Telecommunications Archive » April, 2016

Telecommunications - April, 2016

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• FCC Spectrum Clearing Target Starts Auction With A Bang
• OPINION: Engaging The Media May Help Your Client
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yahoo, Pfizer, Atlante
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ask FCC For Break On Fax Rules
• Navy Unveils Wireless Service Contracts Worth Up To $994M
• Google Says FCC Vacant Channel Rule Has No Downside
• Carriers Aim To Wring Fees From Level 3 After Massive MDL
• Bill Would Ban Forced Arbitration For Telecom Customers
• Cooley, Skadden Steer $1B Rovi-TiVo Deal
• Highlights From 2nd FCC Video Marketplace Workshop
• FCC Advances Plan For New Business Data Regs Regime
• Arbitration Award Nixed In Multiband Repayment Dispute
• InterDigital Wants Fed. Circ. To Eye Microsoft Antitrust Row
• Dozens Of Mayors Rally Behind FCC Lifeline Expansion
• Cooperation A Must For Tribal Internet Expansion, Sens. Told
• Researchers Ask FCC, Congress To Reform TV Age Ratings
• Google, NCTA Urge Obama To Open Auto Wireless Spectrum
• Comcast, Roku Prove FCC Can Unlock Set-Top Box: Wheeler
• SouthernLINC Hits Ex-Worker With Trade Secrets Suit
• Comcast To Grow Animation Biz With $3.8B DreamWorks Buy
• Dentons: A New Kind Of Network?
• 22 Firms Win Top Marks From GCs On AFAs
• Blackberry Kills 2 Mobile Email Patents Under Alice
• MLB Antitrust Objector's Lead Atty To Face Sanctions Bid
• Ex-Epix Exec Accused Of Ripping Off $8M From Network
• Huawei Will Pay Pa. Tech Co. While Mulling Award Appeal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Comcast, Uber, Cinven
• IHeartMedia Backs CBS 'Remaster' Defense In Pre-1972 IP Suit
• Google Presses FCC On New Set-Top Box Privacy Rules
• Francisco Backs SintecMedia Execs In Buyout From Riverside
• Apple Lens Supplier Cleared By Fed. Circ. In Patent Case
• Controversial FCC Process Change Passes Senate Panel
• Eye-Sensor Patent Owner Slams Samsung Over Late AIA Move
• FCC Asked To Clarify Texting Protection In Open Internet Order
• Comcast Asks 3rd Circ. To OK Class For $15.5M Deal
• Sirius XM Canada To Arbitrate $34M Fee Dispute
• AT&T Wants $19M Long-Distance Fees Suit Gutted
• Smoother Sailing For Charter-TWC Than Failed Comcast Buy
• AT&T Asks Court To Toss Network's Fraud, Contract Suit
• Copyright Royalty Board To Keep Retrans Rates As Is
• Verizon Pushes NY Court To Rein In Union Strike Tactics
• Remaining State Law Claims Clipped From TiVo Patent Suit
• Facebook Moves To Toss 'Happy Birthday' Texts Row
• Judge Upholds Fujifilm's $10M IP Win Against Motorola
• FCC Member Says New Broadcast Standard May Aid Diversity
• Calif. AG Tells 9th Circ. Phone Warning Rule Merits Leeway
• Sprint Says It Didn't Push Through $3.6B Deal Illegally
• $200M MLB Antitrust Deal Cutting Cost Of Web Streams OK'd
• Too Late For New Challenge To '08 Verdict, Limelight Told
• FCC Set-Top Box Plan Will Rewind Progress, Chamber Says
• Feds Drop Apple IPhone Unlock Fight In New York
• 'Frivolous' Dish Suit Costs Texas Lawyer A Pretty Penny
• Sports Network To Take $21M Contract Suit To 10th Circ.
