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Telecommunications - May, 2015

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• Senate Moves Forward On NSA Spying Overhaul
• Ex-Cable CEO Can't Shed $14M Tax Debt, US Tells High Court
• Aussie Satellite Co. NewSat Wins Ch. 15 Recognition
• FCC To Vote On VoIP Number Access, Lifeline Expansion
• AOL Defeats 'Wrong Number' TCPA Messaging Suit
• Hospitals Urge FCC To Guard Telemetry Spectrum
• 4 In-House Preferences For Better Outside Counsel
• 8th Circ. Affirms Broadband Co. Win In $45M FCA Suit
• ViaSat Lands $478M Navy Radio Contract
• Judge Spells Out BMI's Royalty Win Over Pandora
• FCC Won't Give Broadband Cos. A Free Pass On Privacy Risks
• Cable Group Pushes FCC To Ditch Rate Regulation
• Telecom Groups Reiterate Call For Net Neutrality Rule Stay
• Equinix Offers $3.6B For Telecity, Smashing Interxion Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, MoFo, Latham
• Nortel Bankruptcy Judge Can't Rule On Avaya Claims: SNMP
• Viacom Wins Skeptical Judge's OK Of $7.2M Intern Deal
• 6 Criminally Charged In $50M Mobile Cramming Plot
• FCC To Facilitate Audio Alerts For Tablet, Smartphone Users
• Rural Coalition, AT&T Push Bidding Credit Proposal At FCC
• FCC Head Proposes Broadband Subsidy In Lifeline Revamp
• Time Warner To Give Subscriber Info In Pilot Union Suit
• AT&T Opposes Bid For Even Stricter Net Neutrality Regs
• Motorola Urges Justices To Clarify Law In LCD Cartel Fight
• Turtles Win Class Cert. In $100M Royalties Row With Sirius
• Lynch Calls On Senate To Act On NSA Spying Overhaul
• High Court Calls For Judges To Get Tough On Patent Trolls
• Commerce Debuts Road Map For 1st Responder Broadband
• FCC Ready To Authorize $12.6M In Rural Broadband Support
• FCC Chair Calls For Action On Robocalls, TCPA Complaints
• DHS Offers $11M To Create Cyber Info-Sharing Standards
• FCC Suspends Telecom Co. From Lifeline After $20M Fraud
• Nortel Says US Creditors Shafted In $7B Allocation Plan
• AT&T, DirecTV Tout Benefits Of $48B Merger To FCC
• Telcordia Files New Conduct Code For Phone Routing Contract
• Charter Nabs $31B In Debt Commitments For TWC Deal
• Verizon Hit With $1.3M Tariff Suit
• Lane Powell Nabs Corporate, Telecom, Enviro Pro In Seattle
• A New Compliance Challenge For Cos. Doing Business In UK
• Full 7th Circ. Won't Review Text Message Price-Fixing MDL
• Attys React To High Court's Induced Infringement Ruling
• High Court Clears One Inducement Hurdle, But Others Remain
• 5 Reasons Charter Won't Face Comcast's Fate In TWC Buy
• 'Nightcrawler' Copyright Suit A Publicity Ploy, NBC Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, LVMH, CTBC Financial Holding
• Skype Under Fire From Belgian Gov't After Blocking Wiretap
• FCC Commissioner Calls For Adding Broadband To Lifeline
• Jury Says Holland Infringed PCT's Coaxial Cable Patent
• Nez Perce Wants To Keep Spectrum Auction Collaborations
• Obama Urges Senate To Pass NSA Spying Overhaul
• FCC Seeks Comment On 911 Location-Reporting Requirements
• Intellectual Ventures Rips Motorola's Bid For Patent Retrial
• AOL Wants To Hang Up On 'Wrong Number' TCPA Lawsuit
• TWC, Comcast Say $20B Race Bias Suit Lacks Facts
• FCC Grants TiVo-Only Exception To Set-Top Box Rule
• FBI Dragged Feet On Patriot Act Privacy Guards, DOJ Says
• 5 Insights From CBRE General Counsel Laurence Midler
• High Court Nixes 'Good Faith' Induced Infringement Defense
• Charter Reaches $55B Deal For Time Warner Cable
• Senate Leaves NSA Spy Program In Limbo With Rejected Votes
• Tribes Urge FCC To Fix Broadband Divide
• Sirius' Gripe With Pre-'72 Cert. Is Nonsense, Turtles Say
• Corning's Inequitable Conduct Claim Over AIA Review OK'd
• Senate Intelligence Head Rolls Out NSA Reform Alternative
• Altice Deal Broadcasts Big Changes In Telecom Sector
• Comcast Says Sprint's Attys Misled Jury In $28M IP Suit
• Cable Assoc. Praises FCC Decision To Collect Satellite Fees
• Deals Rumor Mill: Reynolds American, Time Warner, Uber
• FCC Issues Final Rule To Clarify Phone Number Switching
• Nokia Tells ITC It Didn't Infringe InterDigital Network Patents
• FCC, Dish, Netflix Oppose Net Neutrality Stay At DC Circ.
