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Telecommunications - November, 2015

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• Garmin Hid Spectrum Issues Around $1.9B Deal, 2nd Circ. Told
• Subscribers Fight To Keep Dish Canceled-Channel Row Alive
• House Votes To Formally Establish DHS Cybercrime Institute
• FISC Taps Advisory Attys Amid Surveillance Reforms
• Dish Knocks 'Benefits' Of Charter-TWC Merger
• CBS, Cumulus Beat Class Claims In Pre-1972 Royalty Fight
• FCC Urged To Free Space For Unlicensed Band Usage
• Justices Decline Law Firm's Appeal Over Negative Yelp Review
• FCC Airwave Auction Rule Too Restrictive, Telecom Firm Says
• Sirius Wants Pre-1972 Case Paused Until 9th Circ. Ruling
• High Court Won't Hear Appeal Over Retirement Plan Changes
• 6 Things Keeping Telecom Attorneys Up At Night
• 1 Less Reason To Fear The Hague Convention
• Business Groups Urge DC Circ. To Nix FCC's TCPA Expansion
• United Beats Suit Over Limitations On DirecTV Service
• 3rd Circ. Finds FCC's ISP Jurisdiction Not Exclusive
• FCC Seeks Input On TCPA Reach Over Digital Faxes
• Turtles Say SiriusXM Is Off Track On Fla. Property Law
• Jury Wrongly Cleared Apple In Emblaze IP Suit, Fed. Circ. Told
• Fed. Circ. Rules PTAB Wrongly Axed Teleconferencing Patent
• GOP Criticism Unlikely To Deter Aggressive FCC Enforcement
• FTC Slams DirecTV Bid To Trim 'Free Trial' False Ad Suit
• FCC Taps Privacy Expert For Chief Technologist Role
• AT&T Tells FCC Tech Transition Rules Will Add Cost, Delay
• DirecTV Settles Fight Against TVEyes
• OPINION: In Search Of Our Best Law Firm Selves
• FCC Comes To Broadband's Aid With Pole Attachments Order
• Comcast Faces DOJ Probe Amid Cable Ad Antitrust Concerns
• FCC Head Tells Sens. TV Exclusivity Rule Bad For Customers
• Dish Hits Charter Again In FCC Filing Over TWC Merger
• Senate Bill Proposed To Change Spectrum Auction Deposits
• NFL-Yahoo Dealings Signal Changing Sports Media Landscape
• Deals Rumor Mill: Reliance, Bertelsmann, Silk Road Fund
• 4 Firms Guide Media Giant Televisa's $1.2B Bond Offering
• Discovery Blasts $11M Damages Bid At TV Deal Trial
• T-Mobile Says Verizon Ineligible For Small-Carrier Spectrum
• Deutsche Telekom Sews Up VoIP Arbitration Award
• Wireless Internet Group Seeks 'Neutral' Rural Broadband Push
• WARF Wants Bid To Triple $234M Apple Damages Reheard
• CBS, Cumulus Face Potential Class In Pre-1972 Royalties Suit
• Paris Attacks Underscore Debate In Apple Warrant Case
• New Federal Rules Acknowledge It's Time To Drop The 'E'
• Safe Harbor Needed For Arbitral Rights In Absent Class Claims
• Cox Not Owed Coverage In User Piracy Suit, Insurer Says
• Telecom MVP: Wiley Rein's Scott Delacourt
• Pa. Tax Law Discriminated Against Nextel, Court Says
• Class Seeks Quick Win On TCPA Claims In Robocall Suit
• Prepaid Carriers Challenge $5M FCC Fines Over Marketing
• Limelight To Take $45M Web IP Fight To High Court
• Apple Wants $234M WARF Patent Verdict Tossed
• Samsung, Huawei Infringed Unwired Planet IP, UK Judge Says
• GOP Urges Permanent Small Biz Net Neutrality Exemption
• Advocates Lobby FCC For Protection Of Text Messaging
• Dish Says Some Installers Unharmed By Background Checks
• Class Counsel Fees Getting 'Intense Judicial Scrutiny'
• DC Circ. Preserves Freeze On NSA Phone Dragnet Shutdown
• AT&T Continues VoIP Fight Against FCC In DC Circ.
