Telecommunications Archive » February, 2015

Telecommunications - February, 2015

172 articles

• FCC To Fine Carrier $9M For Slamming, Cramming Charges
• Vivendi Inks Deal To Sell Numericable-SFR Stake For $4.4B
• RadioShack Gets Approval For $2.4M Lease Sale
• Pols Introduce Bill To Stop FCC Preemption Of State Laws
• Altice Offers Concessions For $8.3B Portuguese Assets Deal
• Deal-Hungry T-Mobile Chief Says Dish Union 'Makes Sense'
• Ericsson Says Apple Is Infringing 41 Patents
• With FCC Vote, Net Neutrality Moves To Next Act: Litigation
• Nortel's US Arm Blasts Late Claim From Canadian Workers
• FCC Adopts Net Neutrality Regulations — What Lies Ahead?
• LightSquared Stockholder Floats Rival Ch. 11 Plan
• Ill. Judge Axes German Auto Parts Co.'s HD Radio Patent Suit
• Olswang Snags 4 Ex-Winston IP Attys For London Office
• FCC Votes To Impose Tough Net Neutrality Rules
• FCC Overrides State Broadband Restrictions
• RadioShack OK'd For March Auction Led By Standard General
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit IDT Suit Over $42.5M Winstar Deal
• Acquisition-Hungry Zayo Plans $500M Follow-On Offering
• House Panel Vows To Push Cybersecurity Info-Sharing Bill
• General Cable Sets Aside $24M After FCPA Investigation
• New Radio Royalty Bill Sparks Fight Between Labels, Radio
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit Sanctions In Telecom Exec Bankruptcy
• NJ-Based Finance Whiz Admits To Stealing Investment Funds
• US, UK Spies Possibly Behind Older Hacks On SIM Card Co.
• With Neutrality Vote Looming, GOP, Dems Trade Final Blows
• RadioShack Provides New Data Point In Credit Bid Debate
• Unanimous House Advances FCC Report Consolidation Bill
• FCC Rejects 2nd Circ. Plea To Tackle TCPA Consent Issue
• Pandora Appeals After Judge Keeps Alive Turtles' IP Suit
• Sony, Patent Holder Settle Smartphone Data IP Suit
• Return LCD Price-Fixing Suits To Home Courts, Judge Says
• 10th Circ. Partially Revives Embarq Retirees' ERISA Suit
• UK-Based Blank Check Co. Atlantic Alliance Eyes $75M US IPO
• Vivint Settles Robocalling Class Action for $6M
• Comcast Ups Stock Buyback To $10B As TWC Merger Looms
• Standard General Rejects RadioShack Bid Critics
• Pandora Cries Free Speech In Turtles' Pre-1972 Copyright Row
• Gibson Dunn White Collar Boss, Ex-Feds Form NY Boutique
• Time Warner Ducks $11B Suit Over Lakers, Dodgers Bundling
• Comcast, Al Sharpton, Others Hit With $20B Race Bias Suit
• Market Rumors: Postal Savings, HKBN, China Three Gorges
• High Court Won't Take $9B Verizon-Idearc Spinoff Dispute
• Net Neutrality To Spur Class Actions, FCC Commissioner Says
• This Week In Congress: Avoiding A DHS Funding Showdown
• EON Takes Fed. Circ. Ruling In Apple IP Row To High Court
• Contractor Wins $112M In Air Force Phone Row Appeal
• CBS Urges DC Circ. To Yank FCC's Merger Review Disclosure
• RadioShack Gets Nod To Auction 1,100 Store Leases
• Telecom Italia To Invest $16B In Italy & Brazil By 2017
• Knobbe Martens Boosts LA Office With Ex-St. Jude Counsel
• Gemalto Probing Alleged NSA Hack Of Phone Encryption
• In-House Counsel's Dirty 'Little' Secret: Data Leakage
• More Review Needed In Kraft $600M Spam Suit, ISP Says
