Net Neutrality
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Finally Close To Having A Voting Majority, Will The Biden FCC Actually Restore Net Neutrality?
From the here we go again department.
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Announcements, Events, Legal Technology
Our weekly roundup of news and announcements from the Evolve the Law and legal tech community.
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Consistency is the hobgoblin of people who aren’t trolls.
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Trump, Big Telecom Continue Quest To Ban States From Protecting Broadband Consumers
Regulatory agency tries to have their cake and eat it too.
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Surprise! Buzzfeed Links Bogus Net Neutrality Comments Directly To Broadband Industry
It’s like what Lenin said… you look for the person who will benefit, and, uh, uh…
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New Bill Would Enshrine The FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Into Standalone Federal Law
Repair efforts are underway.
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The FCC is trying to act vindicated. They are either very stupid or think everyone else is very gullible.
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After Backlash To AT&T Chicanery, California Salvages Tough Net Neutrality Law
Public pressure works.
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* Avenatti is no longer trying to get in on the Michael Cohen case… because he says they’re already going to get all the documents they need. [CNBC]
* Weil Gotshal shortening its partnership track in bid to keep young talent around. [New York Law Journal]
* Former K&L Gates business development manager charged with threatening a professor who had written that Trump voters were violent racists. A point underscored when… violent racists started making threats against him. [American Lawyer]
* Ethics experts weigh in on Quinn Emanuel’s forfeiture-for-competition clause. They… don’t like it. [Law360]
* We’ve talked about White & Case’s decorating chops before. Now they’ve got themselves a new Silicon Valley look. [The Recorder]
* California passes a strict net neutrality bill. I guess they weren’t compelled by Ajit Pai’s stupid video. [Courthouse News Service]
* National Law Journal names the DC litigation departments of the year. Do we have a name for this? Like “The Deecees” or something? [National Law Journal]
* Legendary internet commenter “Loyola 2L” has dropped his mask. [American Lawyer]
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* A whistleblower reports that SARS reports regarding Michael Cohen’s transactions are missing from FINCEN. SARS don’t just disappear without a trace… well, the disease did, but the reports shouldn’t. [New Yorker]
* After passing an abortion law accomplishing little more than exposing the state’s taxpayers to litigation expense, Iowa is going to have to find someone else to defend it because Attorney General Tom Miller wants no part of it. [ABC]
* The FTC’s new consumer protection chief represented payday lenders, and really what’s so bad about a 110 percent interest rate anyway? [The Hill]
* Wolf of Wall Street needs to up his payments to victims. [Law360]
* Facebook is getting into the blockchain game meaning soon your vacation photos will overtake Bitcoin as the most inherently worthless thing backed by blockchain. [Legaltech News]
* An interview with a federal magistrate judge finally answers the question: what’s the penalty for Yogi Bear stealing a picnic basket? [Coverage Opinions]
* The Senate, against all odds, voted to save net neutrality yesterday. [Courthouse News Service]
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Debating Net Neutrality (While We Still Have An Internet)
Four well-versed experts debate the future of the Internet.
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ACLU: If Americans Want Privacy & Net Neutrality, They Should Build Their Own Broadband Networks
But hurry up, because cable companies are working overtime to make competition illegal.
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Comcast’s Top Lobbyist Is Pushing A Net Neutrality ‘Compromise’ That Isn’t
If you support net neutrality, the best path forward rests with the courts, not garbage “compromise” legislation.
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The Death Of Net Neutrality Will Be Official In April (Cue The Lawsuits)
The only thing slower and costlier than the impending litigation will be the Internet if Ajit Pai wins.
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FCC Refuses To Release FOIA Documents Pertaining To Its Stupid Verizon ‘Collusion’ Joke
The most “transparent” FCC ever is not very transparent.
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Burger King Explains Net Neutrality Better Than A Million Tech Journal Articles
Burger King is doing a better job explaining the law than the lawyers.