• FTC Commissioner Welcomes FCC As Privacy Cop
• GOP Sens. Query FCC On 'Arbitrary' Enforcement
• Dish Says Gov't Must Prove It Flouted TCPA Call Restrictions
• Sirius Pushes For Dismissal In Class TCPA Suit
• Telecom MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Brian Hamilton
• 3rd Circ. Told Device IDs Are 'Identifiable' Info In Viacom Suit
• 3 Ways Technology Is Changing Law Office Designs
• Cox Must Face Copyright Suit Over User Piracy
• Gov't Urged To Team With Industry To Tackle Cyber Risk
• India Discloses Settlement Talks In $2B Vodafone Tax Row
• 13 Key Business Objectives For Corporate Legal Departments
• Tribal Telecom Group Pushes FCC For Broadband Funding
• Paris Attacks Swayed DC Circ. In NSA Dragnet Suit, Atty Says
• Verizon Must Pay Pa. Taxes On Phone Line Setup, Repairs
• FCC Advisory Body Pushes For Lifeline Service Standards
• Full Fed. Circ. Won't Let Samsung Delay $548M Apple Payment
• Telecom MVP: Latham & Watkins' Matthew Brill
• Calif. Man Pleads Guilty To Scamming Verizon
• Alcatel Slammed Over Planned $1.2B Pension Fund Transfer
• Swisscom Fined $7.8M For Unfair Broadband Contract
• Utility Co. Hits Back At Verizon In Virginia Pole Dispute
• FCC Proposes Changes To Alerts, Hearing Aid Compatibility
• Roku User Says Disney's Info Release Could Indeed ID Him
• FTC Wrong Agency For AT&T 'Throttling' Case, 9th Circ. Hears
• Collaboration, Not Rivalry, Key In New FTC-FCC Pact
• Do Words Matter? GAO Says Yes In Bid Protest Decision
• Senate Cybersecurity Bill Vs. House Cybersecurity Bills
• USPTO Should Restore Some Sanity To Design Patents
• IV Slams Ericsson Expert's 'Carelessness' In AIA Review
• FBI Head, Manhattan DA Slam Broad Smartphone Encryption
• FCC Hits Calif. Phone Co. With $1.44M 'Slamming' Fine
• Ex-Customer Rips Stay Bid In Time Warner Telemarketing Row
• Vizio Spies On Customer TV Habits For Profit, Suit Says
• Time Warner Joins Debt Market Rush With $900M Offering
• Cascades Claims Verdict Doesn't End Samsung Antitrust Suit
• Judge Split On Ericsson LTE Patents' Validity In Apple Suit
• Telecom MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Michael A. Diz
• Comcast Says Duke Energy Is Blocking Access To Utility Poles
• T-Mobile Attacks Verizon, Dish In Pre-Auction Moves
• Ex-City Officer Not Covered For Taxpayer Suit, 2nd Circ. Says
• DC Circ. Urged To Put Tribal Phone Subsidy Limits On Hold
• NII Shareholders Win Cert. In Suit Over Execs' Bold Claims
• Cox Antitrust Bellwether Plaintiffs Appeal Vacated $6M Verdict
• Relatives, Inmate Defend Prison Call Price-Gouging Claims
• Lawmakers Grill FCC On Enforcement, Privacy, Auction
• Enovsys Can't Nix Jury Verdict For AT&T In Privacy Patent Suit
• Local Carriers' Long-Distance Fees On Wireless Calls OK'd
• Deals Rumor Mill: P4, Miramax, China Merchants Group
• Twitter-Owned Mobile Ad Co. Hit With Data Tracking Suit
• SEC Says It Proved Some Claims Against Telecom's Ex-Brass
• FCC's Fax Opt-Out Rule Hurts Small Business, DC Circ. Told
• NSA Dodges Phone Dragnet Shutdown Before Deadline
• Telecom MVP: Davis Wright Tremaine's Peter Karanjia
• Exhibit A — Winky Face: Emoticon Evidence Enters Courts
• Shearman & Sterling Reps Liberty Global In $5.3B Deal
• Ban On Samsung Phones Could Harm Public Safety, ITC Told
• Fed. Circ. Reinstates $45M Patent Verdict Against Limelight
• Sterling Gets Nod For $4.75M Background Check Settlement
• Texas Jury Says Bible Quotes Refuser Not Wrongly Fired
• Intel, Deutsche Telekom Get $139M Arbitration Award OK'd
• FCC Gives Verizon Go-Ahead On Wi-Fi Calling Waiver
• House Passes Bill To Overhaul FCC Rulemaking Process
• Studios Ask Court To Shut Down 'MovieTube' Operators
• DOD Looking For Contractor To Manage Mobile Access
• Supreme Court Shuts Down Text Message Price-Fixing MDL
• FCC Teaming Up With FTC On Consumer Protection
• Leaders In 3 States Push House For Focus On FCC Preemption
• Comcast Worker Gets 3 Years For Retirement Account Fraud
• MLB Ripped For Shot At 'Antitrust Titan' In Blackout Suit
• FCC Gets Backing For Railroad Police Radio Access Rule
• T-Mobile Streaming Could Run Afoul Of FCC Net Neutrality
• Spectrum License Holder Hit With Investor Suit
• Pa. Towns Say Verizon Can't Duck Claims It Underpaid Dues
• MBTA: Unintended Consequences Of An Old Law
• Should In-House Counsel Use US Contract Terms In Europe?
