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Telecommunications - March, 2017

276 articles

• 3 Things To Watch After FCC's Privacy Rules Get The Ax
• FCC's Loss On Fax Rule Could Curb Explosion Of TCPA Suits
• Buccaneers' $19.5M Deal Over Junk Faxes Gets Early Nod
• Rite-Aid Beats TCPA Suit Over Flu Shot Reminder Calls
• Apple Wins Unwired Planet's UK IP Row Docs Before Trial
• A Law Firm's Guide To Social Media
• FCC Broadcast Spectrum Auction Wraps Up At $19.8B
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Indus Towers, Befesa Medio
• DLA Piper Expands Nordic Presence With Danish Firm Combo
• Defining 'Securities Claims' In D&O Policies
• Novelist's 'Empire' Copyright Suit Gets Trimmed
• Susman Godfrey Fined Over Formatting In Amazon TM Suit
• FCC's Junk Fax Opt-Out Rule Struck Down By DC Circuit
• FCC Must Enforce Open Internet Rules, Former Top Cop Says
• FCC Sets Vote On Business Data Services Rules
• AT&T Nabs $6.5B First Responder Network Contract
• Prisoners' Call Recording Suit Against Securus Gets Trimmed
• PTAB Nixes Six Cisco IPR Petitions Over Networking Patents
• Bankruptcy Judge Wants More Info On Avaya Bonus Plan
• Why Time Warner's Attack Against The TCPA Is On The Ropes
• FCC's Pai Favors 'Targeted Action' To Open Internet Order
• Prison Phone Co. Can't Arbitrate Rate Row, 3rd Circ. Says
• FCC To Nix Federal Lifeline Approval Process, Pai Says
• AT&T Backs FCC To Allocate Broadband Infrastructure Funds
• FCC's Pai Seeks Internet Without 'Heavy-Handed' Regs
• Charter Internet Users Sue Over Slow Speeds
• Motorola Files ITC Complaint Over Hytera Radio Equipment
• Spectrum-Surfing NY Judge Bails Out Of AG's Net Speed Suit
• Liberty Mutual Needn't Defend In Phone Reselling Scam Suit
• Fla. Telecom Owner Gets 6 Years In Int'l Call Fraud Scheme
• US Removes ZTE From Trade Blacklist After Sanctions Deal
• A Startup Attorney's Tips To Advance Company Diversity
• Charter Build-Out Mandate Gets Flak From Small Telco
• Dem Lawmakers Urge FCC Action On Cellphone Cybersecurity
• House Votes To Repeal FCC Privacy Rules
• Trade Group Warns FCC Of Special Access Market Power
• FCC To Provide Funds To Bring 4G LTE To Rural Areas
• AT&T Call Recipients Can't Certify Class In TCPA Suit
• HTC, Others Can't Beat Map Patent With Alice, Judge Rules
• Aereo Didn't Kill Copyright 'Volitional' Rule, 5th Circ. Says
• Prison Phone Co.'s Arbitration Bid Untimely, Group Says
• US Trustee Rips Avaya's $3.7M Bankruptcy Bonus Plan
• FCC Told CenturyLink, Level 3 Must Show Merger Benefits
• RadioShack Unsecured Creditors Balk At Lender Cash Terms
• Lifeline Revocations Lacked Evidence Of Abuse, FCC Told
• FCC Sets Out Final Connectivity Improvement Plan
• Jail Phone Co. Gets Nod For $8.8M Deal Over 1.8M Robocalls
• Cox Lobbies FCC Against Special Access Regs For Cable
• Are Your In-House Lawyers Happy?