• Telecom Doesn't Owe Verizon Shortfall Fees, 4th Circ. Told
• Special Access Regs Could Hurt Investment, Cox Warns FCC
• Ex-Sprint Execs Say US Hid Ernst & Young Tax Shelter Probe
• DOJ Approves Charter-TWC Merger With Conditions
• Real Estate Rumors: WP Carey, Verve Wireless, Clarion
• Atty Exits After 'Unwisely' Repping MLB Settlement Objector
• FTC Asks FCC To Enable Set-Top Box Privacy Enforcement
• Copyright Royalty Board Defends Its Religious TV Decision
• Viacom Accused Of Hiding Money From Bellator Martial Arts
• Paramount Tentatively Settles EU Pay-TV Antitrust Charges
• Sprint, T-Mobile Tack Away From Comcast On Special Access
• Fiber Optic Firm Gets Early, Wary OK On $116M Del. Ch. 11
• Oracle, Google File Heated Trial Briefs In $8B IP Showdown
• FBI Paid Over $1M To Hack Terrorist's iPhone, Comey Says
• New Broadcast Standard Set For Rare Smooth Sailing At FCC
• Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Researching Attorneys In PACER
• Charter Gets Missouri AG's TCPA Suit Trimmed
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vodafone, CMA CGM, Concordia Healthcare
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear T-Mobile, Ericsson, Nokia Patent Win
• Comcast Ballyhoos Set Top Box-Free Programming
• Reid Bashes McConnell Over FCC Confirmation Delay
• DOJ Signs Off On Altice-Cablevision Merger
• Verizon's $64M Settlement Doesn't Add Up, 3rd Circ. Hears
• BBH Capital Brings In $802M For 5th PE Fund's Final Close
• Why Earth Day Is Everyone's Business
• MLB Fans Push For Antitrust Deal OK Despite Protests
• Mediaset, Sky Italia, Others Fined $75M In TV Rights Case
• Tech Groups Rally Against Draft Senate Encryption Bill
• Judge Tweaks Jury Instructions In $8B Google-Oracle Trial
• Group Wants To Know If Secret Court Tried To Decrypt Data
• Former FCC Chief Economist Slams Set-Top Box Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Huawei, Yum Brands, Boyd Gaming
• EU Android Case Not Bulletproof Despite Lower Tying Bar
• Big Players Wrong On Programming Diversity, FCC Told
• FBI Nabs 1st Call Records Order Under New Spying Rules
• Senate Republicans Slam Obama, FCC Regulatory Moves
• Apple Ducks Class Action Over Wi-Fi Assist Data Overage
• Texas Court Denies Hospital District's Fee Bid In Utility Fight
• Proposed FCC Regs Could Disrupt ISP, Vendor Practices
• Sprint Wins $2M In Phone Unlocking Beef
• French Regulator Fines Altice $17M For Noncompliance
• EU Says Google Broke Antitrust Rules In Android Case
• Obama's Set-Top Box Move Is Latest Attempt At FCC Meddling
• Nortel Overseas Units Say They're Shielded In Software IP Suit
• China Wanted Apple's Code, GC Says In Encryption Hearing
• Deals Rumor Mill: Euronext, Bass Pro Shops, Yahoo
• AT&T Tells FCC To Say Adios To Rate Rules For Cuba
• Apple To Pay $25M To Settle Siri Patent Suit Ahead Of Trial
• Twilio Lobbies FCC Against Text Message Blocking
• CORRECTION: MLB Fans Say 'Notorious' Objector Behind TV Deal Protest
• Ind. Board Says 4 Telecoms Owe $3.7M For 911 Program
• Interpreting A Patent Is Not So 'Plain And Ordinary' After All
• NII Inks $41.5M Deal To Exit Pension Fund Securities Row
• Apple Can Contact Jurors Who Delivered $625M IP Verdict
• Obama's Competition Order Could Be Mainly For Show
• Dish Files IP Suit Over Streaming Device's 'Massive Piracy'
• Republican FCC Commish Initiates Lifeline Fraud Investigation
• Avaya Ordered To Produce Billing Records In $66M Fee Fight
• 2 Cable Cos. Blast FCC Plan To Reimpose Biz-Data Rate Regs
• Inmate Call Providers Urge FCC To Hash Out Rate Cap Row
• FCC Getting Its Arms Around Telehealth, Commish Says
• FCC Says Pre-Spectrum Auction Work Can Be Reimbursed Too
• Verizon Presses FCC Against 'Opt-In' Privacy Plans
• EU Antitrust Watchdog Zeroes In On Google Contracts
• Tennis Channel Slams FCC At DC Circ. For Comcast Bias Win
• Another Take On Reed Smith, Pepper Hamilton Merger Talks
• AT&T Wants $5M Over Level 3's Canceled Fiber Optic Deal
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• The Top 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Women
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Verizon Atty Hit Striking Worker With Porsche: Union
• Wireless Co.'s Class Waiver Policy Found To Violate NLRA
• Apple Calls Feds' NY IPhone Access Demand An Overreach
• T-Mobile Hit With Accelerated Charges Suit In Fla.
