Telecommunications Archive » December, 2016

Telecommunications - December, 2016

176 articles

• 6 Key Commercial Litigation Finance Trends For 2017
• 5 Trends Dominated Ad Law In 2016
• 5 Ways To Fight Costlier Legal Malpractice Claims In 2017
• Phone Co. Accused Of Abusing Lifeline Program To Pay $30M
• US Sanctions Against Cuba: Outlook Under President Trump
• Mediating E-Discovery Disputes Can Save Time And Money
• DOJ Must Produce Surveillance Records For Judge To Review
• EU Data Retention Slam Offers Telecoms Cloudy Path Forward
• Rural Broadband Group Urges Caution In Next-Gen TV Rollout
• AT&T Can't Scrap Age Discrimination Verdict, Judge Says
• Win For Apple, Samsung As PTAB Scraps IXI Patent Claims
• TD Bank, Target Trim Robocall Suit, But Not Calif. Claim
• Texas Cable TV Co. Reaches $750K Deal To End FLSA Suit
• FTC Can't Exclude Evidence As Sanction In DirecTV Ad Row
• Tech Support Cos. Agree To $10M Judgment Over Scam
• Nortel Says $565M PBGC Deal Boosts Odds Of Ch. 11 Exit
• Missouri Seeks Judgment In TCPA Suit Against Charter
• American Eagle To Pay $14.5M To End Spam Text Dispute
• House Group Warns Against Proposals To Weaken Encryption
• EU High Court Strikes Down Mass Data Retention
• Calif. Court Tosses Disability Bias Ruling Against TWC
• FCC Approves Wireless Industry Network Resiliency Plan
• FCC's Wheeler Defends ISP Privacy Rules To Sen. Flake
• Honda Seeks FCC Waiver On Entertainment System Access
• Apple Launches Antitrust Suit Over Nokia Standard Patents
• FCC Announces $50M In New Subsidies For Rural Broadband
• Sinclair Broadcast Slams Reports Of Slanted Trump Coverage
• Building Momentum For The Pay Equity Movement In BigLaw
• Are You Prepared For A 'Post-Fact' Jury?
• Chancery Mulls Largest Incentive Award Ever In Occam Case
• MoFo's McElhinny Retiring, Withdraws From Repping Apple
• Advocates Urge FCC To Preserve Vacant TV Channel Space
• Digital Ad Co. Settles With FTC To End Net Tracking Probe
• FCC's Clyburn Floats Connectivity Plan
• PTAB Rejects Bid By Apple, Samsung For Wireless IP Review
• Ex-Verizon Employee Claims She Was Fired Over Her Accent
• NSA Fights Discovery Bid In Calif. Phone Spying Row
• Contractor Calls TCPA Suit Over Recall Efforts 'Disturbing'
• NY High Court Axes Pre-1972 Song Case Against Sirius
• AT&T Customer Fights Wireless Contract Arbitration Clause
• 4 Questions Raised By DOT's Connected-Car Tech Proposal
• District Court Kept Jurisdiction After Arbitration: 11th Circ.
• FCC's Republicans Will Revisit Open Internet 'ASAP'
• FCC Warns IRS Phone Scam Has Cost Victims $50M
• AT&T Defends Data Program In FCC Open Internet Inquiry
• High Court Urged To Revive Verizon ERISA Pension Suit
• Keeping Pro Se Litigants At Bay
• CenturyLink To Provide Senate Offices With Comms Platform
• Gov't Review Of Telecom M&A Helps Consumers: DOJ Official
• FCC Told To Add Precise Geo-Targeting To Alerting Upgrade
• Trump Team Eyes 'Quick Win' In ZTE Sanctions Row
• Japanese Telecom Pouring $1B Into Fla. Satellite Startup
• FCC's Clyburn Hopes To Continue Influential Role In 2017
• SpaceX Lobbies FCC For Spectrum Resources
• Time Warner Cable Says Calls Weren't Automated In TCPA Suit
• Redstone's Ex-GF Alleges His Daughter Plotted Their Split
• Media Groups Want FCC Rules Challenge Moved To 3rd Circ.
