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Telecommunications - October, 2015

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• Judge Questions DOJ's Bid To Unlock IPhone After Guilty Plea
• ParkerVision Concedes PTAB Reviews After Fed Circ. Ruling
• Ky. High Court OKs County 911 Service Fee On Buildings
• Defense Bar Pushes Justices To Take Up AT&T FCA Case
• NSA Data Program Should Cease Before Expiration: Activist
• Sens. Question IRS Over 'Stingray' Cellphone Surveillance
• Good Tech Sues Challengers Of $425M BlackBerry Deal
• Political Pressure Buffets FCC In $94M Lifeline Fight
• Brand Battles: Abercrombie, BlackBerry, Jack Daniels
• More Than 20K Bank Accounts Lost In TalkTalk Breach
• T-Mobile Knocks Tenn. City For Cell Tower Denial
• Hutchison's Planned $16B O2 Deal Draws EU Antitrust Scrutiny
• Cox Subscribers' Bellwether Win Will Serve As MDL Blueprint
• Full 4th Circ. To Hear Cellphone Location Data Warrant Fight
• Apple Can't Dodge Obligation To Unlock IPhone, Feds Say
• How A Pfizer-Allergan Deal Would Rank Among 2015's Largest
• NJ Fights Deal To End Oversight Of Verizon Land Line Rates
• Comcast Must Face Call-Quality Suit, Conferencing Co. Says
• RadioShack Lawsuit Blitz Seeks Millions From Apple, Others
• Cricket Says Network False-Ad Claims Must Be Arbitrated
• Disability Telecommuting Org Loses $100M Bid Protest
• FCC Fights Challenge To $460M Phone Contract At DC Circ.
• Real Estate Rumors: Broadcom, Fairfield, Paramount
• Rural Utility Lender Defends Sought FCC Insurance Exemption
• AT&T Hit With New 'Throttling' Class Action In Mass.
• Consumers Ask For Cert. To Parry Ploy To Moot TCPA Suit
• NSA Spying Still Has A Month To Run, 2nd Circ. Rules
• T-Mobile, Class Tell 9th Circ. They'll Settle Deceptive Ad Case
• Jury Awards Cox Subscribers $6M In Cable Box Antitrust Suit
• Lessons From 3 Large Patent Damage Rulings
• NSA Tells 9th Circ. Surveillance Claim Not Ripe For Appeal
• 5 Law Firms That Inspire Fear With Their Marketing Mojo
• FCC Commish Says 2nd Term Would Tackle Rural Broadband
• Jury Deliberations Drag On In Cox Antitrust Bellwether
• GCs Find Liability Shield In Cybersecurity Info-Sharing Bill
• Apple Continues Push To Toss iPhone Antitrust Suit
• DirecTV Autodialing Violated TCPA, Suit Says
• Mammoth FCC Fines Draw Flak Amid Push For GAO Probe
• Inmate Call Provider Says Execs Threatened After FCC Vote
• Telecom Groups Laud Bills To Speed Up Broadband Projects
• Turtles' Copyright Win Overbroad, Sirius Tells 2nd Circ.
• Tech, Auto Giants Hit With ITC Suit Over Smartwatch Tech
• Sirius Says Full Settlement Offer Moots TCPA Class Action
• 'Endless Loop' Fee Row Reopened In $62M Avaya Antitrust Case
• TV, Cable Cos. Want In On FCC's TCPA Consent Waivers
• Local Carriers Back FCC In AT&T Appeal Of Call Fees Order
• Consumer Groups Can't Back Cox In Piracy Suit, Judge Rules
• Porn Actor Gets Nearly 6 Years For 'Evil' $1.5M Blackmail Plot
• Rural Carriers Tell FCC Tech Transition Rules Unclear
• EU Parliament Votes For Net Neutrality, With Exemptions
• Cable Cos. Urge Judge Not Rethink Atty Fees In Patent Battle
• User Contract Should Void Class Action, Dish Tells 8th Circ.
• Garvey Schubert Hit With $20M Suit Over Alleged FCC Flub
• Feds Say Consumers Can Tinker With Car Software, Smart TVs
• Pro Bono: The New Associate's Compass To Success
• Senate Passes Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Cisco To Pay $452.5M For Network Security Co.
