Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.22.16

* The antitrust battle between Apple and Nokia has heated up. Apple filed a new lawsuit against nonpracticing entities, Acacia Research Corp. and Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc., alleging an abusive anti-competitive scheme. [Law.com] * Gibson Dunn partner Debra Wong Yang may be in line to lead the SEC under President Trump. [CNN] * North Carolina failed to repeal their controversial law regulating the use of public bathroom by transgender people. [Washington Post] * New York City's plan to destroy data collected in connection with its IDNYC card program is on hold pending a hearing in a Staten Island courtroom. [New York Times] * 2016 was a record breaking year for the SEC's Whistleblower program. [National Law Journal]

By Kathryn Rubino on December 22, 2016 9:00 am
Debra Wong Yang

Debra Wong Yang

* The antitrust battle between Apple and Nokia has heated up. Apple filed a new lawsuit against nonpracticing entities, Acacia Research Corp. and Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc., alleging an abusive anti-competitive scheme. [Law.com]

* Gibson Dunn partner Debra Wong Yang may be in line to lead the SEC under President Trump. [CNN]

* North Carolina failed to repeal their controversial law regulating the use of public bathrooms by transgender people. [Washington Post]

* New York City’s plan to destroy data collected in connection with its IDNYC card program is on hold pending a hearing in a Staten Island courtroom. [New York Times]

* 2016 was a record breaking year for the SEC’s Whistleblower program. [National Law Journal]