• FCC Told To Rethink Cybersecurity Reporting Requirement
• What The FCC Will Look Like In 2017
• Are Courts In The Discovery Driver's Seat?
• Wheeler's FCC Chairmanship Controversial, But Effective
• Verizon Hits Back At FCC On Free Data Amid Trump Switch
• Houston Talk Radio Station Sues Vendor Over 'Hijacking'
• NY Presses Case At FCC For $170.4M Broadband Funding
• FCC Adopts Real-Time Text Plan, Bids 2 Dems Farewell
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Sanofi, Garena
• EU Agrees On Plan To Coordinate UHF Spectrum Reallocation
• Fox, CBS To Hand Over NFL Deal Docs In Sunday Ticket Case
• 21st-Century Fox Inks $14.6B Deal For The Rest Of Sky
• Kirkland-Aided Warburg Pincus Clinches $2B China Fund
• Apple Hit With $7.3M Verdict In Core Wireless Patent Suit
• How China's Draft Regulations Will Control Cloud Services
• Public Records Access V. Privacy: California's Struggle
• FCC Chair Wheeler To Step Down In January
• Comcast Wins Again On $2.8M Franchise Tax Refund
• Cybersecurity Commissioners Urge Major Reforms
• FCC's Clyburn Pushes Service Efforts In Rural America
• BT Chief Urges FCC's Rosenworcel To Act On Special Access
• Bankrupt Brazil Dept. Store Can Go After Owner's US Assets
• Top Telecom Cases Of 2016: Year In Review
• Sinclair Says AT&T, Others Can't Delay Next-Gen TV
• Small Cos. Tell FCC To Extend Relief Of Transparency Rules
• National Cybersecurity Report: Top Business Takeaways
• Malaysia's Axiata Signs $600M Infrastructure Deal
• US Urges High Court to Reject Belize's Arbitration Appeal
• HP Was 'Opportunistic' In $2.8B Aruba Buy, Chancery Told
• FCC's Clyburn Slams Inmate Call Cos. For Excessive Charges
• Rules Of Civil Procedure Updates Affect E-Discovery
• CenturyLink, Level 3 Seek FCC Blessing For $34B Tie-Up
• Top Telecom Policy Developments Of 2016: Year In Review
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Its Revival Of Sprint Patents
• The Path To The California Bench
• DirecTV Joins High Court Appeals Of Mich. Tax Deal
• Bulgarian Faces Indictment In Pa. Over Malware Attacks
• 3 Tips To Avoid Being On The Outs With In-House Counsel
• ACLU Can't See DOJ Snooping Strategy Docs, 9th Circ. Told
• Verizon Says Arbitration Required in $45M Negligence Suit
• Justices Tell 6th Circ., Apply Tysons Ruling To Wage Fight
• FCC Aims To Clear 84 MHz In New Auction Stage
• Inteliquent Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Merger Plan
• Comcast Lobbies FCC Against Changes To Alert System Rules
• Big Telecoms Want Flexibility In Real-Time Text Rules
• EU Docks Sony, Panasonic, Sanyo $176M Over Battery Cartel
• Samsung V. Apple: Impacts Beyond Damages
• Time Warner Cable Can't Escape Modem Fee Suit
• Apple, MobileMedia Fight Over New Trial After $3M IP Loss
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Dashboard Phone System IP Suits
• Xtera Creditors Say DIP Loan Will Leave Case Insolvent
• FTC Begins $88M In Refunds After AT&T Cramming Settlement
• Taxation With Representation: Davis, Wilson, Freshfields
• Carriers Press FCC To Stick To Post-Auction Timeline
• FCC Told To Tread Carefully With New Emergency Alert Rules
• The Horrible Conflict Between Biology And Women Attorneys
• Sprint Says Tax Charge Consumer Crying Wolf In Sanction Bid
• Broadcasters Back FCC In Bid To Nix Emergency Alert Suit
• Fed. Circ. Hands Motorola Win In Intellectual Ventures Row
