Telecommunications Archive » December, 2015

Telecommunications - December, 2015

228 articles

• Telecom Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2016
• Telecom Cases To Watch In 2016
• Verizon Paying $4M To Hang Up Robocall TCPA Class Action
• 3 Things To Expect From Legal Tech In The New Year
• $1.5B LightSquared Suit Against Dish Network Dropped
• Patent Holder Takes DirecTV, Pro Sports Row To Fed. Circ.
• Cox Renews High Court Bid To Overturn Cable Box Decision
• Charter Touts $2.5B Investment Planned If FCC OKs Merger
• Time Warner Cable To Pay $1.25M To Settle OT Row
• FCC Phone Subsidy Program Sees Users Declining Again
• NCTA Urges FCC To Ignore Internet Speed Metric Idea
• Internet Group Says T-Mobile Is Throttling Video Traffic
• Inmate Call Provider Says Millions At Stake In FCC Stay Bid
• Sprint Can't Keep Malicious Prosecution Row In Fed. Court
• Apple Lashes Out Against UK's Online Surveillance Bill
• Fed. Circ. Lets EchoStar Revive License Defense In IP Suit
• Advocates Tells FCC To Expand Charter Broadband Offer
• Justices Asked To Decide Who Can Sue Over Verizon Pensions
• Inmate Call Provider Asks FCC For Stay Of Rate Cap Order
• Gray TV To Sell Stations In $442M Media Biz Merger
• NAB Tells FCC Foreign Ownership Process Should Be Eased
• Chinese Telecom's Accounting Firm Must Face Securities Suit
• DirecTV, Techs In Fervor To End FLSA Case
• US Gov't News Workers Launch $400M Misclassification Suit
• Pandora Ends Royalty Fight With ASCAP, BMI
• Apple Says WARF's $234M Patent Damages Can't Be Tripled
• State AGs Warn FCC To Not Open Spam Text Floodgates
• Texting Cos. Give 3rd Cellphone Cramming Deal A Go
• Ericsson, Apple Ink Deal To End Patent Battles
• Submarine Cable Group Calls FCC Outage Rules Impractical
• DirecTV's Defenses Trimmed In FTC False Ad Suit
• The Dysfunctional Functional Standard For Design Patents
• Alleged Fraudster Indicted For $2M TV Station Scheme
• AMC Carriage Row Shows Cable Market Issues, FCC Hears
• Neustar Makes Final Push For FCC Phone Contract
• Privacy Group Blasts Gov't High Court Defense Of Secrecy
• Call-Assist Co. Hit With $12M Fine For Bilking Disability Fund
• The Firms That Dominated In 2015
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Why All US Attorneys Should Read Justice Breyer's New Book
• Texas Jury Nixes Wireless Patent Asserted Against AT&T
• Fla. Service Centers Win $5.8M For Comcast Contract Breach
• Cricket Wireless, Customers Settle Portions Of False Ad Suit
• Time Warner Gets Robocall Suit Paused For FCC Appeal
• Net Neutrality Politics Likely Behind FCC Data Plan Interest
• 9th Circ. Rejects Appeal Over NSA Internet Spying
• 4th Circ. Backs FCC In Local Cell Tower Zoning Regs Row
• Charter Promises Low-Income Broadband If FCC OKs Merger
• FCC, AT&T Clash In DC Circ. Over VoIP Charges
• IPhone 5 Users Slap Apple With Data Overcharging Suit
• Senate Passes $1.8T Spending And Tax Extender Package
• The 13 Hottest Patent Law Issues Of 2015
• 32 Experian Data Breach Suits Consolidated In Calif.
