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“Get A Warrant!” Says SCOTUS in Cell Phone Location Case
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the Supreme Court ruled that a warrant is required for the government to access cell-site location information (CSLI) on a person’s...
SCOTUS Opens Door to Years of Litigation over Online Sales Taxes
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the Supreme Court struck down its 1992 Quill decision, which had limited states to collecting taxes from mail order catalog (and...
#230: Updating the FCC’s Kid Vid Rules with Commissioner O’Rielly
The Federal Communications Commission has put forward an NPRM to reexamine the so-called “KidVid” requirements, which put obligations on broadcasters for a very specific amount...
Fight Robocalls with Innovation, not Banning Innovative Technologies
WASHINGTON D.C. — Following the ruling by the D.C. Circuit court this past March in ACA International v. FCC the FCC has sought comment on...
Court Rejects Trump DOJ Suit to Block AT&T/Time Warner Merger
Last November, the Department of Justice stunned the antitrust world by suing to block AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner. No such “vertical” deal (between two...
#229: LabMD Court Decision Ushers in a New Era for the FTC
Since the Federal Trade Commission began bringing data security enforcement actions in 2002, no court had ruled on the substantive merits of the FTC’s approach....