• Nexstar, Media General Slam Merger Protests At FCC
• Class Counsel Seek $1.35M Attys' Fees In Verizon TCPA Suit
• Chinese Car Website Attracts $3.6B Buyout Offer
• Roku Urges FCC Against Data Caps In Charter-TWC Review
• White House Backs FCC Set-Top Box Plan As Some Cry Foul
• House Votes To Block FCC From Regulating Broadband Rates
• Paul Weiss Guides Mitel In $1.96B Video Conferencing Deal
• Occam, Wilson Sonsini Settle $200M Calix Merger Class Fight
• OPINION: Advising The GOP About Its Obligation To Advise
• Overseas Email Fraud Drained $100M From US Co., Feds Say
• Industry Outpaces Gov't Agencies On Cybersecurity: Report
• 3rd Circ. Shuns Marine Radio Providers' Collusion Suit
• FCC Urged To Adopt States' Charter-TWC Merger Conditions
• Don't Short Us On Rural Broadband Funds, NY Tells FCC
• Cable Group Rips Verizon's Special Access Regs Proposal
• Sens. Release Draft Bill Following Apple-FBI Encryption Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, TiVo, McDonald's
• Samsung Asks Fed. Circ. Not To Revive $120M Apple Verdict
• Mayer Brown Nabs Former Verizon VP, In-House Counsel
• InterDigital Can't Escape Microsoft's SEP Antitrust Suit
• Tower Cos. Are Ready To Hit The Heights For TV Repack
• Network Patents In Cisco Case Survive Alice Before Trial
• FCC Pushed To Sign Off On New Broadcasting Standard
• FCC's O'Rielly, Pai Back Bill To Cap Lifeline Budget
• Spanish Watchdog Starts Antitrust Probe Of Telefonica
• Comcast Says NBC Station's Contract Sinks Antitrust Suit
• White House Threatens Veto Of Anti-Rate Regulation Bill
• Crown Castle Buys Tower Development Corp. In $461M Deal
• 2nd Circ. Sends Pre-1972 Royalties Case To NY High Court
• 3 FCPA Risks For Companies Heading To Cuba
• Vizio Gets TV Data Privacy Suits Consolidated In Calif.
• IPhone Users Urge 9th Circ. En Banc Hearing Of Siri Suit
• Emergency Districts Ask 6th Circ. To Revive AT&T Suit
• Cleveland Indians Urge FCC To Protect AM Radio Broadcasts
• Verizon Lobbies FCC Against Bill Disclosure Mandates
• Ex-DirecTV Worker Can Try To Up $1.2M Award In Bias Row
• FCC Told Set-Top Box Plan Is Long Overdue
• Cumulus Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Advertising Payouts
• FCC's Timing Of $51M Lifeline Action Draws Political Q's
• Reed Smith Adds Ex-Rosenfeld Meyer TV Dealmaker In LA
• FCC's Wheeler Plugs 'Urgent' Action On Special Access Regs
• Chinese Anti-Bribery Law May Be Changing
• French Court Clears Way For Pa. Tech Co. To Enforce Award
• The Many Faces Of IP Infringement In The Sports Industry
• FCA Suit Against Verizon Not Barred, DC Circ. Told
• ITC Will Review Decision To End Ericsson, Apple Probe
• Wilson Sonsini Could Face Claims As Occam Deal Trial Opens
• NFL Passes On More London Live Streams After Twitter Deal
• 9th Circ. Won't Reopen Netflix Investor Suit
• NBC Affiliates Urge FCC To Keep Retransmission Regime
• Apple Denied Quick Win On Validity Of MobileMedia Patent
• NLRB Tells DC Circ. To Preserve Power To Review Arbitrations
• Wi-Fi Band Expansion May Harm Hearing Aids, FCC Warned
• Set-Top Box Plan Will Stifle Innovation, FCC Told
• 'Smart' Ways To Avoid FTC Internet Of Things Scrutiny
• No $15B Hutchison-O2 Deal Without Divestitures, UK Says
• In Congress: Kicking Off 3 Busy Weeks
• Apple Told To Aid Phone Probe In Mass., Unsealed Docs Show
• App Developer's IP Theft Claims Not Barred, 9th Circ. Says
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Uphold $64M Deal In Verizon Billing Suit
• FCC's Wheeler Pushes Business Data Services Regs
• FCC's Pai Dinged Over Panelist's Prison Telecom Ties
• FCC Lines Up $51M Fine For Lifeline Provider
• DirecTV Can't Duck Installers' Amended OT Suit
• Legal Delivery In The 'Gig Economy'
• Why High Court Was Right To Take Samsung V. Apple
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Paul Hastings, Sullivan
• Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Brett Shumate
• Estrella Tells FCC Comcast Snuffs Spanish TV Competition