• New LightSquared, Garmin End Suit Over Spectrum Use
• AT&T Hit With Discrimination Suit By Muslim Ex-Employee
• FCC Eyes Fewer Prison Phone Monopolies, More Video Calls
• FCC Asks T-Mobile, AT&T, Comcast To Discuss Data Programs
• House Moves Closer To Passing Broad $1.15T Funding Bill
• French Telecom Orange Fined $378M By Antitrust Watchdog
• Vizio Faces More Suits Over Smart TV Data Privacy
• News Co. Unfairly Rushed Sanctions Bid, AT&T Says
• Ga. Counties Sue 15 Phone Cos. For $50M Missing 911 Fees
• Cox Must Pay BMG $25M For User Piracy, Jury Finds
• Top 10 Alice Cases Of 2015
• Comcast Says Calif. Can't Tax It, QVC As Unitary Business
• Dish Telemarketing Suit Won't Have Call Records Limited
• How Much Control Of Your Contracts Do You Really Have?
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Blocking Samsung Phone Features
• House OKs Port Cybersecurity, Hezbollah Sanctions Bills
• Pandora To Pay More For Copyright Royalties In 2016
• BMG's Final Words At Piracy Trial Are 'Offensive' Cox Emails
• Spokeo Won't Affect Dish Network FCRA Row, Contractors Say
• FCC Urged Not To Put Texting In 'Regulatory Straightjacket'
• Apple Must Try Again To Ax Suit Over AT&T Pact, Judge Says
• FCC Draws Ire As It Extends Small Biz Net Neutrality Relief
• Serial Numbers Don't ID People, ESPN Tells 9th Circ.
• House Buys More Time To Digest $1.15T Spending Bill
• Comcast Subscribers Take $15.5M Settlement Row To 3rd Circ.
• Samsung Says Verdict Left 'Gaping Hole' In Patent Row
• Calif. Privacy Law Unconstitutional, Settlement Objector Says
• Comcast To Pay $26M To End Calif. AG Privacy, Waste Probe
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Polaris Win In Device Locator AIA Review
• Patent Win for Apple, BlackBerry Upheld By Fed. Circ.
• Trio Charged With Scheme To Hack Info On 60M People
• NTIA Proposes Fee Review For Public Safety Broadband
• GOP Sens. Ask FCC To Rethink Municipal Broadband Push
• FCC Exceeded Its Authority In Cable Reg Shift, DC Circ. Told
• Sprint Aims To Nix 3 Years Of Claims In $300M NY Tax Action
• Brazilian Satellite Co. Wants Quick Win In $65M Row
• Yahoo's Human Intervention Claim In TCPA Suit Falls Flat
• Samsung, Qualcomm Triumph At ITC In Nvidia Patent Fight
• Delta Urges FCC To Expand In-Flight Broadband Without Delay
• 7 Deadly Business Mistakes That Can Tank Your Law Practice
• Verizon To Take Carrier Shortfall Row To 4th Circ.
• 3 Legal Challenges Facing Pay-TV Business Models
• 'Patent Troll' Can't Dodge Fees To HTC, Motorola, Blackberry
• Apple Says Exclusive IPhone AT&T Pact Didn't Hurt Market
• Samsung Asks High Court To Slash $400M Apple Patent Award
• Attys React To Supreme Court's DirecTV Arbitration Decision
• High Court's DirecTV Ruling Shows No Leeway On Arbitration
• Music Publisher Blasts Cox's Jury Instructions In Piracy Trial
• Comcast Customers Blame Lax Security Protocols For Hacking
• TracFone Says Simply Wireless Improperly Sold Free Airtime
• Senate Pressed To Make Web Access Tax Ban Permanent
• DirecTV Looks To Nix Technicians' 'Cookie Cutter' FLSA Suit
• Comcast Says New $20B Race Bias Suit Recycles Failed Bid
• Tennis Channel, Comcast Volley Over Bias In DC Circ.
