T-Mobile Sues NJ Town Over Plan For School Cell Tower

By Nadia Dreid

T-Mobile has been paying on a lease for a proposed cell tower site for nearly 14 years, but it cannot build the tower because the New Jersey town the land sits in won't approve the necessary applications, the mobile behemoth says in a new lawsuit.

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Study Bulk ISP Billing, But Don't Pass Rules Yet, FCC Urged

By Christopher Cole

A cable industry group is trying to dissuade the Federal Communications Commission from crafting new rules to clamp down on bulk billing practices for broadband services in apartment buildings.

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DOJ's Google Ad Tech Suit Bound For Sept. Trial

By Bryan Koenig

A Virginia federal judge said Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit accusing Google of monopolizing technology used to place ads on third-party websites will go to trial, finding too many factual disputes to let the search giant nix the case.

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Off The Bench

Off The Bench: Ex-Players Claim NIL, Loss For Trans Swimmer

By David Steele

In this week's Off The Bench, the 1983 men's college basketball champions want a piece of the loot the NCAA made off of their names, swimmer Lia Thomas loses in her bid to overturn an international trans athlete ban, and the House gets a bill through committee that would keep college athletes from becoming employees.

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FCC Settles Probe Into Data Breach At Liberty Latin America

By Nadia Dreid

Liberty Latin America has been slapped with a $100,000 fine for failing to tell the Federal Communications Commission about a data breach that exposed data before the telecom took control of the company.

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FCC To Fine ASUS $367K For Wi-Fi Gear Over Power Limits

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission wants to slap electronics maker ASUSTeK Computer with a $367,000 fine for marketing a Wi-Fi adapter that uses more power than the agency has approved for such devices.

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Brazil Telecom Tower Investor Sues For Delaware Litigation

By Leslie A. Pappas

A Mexican investor with a small equity position in a Delaware limited partnership that builds and operates telecommunications towers in Brazil sued the partnership in Delaware's Court of Chancery Friday for injunctive relief, seeking to ensure that any litigation with the partnership or its affiliates takes place in the First State and not Brazil.

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Trucking Co. Whittles $11.5M Suit Over Stolen Cellphones

By Travis Bland

A North Carolina federal court pared an $11.5 million lawsuit brought by a cellphone dealer and its insurer after a truckload of devices was stolen, reasoning that a negligence claim was preempted.

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Publishing Exec's Family Says Ohio Law Allowed His Ouster

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The board of an Ohio-based media company have said state law empowered them to oust former CEO Allan Block from his family's namesake company and urged an Ohio state court to dismiss the suit he brought over the potential sale of the company that publishes newspapers in Toledo and Pittsburgh.

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Electronics Cos. Fight 'Drastic' $2B Price-Fixing Default

By Bonnie Eslinger

Irico Group and a subsidiary on Thursday opposed a special masters report recommending the Chinese electronics companies should be on the hook for over $2 billion in default judgment in litigation alleging they participated in a cathode ray tube price-fixing conspiracy, telling a California federal court the remedy is "drastic" and unwarranted.

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Brief

Industry Groups End 2nd Circ. Case Over NY Broadband Law

By Christopher Cole

Six trade groups said Friday they will end a Second Circuit challenge to a New York law that requires internet service providers to offer low-cost broadband service plans.

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Takeaways From Nat'l Security Division's Historic Declination

The Justice Department National Security Division's recent decision not to prosecute a biochemical company for an employee's export control violation marks its first declination under a new corporate enforcement policy, sending a clear message to companies that self-disclosure of misconduct may confer material benefits, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.

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Think Like A Lawyer: Always Be Closing

When a lawyer presents their case with the right propulsive structure throughout trial, there is little need for further argument after the close of evidence — and in fact, rehashing it all may test jurors’ patience — so attorneys should consider other strategies for closing arguments, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

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