• FCC Outlines Interference Rules For Incentive Auction
• TE Connectivity Slams Insurer's Bid To Toss Legal Fee Row
• State VoIP Regulations Contradict Federal Law, Charter Says
• CPPIB, BC Partners Buy Into Altice's $17.7B Cablevision Buy
• Apple V. Samsung: Damages For A Canceled Patent?
• Sprint Says Tribal Telecom Can't Bill Fees Before June 2014
• Cox Cable-Box Antitrust Bellwether Goes To Jury
• Jenner & Block Snags DOJ's Former Chief Privacy Officer
• Clinton Throws Support Behind Infrastructure Bank
• FCC Opens Up FM Translator Access To AM Stations
• Verizon Files 'Me Too' FCC Waiver Request For Wi-Fi Calls
• Team Telecom Review Could Shed Light On 'Black Hole'
• Apple Must Pay $234M For Flouting WARF Patent, Judge Says
• Tech Group Urges EU To Strengthen Net Neutrality Proposal
• FCC Commish Says Online Video Regulations Not Needed
• Apple Says Gov't Can't Force It To Unlock iPhone
• House Republicans Seek Review Of FCC Enforcement Process
• New York Opens Investigation Of Advertised Internet Speeds
• Radio Host's Threats Corrupted Arbitration, High Court Hears
• Refresh Or Rebuild? Website Strategies For Big Law
• Wikipedia-Led Attack On NSA Spying Program Shut Down
• 'Patent Troll' Says HTC, Motorola Overreaching On Fees
• White House Throws Weight Behind Cyberthreat Bill
• Apple's IOS Update Causes Data Overages, Suit Says
• Broadcasters Ask FCC For More Time To Talk Retransmission
• Cox Cable Subscribers Slam Bid To Cut Antitrust Trial Short
• Tribe-Owned Telecom Says Sprint Stuck With Tariff Row Loss
• Top Viacom Execs Accused Of Misleading Investors
• DirecTV To Pay $395K For FLSA Violations, DOL Says
• Yahoo's First Online-Only NFL Broadcast Draws 30 Sponsors
• Cox Seeks Win On Day 6 Of Bellwether Antitrust Trial
• Lifeline Cos. Seek Stay Of FCC Rule Narrowing Tribal Lands
• FCC Tackles Inmate Call Rates, Foreign Broadcast Ownership
• Deals Rumor Mill: Liberty Global, Interval Leisure, Hamleys
• Comcast Slams $20B Racial Bias Suit As 'Publicity Stunt'
• Disney Beats Roku User's Data-Sharing Claims
• Pandora Pays Labels $90M To Settle Pre-1972 Fight
• Comcast Faces Appeal Of $50M Philly Antitrust Settlement
• Time Warner, Utility Shrink Payout For Crop Fire In Appeal
• Senate Advances Cyberthreat Info-Sharing Bill
• ITC Patent Docket Shrinks As Smartphone Wars Wind Down
• House Panel Questions Exceptions In Cell-Tracking Rules
• Wis. TCPA Suit Paused Amid FCC Rule Challenge
• FCC Slams Tennis Channel's Move To Revive Comcast Row
• FCC Raps 6 Calling Card Telecoms With $30M Fine
• Level 3 Tells FCC Of Concerns With Charter Peering Policy
• Sprint To Pay $3M For Charging Fees Based On Credit
• Pandora Blasts BMI Royalty Ruling At 2nd Circ.