• 2016 Should Bring Major TCPA Developments
• High Court Boosts Federal Arbitration Rule In DirecTV Case
• Cablevision Settles Long-Running Suit Over Box-Tying
• Ericsson Nixes Some Claims Of Intellectual Ventures Patent
• T-Mobile Must Open Up Union Convo During Work Hours
• Fed. Circ. Urged To Revive Locator IP Row With Polaris
• FCC Approves T-Mobile License Transfer Over Sirius Protest
• FCC Commish Lists Concerns Over Rural Broadband Auction
• House Passes Bicameral Bill Stepping Up Trade Enforcement
• Dish Says Users Not Entitled To Offsets For Lost Channels
• House Sends Stopgap Spending Bill To Obama's Desk
• Samsung Didn't Infringe Calculator Patent, Judge Rules
• Apple Likely To Get More Samsung Damages, Judge Says
• Apple Scores Cost Award In $548M Samsung Patent Row
• Analysis Of $219M Bid For Air Force Award Flawed, GAO Says
• Ericsson's Investments Raise Questions In ITC Patent Fight
• Frontier Settles Internet Speed Claims With $160M Promise
• EU Proposes Copyright Rule To Expand Digital Content Access
• FCC Told Online-Only Bidding Notice Doesn't Warrant Fine
• FCC Denies Ky. County Pass On Cable Price Regulation
• Patent Suits Plaguing Wireless 911 Services, FCC Told
• Roku User Blasts Disney's Response To Reconsideration Bid
• Time Warner Unit Wants Opposing Atty, Or Testimony, Barred
• Trade Enforcement Bill Would Permanently Ban Internet Taxes
• Panasonic Wins Bid To Arbitrate Microsoft Ion Battery Row
• Telecom Co. Sued Over FCPA-Triggered Stock Slump
• The Art Of The Mock
• Sirius Gets Support On Pre-1972 Royalty Fight In 2nd Circ.
• Lifeline Minimum Standards Will Limit Choice, FCC Told
• Fed. Circ. Asked To Save IP Suit Against T-Mobile, Ericsson
• Groups Tell FCC To Pause In-Flight Broadband Proposal
• Comcast Must Face Antitrust Claims On Cable Installation
• Sprint Loses Bid For New Trial After $30M Patent Loss
• DC Judge Weighing Immediate FilmOn Licensing Appeal
• Deutsche Telekom Accused Of 'Toll' At Internet Choke Points
• Senate Committee Approves FCC Commish Renomination
• Strategies For Your Evolving Law Department
• NFL Sunday Ticket MDL Centralized In California
• Ericsson Seeks To Narrow ITC Probe Of Apple Tech Imports
• LightSquared, Deere Settle Dispute Over GPS Spectrum
• FCC Fines Prepaid Calling Card Co. For Missing Fees
• Comcast Carriage Row Rightly Before FCC, 11th Circ. Says
• Calif. Gov'ts Join $1.5B Overcharge Suit Against AT&T, Others
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yahoo, Verizon, Airbus Group
• Ind. AG Asks FCC For Help On Lifeline 911 Fee Fight
• House Dems Tell FCC Chair He Still Has Questions To Answer
• FCC Won't Decrease Ore. Co.'s Fine For Colluding With Verizon
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive Google, Viacom Privacy Claims
• Low-Power TV Cos. Take Spectrum Auction Row To DC Circ.