• Ex-Prosecutor In Plea Talks Over Alleged Illegal Wiretap
• Belizean Court Sinks Belize Bank's $37M Arbitration Appeal
• High Court Won't Hear 5th Circ. Verizon ERISA Appeal
• Supreme Court Won't Tackle Pre-1972 Song DMCA Battle
• In Congress: Light Floor Schedule, Heavy On Committees
• 6th Circ. Revives Tenn. 911 Billing Suit Against AT&T
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Kirkland, Simpson
• FCC Faces Quandary If Obama-Era Privacy Rules Get Boot
• Texas Jury Hits Motorola For $9M In HD Voice Patent Trial
• FCC's VoIP Phone Number Order Survives DC Circ. Challenge
• IRS Not At Fault For Ex-Sprint Execs' Forced Exit: Judge
• FCC Warned 5G Preemption Could Cost Localities 'Billions'
• HK Investor Agrees To Freeze In DreamWorks Trading Case
• Google, NASA, Planes And A Stronger Legal Team
• FCC Says 12,600 Consumers Affected By AT&T 911 Outage
• Senate Votes To Undo FCC's Broadband Privacy Rules
• FCC Advances Plan Targeting Illegal Robocalls
• Court Says Netflix Must Pay Jones Day Rates In Dispute
• DirecTV Settles DOJ's Dodgers Channel Info-Sharing Suit
• T-Mobile Urges FCC Not To Delay Post-Auction Transition
• Patent Licensing Cos. Fight To Save IP Row From Dismissal
• India Floats Draft Text Of WTO Services Agreement
• 10 Tips For Better Legal Negotiations
• Apple Can't Fully Dodge Antitrust Row Over AT&T iPhone Deal
• ZTE Cops To Sanctions Violation In $892M Iran Sales Penalty
• $3B TelexFree Ponzi Scheme President Sentenced To 6 Years
• FCC Warned Against Interfering On Local Rights-Of-Way
• Consolidated Comm's Merger Vote Must Wait On More Info
• GM Pushes Wireless Tech, Autonomous Car Needs With FCC
• Calif. Phone Tax Class Action Kicked Back To State Court
• FCC's O'Rielly Urges Move Away From 'Eye-Popping' Fines
• Belize Asks 11th Circ. To Rethink $22M Telecom Deal Row
• VimpelCom Investors Say Foreign Bribery Suit Has Mettle
• FCC Sets Reporting Requirements For Connect America Fund
• Gray Matters: Decision Error
• Facebook Wants 9th Circ.'s Take On TCPA In Spam Text Row
• Consumer Slams Twilio's Bid To Exit TCPA Lawsuit
• 9th Circ. Reverses Company's Quick Win In FLSA OT Suit
• Apple Wants Unwired Planet's Docs Ahead Of Patent Trial
• FCC's Clyburn Slams Potential Lifeline 'Poor Tax'
• FCC Urged To Recognize Special Access Competition
• Family Lands Jury Win In Tax Suit Over $40M Cable Co. Sale
• FCC's Pai Pushes Better Broadband For Rust Belt
• Consolidated Comm Omitted Info On $1.5B Merger, Court Told
• Avaya Gets Approval To Back Out Of 49ers Suite Contract
• Applying 'Footprint' Methodology To Prism V. Sprint
• DirecTV Says FCRA, Ill. Law Misapplied In Class Action
• Law Schools And Law Firms: Seeking Common Ground
• Web Streamers Can't Use TV License, 9th Circ. Says
• Broadcasters Ask FCC To Rethink Post-Auction Transition
• How EU Data Privacy Reform Will Impact US Telecom Cos.
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• New FCC Chief Breaks With Trump On Media 'Enemy' Remarks
• Wireless Co. Loses Challenge To First Responder Network Bid
• Davis Polk Advises Spanish Telecom On $3.5B Debt Offering
• FCC Lays Out Criteria For $2B Connect America Auction
• Lifeline Providers Push FCC To Flip Eligibility Move
• Verizon's $11B Bond Sale To Buy Back Debt, Fund Yahoo Deal
• AT&T Asks FCC To Make Jewish Center Call Traces Permanent
• Blank Check Co., Cision To Form $2.4B Media Software Co.
• NBC Blasts Baiul Royalty Appeal In 2nd Circ.
• Vodafone, Idea's $23B Deal Forms India's No. 1 Telecom Co.