• FCC Urges DC Circ. To Toss Appeal Of $460M Contract
• FCC Seeks Comment On Services Eligible For E-Rate Funding
• Fed. Circ. Guidance For Means-Plus-Function Software Claims
• In Wisconsin, FCA Liability May Apply To E-Rate Program
• Obama Nominates Dem. Rosenworcel For 2nd FCC Term
• Lockheed Seeks To End Contract With Aussie Debtor NewSat
• Internet Co. Ducks NY Franchise Tax, But Property Co. Owes
• RadioShack Deal Sets Standard For Consumer Data Transfers
• Astor Weiss, Atty Sued Over 'Bungled' $18M Telco Case
• Nortel Judge Won't Allow Late Claims From Canadian Workers
• US Uncuffs Internet Tech-Sharing To Crimea
• FCC's New Data On Spectrum Auction Draws Criticism
• Sprint Pushes FCC To Change Spectrum Reserve Rules
• CORRECTED: AT&T Accused Of Shirking Local Access Charges
• Cisco Gets AIP Web Patent Nixed In AIA Review
• Sony Settles Class Action Over Streaming Of Pre-1972 Songs
• Sen. Asks Verizon, Others About Agencies' Data Requests
• DirecTV Says Suit Over Tax Surcharge Belongs In Arbitration
• Spanish Broadcasting Investors' Share Repurchase Suit Pared
• Deals Rumor Mill: United Technologies, Genesys, GE
• Telemundo Attys Escape Sanctions In LaTele IP Row
• FCC Transparency Bills Get Traction At House Panel
• FTC's Brill Praises Apple HealthKit Data Privacy Policy
• RadioShack Judge Won't Reopen Auction, OKs $26M IP Sale
• Dish Says OneBeacon Shouldn't Get 'Do-Over' On $34M Award
• Telstra's New Cable Acquisition Hit By Data Breach
• Trustee Objects To Uncapped Atty Fees In NII Ch. 11 Plan
• Ballard Spahr Adds Financial Tech Ace In NY
• FCC To Keep Enforcing Privacy Rules Post-Net Neutrality
• GM, Mercedes-Benz Hit With Patent Suits Over In-Car Wi-Fi
• LightSquared Seeks Permisssion To Enter $1.75B Facility
• NLRB Ruling On Phone Co. Strike Should Stand, DC Circ. Told
• TE Connectivity Sues Insurer Over Denial Of $6.5M Claim
• Verizon Strikes $650M Sale-Leaseback For NJ Center
• Sen. Paul Launches Filibuster To Block NSA Spying Renewal
• Cablevision Sues Verizon Again Over Advertising Claims
• AIG Member Wants Out Of 'Do Not Call' Suit Against Dish
• Does The Periscope App Infringe Copyright?
