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Telecommunications - March, 2016

324 articles

• FCC Expands Lifeline As Commish Alleges Reneging On Deal
• Broadcasters Fight Possibility Of FCC Bundling Regs
• Police Need Warrant For Cell Tracking Tool, Md. Court Says
• Broadband Co. Must Face Defense Contractor's Patent Suit
• FTC Chair Wants Risks Of 'Internet Of Things' Addressed
• Verizon, T-Mobile Tell FCC Signal Booster Rules Successful
• Houston TV Station's Defamation Win Upheld On Appeal
• 1st Circ. Says Ex-Telecom Head Can't Escape IRS Summonses
• FCC Unveils Reforms To Expand Rural Broadband
• Telecoms Say Baltimore Fee Hikes Pose Irreparable Harm
• Busy 1st Quarter For FCPA Enforcement
• Shifting The Law Firm Business Development Paradigm
• Feds Lose Leverage With Breakthrough In Apple Phone Fight
• FCC Orders State Reports On Multilingual Emergency Alerts
• ZTE Saga Encourages Cos. To Play Ball With Commerce
• TV Station Didn't Defame Ex-Mintz Levin Atty, Judge Says
• FCC Told Broadband Market Thriving Since Net Neutrality
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• MLB, Apple Team Up For On-Field App
• Big Pay-TV Firms Would Exploit New Retrans Rules, FCC Told
• 'Patent Troll' Must Pay Extra Costs In HTC, Motorola IP Row
• Intelligence Chief Says Data Sharing Not For Law Enforcement
• Looming FCC Privacy Rules Unclear, FTC Commish Says
• Stations Rightly Barred From Spectrum Auction, DC Circ. Told
• EU Starts In-Depth Probe Of Italian Hutchison-VimpelCom JV
• FilmOn Blasts 'Luddite' TV Broadcasters At 9th Circ.
• Apple Aims To End Antitrust Suit Over AT&T IPhone Pact
• Cravath, Weil, Other BigLaw Firms Hacked
• No New Trial For Fox Anchor Who Said N-Word, Judge Rules
• Apple Asks Fed. Circ. To Revive Samsung's $120M Patent Loss
• Bernstein Litowitz RICO Suit Was Unethical, Expert Says
• FCC Urged To Make Changes To Retransmission Negotiations
• Fed. Circ. Says Gov't Can't Appeal $113M ASBCA Ruling
• Samsung Can't Amend Validity Arguments In $7M Patent Row
• Senate Dems Laud FCC Lifeline Plan But Request Tweaks
• 'Stop Mega Cable' Group Lobbies FCC On Charter-TWC Deal
• Ace Needn't Defend Dish In TCPA Suits, Judge Says
• Nationals, Orioles Head To Mediation In Broadcast Fee Fight
• African-American TV Group Asks FCC To Investigate Comcast
• Google Says TV Stations Safe From FCC Vacant-Channel Plan
• FCC Urged To Address Lifeline Cost Inefficiencies
• Turtles Add Susman Godfrey To Sirius Pre-1972 Royalties Row
• DOJ Hacks Shooter's IPhone, Drops Apple Suit
• High Court Won't Review Tossing Of $173M Patent Verdict
• FCC Told Zero-Rating Plans Threaten Open Internet
• FCC Again Pressed To Add Conditions To Charter-TWC Deal
• High Court Wants SG's Take On Belize Arbitration Row
• 4 Issues To Watch In The FCC's Incentive Auction
• Judge Denies Remand In NFL Sunday Ticket Suit
• Comcast Says Ga. Law Frees It From Suit Over 911 Fees
• Mindless Lawyering: Is Doc Review 'The Practice Of Law'?
• Feds Ordered To Answer Apple Stay Request In NY Phone Row
• FCC Lifeline Proposals Get Mixed Feedback As Vote Nears
• Cincinnati Reds CEO Tells FCC Not To Block Radio Broadcasts
• Software Co. That Won $100M From Apple Targets 7 Others
• Broadcasters Slam AT&T 'Hypocrisy' On Retransmission Talks
• FCC Commissioner Slams Netflix For Reported Throttling
• Georgia Court Stays Order Stopping NBC Affiliate Sale
• Samsung Beats Rest Of Cascades' Antitrust Claims
• Ex-DOJ Atty Admits Surveillance Leaks Were Unethical
• Is Apple V. Samsung The Beginning Of The End For Patents?
• FCC Inmate Call Rate Order Again Halted At DC Circ.