• Facebook Users Fight 9th Circ. Take On Birthday Text Row
• Ala. Can't Get Redo On AT&T Users' Tax Refund Bid
• Gorsuch's Originalism In The Age Of Bytes And Blockchains
• Not From Around Here? Trying A Case As An Out-Of-Towner
• $1M, Uncapped Deals Get Nod In Cellphone 'Cramming' Suits
• Industry Mounts Final Assault On FCC's ISP Privacy Rules
• FCC Gives Honda More Time On Accessibility Rules
• Samsung Tells High Court $120M Apple Patent Win Flouts Law
• FCC's Pai Continues Task Force Studying Telehealth
• Claims Court Chides Gov't Atty For Lack Of Contract Candor
• Divided NLRB Upholds Staffing Co. Joint Employer Subpoena
• Feds Seek 10 Years For CEO In $3B Ponzi, Rip 'Moral Failure'
• Where Cos. Are 'Found' In §1782 Discovery Applications
• Roche, Pharmacies Reach $17M Deal Over Unwanted Faxes
• Trump's Budget Proposal Includes NTIA Support
• Fed. Circ. Delay Sought In IP Suit Pending Cert. Petition
• UK Authorities To Probe Fox's Latest $14B Sky Takeover Bid
• Writers Guild Blasts FCC's Cutting Of Lifeline Providers
• Free Market Group Says FCC Must Nix ISP Privacy Rules
• Telecom Electricity Use Not Tax Exempt, NY Judge Says
• Indian Court Hears Bank Bid To Kill $1.2B Tata-DoCoMo Deal
• Congress Braces For Fight Over Trump's First Budget
• NY Judge Stays $1.2B Tata, DoCoMo Arbitration Row
• FCC Takes A Backseat In Regulating Online Privacy
• DC Circ.'s Delay On Net Neutrality Points To Wider Holdup
• 9th Circ. Sends Pre-1972 Song Fight To Calif. High Court
• Verizon Says DC Circ. Can Weigh Employee Handbook Ruling
• Internet Group Urges FCC To Align Privacy Rules With FTC
• Millennials Losing Interest In Sports & TV, Study Shows
• Verizon Clinches $48M Coverage For Spinoff Fraud Suit
• Equipment Lender Moves For Win In Fraudulent Lease Suit
• Davis Polk Guides Comcast On $1B Offering In Taiwan
• FCC Told Lifeline Broadband Change Hurts Underserved Kids
• FCC's Pai Promises To Speed Up Innovation On Midwest Tour
• EU Competition Watchdog OKs $85.4B AT&T-Time Warner Deal
• FTC's Suit Over Alleged $70M Phone Bill Scheme May Proceed
• Cox Tells Justices Fed. Circ. Flouted Law In Sprint Case
• FCC's Dem Pushes 5G, Expanded Broadband Access
• Data-Selling 'Right To Know' Bill Clears Hurdle In Ill.
• Judge Won't Increase Sprint's $140M Patent Win Over TWC
• Comcast Loses Round In Fight Over 10 Set-Top IP Claims
• Senior FCC Adviser Rejoins Harris Wiltshire & Grannis
• Apple Consumer Row Over Faulty IPhone Screens Gets Cut
• NFL Online Media Arm Aims To Elude Streaming Patent Claims
• Russia Finds Apple Illegally Fixed Prices On IPhones
• Carriers Say FCC Privacy Regs Hurt Small ISPs
• Forced Charter Overbuild Threatens Investment, FCC Told
• Mexican Mobile Co. Fights For $6M Claim Against Vivaro
• Motorola Hits China's Hytera With Patent, Trade Secrets Suit
• Arbitration Agreements In Calif. Require Consumer Assent
• Telemundo Sues Over World Cup Qualifier Broadcast Rights
• NYC Says Almost Not Enough For Verizon's FiOS Promise
• Verizon Settles $45M Suit Over Hostages' Failed 911 Calls
• How The Most Profitable Law Firms Structure Their C-Suites
• Senate Dems Push FCC's Pai On Trump's Media Comments
• Tata Of India Says It Will Fulfill $1.2B Arbitral Ruling
• Oracle Urges FCC To Ax Privacy, Net Neutrality Rules
• Trump-Pai Meeting Records Should Be Public, Group Says
• CenturyLink Says 9th Circ. Ruling Doesn't Save FCRA Suit
• PE-Backed Issuers Prime Secondary Deals Totaling $208M
• Why China Is A Good Place For NPEs
• Motorola Asks Fed. Circ. To Finish The Job On IV Patent
• FCC's O'Rielly Warns Of Burden In New Tower Marking Specs
• Apple Can't Stay FaceTime Patent Row, VirnetX Argues
• FCC Considers Eligibility Challenge Rules For Mobility Fund
• 7th Circ. Frees Atty From Sanctions Over PNC Bank Suit
• Settlement Strategy: What Does The Client Really Want?