• FCC Expands Data Security Enforcement With Cox Action
• Rembrandt Fights $41M Fee Bid In Cable Co. Patent Battle
• Wi-Fi Enforcement Key To Stopping LTE-U Abuse, FCC Told
• Brand Battles: Ohio State University, Quaker Oats, T-Mobile
• FCC Delays Deadline For Broadcaster Incentive Auction Apps
• Telecom Cos. Urge FCC Limits On Charter-Time Warner Deal
• Experian Data Breach Suits Belong In Conn., Consumer Argues
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hulu, General Electric, BAE Systems
• Industry, Hearing-Loss Groups Push Cellphone Compatibility
• Take Your Marks: An Associate's Guide To Your 1st Big Trial
• Sirius Subscriber Says Pick-Off Bid Doesn't Kill TCPA Action
• Tech Cos. Back FCC At 6th Circ. In Municipal Broadband Fight
• EU Regulators Approve Equinix's $3.6B Deal For Telecity
• DC Circ. Urged to Nix $460M FCC Phone Contract Challenge
• How The Trans-Pacific Partnership Treats Data Flow Issues
• OPINION: A New Scarlet 'A'? Not So Fast!
• 5 Lessons From Rare Fed. Circ. Ruling On Inter Partes Review
• Cox $6M Verdict Defeat Echoes Across Cable Antitrust MDLs
• T-Mobile Data Breach Response Cost Experian $20M
• Sen. Franken Introduces Bill Banning GPS-Stalking Apps
• Fed. Circ. Affirms ITC's $6M Patent Fine Despite Invalidity
• FilmOn Can't Use Compulsory Copyright License, Judge Says
• FCC Needs Private Lifeline Verifier, Telecom Group Says
• AT&T Scores Contract To Join DHS Anti-Hacking Program
• Discovery Slammed At $11M Trial For Unplugging TV Deal
• Senate Bill Proposes Unlicensed Spectrum Carveout
• FCC's Cox Fine Shows Minor Hacks Can Have Major Fallout
• Cox Gets $6M Verdict Overturned In Cable Box Bellwether
• 3rd Circ. Revives Privacy Claims In Google Cookie Suit
• House Panel Fears Patchwork Of Policies On Phone Tracking
• DC Circ. Puts Hold On Order Blocking NSA Metadata Program
• T-Mobile Call For Auction Penalties Weak, Dish Unit Says
• DOJ Silence Deafening In FCC's Broadband Fight With States
• Mexican Telefonica Unit Fined $24.5M For Dropped Calls
• OPINION: What Was Buried In The Budget Bill
• Wireless Carriers Must Pay For Share Of Regulation, FCC Told
• 8th Circ. Buries Telecom's Challenge To Right-Of-Way Code
• NY Town Must Permit Verizon Cell Tower, 2nd Circ. Says
• Netflix Pushes FCC On Net Neutrality Transparency Rules
• FCC Waivers Of Junk Fax Rule Not Valid, DC Circ. Hears
• Apple Dodges Sanctions In Longitude Flash-Memory IP Row
• NSA Asks To Continue Data Program Pending Appeal
• CEO Of African Telecom Steps Down Amid $5.2B Fine
• Skadden, Shearman Guide SportsNet NY's Lease At WTC
• Dish Calls $55B Charter-TWC Merger Bad For Online Video
• Apple Asks Fed. Circ. To Eye Rejection Of Touchscreen IP
• FCC Will Not Stay Lifeline Rule Narrowing Tribal Lands
• TVEyes Judge Shuts Down Infringing Features
• Wilson Sonsini Boosts Antitrust Practice With FCC Adviser
• FCC Sides With DirecTV In Retransmission Dispute
• High Court Won't Hear Cell Phone Search Appeal
• NSA Data Program Temporarily Blocked By DC Judge
• Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own
• 5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms
• Sprint Says Tribal Telecom On Hook For Damages, Fees
• Nextel Faces Workers' Reframed Bribery, Racketeering Suit
• FCC Shouldn't Collect Radio Board Member Info, School Says
• Fla. Co. Owes $65M In Brazilian Satellite Deal, Suit Says
• Barnes & Thornburg Hits Back At DQ Bid In Patent Fight
• BlackBerry Says Stopping 'Predatory Behavior' Took Work
• 2nd Circ. Wary of Excluding Pre-'72s From DMCA Safe Harbor
• Brand Battles: HBO, Victoria's Secret, Amazon, NCAA
• Privacy Advocates Tell 9th Circ. Metadata Needs A Warrant
• 6 Tips For Managing Tribal Infrastructure Projects
• FCC Rejects Bid For 'Do Not Track' Regs On Facebook, Google