• Nielsen Proposes $650 Million Debt Offering
• O'Melveny Dodges Sanctions In Sirius Ruling Fight
• Fla. Class Suit Against MetroPCS Sent Back To State Court
• Chancery Won't Block Windstream Shareholder Meeting
• Bebe Wants TCPA Suit On Hold Until FCC Defines Autodialer
• Google Can't Escape Trial On Skyhook Wi-Fi Location Patents
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pinterest, ProSieben, SDI Media
• Sprint Launches $1B Senior Notes Offering To Boost Network
• Mass. High Court Finds Satellite Tax Doesn't Favor Cable
• Verizon Owed $19M By Phony Ride-Hailing Co., Suit Says
• RadioShack's Unsecured Creditors Blast Standard General Bid
• Aereo And Its Limited Application To New Technologies
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Brownstein's Marc Lampkin
• Tech, Media Groups Stand By Twitter In Gov't Spying Fight
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Win For Nokia, ZTE In 3G Patent Suit
• Inventergy Calls Sonus Tech Patent Suit Negotiating Tactic
• Cerberus Fights CDS Cash-Out Claims In RadioShack Ch. 11
• Dutch Data Retention Law Should Be Rescinded, Suit Says
• Wireless Group Head Blasts FCC's Net Neutrality Approach
• Altice Puts Up $4B For Vivendi's Numericable-SFR Stake
• TV Viewers Say 2nd Circ. Rulings Factor Into MLB, NHL Row
• Dish Liability Ruling Over 2M Calls Axed In Telemarketing Suit
• Tiny ISPs Urge Exemption From FCC's Net Neutrality Rules
• RadioShack Creditors Seek Probe Of Ch. 11 Timing
• FCC Honors Hotels' Request To Drop Wi-Fi Blocking Petition
• Market Rumors: Frontier, Blackstone, China Development Bank
• Hughes' Satellite Codes Spark Caltech Patent Suit
• DirecTV Hit With Calif. Wage-And-Hour Class Action
• RadioShack Landlords Target Proposed Auction Process
• Wheeler Blasts ISP Concerns Over Net Neutrality Regs
• This Week In Congress: DHS Funding Looms In Recess
• Jury Puts Samsung On Hook For $16M In Rembrandt IP Suit
• High Court Asked To Set Pleading Standard For FLSA Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Freescale, POSCO, ProSiebenSat.1
• AT&T Accused Of Autodialing Wrong Numbers In TCPA Suit
• Kobre & Kim Adds Another Kerr IP Atty For New SF Office
• RadioShack Bankruptcy To Have Unique Effects On Landlords
• Qualcomm Case Means Uncertainty For IP Owners In China
• RadioShack Looks To Move Fast On Lease Auction
• GCs On Notice After UniTek Privilege Ruling
• FTC Head Says Pom Ruling To Boost False Ad Enforcement
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Win For Verizon In Billing Patent Case
• IP Suit Against Qwest Not Negated By 2007 Verdict: Fed. Circ.
• Tech Cos. Call For TPA Bill To Support Digital Economy
• BT Launches $1.5B Share Sale To Back Blockbuster EE Buy
• Class Decertification Upheld In AT&T, Yellow Pages OT Row
• Fried Frank Reps CVC Capital In Wireless Logic Deal
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• NSA Wins Toss Of Warrantless Search Claims In AT&T Case
• RadioShack Asks Ch. 11 Judge To OK $3M In Worker Bonuses
• 5 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• LightSquared Unveils New $210M Bankruptcy Financing Deal
• RadioShack Landlords May Dodge Losses Amid Bankruptcy
• Sirius XM To Take Pre-1972 Recordings Issue to 2nd Circ.