• Jury Finds Phone Reseller Didn't Breach Sprint Contract
• 4 Clues From The FCC Chairman On Net Neutrality's Fate
• Fed. Circ. Affirms AT&T Trial Win In Enovsys Patent Suit
• Facebook Live Nets Deal To Stream MLS Matches
• IP In Suit Against Cigna, Others Too Abstract, Judge Says
• French Watchdog Fines SFR €40M For Broken Merger Pledges
• 7th Circ. Says Ex-Telecom Exec's $5M Theft Not Covered
• McConnell Backs Move To Nix FCC Privacy Rules
• Former FCC Enforcement Chief Joins Boies Schiller
• Verizon's NLRB Challenge Should Be Dropped, Worker Says
• FCC Considering 'Next Generation' Broadcasting Standard
• In The Associate Lateral Market, All Law Firms Are Not Equal
• Export Control Enforcement In The Wake Of ZTE Resolution
• SolarCity Faces TCPA Cert. Bid, Says Some Agreed To Calls
• Full Fed. Circ. Won't Review Reversal Of Amdocs IP's Alice Nix
• Civil Rights Coalition Seeks Sit-Down With FCC's Pai
• FCC Gets Local Pushback On 5G Infrastructure Preemption
• Advocates Ask FCC To Refuse Fox-NY Post Ownership Waiver
• Co. Says ZTE Can't Hide $892M Fine From Patent Row
• Reflections From A Mock Trial
• Facebook Slims Claims In Unsolicited Text Dispute
• Justices' Arbitration Ruling Hurts Consumers, 9th Circ. Told
• FCC Chief Launches Probe Into AT&T's 911 Service Outage
• Extreme Networks Lobs $100M Stalking Horse For Avaya Biz
• RadioShack Back In Ch. 11 Citing Problems With Sprint Deal
• What To Expect From NPE Activity In China
• Dish Seeks Do-Over After $20.5M Telemarketing Trial Award
• Exposed CIA Tactics Open Doors For Non-Gov't Hackers
• Frustrated Alsup Orders 'Shoot Out' In Comcast's Patent Row
• Posner: Law Firm No 'Hapless' Party In Contract Renewal Row
• ZTE Listing Pivotal In Criminal Case, DOJ Official Says
• Sen. Cruz Presses FCC's Pai To Rescind Net Neutrality Order
• ZTE Fine Shows Big Sanctions Aren't Just For Banks Anymore
• FCC Relaxes Rules For Rebroadcasting AM Stations
• Dewey, Patterson Trustee Fees Trimmed In Nortel Ch. 11
• Senate Dems Push FCC's Pai To Safeguard E-Rate Program
• ACLU, Public Knowledge Mount Net Neutrality Defense
• Gym Chain's 'Robocalls' Violated The TCPA, 3rd Circ. Told
• Verizon Challenges NLRB Handbook Ruling At DC Circ.
