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Telecommunications - October, 2018

231 articles

• Telecom Security Flaws Targeted With Bans, Compliance
• Cos. Say Time's Up For $37M Dutch Telecom Contract Suit
• 9th Circ. Denies CBS Rehearing On Pre-1972 Songs
• AT&T Can't Shake Cancer Patient's Age, Disability Bias Suit
• Sprint-T-Mobile Underwhelms With Coverage Claims: Analyst
• Gov't Use Of 'Smart City' Data Is A Concern, O'Rielly Says
• Qualcomm Pushes Appeal Of Cellphone Buyer Class Cert.
• EU Might Not Get Digital Tax By Year End, Diplomat Says
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Expanded Autodialer Definition
• AT&T Can't Dodge Excessive Fee Suit Over $35B 401(k) Plan
• Internet Cos. Flag Foreign Trade Barriers For USTR Report
• Cable Fee Review Risks Local Stations, Senators Tell FCC
• Charter Communications Can't Escape 'Autodialer' Suit
• Australian Ad Startup Units File For Ch. 11, Blaming Google
• App Buyers 'Have No Answer' To Illinois Brick, Apple Says
• Satellite, Mobile Industries Spar Over C-Band Sale Methods
• Learning From A Failed Merger: The Sinclair-Tribune Pitfalls
• Protecting Law Firm Talent At Both Ends
• High Court Delays Decision On Net Neutrality Cert
• Justices Won't Review Gov't Contractor Robocall Liability
• Trump Accused Of Conning Thousands Into Bogus Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Brookfield, Telecom Italia, Bharti
• Cox Can't Relocate Impending Music Piracy Showdown
• 10th Circ. Nixes Review Of FCC Subsidy Clawback, For Now
• Wendy Olson Talks Twin Falls, Tribes, Private Practice
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Gloves Come Off In Trump Trade Row
• UK Plans To Enact 2% Tax On Big Digital Companies In 2020
• AT&T Takes Fight Over FCC's 5G Rule To DC Circ.
• Attys Should Consider Ephemeral Messages, Wickr GC Says
• Calif. Will Stay Net Neutrality Law Pending DC Circ. Ruling
• SC Telecom Providers Accused Of Skipping Local 911 Fees
• Qualcomm Can Pursue $5B Trade Secrets Case Against Apple
• DirecTV Says No To State Remand In Mo. Cities Fee Suit
• 6 Suits Over FCC's 5G Order Move Toward MDL Lottery
• Rescinding 'Kid Vid' Rule Would Spell Disaster, FCC Told
• T-Mobile Cuts $1M Deal With Field Technicians In Wage Suit
• Retailers, Lenders Push FCC To Narrow Autodialer Definition
• Judging A Book: Brown Reviews 'Dangerous Leaders'
• FRAND And Antitrust: Misconceptions Vs. Reality
• Investment Funds Want Cut Of $52M Deals In Good Tech Case
• FCC Again Denies Foes Of CBS-Entercom Merger
• RadioShack's Contract Claims Trimmed In Del. Sprint Suit
• Muni Broadband, Kid Vid Rules Chill Free Speech: O'Rielly
• FCC Defends Tribal Lifeline Clamp-Down At DC Circ.
• Phone Buyers Tell 9th Circ. To Reject Qualcomm Cert. Appeal
• FCC Secures Go-Ahead For New Economics Office
• Dish Wins $90M In SetTV Set-Top Box Subscription Scheme
• Trump Sets Up National Framework For Spectrum Sharing
• Breaking The Rules: 3 Ways To 'Lead' A Direct Examination
• AT&T's Hints Of White House Bias Unlikely To Gain Traction
• Deals Rumor Mill: CommScope, Endeavor, Innovent
• NTCA Says Smart Cities Must Partner With Cable Operators
• FCC To Tackle Satellite Approvals, Space Debris Rules In Nov.
