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Telecommunications - July, 2015

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• Law Requires Warrant For Cell Location Data, Judge Finds
• State Law Governs DirecTV Arbitration Row, High Court Told
• DirecTV, Dish Renew Plea For High Court To Take Tax Row
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Netflix Privacy Class Action
• Cablevision Investor Appeals Dismissal Of 'Nepotism' Suit
• DC Circ. Tells Net Neutrality Foes To Rethink Alphabet Soup
• USDA To Provide Rural Broadband Loans Under Farm Bill
• Dem Sens. Ask FCC To Review Potential LTE-U, Wi-Fi Clash
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive ParkerVision's $173M Qualcomm Win
• 2 FCC Commissioners Push For Action In Charter Deal Review
• FCC To Tackle Spectrum Auction Issues At Aug. Meeting
• 7 Keys To Improving Your Direct Examination
• 3 Takeaways From 9th Circ.'s Motorola FRAND Decision
• AT&T $100M Fine Challenge Stresses FCC Enforcement Issues
• Ex-Verizon Senior Atty Joins Akerman's Latin America Practice
• FCC Proposes $2M Fine For Long-Distance Carrier
• Broadband Cos. Tell Court Neutrality Is FCC 'Power Grab'
• Judge Nixes HTC, 'Original Patent Troll' Bid To Stay Trial
• Frontier/Verizon Deal Should Serve Public, Group Tells FCC
• Following FilmOn Win, DC Judge Weighs Compulsory License
• Ex-LightSquared CEO Loses Appeal Challenging Ch. 11 Plan
• Dem Reps. Want Proof Of Compliance Before TPP Goes Live
• 9th Circ. Backs Microsoft's $14M Win In Motorola FRAND Suit
• Holland & Knight Nabs Troutman Corp. Pro For Atlanta Office
• NCTA Accuses Qualcomm Of Downplaying LTE-U Concerns
• Samsung Wins AIA Stay Bid, But Apple Trial To Go Ahead
• Cuba, Si! Trade With Cuba, Not Quite Yet
• $7B Nortel Liquidation Row Unripe For 3rd Circ., Judge Says
• DOL Defends $6.5M Win Over DirecTV Installer's Pensions
• Pandora Denied FM Radio Rate In BMI Royalty Row
• Workers Hit Cable Co. With Collective Action Over OT Pay
• T-Mobile Fights Proposal For New FCC Dispute Resolution
• Bird Rules For Cell Towers Unneeded, Wireless Groups Say
• Radio Antenna Would Mar Park, Calif. Appeals Court Says
• FCC Commish Says Fed. Agencies Must Give Up Spectrum
• AMC Tells FCC Online Video Rule Change Could Up Costs
• Indecency Fine Doesn't Match TV Station's Gaffe, FCC Hears
• Prism Loses Fee Bid Despite $30M Sprint Verdict
• PTAB Allows 2nd Shot At Intellectual Ventures AIA Review
• Wyden Blocks Intelligence Bill Over Social Media Monitoring
• 'Original Patent Troll,' HTC Want Pause For Samsung Appeal
• Forced Arbitration Brings Stay, Not Dismissal, 2nd Circ. Says
• Spanish Suit May Threaten Competition Watchdog Model
• White House Backs Calls For Email Privacy Law Reform
• Patent Group Says Apple's $15M Fee Bid Not Justified
• Lawmakers Grill FCC Chief Wheeler On Spectrum Auction
• Cybersecurity Pros Tell Pols To Tweak Terrorism Liability Law
• Wisconsin Bell Wants To Appeal E-Rate Ruling In FCA Suit
• Google, Viacom Misused Cookies To Track Kids, 3rd Circ. Told
