
The weightiest charge against former President Donald Trump in the
Washington, D.C., federal criminal indictment unsealed Tuesday is one born
from the bankruptcy of energy company Enron Corp. that the U.S. Department
of Justice has used to prosecute hundreds of defendants connected to the
Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. It's also at the center of
many ongoing legal battles.
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Virgin Money Starts £50M Buyback After Stress Test Success
By Irene Madongo
Virgin Money launched a share buyback program Wednesday worth up to £50
million ($64 million) that the challenger bank said was part of a planned
£175 million stock repurchase scheme, after it performed well in an annual
stress test for major lenders.
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