• Customer Support Co. To Pay $8.75M To Settle Wage Row
• Watchdogs Aim To Revive Suit Over Trump Record-Keeping
• German Industry Group Pushes Back Against EU Digital Tax
• Customer Defends Spam Suit Against Car Cos., Broadcaster
• Huawei Can't Dodge Injunction In UK After Patent License Row
• Google Says IPhone, Android Users Agreed To Tracking
• DC Circ. Tosses Hawaii Co.'s Cable Suit Against FCC
• Basic Cable Rate Regs In Mass., Hawaii To Get FCC Review
• FCC Floats $63M Fine Over Alleged Lifeline Bilking
• Fed. Circ. Keeps Broad Test For Interested Parties At PTAB
• FCC Inks 3.5 GHz Band Rules With Larger Licensing Areas
• DirecTV, CenturyLink Settle Suit Over Consumer Data Breach
• How USMCA Limits Protections For US Investors In Mexico
• Facebook, Google Hit With Suits Over Location Tracking
• Dish Network Joins FCC's Defense Of Spectrum Auction Rules
• FCC's 5G Regs Deepen Old Divide For Some States, Cities
• FTC Drops $4B False Ad Suit Against DirectTV Midtrial
• Deals Rumor Mill: O2, PMI, Constellation Brands
• Sprint-T-Mobile Deal Could Kill Plans, Charter Tells FCC
• Ligado's Plans May Interfere With Other Satellites, FCC Told
• IDT Can't Use High Court Ruling To Duck TCPA Claims
• Atty Urges Justices To Hear Suit Over Defamatory Yelp Review
• AT&T Wi-Fi Ruling Needs Redo, Tech Firm Tells Fed. Circ.
• NAB Challenges FCC On Nominet As TV White Space Manager
• NJ Justices Nix Verizon Bid To Restore $271M Tax Deduction
• Motorola Says AIG Unit Must Cover Birth Defect Settlement
• Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Racks Up More Small-Biz Support
• HTC Says Ericsson Is Dragging Its Feet In SEP Royalties Row
• Need Litigation Finance? Don't Skip These 5 Steps
• 'Innovation Band' License Shift Lends Edge To Bigger Players
• FCC Told It Must Shield Airwaves From Global Encroachment
• Texas Firm's Advice Cost It $1M In Asset Sale, Telecom Says
• Fintech Cops Urged To Play Nice, But Sandbox Is A Hard Sell
• Net Neutrality Rules Were Poor Economics, DC Circ. Told
• Huawei Using Suit Against Him To Steal IP, Ex-Worker Says
• CWA Wants In On Calif. Review Of Sprint-T-Mobile Merger
• Satellite Cos. Push Congress To Renew Network Carriage Law
• Trade Groups Sue Vt. Over State Net Neutrality Regs
• FCC Gets Input On Autodialer Definition After 9th Circ. Ruling
• Sprint Stiffed $4M Commission, Wireless Partner Claims
• Nokia Backs Patent Successor In $7.3M Fight With Apple
• A High Court Milestone Stirs Hope Of Gender Parity
• Eversheds Sutherland Nabs Ex-Baker Botts Trade Pro In DC
• Broadcasters Push Next-Gen TV As FCC Eyes Transition
• Apple, HTC, ZTE To Be Probed Over Phone Imports At ITC
• 10th Circ. Won't Unpause Cell Tower Dispute With Sante Fe
• Apple's Window To Nix Patent Has Closed, Qualcomm Says
• Roku Zapped With Infringement Suit Over Streaming Devices
• FCC Deregulation Hobbling Hurricane Recovery, Group Says
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Alice Ax Of Phone Call Patent
• Viacom Is 2nd Co. To Sue Netflix With Exec. Poaching Claims
• FCC Commissioners Support Plan To Reopen 5.9 GHz Rules
• Comcast Gets PTAB To Ax Another TiVo Patent
• Germany Probing Sky's Soccer Broadcast Deal
• Winning 5G Race Is 'Worthless Exercise,' Clyburn Says
• Trump's Rulemaking Agenda Aims To Cut $18B In Costs
• AT&T Looks To Nix Cable Contamination Suit
• Google To Charge Phone Makers For Apps After EU Fine
• 99% Of Net Neutrality Comments Opposed Repeal
• Qualcomm, FTC Hope For Deal, But Judge Won't Pause Case
• A Holistic Approach To Client Retention
• The Path To Becoming A Supreme Court Advocate
• Tribes Slam FCC Small-Cell Rule At DC Circ.