• 10 Circ. Won't Rehear Cox's Arbitration Bid In Antitrust MDL
• Group Pushes To Keep DEA Phone Data Collection Row Alive
• NSA To Destroy Data Collected Under Phone Spying Program
• AT&T Calls FCC's Proposed $100M Fine Irresponsible, Unfair
• 'Original Patent Troll' Wants Mistrial After Samsung Cleared
• FCC's Clyburn Calls For Review Of Program Access Rule
• FCC Urges DC Circuit To Hold Off On AT&T Lifeline Suit
• Spain Fines Telefonica, DTS $17M For Soccer Rights Deal
• Arbitration Row Tabled Amid MLB Antitrust Class Cert. Appeal
• Qualcomm Defends Spectrum Sharing For LTE-U Tech
• AT&T Wants $102M Row Over Soured Streaming Deal Nixed
• Broadcasters To Intervene In Viacom Bundling Antitrust Suit
• Competition Already Strong For Online Video, NCTA Tells FCC
• An Update On Athlete Publicity Rights In Sports Broadcasts
• NJ Tax Panel Nixes MCI $271M Business Deduction
• Sprint Refuses To Face Cisco In Patent Dispute, Court Told
• AT&T Defends Bid To Send Call-Routing Row To FCC
• Law360's Trial Aces Make Winning Look Easy
• FCC Protects Online Video In AT&T-DirecTV Merger Review
• AT&T Faces Proposed Class Action Over 'Unlimited' Data Plans
• Commerce Guides Health Industry On Mobile Cybersecurity
• Deals Rumor Mill: Square, Comcast, PAE, Barclays
• Jury Awards $23.9M To PPC Broadband In Infringement Suit
• Aereo Gets Green Light To Sell Source Code
• Travel Channel Hit With TCPA Suit Over Junk Faxes
• Telus Inks $173M Green Bond Deal For Vancouver Project
• Fed. Circ. Brief Can Be Used To Fight Fee Bid, Adaptix Says
• Apt. Owner Opposes Dish, DirecTV Bid To Nix $14M Suit
• Verizon Slams FCC's Copper Network Neglect Proposal
• Broadcasters Want Viacom Docs Kept Out Of Antitrust Suit
• Rimon Snags Ex-Gunderson Deal-Maker In San Francisco
• An Oft-Forgotten Detail In Infrastructure Deals
• $48B AT&T-DirecTV Merger Gets Federal Go-Ahead
• SESAC Pays $3.5M To Settle Radio Antitrust Suit
• DOJ Watchdog Blasts Document Access Restrictions
• Time Warner Owed Tax Refund From LA County, Judge Says
• FCC Commissioner Urges Clampdown On 'Slamming'
• Niro Haller Attys Settle Fees In Dell, HP Patent Dispute
• FCC Online Video Plan Would Test Old Rules' Flexibility
• Senators Push FCC For Tough Broadband Privacy Protections
• Pension To Get Paid Before Cox In Newspaper Sale: 11th Circ.
• Tribal Leader Says Federal Regs Slow Broadband Deployment
• LA Missed Out On $56M, Auditor Says In $11M Breach Suit
• FCC Tells Dish It Won't Receive $3.3B In Spectrum Discounts
• 2nd Circ. Cites Creditor Risks In Involuntary Bankruptcy
• Sprint Wants Retrial In $30M Prism Network Patents Row
• Disney, Sony, Others Hit With EU Antitrust Charges
• Judge Not Hearing Turtles' Bid To Halt Pre-'72 Settlement
• FCC Head's Fix Doesn't Save AT&T, DirecTV Deal, Groups Say
• Jury Clears Samsung In Suit By 'Original Patent Troll'
• FCC Funding Cut, Net Neutrality Rider Pass Senate Panel
• AT&T Blasts FCC's Open Internet Rules Over Public Notice
• Harbinger Takes 2nd Shot At $1.5B RICO Suit Against Dish
• Lifetime Says 11th Circ. Ruling Should Stop Cert. In TCPA Row