• GOP Lawmaker Tells FCC To Cut Off The Power Grab
• Another Judge Says FilmOn Can't Use Compulsory License
• VirnetX Wants Apple Barred From Jurors In $625M Patent Case
• Sprint Urges FCC To Adopt Special Access Price, Terms Regs
• Deals Rumor Mill: TiVo, Rosneft, Essar Steel India
• Tenn. High Court Sides With State In $13M Vodafone Tax Row
• FTC, Canadian Agency Ink Anti-Spam Cooperation Ageement
• 4 House Dems Urge FCC, DOJ To Approve Charter-TWC Merger
• FTC's Ohlhausen Blasts FCC's Restrictive Privacy Plans
• AT&T Accused Of Skirting Long-Distance Fees In $19M Suit
• The Future Keeps Happening To Legal Services
• British Telecom Loses Bid To Charge More For Broadband
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Reasonable Royalty Takeaways From Fed. Circ. In 2015
• Hellas Trustee Bucks Venue Challenge In Bid For $565M Award
• Morgan Lewis Sheds Over 100 Attorneys After Bingham Deal
• 5 Firms On The Rise In 2016
• The Firms That Lost The Most Ground This Year
• Greenberg Traurig On Track To Become Biggest US Firm
• Jury Verdict Slashed By $8M In Web Software IP Dispute
• PTAB Axes 4 Intellectual Ventures' Patent Claims As Abstract
• 9th Circ. Asked To Rethink Arbitration In Vonage 911 Fee Row
• Top FCC Staffer Refutes Lifeline Expansion Concerns
• Verizon, XO Lobby FCC On $1.8B Acquisition Plans
• FCC Floats Expanding Emergency Alert System To New Tech
• Calif. Judge Halts Apple-Samsung Retrial For High Court Case
• Cable Group Warns FCC Against Special Access Market Regs
• Demystifying The Attorney-Client Privilege
• Lawmakers Blast NSA Data Sharing Plan As Unconstitutional
• Key Takeaways From FCC's Video Marketplace Conference
• What The Founders Would Say About IPhone Unlock Case
• Unwired Planet Wins UK Patent Case Against Phone Makers
• FCC Tells DC Circ. New Inmate Call Rates Aren't Sneaky
• TV Program Royalty Split Is Arbitrary, Ministries Tell DC Circ.
• Apple Pushes For Retrial Despite Samsung's High Court Case
• FCC Bureau Chiefs Defend Lifeline Minimum Service Standards
• FCC Suffering Bipartisan Breakdown, GOP Members Say
• Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton Ask FCC For Set-Top Box 'Pause'
• FCC Spectrum Plans Threaten LPTVs, DC Circ. Hears
• US Grants Temporary Sanctions Relief To China's ZTE
• LightSquared Ch. 11 Plan OK'd Over Ex-CEO's Protests
• Real Estate Rumors: Generali, Fairfield, F5 Networks
• Feds Pursue Phone Hack Sans Apple, Postponing Hearing
• Cox Can Arbitrate Row In Class Action Over Cable Fees
• MoFo Lures Ex-Baker Botts ITC Chair In DC
• Samsung Says Justices' Review Means Apple Trial Must Wait
• Justices May Weaken Design Patents In Apple-Samsung Case
• 2nd Circ. Strikes Down Ex-Verizon Worker's Race Bias Claim
• FCC's Wheeler Says ISPs' Consumer Data Must Be Protected
• Dish, Others Tell FCC To Block Nexstar-Media General Deal
• DC Circ. Refuses Stations' Bid To Delay Spectrum Auction
• High Court Declines To Weigh In On GPS Patent Dispute
• High Court Refuses Ex-Verizon Worker's Wrongful Firing Suit
• Broadcasters Defend $20M Malpractice Suit Over FCC Auction
• Is Student Loan Stress The New Norm For Law School?