• Apple Asked To Weigh In On Law In Phone-Unlock Fight
• NJ Court Says Officials Erred In OK'ing LG Office Tower
• AT&T Must Face $10B Black-Channel Bias Suit, Court Told
• AT&T Exec Says Internet Of Things Needs Light Regulation
• Federal Contractors Ask High Court To Review AT&T FCA Suit
• FCC Commish Tells FTA To Improve Cell Service In DC Metro
• Sirius Customers Say DC Circ. Appeal Irrelevant To TCPA Row
• 4 Reasons To Use Electronic Deposition Exhibits
• TCL Insists Ericsson Willfully Destroyed Patent Evidence
• Waves Of FCA Tax Fraud Claims Could Follow Sprint Ruling
• FCC Treads Lightly In Lowering Rates For Inmate Phone Calls
• Apple Says It Can't Unlock New Devices For Law Enforcement
• IHeartMedia Sued Over Pre-1972 Songs Broadcast In NJ
• Samsung Asks Full Fed. Circ. To Eye $548M Award, Sales Ban
• Deals Rumor Mill: FedEx, Deutsche Telekom, Unicredit
• FCC Fines Alaska Telecom For Unregistered Cell Towers
• CTIA Defends Its Challenge Of FCC Lifeline Privacy Changes
• Spherix, Huawei Settle Row Over Rockstar Network Patents
• Tauil & Chequer Nabs 11-Atty Team From Campos Mello
• House OKs Bill Extending Data Privacy Rights To Foreigners
• Jewelry Channel Gets Rival's Auction Patent Axed Under Alice
• Warrantless Cell Tracking Unconstitutional, High Court Told
• GSA Seeks Proposals For $50B Telecom Upgrade Project
• Music Cos. Slam Consumer Groups' Brief In Cox Pirating Row
• MLB Says Bid To Grill Commish In Antitrust Suit Too Late
• Sprint Must Face $300M New York Tax Fraud Suit
• Warrantless Cell Tracking OK, Feds Tell High Court
• Nokia Gains Chinese Approval For $17.7B Alcatel-Lucent Deal
• Volvo Seeks Toss Of Suit Over Battery-Killing Radio Feature
• Rural Carriers Ask FCC To Rethink Auction Bidding Rule
• NFL Sunday Ticket Runs Afoul Of Antitrust Laws, Suit Says
• FCC Urged To Tread Lightly On Lifeline Program
• Calif. Transit Agency Sued Over NBCUniversal Ramp Project
• Calif. Wants FCC Lifeline Subsidies Extended To Noncitizens
• Mo. AG Sues Charter Over TCPA, No-Call Violations
• Wilkinson Barker Adds FCC Pro As Partner In DC
• DirecTV Insists On High Court Review Of Satellite Taxes
• Cox Asks Justices To Nix Arbitration Ruling In Cable Box Suit
• Ascertainability Relaxed: The New Wave Of Rulings
• OPINION: The Bitter Pill Of Competition Within Large Law
• In Congress: Highway Funding, Debt Ceiling, Clinton
• DOJ Pushing For Enhanced Tools To Combat Cyberthreats
• Viacom, Cablevision End Antitrust Row Over Channel Bundling
• Touch-Tel Calling Card Class Certified In Rate Disclosure Row
• Inmate Call Providers Warn FCC Of Possible Reform Appeal
• FCC Examining AT&T, Verizon Business Data Service Terms
• Pa. Court Vacates $1M Sales Tax Against Internet Provider
• Apple Must Pay $234M For Infringing WARF Patent, Jury Says
• Cablevision Can Retier DirecTV-Owned Network, FCC Says
• Regulator Nixes Fintech's $960M Bid For Telecom Argentina
• FCC Sets $900M As Top Price For Broadcaster To Go Off Air
• Jury Finds SOLiD Didn't Infringe Corning's Telecom Patent
• Ericsson Blasts Apple's Push For ITC Invalidity Ruling
• Apple Dodges Triple Damages In $400M WARF Patent Suit
• How One Law Department Started Taking On Outside Clients
• FCC Finalizes Power Outage Rule For 'Modern' Providers
• Sheriffs Ask FCC For More Time On Inmate Call Reforms
• CBS, Walt Disney Question FCC Plan To Protect Documents
• Altice, Cablevision Tell FCC Merger Would Boost Competition
• Metadata 101 For Lawyers: A 2-Minute Primer
• Apple Says Ericsson LTE Patents Fail Under Alice
• Fresh Off DirecTV Merger, AT&T Warns FCC Of Consolidation