• Corning To Buy Fiber Optic Component Co. In $305M Deal
• Feds Still Require Apple's Help To Unlock Phone In NY Case
• FBI Chief Says San Bernardino Hack Won't Open New IPhones
• Wilson Sonsini Settles Class Claim Over $200M Occam Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Apex Technology, Mediaset
• Netherlands Watchdog Won't Regulate Business Fiber Optics
• Voice Input Patent Misheard In Apple Win, Fed. Circ. Told
• Civil Liberties Orgs Press NSA To Pause Data-Sharing Plan
• FCC Office Wiring Regs Would Hurt Economy: Industry Study
• FCC Is Urged To Scrutinize Spectrum Auction Bidders
• Lewis Brisbois Nabs Gordon & Rees Employment Pro
• Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Matthew Murchison
• 3i Pours $106M Into Scottish Mobile Infrastructure Group
• Sad State Of Media Diversity Needs Action, FCC Told
• Sponsored Data, Net Neutrality, And The 1st Amendment
• FCC Chief Denies Superhero Rivalry With FTC On Privacy
• Apple Accuses VirnetX Of 'Unabashed Smear' In $625M IP Row
• Apple Camera Lens Maker Tells Fed. Circ. Rival Infringed IP
• No New Trial, No Fees In $100M T-Mobile Patent Suit
• Fla. Says Satellite Sales Tax Doesn't Violate Commerce Clause
• Deals Rumor Mill: Chevron, Mitel Networks, KKR
• Construction's $2.6B In Claims Easily Tops At AAA In 2015
• DirecTV Must Disclose Ad Info In FTC False Ad Suit
• Sprint Tells Fed. Circ. Judge Erred In Tossing $28M IP Win
• FCC Commish, SC Gov. Call For Action On Inmate Cellphones
• ZTE Warns Investors Of Possible US Sanctions Penalties
• House Panel To Weigh Bill Over $1.5B Lifeline Budget Cap
• Rising Star: Drinker Biddle's Eduardo Guzman
• Succession Planning: A Key Strategy For Law Firm Longevity
• Nortel Bankruptcy Sets Dangerous Precedent For Lending
• FCC's 'Nutrition' Labels Mostly Empty Calories, For Now
• FBI Still Sorting Out Apple Phone Unlock Fallout, GC Says
• Nortel's US Arm Pushes To Reverse $7.3B Allocation Ruling
• Fed. Circ. Clears Sprint In Suit Over Former AT&T Patents
• Regulatory Actions Don't Mean Misconduct, Qualcomm Says
• Comcast Slams 'Baseless' Racial Discrimination Claims
• AT&T Says Calif. Cell Tax Class Action Should Be Federal
• Verizon, AT&T Split At FCC Over US-Cuba Route Rules
• Pre-1972 Song Owners Attack CBS' 'Remaster' Defense
• Sirius Can't Challenge T-Mobile, AT&T Spectrum Leasing: FCC
• Charter-TWC Deal Slammed By Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs
• Twitter Wins Deal To Stream Thursday Night NFL Games
• Berkeley Defends Cellphone Warning Ordinance At 9th Circ.
• IPhone Access Gets Attention, 'Stingrays' Fly Under The Radar
• ACLU Wants Suspected Apple Unlock Fight Made Public
• Developer Says Fiber Optics Cables Hinder Use Of Property
• Judge Seeks More Info Before Making Call On BlackBerry Suit
• FCC Denies Stations Equal Treatment In Auction, DC Circ. Told
• NJ Transit Tells FCC Wireless Interference Risks Safety
• GAO Asked To Probe Set-Top Box Plan's Impact On Diversity
• Deals Rumor Mill: Secureworks, KKR, Ambac
• FCC Releases 'Nutritional Labels' For Broadband Service
• Paul Hastings Guides Brocade In $1.2B Ruckus Wireless Deal
• 7 Lessons I Learned As A Trial Lawyer On Jury Duty
• FCC Continues Its Foray Into Video Competition
• Spiked Lifeline Compromise Shows Political Cracks In FCC
• Law Firm Seeks To Switch Off Successor Liability In TV Suit
• Tenn. Vodafone Ruling Loosens Reins On State Tax Agencies
• Sprint Pushes Fed. Circ. To Reverse $30M Patent Judgment
• Clear Choice Permanently Barred From Using TracFone Marks
• GSA Must Pay For Satellite Service Not In Contract
• Deals Rumor Mill: Orange, XIO Group, Old Mutual
• 9th Circ. Wrong On Vonage Arbitration, Class Amicus Says
• FCC Chair Says Netflix's Throttling Beyond Agency Authority
• All Eyes On DC Circ. For Ruling On FCC's TCPA Order
• The 2016 Rising Stars, By Firm
• AT&T Can't Sue Defunct Co. Over Routing Fees, DC Circ. Told
• Disney, ABC Tell FCC Retrans Consent Market 'Not Broken'
• Telecom Infrastructure Rival Broke $300M Deal's Noncompete