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* 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]

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