• AT&T Hit With Patent Suit Over Data-Throttling Servers
• 21st-Century Fox Offers To Buy The Rest Of Sky PLC For $14B
• Broadcasters Drop DC Circ. Challenge Of FCC Rules
• Agency Chief Says Domain System Transition Is Opportunity
• Reps Want 'Disco Era' FCC Media Ownership Rules Gone
• FCC's Wheeler Agrees To Step Aside To Help Rosenworcel
• Broadcasters Hit 'Self-Serving' Move To Stall FCC Standard
• Tax On Modem Service Sale To AOL Nixed By Full Pa. Court
• Lawyer EQ: Finding Success In Every Interaction
• KKR Brings In $711M For Growth Equity TMT Fund
• Frontier To Settle Class Action Over Telemarketing Calls
• Telecom MVP: Gibson Dunn's Helgi Walker
• Managing Intergenerational Differences Within Your Law Firm
• Media General-Nexstar Talks Should Sink Deal, Group Says
• FBI Arrests Puerto Rico Mayor On Extortion Charges
• FCC's Wheeler Pushes Internet Of Things Cybersecurity Plan
• FCC Republicans Want Course Correction, Process Fix
• Rights Org Calls Radio Group 'Illegal Cartel' In Fee Spat
• AT&T, Cox Settle Set-Top Box, Phone Patent Row
• AT&T, Time Warner Chiefs Vow $85B Tie-Up Won't Hike Prices
• Philip Hirschkop: Quietly Making Noise For 50 Years
• Telecom MVP: Davis Wright Tremaine's Peter Karanjia
• Justices Limit Design Patent Fines, But Details Are Lacking
• AT&T, Dish Say Broadcasters Should Carry Next-Gen TV Costs
• Cybersecurity Report Offers Mixed Bag For Businesses
• Wireless Bids For Broadcast Spectrum Again Fall Short
• FCC Seeks $76M From Telecom Company Over Support Claims
• Commerce Head Urges Backing Of Cybersecurity Report
• Jones Day, Davis Polk Steer $3.6B Verizon-Equinix Deal
• Telecom MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Gardner Gillespie
• Justices Toss Apple's $400M Award In Samsung Patent Case
• Core Wireless Says Apple Owes $24M As IP Trial Kicks Off
• Ex-Cisco CEO Tells Jury Arista IP Infringement Hurt Big
• FCC's Zero-Rating Review On Post-Election Life Support
• Consolidated Communications To Buy FairPoint In $1.5B Deal
• Xtera Communications Ends Concerns Over Auction Rules
• Cellphone User Beats Sanctions Bid In Pizza Hut TCPA Suit
• T-Mobile, CCA Want Flexible Approach To FCC Real-Time Text
• Rural Pa. Wireless Developer Dials Up Ch. 11 In Delaware
• TV Alliance Cautions FCC On New Broadcast Standards
• Telecom Pocketed Bogus Service Fund Fees, FCC Claims
• Charter Seeks To End 'Gravy Train' Cable Permit Scheme
• FCC Urges DC Circ. To Nix Emergency Alert System Suit
• In Congress: The End Game
• FCC Seeks Feedback On Plan For National Lifeline Verifier
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Ropes, Gibson, Weil
• Xtera Ch. 11 Auction Rules Will Deter Buyers, Lender Says
• Cable, Fiber Broadband Speeds Gain, DSL Stagnant, FCC Says
• FCC Must Revisit Emergency Alerting Changes, Group Says
• FCC Bucks Republicans To Press Phone Cos. On Zero-Rating
• AT&T Seeks Flexibility In FCC's Real-Time Text Plan
• 5 Insights From Airbus Group's Joshua Walker
• New Warrant Power Amplifies Need For Strong Data Security
• DoCoMo Says $1.2B Tata Arbitration Tiff Can Be Heard In NY
• DirecTV Slams FTC's 'Tactical' Sanctions Bid In False Ad Suit
• FCC Warned To Act Now On Open Internet Transparency Relief
• FTC Contest Didn't Create Procurement Contract: Fed. Circ.
• Wilkinson Barker Adds Former FCC Legal Adviser
• Nortel Ch. 11 Disclosure Cleared For $7.3B Bankruptcy Plan
• Verizon Hit With IP Suit Over 4G LTE Network Tech