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Telecommunications - June, 2017

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• Lockheed, Boeing JV Beats SpaceX For $191M Contract
• Subscribers Fumbled NFL Sunday Ticket Dispute, Judge Says
• Ex-AT&T Workers Bring Age Discrimination Class Action
• Intellectual Ventures Asks Fed. Circ. To Back PTAB Ruling
• Brocade, Ruckus Shake Shareholder Suit Over $1.2B Deal
• RadioShack Asks For More Time To Negotiate Ch. 11 Plan
• Sprint Wants $32M Judgment Erased After Prism IP Axed
• Acura Owners Denied Cert. In Honda Autodialing Suit
• BALCA Flips Labor Cert. Denial For Telecom Position
• TPG-Led Group To Plug $437M Into South Korea's Kakao
• 3 Key Areas Legal Operations Teams Should Focus On
• What The Experts Said About High Court Rulings This Term
• Sumner Redstone's Nurse Can't Nix Spy Claims In $150M Row
• Fed. Circ. Asked Not To Rethink Securus Call Patent Ruling
• High Court Faces Tricky Knot On State Securities Suits
• Cox Fights $8M In Fees At 4th Circ. Music Pirating Appeal
• EU Watchdog Stops Clock On $38B Qualcomm Antitrust Probe
• Group Asks DC Circ. To Nix FTC Soundboard Call Rule
• LG Wins Bid To Arbitrate Defective-Phone Fight
• Local ISPs Say Open Internet Order Hasn't Hurt Deployment
• Man Gets 4 Years For Laundering Funds In Phone Hack Plot
• GAO Finds Potential Waste, Fraud In FCC's Lifeline Program
• DC Circ. Won't Stay Mandate On Junk Fax Opt-Out Rule
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Orange, IKB
• How Law Firms Can Prepare For More State AG Actions
• Fox's Sky Buy Raises Plurality Concerns, UK Watchdog Says
• Verizon Denied Labor Cert. After Failing To Submit Resume
• US Law Firms Face Discovery Of Foreign Clients' Records
• Former Wiley Rein Atty Is Final Pick For FCC Commissioner
• A Midyear Review Of US Economic Sanctions Efforts
• Telecom Cases To Watch In the 2nd Half Of 2017
• The Future Of Law And The Demise Of The Midsize Firm
• Qualcomm Attys Can't See All Of Intel's Docs In FTC Row
• DC Circ. Urged To Consider TCPA Consent Ruling In FCC Row
• Law Firm Can't Escape DirecTV Subscribers' RICO Claims
• Cable Cos. Broke Set-Top Box Promise, Advocate Tells FCC
• The 10 Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• The Most Talkative Justice Of The High Court Term
• The Cases That Got The Justices Talking
• 5th Circ. Upholds $12.5M Sprint Access Fee Ruling
• Mass. ACLU Wants Records In Twitter Subpoena Row
• How Discovery Has Changed Under New Federal Rules
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Pre-Voir Dire Questions
• Gorsuch And Thomas Becoming Fast Friends At High Court
• Apple, Samsung Make Final Pitches In $400M Award Remand
• 5 High Court Concurrences That Read Like Dissents
• FCC's O'Rielly Pushes Spectrum Sharing Studies
• The Sharpest Dissents From This Supreme Court Term
• FCC Must Allow $1.5B Sale, Inmate Calling Co. Says
• Ex-Pipeline Co. CEO Sued For Racketeering Over Kickbacks
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Stada, Sovcomflot
• T-Mobile's $18.5M Fees Request 'Unreasonable,' Huawei Says
• What Companies Can Learn From Dish's $280M TCPA Penalty
• Qualcomm Can't Ditch FTC Antitrust Suit Over Chip Patents
• License Covered Fiber-Optic Work, Contractor Tells 9th Circ.