• Discovery's $536M Eurosport Deal Expands European Reach
• NY Wants Info On Forex Banks' New Messaging Platform
• AGs Urge AT&T, Sprint, Others To Offer Call-Blocking
• T-Mobile Hit With Class Action Over Calif. Building Leases
• Verizon, Putative Class Pause Robocall TCPA Suit To Mediate
• Omni Says Class Must Return Sprint Customers' Records
• 6th Circ. Says 'Pocket Dials' Aren't Private
• FCC Chair Backs AT&T's $48B DirecTV Deal, With Conditions
• LightSquared CEO Wants Ch. 11 Plan Halted During Appeal
• NAB Says FCC Should Limit Duplex Gap Option To 6 Markets
• Telecom Groups Rip FCC's Open Internet Transparency Rules
• Niro Haller, Client Ordered To Pay HTC $4.1M In Patent Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Thoratec, Qualcomm, Nokia Here
• BLM Says No Bias In Denial Of Radio Tower Right Of Way
• Unlicensed Devices Interfere With Medical Telemetry, FCC Told
• NFL, DirecTV Sued Again Over Exclusive Broadcast Deal
• US Seeks Sanctions For Dish Network In Telemarketing Suit
• USAF Loses Bid To Review SUFI's $113M Contract Win
• Dropped 911 Call Justified Warrantless Search: NJ High Court
• DLA Piper Snags Ex-Cooley M&A Pro For Bay Area Team
• Comcast Techs Seek To Add More Classes In Race Bias Suit
• Apple Slams Samsung's Bid To Review $548M Patent Award
• LA Spanish Station Hits Fox, RCN JV With $3M Contract Suit
• Boxing Promoter Faces Tough Fight In Antitrust Suit
• FTC Officials Tell ITC To Use Evidence Approach To SEPs
• Tyco To Pay $126M In Shareholder Suit Over Com-Net Buy
• More Spectrum Needed After 2016 Auction: Wireless Group
• Wireless Products For Hilton, Waldorf Were Faulty, Suit Says
• Cisco Says Spherix Did Not Give It Proper Notice Of Patents
• Quebecor Pushes To Revive NHL Team In Quebec
• Windstream Fires Back At AT&T In FCC Regulations Fight
• Motorola Calls On EU Ruling In FRAND Case Against Microsoft
• Charter Puffs Up Perks of $55B TWC Purchase
• Motorola Owes Commission On $33M Caesars Deal, Suit Says
• Verizon, Putative Class Seek Mediation In Robocall TCPA Suit
• Verizon Says Gov't Asked For Data 150K Times In 2015
• Yahoo Fine-Tunes Plans To Spin Off Alibaba Shares
• AT&T Should Follow Charter's Lead On Merger, FCC Told
• WTO Members Poised To Expand Tech Trade Pact
• Marvell Loses Bid for Atty Fees In France Telecom IP Feud
• OneBeacon Won't Get 'Do Over' in $34M Dish Network Suit
• 8th Circ. Affirms Cell Providers Breached Billing Co. Contract
• Google Urges FCC To Find Spectrum For Unlicensed Use
• Watchdog Urges Pentagon To Improve SATCOM Procurement
• UK High Court Rules Mass Surveillance Legislation Illegal
• AT&T Must ID Potential Caribbean Cruise TCPA Class Members
• Sprint, Wireless Group Say Outage Reporting Rule Is Too Much
• Verizon Tells FCC It's Not Neglecting Its Copper Network
• Outdoor Channel Dodges Suit Over Camera Biz Deal, For Now
• T-Mobile Hit With Record $17.5M FCC Fine Over 911 Outages
• DC Circ. Affirms FCC Approval Of Radio Station Purchase
• Sprint's Property Tax Refund Suit Axed By Calif. Court
• Motorola Sued Again Over Workers' Toxic Exposure
