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Latest News in Telecommunications

  • October 19, 2026

    FCRA, TCPA Drive Consumer Protection Suits To 10-Year High

    Consumer protection litigation in federal courts hit a 10-year high in 2025, fueled by a rise in credit reporting and telemarketing disputes, and these gains show no signs of abating as the emergence of artificial intelligence tools sparks more grievances, according to a new report by Lex Machina.

  • October 19, 2026

    FCC Report Says Tribes Lack Funding For Suicide Hotline

    A dozen states reported collecting a total of $240.5 million in fees during the 2025 calendar year to support a federal suicide hotline while seven tribal authorities said they lack a funding mechanism to do so, according to a Federal Communications Commission report.

  • October 19, 2026

    Nike Seeks Quick Appeal In Misleading Email Promo Suit

    Nike has asked a Washington state judge for permission to immediately appeal her decision refusing to end a proposed class action alleging it spammed customers' inboxes with emails containing misleading discount subject lines, a move that Nike says could affect over 200 similar pending cases with no-injury claims. 

  • October 19, 2026

    Cisco, Fortinet Fear Security Risk Of AI Use In Patent Case

    Cisco Systems, Fortinet and a company accusing them of patent infringement told a judge Monday that the two sides are "diametrically opposed" on whether source code at issue should be analyzed with artificial intelligence, with the defendants fearing that AI could "escape the sandbox," as in recent high-profile hacks.

  • October 19, 2026

    NSO Avoids Contempt As WhatsApp Says It's Still Hacking

    An Israeli spyware company isn't going to be held in contempt on allegations it violated a court order restricting its use of WhatsApp because the order wasn't so specific that it banned the company from using accounts it already had, only restricted it from making new ones, a judge has ruled.

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