• An Interview With Floyd Abrams
• Supreme Court To Review State Jurisdiction In Securities Suits
• Judge Pauses $280M TCPA Penalty Against Dish
• High Court Denies Cert In Indiana Robocall Ruling
• High Court Won't Hear Whistleblower's Wiretapping FCA Suit
• Defendants Settle $70M Phone Scheme Case With FTC
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• IP Cases Led The Pack In High Court Amicus Briefs
• NJ Senate OKs Bill Forcing Upgrade To Hotel Phone Systems
• FCC Asked To Halt Special Access Change During Litigation
• Bucking Tradition: NewLaw And The Coming Millennials
• FCC's Pai Says Net Neutrality Plan Returns 'Light Touch'
• Cable TV, Phone Groups Call For Revamp Of FCC Fees
• Ex-BET President Wants Out Of Gender Bias Suit
• The Biggest Telecom Cases So Far In 2017
• Deals Rumor Mill: Landis & Gyr, Vapiano, Telefonica
• High Court Wants Fed. Gov't Input In $120M Samsung Appeal
• Gray Matters: We Feel, We Decide
• Key Privacy Developments In Trump's First 150 Days
• Fed. Circ. Axes Prism's Patents In Appeal Of T-Mobile Win
• Reps Push FCC For 'Ringless' Voicemail Protections
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Sweeping PTAB Win For Straight Path IP
• FCC Says Cyberattack, Not Lobbying, Hit Comment System
• Twitter Signs On To Online Protest For Net Neutrality
• Telecommunications Policy Recap For The First Half Of 2017
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Vinson, Mayer
• Call Recipients Say SolarCity Changed TCPA Suit Deal
• SoCal Better Homes TCPA Fax Class Decertified
• TCPA Defendants Down, But Not Out, With 'Pick-Off' Ruling
• Robocalls, Reassigned Numbers On FCC Meeting Agenda
• Intellectual Ventures Wants Fed. Circ. To Redo PTAB Ruling
• FCC Plans $120M Robocalling Scam Fine For Miami Man
• Ericsson Hit With NJ Developer's Suit Over $15M Contract
• Cogent Communications Gets OK For $3M Class OT Deal
• Trump Says Infrastructure Plan Will Include Broadband
• Funding Cuts Will Hurt Broadband Deployment, Group Says
• Hughes Can't Transfer Patent Suit Under TC Heartland
• Deals Rumor Mill: China Unicom, Vinci, WhistlePig Whiskey
• Ex-Fugitive In Haiti Teleco FCPA Case To Plead Guilty
• MIG To Pursue Wind-Down After Court OKs $72M Asset Sale
• Shearman & Sterling Steers Altice's US Unit In $1.9B IPO
• Senators Want DOJ To Nix $85B AT&T, Time Warner Deal
• Justice Kennedy's Moderating Influence On The High Court
• The Latest SEP Developments In China
• Arista Dodges $600M Fine In Cisco Patent Dispute At ITC
• Justice Sotomayor On The Power Of Dissent
• Cumulus' $1M Overpayment Dispute With Radio Host Trimmed
• CMS, Taylor Wessing Grow UK Revenue In 2016
• Creditors Object To New Motion For DIP Limitless Ch. 11
• Tyson Doesn't Change UniTek Wage Rulings, 6th Circ. Says
• FCC's Clyburn Defends Net Neutrality At Tech Panel In DC
• CenturyLink Hit With $12B Class Action Alleging Overbilling
• Judge Rips Attys Over Facebook Birth Copyright Case
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Juror-Posed Questions
• Wilkinson Barker Partner Named FCC Enforcement Chief
• Squire Patton Boggs Adds Tech Partner In England
• Verizon Sues Mass. Town Over Blocked Cell Tower Application
• FCC's Pai Touts Budget Cuts At Senate Hearing
• T-Mobile Says $4.8M IP Win Not Good Enough
• Pai Names FCC International Bureau Chief
• CFPB Criticized For 'Indifference' Over Sprint Settlement
• Pa. Health Centers Urge FCC Action On Rural Program Funds
• Sprint Blasts Phone Reseller's Attys' Fee Bid For TM Claims
• Apple Attacks Qualcomm's Business Model In Chip Suit
• AT&T Resisting Doc Requests In Spam Texts Case, Court Told
• Pelosi Seeks FCC Net Neutrality Hearing In San Francisco
• Manatt Adds Former Clinton White House Counsel In DC
• Ex-Epix Exec Cops To Bilking More Than $7M From Network
• USF Budget Hurting Rural Broadband, Experts Tell Sens.