• Calif. Sets Standard For Privacy Liability With New Laws
• Comcast To Pay $190K To Settle OT Collective Action
• Spain's Competition Watchdog Fines Telefonica $6M
• Tax Court Says Transferee Must Pay $21M Midco Tax Bill
• Judge Slams Apple Warranty Buyers' Cert. Bid, Prior Attys
• AT&T Tells FCC To Block Analyst's Access To Data
• Radio Stations, Law Profs Jump Into Florida Pre-'72 Fight
• Dish Pushes FCC To Block Charter-TWC Merger
• Comcast Asks FCC To Rethink Protective Order Changes
• FCC Probes Broadband Impact In Charter-TWC Merger Review
• Cox's Extortion Claim Is A 'Red Herring,' Music Cos. Say
• Tyco To Appeal $127M Judgment In Shareholder Suit
• DirecTV Wants FTC's Deceptive-Ad Suit Trimmed
• Apple Can't Escape IPhone Antitrust Action, Customers Say
• Apple Can't Ditch IPhone Customers' Suit Over IOS Update
• Barnes & Thornburg Has Conflict In Patent Suit, Telecom Says
• New Regs, Old Roadblocks For US Banks And Telecom In Cuba
• Dish Sanctioned For Discovery Lapse In Telemarketing Case
• AT&T Blasts FCC 'Plea For Deference' On Net Neutrality
• Struggle At The Supreme Court Over Arbitration Clauses
• Cox Customer Balks At Jury Instruction In Antitrust Bellwether
• Samsung Can't Put Off Paying $548M In Apple Smartphone War
• Wireless Co. Asks FCC To OK Long-Standing Lifeline Petition
• Good Tech Investors Seek To Block $425M BlackBerry Deal
• Public Knowledge, Other Groups Oppose Charter-TWC Merger
• Judge Gilstrap Rejects ZTE's New Trial Bid After $31M Verdict
• T-Mobile, Experian Breach Suits Belong In Calif., JPML Told
• Cable Group Tells FCC To Head Off Possible Pole Fee Spikes
• Jury Finds Apple Infringes WARF Patent In $400M Trial
• Lawmaker Argues Against FCC Online Video Rules Change
• FCC Employees Unhappy With Pay Raises, Survey Finds
• How 'Dancing Baby' Case Changes Copyright Law
• Broadcasters Ask FCC To Pause Charter-TWC Review
• EU Digital Regulator Wants More Competition, Fewer Mergers
• Chancery Blasts Disclosure-Only Deal In HP Merger Suit
• New $2.6B Suit Against Verizon, AT&T Gets Bad Reception
• Verizon Nude Photos Suit Sent Back To Fla. State Court
• Fla. Businessman Claims Brightstar Breached Joint Venture
• Cable Group Opposes FCC's New Lifeline Privacy Rules
• FilmOn CEO Prods FCC To Bring Local Broadcast TV Online
• 10 Ways To Become A 360-Degree Lawyer
• DOJ Antitrust Chief Seeks End To Bottlenecks In Video Market
• 2nd Circ. Denies Ex-LightSquared CEO's Bid To Stay Ch. 11
• AT&T, Lucent Don't Owe $25M Tax, Calif. Appeals Court Says
• Pay-Tel Warns Prison Call Rate Caps Will Breed New Problems
• FCC, Lawmakers Told To End TV Exclusivity Rules
• Millennial Shareholder Can't Shut Down $238M AOL Buy
• AT&T Slams FCC Handling Of Dish $3B Airwaves Surrender
• T-Mobile, Experian Face More Class Claims Over Breach
• Fujifilm Says $10M Patent Verdict Supported By Evidence
• Indian Court Sides With Vodafone In Long-Running Tax Row
• Bill Ties Broadband Conduits To Federal Highway Projects
• DC Judge Wary Of Letting NSA Spying Continue
• Comcast Defeats Techs' Suit Over OT, On-Call Wages
• Comcast Beats Sleeping Ex-Employee's Discrimination Suit
• Franken Urges Intense Scrutiny For Charter-TWC Merger
• Securus Tells FCC Prison Call Caps Would End Business
• FCC Clarifies TCPA Robocall Rules
• T-Mobile, Experian Data Breach Warrants Probe, Feds Told
• Fed. Circ. Wrestles With Abstraction In Network Patent Case
• Jury Awards $5M Verdict In Closed-Caption Phone Patent Row
• Verizon Says Personal Info Won't Be Shared In AOL Ads
• LightSquared Bankruptcy Curb On Ergen Too Broad
• 11th Circ. Finds Arbitrator Overstepped In Verizon-Union Case