• AOL Wants Cord Cut On 'Wrong Number' TCPA Texting Suit
• Samsung Shareholders OK $8B Merger In Blow To Activist
• FCC Spectrum Auction Changes Could Open Lease Loophole
• Feds Urge DC Circ. Not To Block Phone Metadata Collection
• Rural Lender Tells FCC It's A Safe Bet Even Without FDIC
• Powerwave Trustees Strike $5.5M Settlement With Ex-Brass
• FilmOn Wins Big Ruling On Compulsory Copyright License
• Verizon Accused Of Misclassifying Employees To Avoid OT
• AT&T, Google At Odds With Trade Group On Spectrum Use
• Suit Demands Verizon Pay For Long Island Nuke Site Cleanup
• Android Users Amended Away Standing In Privacy Suit: Judge
• Netflix Gets Channel Guide Patents Axed Under Alice
• FCC Approves Auction Rule Changes, Office Closures
• Telecom Veteran Joins Boston's Prince Lobel As Partner
• Qualcomm Faces Dual EU Abuse Of Dominance Probes
• AT&T Continues Fighting FCC Price Caps In Data Transition
• Tech Industry-Backed Calif. Digital Privacy Bill Advances
• FilmOn Wants Copyright Fight Paused Until FCC Vote
• FCC Head Postpones Spectrum Auction Votes Amid Outcry
• Cable Cos. Ask FCC Again To Condition AT&T-DirecTV Merger
• Sens. Introduce Bill Cracking Down On Caller ID Scammers
• New Program To Expand Public Housing Broadband Access
• T-Mobile Again Urges FCC To Increase Spectrum Reserve
• Charter Sweetens TWC Buy With Internet Traffic Policy
• Astor Weiss Says Telecom Malpractice Suit Time-Barred
• Customer Data Sale In Bankruptcy: Lessons From RadioShack
• Chinese Co. Fights Canada On Security Risks Of Tech Co. Buy
• Cox Says Contracts Mandate Arbitration Of 'Hidden Fees'
• Toyota Freed from TCPA Suit Over Sirius XM Sales Calls
• Entercom To Trade 4 Stations To Appease Feds In Lincoln Buy
• Lobbying On Spectrum Auctions Shows Policy Still In Flux
• ACLU Asks 2nd Circ. To Halt NSA Metadata Collection
• MVPD Tweak Would Spur Video Market, Verizon Tells FCC
• NavLink Founders Claim They Can't Access Company Records
• Peruvian Telecom Builders Sue US Rival For Defamation
• The 7 Biggest Copyright Rulings So Far In 2015
• 2nd Circuit Affirms TPG Victory in Hellas Notes Case
• Alston & Bird Snags Ex-Kilpatrick Tech Patent Prosecutor
• Class Says Omni Can't Cite Privacy To Block Sprint Records
• FCC Must Expand Enforcement Arm For Spectrum Rows: AT&T
• Greenberg Traurig To Launch In Germany With Olswang Team
• FCC To Roll Out Comment System Update Amid Reforms
• NFL Sunday Ticket A Monopoly For DirecTV, Bar Owner Says
• Collections Group Fights FCC's TCPA Changes In DC Circ.
• New TCPA Order Holds Few Bright Spots For Businesses
• TCL Wins Anti-Suit Injunction In Ericsson Patent Row
• DirecTV Wants Out Of $10B Race Bias Suit Over AT&T Merger
• Sprint Says Cox, Cisco Can't Appeal VoIP Patent Ruling
• FCC Offers Channel Sharing Rule To Raise Auction Interest
• Media Cos. Urge FCC To Go Slow On Multichannel Video Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: CICC, Prosegur, Samsung C&T
• Former Rep. Lobbies FCC For T-Mobile On Spectrum Auction
• Ex-NCAA Athletes Take Publicity Rights Row To 6th Circ.
