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Telecommunications - October, 2016

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• NobelBiz Patent Award Boosted To More Than $2M
• Apple, Samsung Can't Escape LTE Patent Suit Under Alice
• CenturyLink Says FCC's Planned Rate Caps Are Baseless
• Louisville Utility Pole Law Meets Federal Regs, FCC Says
• Broadcasters Want More Transition Time After FCC Auction
• Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile Push FCC On Team Telecom Reform
• FCC's New Framework For Categorizing Consumer Consent
• 3rd Circ. Pushed To Rehear Axing Of $62M Avaya Award
• CenturyLink To Buy Level 3 In $34B Telecom Tie-Up
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 2
• FCC Won't Rethink $20M In Calling Card False Ad Fines
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 7
• FCC Could Face Tough Road To Barring Forced Arbitration
• Eon Asks Justices To Review Loss Of $13M Award In IP Suit
• FCC Sets License Hearing For Radio Station's Deadly Contest
• AT&T-Time Warner Deal To Test Big Data Antitrust Theories
• 11th Circ. Says Porn Provider Took Too Long On Injunction
• LA's $92.5M Phone Tax Class Settlement Gets Final OK
• Miss. Justices Nix $12M Tax On AT&T's Out-Of-State Dividends
• SEC Suit Against Ex-Logitech Execs Left Mostly Intact
• Content Is King In Hunting Up Deals For Telcos, Media & Tech
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 6
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 1
• Florida Man Pleads Guilty In Email Hacking Spam Mail Case
• Major Telecoms Want IP Tossed Under Alice In TQ Delta Fight
• Key FCC Legal Adviser On Net Neutrality Decamps
• Orbital ATK Wins $130M NASA Contract For Imaging Satellite
• Feds May Step Into Trump Texting Feud To Defend TCPA
• Nexstar-Media General Deal Shouldn't Wait For FCC, Reps Say
• Dozens Charged Over Massive Call Center Fraud
• FCC Sets New Privacy Framework For Broadband Providers
• As Questions Loom, FCC Presses On With Universal Service
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 5
• Robocall Strike Force Still Has Work To Do, FCC Heads Say
• 3 Things To Watch For In ISP Privacy Rule
• Samsung Can't Shave Two Patents From Huawei's LTE Suit
• Comcast Sues Nashville Over 'Climb Once' Utility Rule
• Oracle Takes Google Copyright Case To Fed. Circ.
• Qualcomm Investors Appeal Chancery Toss Of Antitrust Suit
• FCC Asked To Nix NY's 'Brazen' $170M Broadband Fund Bid
• Biz Ramping Up Cybersecurity Infrastructure, Experts Say
• Class(less) Action: Undermining Consumers At The FCC
• T-Mobile, MetroPCS Work Rules Illegal, NLRB Tells 5th Circ.
• Time Warner Takeover Pushes Need For Uniform Privacy Regs
• Vodafone Hit With $5.6M Fine For Billing Issue
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 4
• Dial Or Push-Button: Oral Arguments In Appeal Of FCC Order
• Sen. Calls For Tougher Internet-Of-Things Rules After Attack
• Redstone Accuses Exes Of Elder Abuse In $150M Suit
• FCC Seeks 108 MHz In Reduced Spectrum Incentive Auction
• NFL Says Sunday Ticket Subscribers Have No Antitrust Case
• Verizon Pushes FCC To Limit Broadcaster Negotiation Tactics
• Cities' Transaction Taxes Threaten Digital Content Cos.