• FCC's Pai Says FM Translator Plan May Be Postponed
• Sens. Press Experian On Causes Of T-Mobile Breach
• FCC Grants AT&T Wi-Fi Calling Rules Waiver
• FBI Bid Process For Radio Equipment Was Flawed, GAO Says
• FCC Must Pave Way For Wireless Buildout, Commish Says
• Ex-Hedge Fund Manager Settles SEC Insider Trading Suit
• Sirius Says Turtles Want To Ditch 'Century-Long Consensus'
• Rovi Urges Fed. Circ. To Flip TV Software Patent Ruling
• Class Can Be ID'd In 'Project Runway' TCPA Suit, Judge Told
• Sens. Hear From Wireless Industry On Federal Land Barriers
• Caribbean Telecom Co. Ditches $2B IPO Plan
• CORRECTION: Verizon Beats Whistleblower's Overbilling Suit Again
• Sprint Fights Tribe-Owned Telecom's Win In Tariff Row
• Google Patent Case In London Shows NPEs Looking Overseas
• High Court Seeks Its Proper Role In DirecTV Arbitration Row
• Judge Axes Willfulness In Closed-Caption Phone Patent Row
• Full Service Renews Push For Stronger FCC Enforcement
• Hungarian Telecom Ex-Brass Seek Toss Of SEC's Bribe Suit
• Duane Morris Adds Attys From Bracewell & Giuliani, Venable
• FCC Rejects Informal Net Neutrality Complaint Against TWC
• NSA Metadata Challengers Redouble Efforts To Halt Program
• 5 Things Clients Never Tell Their Lawyers
• High Court Lets Stand Apple Smartphone IP Win
• Telecom Giants Again Blast FCC's Net Neutrality Process
• Justices Pass On Patent Validity Role For Juries In Apple Case
• AT&T Says T-Mobile, Sprint Defy FCC Rules With Wi-Fi Calls
• Breach Of T-Mobile Data Stokes Cybersecurity Bill Debate
• FCC Urged To Probe Lobbying For Prison Call Contracts
• Schumer Urges FCC To Keep TV Exclusivity Rules
• Crown Castle Says High Court Case Should Halt FLSA Action
• GSA To Release $50B Federal Telecom Upgrade RFP
• Experian, T-Mobile Sued Over Breach Exposing 15M Records
• High Court Refuses Radio Co.'s Spectrum Squatting Appeal
• Samsung Wins Emergency Stay Of $548M Award In Fed. Circ.
• T-Mobile Shifts Blame But Not Liability In Data Breach
• 2nd Circ. Grants Emergency Stay In LightSquared Ch. 11 Row
• Breaking Down The Cox Set-Top Box Antitrust Bellwether
• Comcast Says Call Quality Suit Part Of Traffic-Pumping Ploy
• AT&T Says Attack Attempts On Devices Have Quadrupled
• UK Agency Takes Aim At Hutchison's $15.5B O2 Buy
• Verizon Retailer To Pay $1.3M To Settle OT Class Action
• ParkerVision Can't Revive $173M Qualcomm Win At Fed. Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear Stay Of Ultratec's $44M IP Award
• Real Estate Rumors: Clarion, Univision, Status Capital
• FCC's Wheeler Floats Rules For 5G, Foreign Ownership Review
• EU Antitrust Chief Says 'No Magic Number' For Telecom Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vivendi, SMBC, Mondelez
• Tribes Need Larger Role In FCC Rule-Making, NCAI Says
• AT&T, CenturyLink, Others Urge Light Lifeline Reform
• Broadcasters Say Cable Group Actually Backs Exclusivity
• Dish Affiliates Surrender $3.3B In Airwaves Licenses
• A Case Study On How To Decertify Common Defect Classes
• T-Mobile Says Experian Breach Exposed 15M Customers' Info
• Sirius Robocall Plaintiffs Seek Class Cert. In TCPA Suit
• Tribes Urge FCC To Boost Lifeline Aid, Broadband Access
• Telecom Groups Ask FCC To Clarify Auction Rules
• Tread Lightly On Lifeline Reform, FCC Told
• Cablevision Downgraded GSN For Good Reason, FCC Told
• TWC, Hawaiian Telecom Get On-Demand Patent Nixed By Alice
• FCC Proposes Expansion Of Prison Call Rate Caps
• Net Neutrality Rules Hinder Broadband Growth, FCC Told
• Boeing Pushes FCC For More Spectrum For Plane Testing