• ZTE, DataQuill Settle After $31.5M Verdict In Patent Row
• Dish's Do-Not-Call Evidence Allowed In TCPA Suit
• Sprint Cuts $3.3M Deal In OT Suit Judge Called 'The Worst'
• GCs Love These Firms More And More
• Univision Moves To Chuck Trump's $500M Miss Universe Suit
• Samsung Faces Long Odds To Recover $548M Apple Award
• Willkie Snags FCC Adviser For Privacy, Telecom Practice
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• 5 Firms Make It Back Onto GCs' Most Adored List
• 3 Firms Know The Secret To Keeping Clients Happy
• Still No New Trial For Ex-Terra Exec, Fla. Judge Rules
• 2nd Circ. Says Harbinger's $2B Suit Against GPS Cos. Fails
• FTC Commish Casts Doubt On FCC Privacy Enforcement Push
• $65B Charter-TWC Deal Will Expand Mobile Choices, FCC Told
• SUFI Can't Add Profit Markup To Fees In Contract Row
• Cherokee Nation Tells FCC To Rethink Okla. Lifeline Map
• Rdio Bonuses Challenged By Bankruptcy Watchdog
• Rural Carriers Tell FCC They Need Trusted Attys In Auction
• DirecTV Owes Back Pay After Misclassifying Techs, Court Told
• Dish Must Turn Over 70 Docs In Bollywood Blacklist Suit
• Supreme Court Refuses Verizon Billing Arbitration Row
• Unresolved TCPA Issues Could Leave Businesses Liable
• Where Common Law Litigation And Int'l Arbitration Divide
• DirecTV, Leagues Ask Fed. Circ. To Nix Streaming IP Appeal
• LightSquared Gets FCC's Blessing For Spectrum Handoff
• 5th Circ. Says Travelers Can't Nullify Bond For Fiber Installer
• Samsung To Pay Apple $548M, Claims Reimbursement Right
• DC Circ. Open To FCC Regulation Shift In Net Neutrality Args
• St. Jude Gets Wireless Communications Patent Claims Nixed
• Dish Network Wants Credit Report Suit To Wait For Spokeo
• Nigeria Cuts Massive MTN Unregistered Users Fine To $3.9B
• EU Won't Hand $15B Hutchison-O2 Deal Review To UK
• News Co. Wants AT&T Sanctioned In $102M Contract Suit
• 9th Circ. Says Consultant Not Covered For Text Scam Report
• Verizon Abandoned Its Landlines In South Jersey, Towns Say
• SOLiD Blasts Bid For New Trial In Telecom IP Row
• Sharp, Intellect Wireless Settle Patent Dispute
• Microsoft Fights Dismissal Bid In InterDigital Antitrust Suit
• The Arguments That Could Reshape Internet Oversight
• 5 Tips To Avoid Spoliation Sanctions
• Belize Ends Telecom And Electricity Investor Suits For $67M
• FCC Commissioner Rips Agency's Enforcement Actions
• Fed. Circ. Vacates $16M Judgment In Cisco Wi-Fi Row
• Dish Can't Raise New Defense In Old TCPA Suit, Gov't Says
• Bills To Increase Broadband Access Clear House Panel
• Reconsideration Bid A Rehash In Roku Data Suit, Disney Says
• Economic Heavyweights Rally Against FCC Autodialer Rule
• In-Flight Entertainment May Be About To Take Off
• FilmOn's Web Delivery Doomed License Bid, Judge Says
• NJ Appeals Court Won't Revive Cablevision Bias Suit
• FCC Wi-Fi Blocking Case Compared To Lame 'B-Movie Dracula'
• Music Publisher Says Cox Complicit In User Piracy At Trial
• No Consent Means No Coverage, TE Connectivity Insurer Says
• Net Neutrality To Face Familiar Overseer At DC Circ.
• CBS Fights Proposed Overhaul For Cable Co. Negotiations
• Wilkinson Barker's DC Office Nabs Former Verizon Counsel
• Nokia Shareholders Greenlight $16.6B Alcatel-Lucent Deal
• Dish CEO Warns FCC A Charter-TWC Merger Could Kill Market
• DC Circ. Urged Not To Pause Tribal Lifeline Changes
• France Fines Cellphone Co. $11.4M For Antitrust Violation
• Breaking Down Cox's Trial Over Subscriber Music Piracy
• Apple Escapes Class Action Over Intercepted Text Messages
• Cases Google Cited In VPPA Appeal Don't Apply, Court Told
• Apple Lens Supplier Using 'Ostrich' Defense, Fed. Circ. Told
• House Panel Bashes SEC's E-Privacy Reform Exemption Push
• Hogan Lovells Adds Ex-Cablevision Legal VP In DC
• Broadcasters Not Playing Fair In Pay-TV Deals, FCC Told
• Fox News, TVEyes Take Copyright Case To 2nd Circ.
• T-Mobile Calls On FCC To Punish Dish In Upcoming Auction
• Ariz. Corporation Commissioner Under Fire Over Industry Ties
• Extent Of Records Sought In FBI Letters Finally Revealed
• Making The Most Of Document Analytics