Hey there everyone, I hope you managed to tune out for a bit over the long weekend. We’ve got you covered on the latest news from the intersection of law and technology. First we’ll check in on how California’s aggressive net neutrality legislation is becoming a test for state-driven efforts. Also on deck: a look at how one company wants to pay its GC with cryptocurrency, Facebook gives the boot to government officials, and an indicted 20-year-old may be the elusive hacker behind the Santori Botnet.

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While ISPs likely aren’t going to take a wait-and-see approach to a sweep of state net neutrality laws, some believe they’ll find less recourse in the federal courts than expected. As Stanford Law’s Barbara Van Schewick wrote, “the FCC shot itself in the foot” when it “neutered its own authority over ISPs” in rolling back the federal law and the authority it grants them.