• Justices Take On $400M Award In Apple-Samsung Patent War
• In Congress: Senate Off, House Tackles FAA Extension
• Apple, Longitude Settle Flash-Memory IP Row
• 7 Best Practices For Managing An Associate's Personal Crisis
• SEC, Ex-Microsoft Manager Settle Insider Trading Claim
• Novatel, M2M Jointly Dismiss Technology Patents Row
• Apple, FBI Turn To The Experts In Fight Over Shooter's Phone
• T-Mobile Adjusts 'Binge On' After Coming Under Fire
• Judge Won't Overrule Jury In ZTE Infringement Verdict
• AT&T Tells FCC Regs Would Risk 'Avalanche' Of Text Spam
• Brand Battles: Frito-Lay, Kellogg Spar Over 'Official Snack' TM
• FCC Says Incentive Auction On Track Despite DC Circ. Order
• Telecom Trade Groups Question FCC Lifeline Proposals
• Comcast Says Hacked Family Doesn't Fit 'Subscriber' Mold
• Conyers Urges FCC, DOJ Conditions On Charter/TWC Merger
• DC Circ. Told FCC's Inmate Call Rate Caps Flout Court Order
• Smartphones And Foreign Policy: ZTE Sanctions Explained
• Q&A With Herbert Smith's Christian Leathley
• High Court Urged Not To Review Limelight Patent Verdict
• Telecom Manufacturer Says PE Firm Stole Trade Secrets
• Older Carriers Have No Special Access Advantage, FCC Told
• Bankrupt Texas Sports Network To Face Off Against Comcast
• 6th Circ. Grills FCC Over Broadband Fight With States
• Netflix's Profit Promise Misled Investors, 9th Circ. Told
• Calif., DC Officials Tell FCC States Have Key Lifeline Role
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bouygues, Evonik, Boston Dynamics
• Police Cellphone Tracking May Be Doing Harm, Feds Told
• Slingbox Maker Pushes For Unwanted-Ad Suit's Dismissal
• Ad Firm Gets Verizon Supercookies Row Sent To Arbitration
• Ex-Assistant AG Must Testify In DirecTV False Ad Suit
• Baltimore Fights Bid To Block Telecom Conduit Fees
• A Snapshot Of Patent Troll Litigation Against Unicorns
• New Caps On Inmate Call Charges Kick In Now, FCC Says
• Beware The Gov't Squeeze On Lead Generation Marketing
• How Mobile Devices Are Changing E-Discovery
• Wealth Management For Senior Partners
• OPINION: Missed Opportunity In Supreme Court Nomination
• In His Own Words: 4 Key Garland Opinions
• Garland's High Court Nomination Battle Likely To Drag On
• Small-ISP Exemption To Neutrality Rules Sails Through House
• Judge Garland Could Bring New Consensus To High Court
• Attorneys Weigh In On Obama's Supreme Court Pick
• 'Privacy Shield' Data Transfer Deal Needs More Work, EU Told
• AT&T Slams Competitive Carriers As 'Hell Bent' On Regulation
• Fed. Circ. Asked To Award Atty Fees In Phone Patent Row
• Verizon Praises FCC Set-Top Box Intent But Urges Caution
• Dish And DirecTV Beat Apt Owner's $14M Damages Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charter, Vista Equity, China Merchants
• FCC Well-Positioned To Take On Privacy, Official Says
• CME Inks $130M Sale-Leaseback Deal For Data Center
• Mich.'s Exit From Tax Compact Was OK, Appeals Court Says
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Rachael Kent
• Obama Picks Garland To Fill High Court Seat
• Apple Calls Gov't Bid For Data In Calif. 'Security Risk'
• Fed. Circ. Sides With Cisco, Skype On Internet Phone Patents
• Dish Sues NBCUniversal Over Customer Warnings
• FCC Chair Defends $368M Budget Request To Congress
• Dish Affiliates Blast FCC In $3.3B Bidding Credits Fight
• FCC Floats Controversial Set-Top Box Rules
• AT&T Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Phone Bill 'Cramming'
• WWE Wins $23M From Thai Broadcaster In Contract Dispute
• Moody's Says FCC Internet Privacy Rules Could Hurt ISPs
• AT&T, Sprint Outline Objections To FCC's Lifeline Proposal
• FCC Sticks To Deadline To Halt Deposits For Inmate Calls
• Comcast Slams Net Neutrality Complaint Over Stream TV
• Verizon Wrong On Circ. Split In ERISA Suit, Justices Hear
• FCC Enforcement Team Taps New Deputy Chief
• Obama Pushes For Balance In Apple IPhone Encryption Fight
• 2nd Circ. Overturns AT&T's Win In Security Guard OT Row