• Antitrust Authorities Step Up Merger Enforcement
• NY Broadcaster Urges DC Circ. To Slip Them Into Auction
• Advocates Urge FCC To Move Forward On Business Data Regs
• Web Attack Piles Onto Internet Of Things Security Concerns
• High Court Can Restore Some Sanity To Design Patents
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 3
• Bridging The Gap Between Outside And Inside Counsel
• Charter Can't Dodge $10B Racism Suit Despite Comcast Win
• Rep. Pallone Aide Pushes FCC Privacy Rules As Good Step
• Consumer Groups Back FTC For 9th Circ. AT&T Data Win Review
• Securus Can't Escape Prison Callers' Recording Suit
• AT&T-Time Warner Deal Poses Privacy Threat, Group Says
• Mexico Hit With $500M NAFTA Claim Over Telmex Ruling
• Samsung Reaches Deal In Smartphone Camera IP Dispute
• Apple Can't Get Full KO On FaceTime Patent Claims
• Tough Scrutiny Ahead For AT&T's $85.4B Time Warner Buy
• FCC Seeks Feedback On Proposed Rules for Video Diversity
• FCC Must Go Further With Emergency Alert Reforms: NYC
• Whistleblower Asks DC Circ. To Relight Verizon FCA Suit
• Comcast Presses FCC Not To Subsidize A Competitor
• The Problem With Breachless Cyberinsurance Claims
• GAO Denies Protest Over Navy Satellite Facility In Italy
• Charter Pushes FCC Against Ethernet Rate Regs
• Trump Vows To Block $85.4B AT&T-Time Warner Deal
• CWA Beats Verizon Suit Over Arbitration Award, For Now
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 2
• So You Want To Be A Partner? You Need A Mentor
• Competitive Carrier Chief Looks Toward Post-Election Reset
• AT&T Inks 2016's Biggest Deal With $85.4B Time Warner Offer
• Fox Units Accused In Soccer TV Rights Bribery Scheme
• Mass. Man To Cop To $1B Pyramid Scheme Ahead Of Trial
• Schumer Asks FCC To Keep Declined Broadband Funds In NY
• FCC's Privacy Plan Still Too Strict, Broadband Group Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Qualcomm, HollyFrontier, Xella
• Zagg Owes $12M To Shareholders Of Purchased Co., Suit Says
• OPINION: The 2nd Circ.'s Misguided Approach To Antitrust
• Nortel Gets OK For First Steps Of $7.3B Allocation Deal
• Clergy For Black Churches Press FCC On Biz Data Regs
• Ex-CBS Anchor Settles Hacking Case In Days Before Trial
• Apple V. Samsung: Consumer Input In Design Patent Cases
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 1
• Apple Aims To Nix $3M IP Loss, MobileMedia Seeks $15M More
• Level 3 Fiber Optic Cables Found Not Taxable In NY State
• FCC's Clyburn Lays Out Lofty Agenda For Broadband Access
• FCC's Pai Slams Agency's Overreach Amid Court Reversals
• FCC Fact Sheet Leaves No One Entirely Happy
• Sen. Says FCC Privacy Plan Gives Consumers Needed Control
• Tax Firm Ducks Malpractice Suit Over $9.5M IRS Debt
• SUFI Merits Atty Fees After $113M Win Over Gov't, Judge Says
• Netflix Takes Aim At Fox Contracts In Exec Poaching Suit
• AT&T Tells Texas Court To Drop ERISA Insurance Dispute
• Republican FCC Commish Takes Aim At College PC Culture
• Trial Pros' Secret To Courtroom Success
• Proposed Verizon-XO Deal Risks Consumer Harm, FCC Told
• IP Addresses Fall Under EU Privacy Law, Top Court Says
• Apple Escapes Some Claims In Bricked IPhone Suit
• Sprint Says It's Waited Long Enough For Biz Data Reform
• $48M T-Mobile Settlement Sends Solid Transparency Message
• Yellow Pages Co. Pays $2.1M To Settle Workers' FLSA Claims
• FCC Told To Narrow Definition Of Sensitive Info In Privacy Plan
• Sling TV Clinches 1st NHL Network Streaming Deal
• Fight For Muni Broadband Has Moved To States: FCC Official
• Belize Hit With $171M Award For Acquisition Of Telecom Co.
• Preparing For Changes To Federal Appellate Rules
• FCC Took Autodialer Ban Too Far, DC Circ. Told
• Spectrum Bids Fall Short In FCC Incentive Auction
• Fed. Circ. Radically Changes The Law Of Obviousness
• Tips For Increasing The Chances Of CFIUS Approval
• Carter Validus Buys AT&T Data Center Property In $80M Deal
• Non-English Speakers Say FCC Alert Systems Discriminatory
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Vista Equity Partners, Chevron
• Why Telemedicine Is About To Take Off
• T-Mobile To Pay $48M Over Misleading 'Unlimited' Data Plan
• Judge Posner Slams 'Sloppy' Contract Suit Against AT&T
• NSA Official Says Mostly Old Holes, Not New Ones In Hacks
• FCC Told To Harmonize Privacy Plans With Other Regulators
• Microsoft Urges FCC Caution On Set-Top Privacy Rules
• Carmakers Press FCC To Move On Automated Car Spectrum
• Cellphone User Fights Sanction Bid In Pizza Hut TCPA Suit
• FCC Urged Not To Let Ethernet Off The Hook For Regs
• FCC Warned Of New Broadcast TV Standard's Impact On Cable
• Texas Medical Board Drops 5th Circ. Telemedicine Appeal
• Cox Rips $13M Atty Fee Bid In 'Novel' Piracy Fight
• T-Mobile Gives FCC's Post-Auction Transition Plan Thumbs-Up
• Reps. Question FCC Watchdog's Independence After Leaks
• What To Expect From The Appeal Of FCC's TCPA Order
• Samsung Buyers Allege 'Stealth Contracting' At 9th Circ.