• GCs Give Top Marks To 7 Standout Associates
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• Fed. Circ. Restores NY Times Mobile Alert Patent Row
• Chicago Atty Gets 70 Mos. For Stealing $2.3M From Clients
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: BakerHostetler's Dennis Duffy
• Calif. Court Revives PacBell Retirees' Fraud Suit Against AIG
• RadioShack Gets Nod For $10M Interim DIP Draw
• NJ-Based Financial Whiz Charged With Stealing $1M In NY
• Harbinger Renews Attack On $1.7B LightSquared Guaranty
• FCC Has New Privacy Requirements For Broadband Providers
• Duane Morris Adds Miller & Martin Atty As Atlanta IP Partner
• RadioShack Pushes Quick Sale, Pledges Open Auction
• Pa. Court Revives Ex-CBS Anchor's Email Hacking Suit
• RadioShack's Unusual Deal With Sprint Unlikely To Save It
• Sens. Press FTC, FCC To Probe Verizon 'Supercookies'
• Ex-Cable Co. CEO Takes $14M Tax Fight To High Court
• CVC's Sunrise Bags $2.2B In Largest Swiss IPO In 8 Years
• Kibosh Put On Vringo In ZTE's Standard Essential Patent Row
• The State Of Play In 2015: Year Of The Regulator
• Locke Lord Adds IP Litigation Atty To San Francisco Office
• Harris To Pay $4.75B For Fellow Defense Contractor Exelis
• Jury Finds Comcast Infringed Sprint Patents, Awards $28M
• Verizon Inks $5B Asset Deal With American Tower
• GPS Cos. Duck $2B Harbinger Suit; Can't Shake LightSquared
• Skadden Guides Frontier To $10.5B Verizon Wireline Buy
• Market Rumors: Aena, HKBN, Virgin Active
• House Bill Would OK Disclosure Of Gov't Data Requests
• RadioShack Succumbs To Ch. 11 With Plan To Sell Stores
• A Few Surprises In FCC's New Net Neutrality Plan
• FTC Hits Back At AT&T In Mobile Data Throttling Suit
• BT Firms Up $19B EE Deal To Dominate British Telecom Space
• Chamber, Banks Press Senators For Cyber Info-Sharing Help
• Vivaro Ch. 11 Judge Trims $50M Leucadia Clawback Suit
• Telestone Hit With Derivative Suit Following SEC Investigation
• 7 Key Things To Know About FCC's New Net Neutrality Rules
• 4th Circ. Affirms Toss Of $600M Junk Email Suit Against Kraft
• Fed Circ. Says Inventor Doesn't Own Verizon Unit's Patent
• Deals Rumor Mill: BT PLC, Total SA, Cinven
• Market Rumors: Total, Jasmine, GlaxoSmithKline
• Manatt Adds Ex-Loeb & Loeb TCPA Expert In LA
• FCC's Wheeler Debuts 'Strongest Ever' Net Neutrality Rules
• BAE Wins Nine-Year Navy Radio Contract Worth Up To $187M
• Dish Hopper Case: A Narrow Reading Of Aereo
• Deals Rumor Mill: RadioShack, AT&T, Staples
• Most Brokers, Advisers In SEC Study Were Cyberattacked
• Turtles Rip Pandora's Free Speech Argument In Pre-'72 Case
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Amazon, Apple, Shore Club
• Aruba Networks Shareholder Suit Ruled Baseless
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Pillsbury's Vipul Nishawala
• FCC Chair To Propose Stricter Net Neutrality Regulations
• NYSE To Delist RadioShack After Lenders Claim Default
• Patent Clash Between Sprint And Comcast Kicks Off In Del.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Clear Channel, RadioShack
• MLB Strikes Out In Bid For 2nd Circ. To Hear Antitrust Row
• Egypt's Global Telecom Locks Up $2.6B Djezzy Sale
• Convicted Fla. Mayor's Ex Gets 8 Years For $8M Mortgage Plot
• Market Rumors: HKBN, Hootsuite, SH Kelkar
• Prosecutor Seeks 10-Year Sentence For Chicago Area Lawyer
• FCC Commish Criticizes Dish Network Over Spectrum Auction
• TCPA Class Plaintiff Already Got A Good Deal, Court Told
• CBS Hit With Age Discrimination Suit By Fired Producer
• A Closer Look At T-Mobile V. Roswell
• FCC To Override State Broadband Restrictions
• Rockstar Settles With Samsung Over Search-Engine Patent
• A&T Protest Over Medical Mobile Tech Contract Gets Nixed