• Vinson & Elkins Adds Ex-Kirkland M&A Pro To New York Office
• A Chat With Allens Pricing Chief Pier D'Angelo
• Gender Disparity At The High Court: How Top Law Firms Measure Up
• Couple Get Prison, House Arrest For Electronics Smuggling
• Veterans' Broadband Access Needs Gov't Boost, FCC Told
• Fox Sports Networks Can't Go To Big-4 Affiliates, DOJ Hears
• PTAB Axes TiVo Program-Guide Patent In Win For Comcast
• Chopra Wary Of Digital Markets' Data Tracking, In-House Rules
• Defense Bar Group Blasts Class Cert. In $61M Dish Judgment
• Qualcomm Fights Cert. Of 'Biggest Class Action In History'
• High Court Passes On Media Streaming Patent Dispute
• Sens. OK Privacy Board Picks Ahead Of EU Data Deal Review
• Investors Seek Class Cert. In 401(k) Suit Against CenturyLink
• What IP Attorneys Need To Know About 5G
• Fortress Ruling Helps Temper Overzealous SEC Enforcement
• Supreme Court Women: A Vet & 1st-Timer Talk Gender Disparity
• Will The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar Be Female?
• Web's Sophistication Doesn't Fit Title II Box, FCC Argues
• PTAB Partly Axes Music Choice Patent In Row With Rival
• Broadcom Says EU OK'd $18.9B CA Inc. Deal
• Fiat Taking A 'Free Ride' With Wireless Tech, Bluetooth Says
• FCC Considers Cap On 'In-Kind' Cable Fees Axed By 6th Circ.
• DOJ Says AT&T Can't Fix District Court's Errors
• Facebook Says 30M Users' Data Accessed In Recent Breach
• Telehealth Pilot Needn't Fund New Infrastructure, FCC Told
• FTC Knocks Nokia's Stance Against Cellphone Part Licensing
• T-Mobile, AT&T Spar Over Vouchers In FCC Spectrum Auction
• The ABA Was Dead Wrong About Model Rule 8.4(g)
• Lawmakers Chide Google For Not Admitting Data Leak
• Amazon Eyes Escape From Job Applicants' Age Bias Suit
• Rural Groups Urge FCC To Keep Old 3.5 GHz Rules
• HTC Told To Reveal Google Transaction Records To Ericsson
• 5G Boost From T-Mobile Merger Said To Benefit Taxpayers
• Clinton-Era NTIA Head Says FCC's 5G Order Is Wrong
• The Supreme Court Should Become Boring
• Educators Fight Telecoms' Push For FCC Spectrum Revamp
• Comcast's 'Diametrically Opposed' Stances Sink PTAB Case
• Back To School: BC's Kent Greenfield Talks Corporate Law
• Trump Signs Music Modernization Act Into Law
• Federal Privacy Law Shouldn't Lower The Bar, Senators Told
• Trump Crackdown May Cool Tech Deals, Sophos GC Says
• Alcatel Again Escapes NJ Suit Over $1.2B Pension Transfer
• Lions Gate To Settle Starz Investor Suit For $92.5M
• FCC'S O'Rielly Pushes 'Kid Vid' Revamp To Help Broadcasters
• Record Cos. Rip Cox's 'Ploy' To Move Music Piracy Fight
• Kavanaugh Cannot Be Compelled To Recuse Himself
• Treasury Rolls Out New Rules Widening CFIUS Authority
• Let Phone Cos. Do More To Block Robocalls, AGs Tell FCC
• Man Who Sold Bank Info To Russian Trolls To Serve 6 Mos.