• Calif. Considers Bill To Replace Nixed FCC Privacy Rules
• FCC Urged To Reject $1.5B Inmate Calling Co. Sale
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Nix Of Prison Phone Recording Patent
• Justice Sotomayor On Working A Room And The Post-Scalia Void
• Broadband Cos., States Clash At FCC Over Ad Crackdowns
• 9th Circ. Revives DirecTV's $20M Flood Coverage Bid
• Stagnant Telecom Getting Milked By Board, Investor Says
• Fed. Circ. Upholds PTAB Veto Of Intellectual Ventures IP
• Justices Decline To Hear 5 Intellectual Property Cases
• Comcast, Dish, Echostar Nix Channel Guide Patent
• Wells Fargo To Pay $14.8M To Settle TCPA Spat
• Supreme Court Won't Take Up Challenge To Verizon Spectrum
• PTAB Wrongly Nixed Imaging Patent Claims, Imperium Says
• AT&T Slams FCC's FirstNet Public Comment Plan
• Qualcomm Stockholder China Bribery Suit Dismissed In Del.
• MIG Creditors Want Assurances $72M Sale Will Follow Plan
• Verizon Urges FCC To Make Pole Attaching Easier
• Full Fed. Circ. Won't Eye Axing Of Apple IP In Samsung Case
• W.Va. Paid $5M In Unallowable Costs To Telecom: Report
• Netflix Joins Online Pro-Net Neutrality Protest
• Obviousness May Soon Return To High Court
• FCC To Appoint New Head Of Wireless Bureau
• Maine High Court Clears Verizon Unit In Tax Row
• Tips For Complying With ABA's New Encryption Guidance
• Texas Cable Co. Says Comcast Sabotaged Its Business
• Groups Seek FCC Relief From 'Discriminatory' Contributions
• DC Circuit Lifts Halt On FCC TV Ownership Shift
• Senate Dems Warn FCC On Ringless Voicemails
• Venable Nabs Ex-FCC Senior Counselor For Regulatory Group
• FCC's Pai Pushes Cell Service, Internet For Indian Country
• 'Dancing Baby' Copyright Case Through A Proper Lens: Part 2
• Justice Ginsburg On Oral Argument And 'Imperious' Attorneys
• Verizon Sued Over $1M Lost Rent From Enviro Contamination
• FCC Inmate Calling Loss Leaves Advocates With Few Options
• Dish Seeks Emergency Stay Of $280M TCPA Penalty
• Open Internet Key To Free Speech, Commerce, FCC Dem Says
• Intel Owes $100M For Faulty Chips, Smartphone Maker Says
• White House Nominates Rosenworcel For FCC Return
• 'Dancing Baby' Copyright Case Through A Proper Lens: Part 1
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Preliminary Instructions
• PTAB Nixes Parts Of 2 VirnetX Patents Involved In Apple Row
• Wi-LAN, Ericsson Settle Wireless IP Suit Days Before Trial
• DC Circ. Nixes FCC Cap On Intrastate Inmate Call Rates
• Illinois DOT Questions FCC Infrastructure Push
• House Rep. Floats Bill To Incentivize Broadband Investment
• Cable Giant, 2 REITs Launch IPOs Totaling $1.7B
• Due Diligence From The Lateral Partner's Perspective
• FCC And Congress May Reshape The Media Landscape
• Cities Should Review Wireless Deployment, Mayor Says
• Consumers Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Subway TCPA Claims
• Lateral Partner Due Diligence: Where Should A Firm Begin?
• Justice Ginsburg On Diversity And Persuading Her Colleagues
• Investors Say Feds Wrong On State Securities Suit Petition
• Consumer Groups Ask FCC To Probe Student Debt Robocalls
• Media Ownership Rules Have 'Outlived Usefulness,' FCC Told
• Open Internet Shift Threatens Universal Service: FCC Dem
• High Court Won't Revive Ex-Qwest CEO's Suit Over Forfeiture
• DirecTV Asks High Court To Review Joint Employer Standards
• Fed. Circ. Keeps Alice Patent Ruling In $533M Apple Suit
• Pa. County Can Pursue 911 Undercharge Suit Against Telcos
• DISA Owes $2.3M After Canceled Telecom Deal, ASBCA Rules
• Apple's Patent Loss Upped To $11M In IPhone Row
• FCC TV Ownership Shift Likely To Pass Muster At DC Circ.