• Comcast Praises FCC's Backing Down On Some Rate Regs
• Clearwire Pressed On Disclosure In $3.6B Sprint Buyout Trial
• Dish Slams Gov't Bid For Sanctions In Telemarketing Row
• Cadwalader Brings Back Orrick Partner For Litigation Group
• 10th Circ. Won't Rethink Arbitration In Cox Antitrust Suits
• Consumer Group Joins Challenge to FCC's Lifeline Change
• Broadband Privacy Plan Still Flawed, Carriers Tell FCC
• Message Blocking May Put Public In Harm's Way, FCC Told
• Chamber Says Spokeo Dooms Lifetime Network TCPA Class
• Will Your State Be Ready When FirstNet's Plan Arrives?
• Garvey Schubert Gets $20M Malpractice Claims Nixed
• FCC Urged To Wrap Broadband Privacy, Set-Top Plans
• Unlikely Success For M&A Post-Closing Disclosure Claims
• OPINION: 3rd-Party Litigation Funding Needs Transparency
• Comcast Hit With Class Action Over 'Bogus' Fees
• High Court Rejects Ex-LightSquared CEO's Cert. Petition
• DirecTV Class Wage Claims To Get New Look After Sandquist
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Incompas Urges FCC To Speed Up Rate Cuts
• All Samsung Galaxy Note7 Phones Banned From Airplanes
• Viacom Taps 3 Investment Banks To Guide Potential CBS Deal
• Mexican Broadcasters Urge Justices To Nix Defamation Case
• ICSID Roundup: The Latest Claims You Need To Know
• FCC's O'Rielly Slams DC Circ. Order Backing Net Neutrality
• Justices Seem Unsatisfied With Design Patent Damages Tests
• SoftBank, Saudi Arabia Launch $100B Tech Fund
• FCC's Inmate Call Plan Should Go Forward, DC Circ. Hears
• Lyft Faces Another TCPA Suit Over Autodialed Texts
• How Comcast Was Punished For 'Negative Option Billing'
• FTC Asks 9th Circ. To Rehear AT&T Data-Throttling Suit
• Gov't., Dish Network Not Allowed New Evidence In TCPA Suit
• US Pension Insurer Balks At $7.3B Nortel Allocation Deal
• Latest FCC Spectrum Auction Clearing Cost Drops To $54.6B
• Rural ISPs Push FCC's Pai On Broadband Access
• FCC's Privacy Rules Must Not Limit States, DC AG Says
• NY Asks FCC To Waive Bids For $170M In Broadband Funds
• 5th Circ. Upholds Sanctions For SkyPort Investor Advisers
• Ex-AT&T Exec Must Arbitrate Severance Row, Judge Confirms
• Feds Defend $1M Tax Win Against VoIP Co. At Fed. Circ.