• Cox Denied Transfer Of AT&T Patent Suit Over 'Doublespeak'
• BMI Asks Judge To Kill Pandora's FM Radio Gambit
• Sirius Blasts Pre-'72 Settlement Gripes As 'Unprincipled'
• FCC Commissioner Urges Agency To Review Outdated Rules
• Small Biz Needs FCC Regs On Phone Transition, Groups Say
• Slingbox Users File Class Action Over Unwanted Ads
• Fed. Circ. Grants Stays To Apple, Samsung In Smartflash Case
• FCC Enacts TCPA Changes Targeting Robocalls
• Jury Finds Porn Actor Guilty In $1.5M Extortion Scheme
• Brand Battles: Boeing, Major League Baseball, Wal-Mart
• Cable Cos. Want Sports Protections On AT&T-DirecTV Merger
• Locking Up AT&T 'Prisoner' Shirts Just Makes Sense: DC Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: RBS, Altice, Lockheed
• Keeping FCC Commish Should Be 'Slam Dunk,' Colleagues Say
• 8 IPOs Set Sights On $600M In Coming Week
• DOJ, Calif. AG Sued Over Gov't Access To AT&T Records
• House Panel Urges FCC To Expand Phone Number Rule
• Senators Call For FCC Inquiry Into High Internet Prices
• T-Mobile Class Urges 9th Circ. To Scrap Arbitration Demand
• 5th Circ. Pushed 2 Ways Over $12M Telecom Contract Ruling
• FCC Outlines Proposed Rules For Copper Wire Transition
• Time Warner Says Broadcaster Never Paid Channel Lease Fees
• EU Regulators Told Pricing Of .Sucks Domain Is Predatory
• 10th Circ. Affirms Windstream Win In Discrimination Suit
• No Need to Centralize Inmate Calling Suits, JPML Told
• FCC Urged Not To Let Pole Rates Rise For Cable Broadband
• NY Tax Panel Says Interstate, International Calls Taxable
• Google, Facebook Want En Banc Review Of Apple IP Ruling
• Verizon Tells FCC T-Mobile's Spectrum Request Is Self-Serving
• Telecom Cos. To Pay $3.5M To Settle FCC Data Security Case
• Turtles Want $210M Sirius Pre-1972 Deal Stopped
• Motorola Fees Slashed For Bad Record-Keeping In Fujifilm Suit
• FCC Commissioner Says Internet Access 'Essential'
• Fox News, TVEyes Fight Over Remnants Of Copyright Suit
• After $30M Win, Prism Also Wants Attys' Fees From Sprint
• Verizon Sues Mass. Town For Denying Cell Tower Permit
• Musicians Claim Sony Music Breached Labor Agreement
• Time Warner Cable Hit With $229K Robocall Penalty
• Canada's Gowlings To Merge With UK's Wragge Lawrence
• 4 Tips For Telecom Companies Puzzling Over Taxes
• Cox Hit With Class Action Over Undisclosed Cable TV Fees
• Chinese Cybersecurity Law Would Give Gov't More Power
• Cablevision Can't Nix Expert In Game Show Network Suit
• Alice Frees DirecTV, Sports Leagues From Media Patent Suit
• Cities Urge Feds To Clamp Down On Broadband Incumbents
• AT&T-DirecTV Combo May Control Sports Networks, FCC Told
• McDermott Snags Kirkland & Ellis Trial Pro For Chicago
• Sprint Asks Full 7th Circ. To Rethink Illinois Bell Victory
• New Bill Expanding Telehealth Coverage Gets Industry Support
• Troubleshooting California's Smartphone Kill Switch Law
• Judge Tosses $533M Verdict Against Apple In Patent Row
• FCC Enforcement Shifts Nearing Breaking Point With Industry
• Mediacom Petitions FCC To Incentivize Free Local TV
• NFL Wants Expert Declaration Out Of Mobile App Patent Suit
• Telecom Execs Accused Of Seizing Co. Can't Issue New Stock
• Medical Device Co. Pushes FCC For Ultra-Wideband Waiver
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hostess, ProSiebenSat.1, Ferrari
• Verizon Argues Keeping 911 Call Forward Rule Is Necessary