• Altice Enters US Cable Market With $9.1B Suddenlink Deal
• Net Neutrality Could Stifle Online Innovation, DC Circ. Told
• Groups Urge FCC To Protect Consumers In IP Phone Shift
• Cablevision Brass Say Del. Ruling Aids Shareholder Suit Exit
• 2015 Law360 Minority Report
• The 50 Best Firms For Minority Partners
• Diversity Gap A Growing Threat To BigLaw Bottom Lines
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Minority Attorneys
• Dish Says It Did Nothing Wrong In Spectrum Auction Bidding
• FCC Fines Media Co. $1M For False Alarms On Radio Show
• Holland Denied Mistrial Over Atty's Comments In Cable IP Suit
• NJ Regulator Approves Verizon Landline Deregulation Deal
• Judge, Not Jury, Must Weigh IPhone Patent, High Court Told
• Judge Tells CFPB, Sprint He Won't 'Rubber-Stamp' $68M Deal
• AT&T Accused Of Shortchanging Training Workers In OT Suit
• Ericsson Gets PTAB To Nix Intellectual Ventures Patent
• Dems Call On FCC For More Broadband Info Requirements
• Advocacy Group Backs AT&T's Call For New Spectrum Credits
• Trade Dress Protection Not In Great Shape For Great Shapes
• Problems In The 'Fight Of The Century' Class Actions
• FTC Wades Into Fight Over RadioShack's Customer Data Sale
• TCPA Row Gives Justices Chance To Pare Class Actions
• Muzak Seeks To Turn Off SoundExchange's Royalty Suit
• Orioles Say Proskauer Tainted Arbitration Of Broadcast Row
• Fed. Circ.'s Apple Ruling Shows Power Of Design Patents
• RadioShack IP Suitor Wants Auction Resumed
• Cable Group Urges FCC To Rethink Rate Regulation
• Ex-Terra Telecom Exec. Wants New Trial Over Bribery Scheme
• DC Circ. Says Telecom's Beef Over $4M Bill Belongs With FCC
• Senate Dems Urge FCC Against Proposed Robocall Exemption
• Game Show Network Hit With Unpaid Intern Class Action
• Cisco Asks Fed. Circ. To Vacate $16M Judgment In Wi-Fi Row
• Rural Phone Cos. Seek Bid Credits In FCC Spectrum Auction
• Fed. Circ. KOs Part Of Apple's $930M Win In Samsung IP Row
• Consider 5 Things Before Choosing An E-Discovery Provider
• Judge Hangs Up On AT&T's Call To Toss FTC Data Suit
• Wi-LAN Patent Trial Against Ericsson Canceled
• Ex-LightSquared CEO Says Ch. 11 Plan Violates Priority Rule
• AT&T Beats Bascom Suit Over Online Filtering Patent
• Cox Beats 'Processing' Claims In Sprint VoIP Patent Battle
• NLRB Ignored Evidence, NBCUniversal Claims At DC Circ.
• Brand Battles: 'Game Of Thrones,' Rihanna, Skechers
• FCC Needn't Hear Telecom's AT&T Claims, 11th Circ. Told
• Sprint, T-Mobile Want Stronger Rules For Spectrum Auction
• Verizon Arm's Debt Robocalls Harassed Thousands, Suit Says
• NC Sues FCC After Override Of State Broadband Law
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Cravath, Cleary Gottlieb
• Qualcomm Will Issue $10B In Bonds
• Pandora Loses Royalty Rate Row With BMI
• AT&T, Others Score Win In Wireless Patent Suit
• .Sucks CEO Says Firm Aims To Criticize, Not Extort
• Amazon, Google Seek To Ease Cable's Grip On Set-Top Boxes
• Wireless Association Urges More Mobile Spectrum Availability
• CBS, Sony Say Actor Trying To Sue Her Way Back Onto Soap
• Sidley Taps Ex-Simpson Thacher M&A Pro For 2nd LA Office
• T-Mobile Settles Wireless Patent Suit After Trial Called Off
• Crown Castle Sells Aussie Unit For $1.6B After Sunesys Buy
• Subscribers Win Class Status In MLB, NHL Antitrust Row
• Lawmaker Revives Bill To Keep Internet Rulemaking In US
• Merged AT&T, DirecTV Would Be Too Powerful, FCC Told
• Court-Appointed Experts — A Powerful But Rarely Used Tool
• Dish, Cogent Urge FCC To Cap AT&T's Power Over Web Video
• Wi-LAN Patent Claims Against Ericsson Likely To Get Pared
• Sky Can Use 'NOW TV' For Streaming, UK High Court Says
• NLRB Blasts NBC Bid To Nix NBC Bargaining Contract Ruling
• Standard General Unit Wins RadioShack IP With $26M Bid
• Broadband Providers Seek Court Stay Of Net Neutrality Rules
• Firms Must Brace For Tornado Of Telecom Consolidation
• House Passes Bill To Rein In NSA Bulk Data Collection
• Apple Tells Fed. Circ. To Back $120M Samsung IP Award
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cablevision, General Electric, Simplex
• Issa Calls .SUCKS Domains 'Legalized Extortion'
• FCC Seeks Comments On Proposed Network Outage Rules
• FCC Tackles Spectral Overlap In New Auction Guidance
• DC Firm Challenges FCC's Net Neutrality Order As Too Weak
• Yorktel Claims NASA Blocked Its Access To IT Contract
• SD Telecom Co. Rejects Oglala Sioux Tribe Utility Regulations
• Android Users Move For Class Cert. In Google Privacy Case
• Wireless Group Asks For Clarification Of FCC E-Rate Funding
• Nortel Bankruptcy Judges Deny Creditors' Proposals For $7.3B
• RadioShack Sees $17.3M Bid For IP, Customer Data
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Koninklijke, Pall Corp.