• Time Warner Data Suit Toss Flouts Spokeo, 7th Circ. Told
• $3M Settlement, $450K Fee OK'd In Del. Mavenir Merger Suit
• Tough Politics Force Wheeler To Limit Business Data Plan
• Nortel Settles Cross-Border $7.3B Bankruptcy Allocation Fight
• Oprah Stole 'Fix My Life' Reality Show Idea, Suit Claims
• FCC Must Reject Google's ISP Privacy Plan, Advocate Says
• Campus TV Provider Owes Retransmission Fees, FCC Told
• FCC's Pai Touts Plan To Bring Broadband To Poorer Areas
• Samsung Says Jury Was Right To Invalidate Imaging Patent
• Lifetime Asks To Sew Up Cert. Denial Over 'Project Runway'
• 'Internet Of Things' Protocols: Past And Future Trends
• The Art Of Silence At Trial
• Reconsidering 'Traceability' Element Of TCPA Standing
• FCC's Eased Privacy Plan Still Divides Internet Ecosystem
• FCC's Wheeler Touts Accessible Tech For Disabled
• Samsung Gives Up Permanently On Troubled Galaxy Note 7
• FCC Should Move On New Broadcast TV Standard, Pai Says
• A Change In Course For The Treatment Of Broadband Data
• Advertising Industry Hits FCC's Broadband Privacy Plans
• Biotech Zymergen Banks $130M From Private Investors
• Justices Question $400M Award In Apple-Samsung Case
• Comcast Hit With Largest FCC Cable Operator Fine
• Samsung SDI Settles Antitrust Claims By Dell In Battery MDL
• SEC Re-Enters The Employment Law Arena
• NJ Atty Suspended For Settling Case Without Client's Consent
• Justices May Cut Design Patent Value In Apple-Samsung Case
• FCC Chair's Leaks Within His Authority, Watchdog Says
• DirecTV Blasts FTC Quick Win Bid In False Advertising Suit
• FCC Lifts Sunshine Restrictions On Set-Top Box Plan
• FCC Head Proposes 'Light Touch' For New Biz-Data Players
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Amaya, Delta Lloyd
• Vodafone Inks $3B Deal For New Spectrum In India
• AT&T Slams Arbitral Rehash Of Args Snubbed By Judge
• Samsung Denies Injury In Patent Antitrust Suit
• Full Fed. Circ. Revives Apple's $120M Samsung Patent Win
• The Ins And Outs Of Working In-House
• Comcast Slams Verizon Plan For FCC Special Access Reform
• DoCoMo Brings $1.2B Tata Telecom Arbitration Spat To NY
• Apple Says FaceTime Didn't Infringe Straight Path Patents
• Samsung, LG Accused Of Anti-Poaching Pact For Third Time
• FCC Sets Out Revised Privacy Rules For Broadband Providers
• CPSC Probing Report Of Samsung Galaxy Note Fire On Plane
• Clock Could Run Out On FCC's Push For Video Diversity
• FCC Told To Wrap Up Review Of Nexstar-Media General Deal
• Coming Soon: The 3-D (And 4-D) Brief
• Senate Dems Push For 'Transparent' Spectrum Sharing Tests
• Fed. Circ. Affirms PTAB Win For Juniper On Router Patents
• Gilstrap Pauses Review Of Most Acacia Unit Patents
• PE Duo Buys $1.22B Telecom Biz Wharf T&T
• Calif. Judge Dismisses $20B Race Bias Suit Against Comcast
• 3rd Circ. Revives Challenge To NSA Email Surveillance
• Attys Seek $1.6M Fees In $160K Time Warner Bias Trial Win
• States Seek New Block On FCC's Inmate Call Rate Plan
• Cable Cos. Want FCC To Keep Out Of App Licensing
• FCC Gets Public Interest Pressure To Adopt Data Rate Regs
• TV Production Co. Hits Back At Charter In $10B Racism Suit
• The 'Tough Noogies' Doctrine: Rights But No Remedies
• TalkTalk Hit With Record Fine For 2015 Data Breach
• 4 Tips For Overcoming 'Abstract Idea' Rejection
• OMB Approval Moves FCC Lifeline Update Forward
• Baker Donelson Expands Telecom Practice With 12 Attys In SC
• Subscribers Want Arbitration Sacked In NFL Antitrust MDL
• Netflix, Dish Reject Net Neutrality Rehearing At DC Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sears, Wharf Holdings, Gannett
• Dish Network Wins Lost Channels Class Action In 8th Circ.
• FCC's O'Rielly Says Key Issues Still Hamper Set-Top Box Plan
• Consumer Says T-Mobile Can't Escape Credit Check Suit
• FCC Pressured On Privacy Rules' Effect On Small ISPs
• FCC Commish, Sen. Push For Rural Telehealth In W. Va.
• Judge Kills $5M Phone Caption Verdict, Rules Patent Obvious
• FCC's Rosenworcel Hit With Set-Top Box Input From The Hill
• FCC Knocks Move To Rehear Net Neutrality Win At DC Circ.
• Campus TV Provider Denies It Owes Retransmission Fees
• Facebook Pushes For Spectrum Flexibility, Sharing At FCC
• Publisher Wants Cox To Pay $13M Legal Bill In Piracy Fight
• O'Rielly Says FCC Making Cost-Unconscious Decisions
• Apple Hit With $300M VirnetX Patent Verdict In Texas
• FCC Says List Subscribers Can Get Spoof Calls Blocked
• IRS Settles With Banker's Estate Over Tax On $140M In Art
• High Court Wants Solicitor's Take On Cyan Securities Appeal
• High Court Won't Review Cisco's $74M Patent Win