• Mobile Video App Tech Patent Holder Settles With Vevo
• IDreamSky Fights To Keep IPO Suit In NY Federal Court
• $8B Samsung-Cheil Merger On Track After S. Korea Ruling
• Cable, Satellite TV Groups Face Off Again Over New FCC Fee
• Coders Oppose Gov't Access To Encrypted Data
• United Pans DirectTV Dead Zone Suit
• Tailwind Capital Closes Fund With $1B, Beats Target
• LaTele Fights To Appeal Atty Fees In Telemundo IP Row
• A Closer Look At FCC's $100M AT&T Penalty
• EchoStar Says Non-US Satellite Cos. Shouldn't Face FCC Fees
• Nortel Judge Won't Revisit $7.3B Allocation Ruling
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Ex-Loeb & Loeb Corporate Atty
• Deals Rumor Mill: Teva, Mylan, Philip Morris, China Network
• Schumer Wants Robocallers Subject To Prison Time
• Privacy Groups Warn Of ICANN Proposal's Harassment Risks
• Carmakers Blast Qualcomm's Spectrum-Sharing Proposal
• 5 Firms Top $300B In Deals During 1st Half Of 2015 M&A Boom
• Charter Tells FCC It Has Little Overlap With Time Warner
• FCC Office Closures Would Boost Pirate Radio, NY Sens. Say
• FilmOn Pushes For Compulsory Copyright License
• Verizon Wants Sanctions In Robocall Class Action Scaled Back
• Cox Need Not Provide Subscriber Info In Music Piracy Row
• UK Regulator Fines EE $1.6M For Complaint Responses
• 4 Tips For Handling State PUC Proceedings
• T-Mobile Wrong On AT&T Spectrum Sale, FCC Told
• TracFone's $40M Settlement Over False Advertising Approved
• Gould & Ratner Nabs Loeb & Loeb Atty To Head Its IP Group
• Considering What 'Consent' Really Means Under The TCPA
• This Week In Congress: Post July 4 Tumult
• Supreme Court Justices Held Stock In Cos. Involved In Cases
• JPMorgan Asks FCC To Back LightSquared Bid Despite Felony
• Alcatel-Lucent Inks $1.3B Broadband Deal With Chinese Cos.
• Dixons Carphone, Sprint Reach Deal To Open US Stores
• Brand Battles: Bayer, Philips, HBO, Red Bull
• Verizon Prevails As Judge Axes Spherix Patent Under Nautilus
• Frontier, Verizon Tell FCC Their Deal Will Expand Broadband
• 7th Circ. Affirms State Law In Emmis Corporate Vote Spat
• 1 Year Later: What We've Learned About Aereo
• TV Station Tells FCC To Nix Fine For Showing Sexual Image
• Charter Hit With TCPA Class Action Over Robocall Ads
• AT&T Offers Discounted Broadband In FCC Merger Talks
• FCC Asks Video Providers To Paint Market Landscape
• FCC Taps Applied Materials Lobbyist As Legislative Liaison
• FCC Offers Companies Legal Advice On Net Neutrality
• M&A Boom Soars To Highest First-Half Clip In 8 Years
• Proxy Adviser Says Vote No On Samsung's $8B Merger
• NLRB Judge Nixes AT&T Mobility's Arbitration Agreement
• Watchdog Calls For Time Warner Cable Lobbying Disclosures
• $8B Samsung Merger Steams Ahead After South Korea Ruling
• S. Africa Tenatively Approves $571M Telecom Merger
• Sport Leagues Back Magistrate On Media Patent's Invalidity
• Fed. Circ. OKs Stay Of $44M Row After PTAB Nixes Patents
• TracFone Agrees To Unlock Phones In FCC Settlement
• T-Mobile Pushes FCC To Change Spectrum Auction Reserve
• Texas Co. Says It Faces Retaliation From AT&T Affiliate
• DirecTV Escapes Technicians' Suit Over Contractor Status
• Telecommunications Tax Litigation To Watch In 2015
• Italian Gov't Probes Mobile Firms For Noncompliance
• Cablevision Customers Push For Cert. In Cable Box-Tying Row