• FCC Can Override State Broadband Laws, 6th Circ. Told
• Apple Slams Samsung's En Banc Bid In Patent Injunction Case
• FCC Out Of Line In Capping Prison Call Rates, Officials Say
• FCC Commish Says 5G Needs More Spectrum, Not Barriers
• Sprint Barred From Shutting Off Low-Income Users' Internet
• Verizon Wins $2.7M Against Carrier For Purchase Shortfalls
• Wi-Fi, LTE-U Backers Can Hash Out Own Issues, FCC Told
• InterDigital Says Microsoft Freeloads On Cell Tech Licensing
• AIP Pushes Fed. Circ. To Revive Patent Row With Level 3
• Cox Settles FCC Data Breach Investigation For $595K
• Comcast Urges DC Circ. Not To Revive Tennis Channel Row
• Fed. Circ. Overturns PTAB In 2nd-Ever AIA Reversal
• DOJ Antitrust Honcho Denies SEP Licensee Favoritism
• FCC Commish Pushes Incentives For Airwaves Sell-Offs
• Judge Denies Comcast's $15.5M Set-Top Box Settlement
• Pa. Justices Reject Appeal In Ex-CBS Anchor's Hacking Suit
• Dish Can't Derail AIG Unit's Bid To Dodge TCPA Coverage
• FCC Wi-Fi Blocking Crackdown Could Spark Legal Challenge
• Congress Didn't Want Net Neutrality, GOP Tells DC Circ.
• FCC Proposes Rate Freeze For Sign Language Relay Providers
• Proskauer Tainted Nationals' TV Win Over Orioles, Judge Says
• Samsung Says Noninfringement Verdict Dooms Antitrust Case
• British Lawmakers Open Inquiry On UK Telecom Hack
• Senate Dems Look To Nix Budget Deal's TCPA Carveout
• Hellas Noteholders OK'd For New $565M Complaint In PE Row
• FCC Seeks Input On Cable Group's TCPA Waiver Request
• FCC Says $48B AT&T-DirecTV Merger Good For Competition
• Sens. Ask Agencies If Undersea Cables Safe From Russia
• AT&T Forces Arbitration In Unlimited Data Class Action
• SEC Settles $4.3M Fraud Suit Against Fiber Optics Co.
• OPINION: Via Duke, Companies Are Shaping Discovery
• FCC May Ease The Way For Foreign Investment In Telecom
• Apple Says Fed. Circ. Was Right On $548M Samsung Payment
• Apple's Jury Win In Core's Patent Suit Affirmed In Texas
• Apple Likely To Duck Sanctions In Longitude IP Row
• T-Mobile To Pay $4.2M To Settle Phone Insurance Suit
• K&L Gates Picks Up Ex-Troutman Deals Pro
• Reps. Float Cybersecurity Bills For Ports, States
• Fed. Circ. Told Old Cell Patents Cover IPhones, BlackBerrys
• Jones Day Adds Former Robbins Geller IP Pro In Atlanta
• Ban On Samsung Phones Flouts High Court, Fed. Circ. Told
• Dish Can't Claim Attys Misread Law In TCPA Suit, Gov't Says
• FCC Must Reject Conditions In Charter-TWC Merger, Cos. Say
• Inmate Call Providers Creating False Emergency, FCC Told
• FCC Auction Communication Rules Throw Wrench In Atty Work
• Boston IP Firm Wants GPNE's $100M Malpractice Suit Axed
• Trial Needed In Cricket Wireless False Ad Suit, Judge Says
• Fox Sports Latest Target In Fantasy Patent Litigation
• Strategies For Law Firms Leaping Into Latin America
• Tax Fraud And The FCA: 4 Takeaways From NY's Sprint Ruling
• Samsung Should Face Import Ban If ITC Flips Win, Judge Says
• FCC Doles Out Fines For Hotel Wi-Fi Blocking
• Verizon Customer Urges High Court To Rethink Arbitration
• Charter Asks FCC For Ruling On Georgia Power Dispute
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal Over $42.5M Winstar Deal
• T-Mobile Beats $100M Prism Patent Suit After Sprint Loss
• Vodafone Customers' Account Data Exposed In Hack
• T-Mobile Says Dish Must Pay More After Prior Auction Sins
• Fed. Circ. Grills Apple, Profectus For Redactions In IP Row
• Silver Spring Asks Fed. Circ. To Ax $13M Infringement Award
• High Court Refuses Satellite Cos.' Challenge To State Taxes
• TWC To Pay $3.5M To Settle Technician Wages Class Action
• Ind. Tax Court Sides With Verizon In $71M Property Value Row
• Using Information Graphics Effectively In The Courtroom