• NII Blasts Bondholders' Objections As An '11th-Hour' Move
• Justices Asked To Mull Preemption Of Spectrum Squatting Suit
• Vivendi Puts Up $556M For Rest Of French Cable Channel Co.
• Anti-Piracy Co.'s DMCA Subpoenas Not Abusive, Court Says
• Sirius Says Robocall Plaintiff Promised Not To Sue
• UK Execs Jailed For Contempt In $12.1M VAT Fraud Case
• NSA Head Says Congress Must Update Phone Data Program
• Startups Want To Help FCC Defend Net Neutrality Challenge
• Doughty Hanson Selling Eurofiber Stake In $981M Deal
• White House Backs End Of NSA Bulk Data Collection
• FCC Boss Says $25M Budget Cut Won't Hurt Rural Service
• Sheppard Mullin Boosts IP Group With Ex-Kilpatrick Patent Pro
• Verizon, Sprint To Pay $158M To Settle 'Cramming' Charges
• Weil Guides Verizon In $4.4B All-Cash Deal For AOL
• FCC Urges DC Circ. To Nix Net Neutrality Challenges
• Aereo Agrees To Permanent Injunction In Copyright Dispute
• Wyden Threatens To Filibuster Reauthorization of Patriot Act
• FCC Should Decide Fight With Sprint, Verizon, Says AT&T
• AT&T, Level 3 Reach Interconnection Agreement
• FTC, CFPB Setting Sights On 'Big Data' Enforcement
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charter, General Electric, Uber
• Dish, EchoStar Strike Deal To End Patent Suit Before Trial
• 7th Circ. Says Sprint TCPA Class Action Must Be Arbitrated
• AT&T Stuck With Sidley Blown Deadline Ruling, Fed. Circ. Told
• Susman, Heins Can't Hoard Fees In Comcast Deal, Firm Says
• Greenberg Traurig Slams Sanctions Bid In Telemundo IP Row
• Comcast, TWC Can't Duck $20B Racial Bias Suit, Court Told
• AOL's Bid To Kill Suit Flouts TCPA Rulings, Plaintiff Says
• Future Competition Poses Present Risk To Deals
• Fed. Circ. Eon Ruling Offers Map For Clear Software Patents
• FCC Denies Requests To Halt Net Neutrality Order
• FCC Wants Input On 61 Solicited Fax Liability Waiver Bids
• Apple, AT&T Say RadioShack Can't Sell Customer Data
• DC Circ. Grounds Challenge Of FAA Electronic Device Rule
• Deals Rumor Mill: Visa, Uber Technologies, Exor SpA
• Sprint Wants Tribe-Owned Telecom's Counterclaims Tossed
• ParkerVision Urges Fed. Circ. To Revive Qualcomm Ruling
• Australia Expected To Tax Overseas Digital Downloads
• Holland Can't End Cable IP Suit Over Typo, Court Told
• Fla. Radio Deal Broke Ownership Limits, DC Circ. Told
• DC Circ. Shoots Down FCC Merger-Review Disclosure Order
• Hutchinson Lines Up Investors To Fund $16B O2 Buy
• Mobile Technology Under The FTC Spotlight
• Pandora Points To 2nd Circ. Win In BMI Royalty Rate Case
• FCC Approaching Privacy Rules Cautiously, Official Says
• For Pandora, Plenty Of Royalty Rumbles Still Ahead
• NSA Data Collection Ruling To Fuel Congressional Action
• Group Urges Rural, Tribal Protections In Phone Transition
• ESPN Beats Privacy Suit Over App User Info Sent To Adobe
• Judge Blasts 'Game of Semantics' In Telecom Class Action
• FCC Staff Want Small Tweaks To Incentive Auction Rules
• Aereo's Ch. 11 Copyright Deal With Broadcasters Wins Nod
• Netflix Fears In $48B DirecTV Merger Unfounded, AT&T Says
• Sprint Wins $5M Judgment, Injunction In Overseas Resale Row
• Lynch Calls FISA Critical In Wake Of 2nd Circ. Ruling
• Turtles Defend Class Cert Bid In $100M Suit Against Sirius
• 2nd Circ. Rules NSA Phone Data Collection Illegal
• Law Firms Could Learn A Lot From The NFL Draft
• RadioShack Buyer Wants Its Customer Data Out Of IP Sale