• Norton Rose Nabs Corporate Finance Pro From Kaye Scholer
• The 8 Firms GCs Can't Stop Talking About
• GCs Say These Firms Are Worth Paying Top Dollar For
• Senators Slam FCC Over TV Joint Sales Agreements
• Internet Giants Look To Tackle Changing Sports Audience
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Verizon Pushes FCC For Fair Regs In Special Access Review
• Sprint Still Not Paying All Local Exchange Fees, AT&T Says
• Magicjack Execs Lowballed Stock Value, Investor Suit Says
• US Fires Trade Blunderbuss At ZTE And Hits Many Targets
• Al Gore Chancery Row With Al Jazeera On Road To Full Trial
• FCC Broadband Privacy Rules Set ISPs Apart On Liability
• FCC Defends Junk Fax Opt-Out Rule, Enforcement Waiver
• Georgia TV Station Sale Row Returns To State Court
• LPTVs Urge DC Circ. To Freeze FCC Spectrum Auction
• Media Cos. Back FCC Plan To Ease Foreign Ownership Process
• Hacked Calif. Family Say They Were Comcast Subscribers
• Fed. Circ. Asked To Save LTE IP Suit Against AT&T, Verizon
• TV Station Axed Deal Amid Rosier Spectrum Values, Suit Says
• FCC Reveals Plans To Limit Gov't Debt Collector Robocalls
• Broadcasters Call T-Mobile's Auction Analysis Flawed
• Rule 68 Offers Can Still Stunt Class Actions — For Now
• 4th Circ. Says AT&T Workers Can't Jointly Sue Co. And Union
• Broadcasters Zap Cable Co.'s 'Bizarre' Retrans Rule Filing
• Apple Created Own Burden In Phone Unlock Fight, Feds Say
• FTC Official Slams Gov't 'Magical Thinking' In IPhone Row
• Charter Defends Merits Of Proposed Mergers In FCC Meeting
• T-Mobile, Others Urge FCC To Stop 911 Fund Diversions
• Comcast Pushed Out NBC Boston Affiliate, Suit Says
• Yahoo To Live Stream NHL Games For Free In New Deal
• FCC Unveils Privacy Rules For Internet Providers
• AT&T Sued Over TV Subscribers Lost After DirecTV Merger
• VimpelCom Highlights Evolving Anti-Corruption Approach
• Fed. Circ. Patent Agent Privilege Rule To Lower Legal Costs
• Tyco Seeks To End Epic IDT Dispute On Undersea Cable Deal
• FCC Can't Back Up Cable Rate Regs, DC Circ. Told
• Obama Backs FCC Lifeline Expansion, Sets Broadband Goal
• FCC Commish Brings In New Chief Of Staff, Legal Adviser
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Teva, Mediaset
• FCC Focusing On 'Choke Points' To Block Illegal Jammers
• FCC Slaps Florida Telecom With $1.6M Cramming Fine
• Cable Group Warns FCC Against Set-Top Box Plan
• Freedom Watch Head Says Feds 'Playing Games' On Spy Suits
• FCC Commish Has 'Deep Concerns' About Privacy Plans
• Wealth Management For Mid-Level Partners
• BVI Court Allows Telecom To Sell Shares In Turkcell Row
• FCC Is Asked To Release More Data In Broadband Review
• Muzak Escapes SoundExchange's Suit Over Royalty Rates
• Level 3 To Pay $8M To Settle Mass. Unpaid Rent Allegations
• Senate Bill Would Reauthorize FCC For First Time In 26 Years
• FCC Urged To Approve Verizon's $1.8B XO Unit Buy
• Alice Ruling In AT&T IP Row Premature, Fed. Circ. Hears
• A 'FAIR' Chance For Infrastructure P3s In Obama Budget
• FCC Floats Lifeline Update To Include Broadband
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Nippon Telegraph, Orange SA
• Ill. Treasurer Sues For $2.7M In Unclaimed Sprint Rebates
• T-Mobile Tells Court Knoxville Must Approve Cell Tower
• In NY Appeal, DOJ Says Apple Has Unlocked Phones Before
• Ion Owes $4M For French Cop Show, 9th Circ. Told
• Facebook Security Officer Blasts Apple IPhone Unlock Demand
• VirnetX Calls Apple Abusive, Wants $195M More In Damages
• China Blasts US Clampdown On Exports To Tech Giant ZTE
• FCC Urges DC Circ. To Keep Incentive Auction On Track
• Cablevision Blasts USPTO For 'Cherry-Picking' DVR Prior Art
• Fed. Circ. Recognizes Non-Lawyer Patent Agent Privilege
• DC Circ. Grants Partial Halt To FCC Prison Call Reform
• Charter-TWC Merger May Hurt Online Video, FCC Warned
• Sidley Austin Snags FTC's Top Lawyer In DC
• Advocates Tell FCC To Fill 'Void' In Privacy Protection