• Mass. Feds Charge 2 Brazilians Over TelexFree Laundering
• Sterne Kessler Says Attys In DQ Bid No Risk To Leak Secrets
• NLRB Regional Director Must Rethink NBC Producer Case
• Sen. Flake Files Resolution To Nix FCC's Privacy Rules
• FCC's Robocall Plan To Benefit From Rare Bipartisanship
• Trump Renominates FCC's Pai To Continue As Chairman
• Investors Say AOL Undervalued By $1.6B In Verizon Buyout
• Fed. Circ. Upholds $7.5M Comcast Win In Sprint Patent Case
• Broadcasters Ask FCC To Make Post-Auction Deadline Flexible
• Securus Seeks To Toss Row Over Prison Phone Call Rates
• US Wallops ZTE With $892M Penalty For Sales To Iran
• DirecTV and FTC Reach Deal In Deceptive Marketing Suit
• Jive Can't Talk Way Into Attorneys' Fees In Patent Case
• South Korean Prosecutor Unveils New Charges Against Prez
• Network Co. Hid Financial Health Before Buyout, Jury Hears
• FCC's O'Rielly Calls For Action On 'Paperwork Burdens'
• Fed. Circ. Affirms $30M Loss For Sprint At Patent Trial
• 2nd Deal To Settle DJ's Wage Suit Is Music To Judge's Ears
• Thune, Schumer Duke It Out In Twin Net Neutrality Op-Eds
• High Court Urged To Review Nixing Of Streaming IP Patents
• Feds Defend Constitutionality Of TCPA In Time Warner Suit
• Data Analytics Now Cost-Effective For Smaller Firms
• Redstone's Ex-GF Can't Force Depo In $150M Abuse Row
• Consolidated Communications Investor Challenges $1.5B Deal
• Fox Stations Ask FCC To Allow NY Post Co-Ownership
• Avaya Fights Trustee's 'Insider' Label In Bid To Pay Bonuses
• FCC Allows Jewish Community Centers To Trace Call Threats
• FCC Seeks Feedback On Calls To Restore Lifeline Companies
• Rural Group Urges FCC To Undo Charter-TWC Build Proviso
• Sprint Nabs $140M Jury Win In Patent Fight With TWC
• Taxation With Representation: Morrison, Choate, Orrick
• Comcast, Other Cable Cos. Get $51M Fees In Rembrandt MDL
• Pa. PE Firm Inks Pretrial Deal With Co.'s Minority Owners
• UK Regulators Likely To Probe Fox's $14.4B Sky Takeover
• SpaceX Pushes FCC On Spectrum For Commercial Launches
• House Democrats Introduce 3 Cybersecurity Bills
• Law360 Telecommunications Editorial Advisory Board
• Don't Underestimate The Value Of An Internal Audit
• FCC's Halt Of Privacy Rule Signals Net Neutrality Reversal
• FCC's Pai Plans Vote To Let Carriers Block Certain Robocalls
• Virginia Tax Court Gives Verizon Refund On Set-Top Boxes
• FCC's O'Rielly Wants Action On States Diverting 911 Fees
• Bankrupt Avaya Seeks Use Of Up To $3.7M For Exec Bonuses
• Trump Nixes Rosenworcel Nomination To Return To FCC
• Telecom Leaders Weigh In On FCC's $19.6B Spectrum Auction
• Prison Phone Co. Calls For Arbitration In Suit
• Defining 'Fair' Licensing: Where We Stand On FRAND
• New Business Opportunities In Shared Workspaces
• Apple, Core Wireless Spar Over $7.3M Patent Verdict
• FCC Halts Data Security Rule In ISP Privacy Regs
• Tribune Wants FCC To Restore UHF Ownership 'Break'
• Qualcomm Denies $2B Antitrust 'Red Flag' In Del. High Court
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sinclair, Brookfield, Time
• 9th Circ. Urged Not To Rehear IPhone App Antitrust Suit
• Schumer Asks FCC To Let Jewish Centers Trace Call Threats
• Comcast Lobbies FCC Against Special Access Rate Regs
• FCC, Indian Telecom Regulator Sign Cooperation Agreement
• SEC Freezes Assets In SoftBank-Fortress Insider Trading Row
• Avoiding FTC's Cross-Device Tracking Crosshairs