• Dish, Hughes Escape Some Claims In Caltech Patent Row
• FCC Misguided On Online Privacy, GOP Commissioners Say
• FCC Asks Telecom Industry To Weigh In On LTE-U Trend
• Holland Electronics Seeks Judgment In PCT's Cable IP Suit
• CORRECTION: Apple Slams Ericsson's Bid For Expedited Patent Trial
• Fed. Circ. Says Eon TV Patent Indefinite, Backs AT&T, Others
• Advocates Want Reform Before Renewal Of NSA Surveillance
• 'Knight Rider' Attys May Dodge Sanctions In NBC Suit
• Proskauer Beefs Up London M&A Group With PE Maven
• FCC Chair Forcefully Backs Net Neutrality Rules
• Pandora Beats Publishers At 2nd Circ. Over Streaming Rights
• Spain Makes Orange Share Slice Of 4G Network To MasMovil
• Corporate Perspectives On Cybersecurity: A Survey Of Execs
• Apax Fights Fraud Claim In $1B Hellas Clawback Suit
• 11th Circ. Rules Warrantless Cell Tracking Constitutional
• Google Ruling Limits Video Privacy Law, 3rd Circ. Told
• Netflix Urges FCC To Reject Proposed AT&T-DirecTV Merger
• Calif. 'Secret' Phone Call Recording Bill Advances
• Cable Co. Drawn Into Class Action Rumble After Fight Flop
• Vivaro Judge Doubts Opponents Of $8M Leucadia Deal
• Siding With Sky, EU Court Says 'Skype' Can't Be Trademark
• FTC's Brill Touts Authority To Police Internet Of Things
• Samsung Asks To Limit Rembrandt Damages To $15.7M Verdict
• Open Internet Groups Fight Petition To Block Net Neutrality
• NII Holdouts Continue Assault On $4.35B Restructuring
• FCC Allows Pandora To Buy FM Radio Station
• FCC Says Goodbye To The Telegraph In Rule Updates
• Cleary Gottlieb, Shearman Steer REIT's $1.5B Notes Offering
• GAO Approves FCC's Net Neutrality Rule
• Davis Polk Guides Telefonica Brasil On $5.5B Equity Offering
• The US-EU Safe Harbor Program: Is It Safe?
• FCC Won't Rethink Ruling On Ariz. Utility's Rebanding Cost
• FCC Chairman Says Comcast Was Smart To Pull Out Of Merger
• US To Keep Close Eye On China's Rare Earth Export Policies
• Local Carriers Want To Toss Verizon, Sprint Overbilling MDL
• FCC Cites 3 Companies Over Unwanted 'Robocalls'
• Comcast Settles DOL Sex, Race Discrimination Charges
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charter, KKR & Co., BHP Billiton
• High Court Won't Hear FCC Rural Reimbursement Cases
• Apple Denied New Trial In Patent Fight With Golden Bridge
• Amtrak Accused Of Derailing Telecom Contract
• Hogan Lovells Guides Ciena In $400M Cyan Acquisition
• AT&T-DirecTV Deal Could Invite Trouble, Cogent Says
• Telecoms Ask FCC To Halt Its Broadband Reclassification
• FCC Could Require Accessible Alerts On Tablets, Phones
• Texas High Court Refuses Ex-Texas Tech Coach's ESPN Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bright House, Pure Barre, McGraw-Hill
• Australia's NewSat Gets Creditor Shield In Ch. 15
• Microsoft Says InterDigital Expert Shows It Can't Infringe
• United Wants Suit Over In-Flight TV, Wi-Fi Limits Grounded
• Sprint Fights Comcast Bid To Nix $28M IP Verdict
• House Bill Would Harmonize Banks, Retailers' Data Security
• AT&T, Apple, Others Sued Over LTE Tech Patent
• AT&T's Tower Construction Cleared By Del. Appeals Judge
• Almost 5 Million Ask FTC For Slice Of $80M AT&T Settlement
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Cravath, Milbank
• USTelecom Backs Cox's Restrictions On FCC E-Rate Funding
• How 'Common Carrier' Defense Applies To TCPA Class Actions