• Husch Blackwell, Texas Attys Accused Of Million-Dollar Flubs
• Verizon Pays $1.3M To Close FCC Supercookie Probe
• Best Practices For Motions Brief Writing: Part 2
• Gov't Tells Spy Court Bulk Data Claims Not Moot
• Apple Phone Unlock Fight Threatens Online Values, Court Told
• Venable Nabs International Biz Ace From Whiteford Taylor
• FCC Wireline Chief Lays Out Broadband Privacy Priorities
• Jeffer Mangels Snags Former Alston & Bird IP Partner
• Google, Microsoft Forecast Ripple Effect From iPhone Row
• Women-Owned Small Biz To Get Legal, Telecom Set-Asides
• Judge OKs $9M Settlement Of Vocera Stock Inflation Suit
• FCC Gives Sign Language Relay Providers Some Rate Relief
• Dish Must Ditch Illegal Solicitation Policy, NLRB Says
• FCC Commish Says Lifeline Reform Needs Firm Budget
• San Bernardino Families Say IPhone Row Isn't Privacy Issue
• NLRB Grilled At DC Circ. For Defending Misbehaved Strikers
• Low-Power TV Stations Push DC Circ. To Halt FCC Auction
• Best Practices For Motions Brief Writing: Part 1
• Rep. Says FCC's 'Good Faith' Talks Rule Could Be Better
• Tech Industry Groups Back Apple In Calif. Phone Unlock Fight
• Altice, Cablevision Tell FCC To Block Union Access To Info
• Koh Won't Bar Apple From Saying Samsung Is Korean
• AT&T Says IPhone Unlock Order Oversteps Law's Limits
• Fox Owes $1.5B For Stealing 'Empire' From Novel, Suit Says
• 6th Circ. Reverses $4M Damages In UniTek OT Suit
• AT&T Settles EEOC's Disability Suit Over Blind Worker
• States Want Dish Sanctioned Over Discovery In TCPA Row
• Comcast Slapped With FCC Net Neutrality Complaint
• Apple Wins Arbitration In IPhone Antenna Patent Row
• Freenet Inks 2 Deals To Boost Internet-Based TV Capabilities
• AG Lynch Rejects 'Parade Of Horribles' In Apple Phone Fight
• Dish Dodges Atty's 'Frivolous' False Ad Suit In 5th Circ.
• Charter Hit With Sextupled Award After Wrongful Firing Trial
• Feds Treating Apple As Spy In Phone Unlock Row, Groups Say
• FCC Warning Letter Aims To Give Pirate Radio The Hook
• Honduras Vows To Undertake Sweeping IP Reforms
• AT&T, Comcast, Advocacy Groups Push For Lifeline Reform
• Wealth Management For New Law Firm Partners
• Apple Puts NY Order Into Play In Calif. Phone Unlock Fight
• FCC Told To Take Consistent, Flexible Privacy Approach
• AT&T Wants $1.4B FCA Suit Tossed For Good After Third Try
• FCC Officials Clash On Effects Of Open Internet Order
• CTIA Urges 9th Circ. To Halt Berkeley's Cellphone Warning Law
• Tech Cos. Hold Key To Financial Services For The 'Unbanked'
• A Teaching Moment Inside VimpelCom's Boardroom
• Apple Peels Away At DOJ Bid To Unlock Phones With NY Win
• One LLP Opens Shop With O'Melveny, Sheppard Mullin Pros
• FBI Chief Concedes Broadness Of IPhone Unlock Request
• Bill Would Support S. Jersey Towns In Verizon Landline Row
• Fed. Circ. Won't Review 'Baffling' Decision In Cisco IP Case
• Class Appeals Tossed $6M Award In Cox Cable Box Bellwether
• Koh Nixes Samsung's New Evidence Bid Before Apple Retrial
• Reid Presses Agencies To Give TWC-Charter Deal A Hard Look
• Senate GOP Blasts White House For Role In Net Neutrality
• Cisco Acquires Cloud Tech Developer CliQr In $260M Deal
• Qualcomm Pays $7.5M To Settle SEC China Bribery Case
• White & Case Adds New M&A Partner In Prague
• FCC Told Carriers Are Blocking Medical Emergency Texts
• Dish Says 'Newly Disclosed' TCPA Evidence Is Old News
• Sens Bring Bill To Study 'Internet Of Things,' Possible Regs
• Australia Floats Plan To Open Up Media Ownership Rules
• ITC Asks Fed. Circ. To Stand By $6.2M Fine In GPS Patent Row
• AT&T Wins Arbitration Order In Throttling Suit
• Dialing In: TCPA Hot Issues For 2016
• CBS Moves To Nix Pre-1972 Suits, Citing Remastered Songs
• Telecoms Sue Baltimore Over 'Excessive' Conduit Fees
• FTC Commish Fears Agency Losing Data Privacy Beat To FCC 
• CORRECTED: LG Won't Contest Arbitration Award To Pa. Co. In Patent Row
• Encryption Debate Moves From Legislatures To Courts