• Microsoft XBox Doesn't Infringe Patent, EDTX Jury Finds
• Fed. Circ. Affirms HTC Loss In PTAB Mobile Patent Challenge
• Low Broadband, High Disease Rates In Many Areas, Says FCC
• FCC Fines Calif. Co. $975K For Neglecting Federal Programs
• EU Antitrust Unit Widens Probe Of Qualcomm's $38B NXP Buy
• 2 Dish Network Defeats Suggest TCPA Is Not Dead Yet
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Rite Aid, Oi
• $280M Dish TCPA Penalty May Make Settling More Attractive
• Senate Dems Blast Forced Arbitration In AT&T Contracts
• Huawei Hit With UK Injunction After Refusing License
• Permanente Nurses Get OK For $6M Boot-Up Time Deal
• FCC Dem Urges Caution On Preempting Local Officials
• 'Wave' Of TV Deals Looms If Rule Block Lifted, DC Circ. Told
• Union Head Urges Lawmakers To Invest Billions In Broadband
• DirecTV Wants Industry Meaning Used In $20M Coverage Case
• Top 5 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• FCC Security Advised On Dealing With Press After Incident
• $120M Apple Win Rewrote Patent Law, Samsung Tells Justices
• DC Circ. Won't Rethink Muzak Copyright Royalty Ruling
• JP Morgan, Good Tech Settle 'Fire Sale' Suit For $52M
• Apple Can't Undo $234M Patent Award, But It Won't Be Tripled
• Fed. Circ. Asked To Cut Wireless Patents That Survived PTAB
• DC Circ. Won't Reopen FCC's Junk Fax Opt-Out Rule
• KKR Makes $1.65B Preliminary Bid For Australian Telecom Co.
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Setting Trial Time Limits
• High Court Phone Case Could Crimp Use Of Location Data
• Big Business Lobby Tries To Hobble Litigation Finance, Again
• T-Mobile Seeks $18.4M Attys' Fees After $4.8M IP Verdict
• FCC Warned Paperwork Change May Raise Pole Rates
• Senate Dems Seek Hearing On Sinclair-Tribune Deal
• Algeria Prevails In $4B Arbitration Over Telecom Investment
• ITC's Take On Cisco Patent Is Flawed, Arista Tells Fed. Circ.
• IT Biz Pushes Justices For Review Of State Securities Suits
• Appealing PTAB Loss, IV Finds Tough Crowd At Fed. Circ.
• Amazon, Mozilla Plan Net Neutrality E-Protest
• T-Mobile Says City Let Fears Outweigh Wireless Buildout
• Dish Hit With $280M Penalty In TCPA Suit By Feds, States
• Top 10 Beach Reads For Telecom Attorneys This Summer
• Qualcomm Says FTC Can't Prove Royalties Hurt Competition
• State AGs Warn FCC Against 'Ringless' Robocall Voicemails
• FCC Accused Of Suppressing Speech At Meetings
• Samsung, Cisco Ask Fed. Circ. To Flip Straight Path PTAB Win
• IHeart Radio Beats Pre-1972 Song Suit In Ill.
• FCC's Pai Plugs Rural Broadband In Travels West
• Astor Weiss, Flamm Walton Dodge $18M Pa. Malpractice Suit
• Verizon Agrees To Update Pa. Copper Networks, Union Says
• A Review Of Recent Cases Against Execs: Part 1
• High Court To Hear Cell Phone Data Collection Dispute
• Yahoo Suit Against Insurer Over TCPA Cases Tossed, For Now
• FCC Publishes Data Service, Internet, Studio Reforms
• $11M Settlement In Frontier TCPA Row Gets Final Nod
• DC Circ. Told Not To Alter Other Rates In Royalty Challenge
• Telecom Co. MIG Floats $72M Sale Proposal To Pay Creditors
• FTC Secures Judgments Against Calif. Robocallers
• DC Circ. Stays FCC Relaxing Of TV Station Ownership Limits
• FCC To Consider Slate Of Public Safety Issues In June
• The Regulatory Process And Beyond For Net Neutrality
• Judge Plans To Exit Soccer Bribery Suit Over Son's New Job
• Google Hit With Infringement Suits Over Messaging VoIP
• GOP Plan Revives, Expands Part Of Nixed FCC Privacy Rules
• Mozilla, Others File Amicus Briefs In Google, Oracle IP Suit
• Report Calls 20% Of Pro-Net Neutrality Comments Fake
• Intelsat Says Merger With SoftBank-Backed OneWeb Doomed
• 6 Customer Service Call-Routing Patents Nixed Under Alice
• Chancery Wants More Briefing On $55B TWC-Charter Deal
• Acting FCC Legislative Affairs Director To Stay In Role