• Class Action Says DirecTV Partner Regularly Docks Wages
• Google Appeals €4.3B EU Fine In Android Antitrust Case
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Mexico Looks To Nix Telco Owners' $500M NAFTA Claim
• Congress Told Satellite Retransmission Act Should Expire
• FCC Moves To Bolster Small AM Radio Stations
• Infrastructure Group Calls On FCC To Harmonize Tower Regs
• Apple Opposes Qualcomm's Dismissal Bid In Patent Fight
• Knowledge Management: An Unsung Hero Of Legal Innovation
• Network Capacity Buyers Shut Out Of EU Merger Row
• Trump Says China 'Not Ready' To Strike Tariff Truce
• Verizon Jumped Gun By Changing Call Fees, Pa. Agency Finds
• Wilkinson Barker Nabs Veteran Telecom Atty As Sr. Adviser
• Preliminary Privacy Settlement Over BART App OK'd By Judge
• Apple Wants To Hang Up FaceTime Failure Suit
• Verizon OK'd For Cell Tower, Ending Dispute With Mass. Town
• Ericsson Insists HTC Must Prove SEP Royalties Breach
• Eastern European Bloc Backs Digital Tax
• Why It's Time To Rethink Illinois Brick
• 2nd Circ. Axes Copyright Suit Against Latin Radio Stations
• T-Mobile Convinces PTAB Much Of Wi-Fi Patent Is Obvious
• Texas Judge Adds 2 Years To ZTE Oversight In Sanctions Case
• Nokia Says No Licensing Duty Among Rival Cell Part Makers
• Hong Kong Doc Denied Bail As Flight Risk In Bribery Case
• 2nd Circ. Revives Time Warner Cable Overtime Suit
• Pence Slams China For Election Meddling With Tariff Salvos
• Chicago Assigned As Venue For TV Ad Price-Fixing MDL
• Latham, Paul Weiss Steer $175M Infusion Into Philippines Co.
• Telecoms Urge Rural Broadband Map Fixes, Budget Hikes
• Portland Asks 9th Circ. For Review Of FCC's 5G Order
• Quinn Emanuel Nabs Veteran Media Atty From Irell & Manella
• Broadband Groups Sue To Block Calif. Net Neutrality Law
• New WH Cyber Strategy Talks Big Game, But Has Big Holes
• Encrypted Phone Co. CEO Pleads Guilty To Aiding Drug Sales
• Risky Driving Cost Striker Labor Law Protection, NLRB Says
• FCC Enabling Next-Gen TV Experiments As Standards Form
• Skip The New 'Civility Courses' And Think Like A Lawyer
• FCC's Pai Backs Trump Admin.'s Economic Arguments For 5G
• Huawei Tells FCC Barring It From US Would Hurt Rural Areas
• Apple Denied Bid To Pull Back Docs In Qualcomm Fight
• US, China Still Sizing Each Other Up In WTO Tariff Dispute
• 'Presidential Alert' Test Proceeds Despite Injunction Bid
• Why Law Firms Should Monitor The Dark Web
• FEMA Alert Challenged For Use Of Presidential Header
• Telco Not Shown Insolvent At Time Of Transfer, 11th Circ. Says
• Gov't Can Access Phone Data In Minor Crimes, EU Court Says
• States Urge Justices To Flip Illinois Brick In Apple Case
• Wiley Rein Adds Top DOJ Nat'l Security Atty In DC
• In-House Review Is Root Of Sinclair-Tribune Woes: O'Rielly
• PTAB Won't Review LG's Challenges To Wi-LAN 4G Patent
• US Accuses Indian Co. Of Tech Scam Targeting Seniors
• Spam Text Suit Defendants Want Nationwide Claims Axed
• New 3.5 GHz Plan Built On Renewable, County-Sized Licenses
• Mich. Cable Installers Are Employees Under FLSA, Judge Says
• Does Rule 45 Protect Nonparties From Undue Burden?
• Key Deadlines For Connect America Fund Phase II Bidders
• IPhone Update MDL Trimmed By Calif. Federal Judge
• EFF Pushes Back Against NSA Bid To End Spying Challenge
• Apple's Stand On FRAND Claims Disingenuous: Qualcomm
• FCC's October Agenda To Include 3.5 GHz Band Rules
• Gov't To Argue At High Court In Apple App Store Case
• Calif. Net Neutrality Law Unlikely To Withstand DOJ Suit
• Sprint's $140M IP Win Based On Bad Methods, Fed. Circ. Told
• Justices Pass On Decadeslong Radio License Transfer Fight
• High Court Won't Hear Carrier's $21M Spectrum Row With FCC
• Satellite Operators Form Alliance To Petition FCC On 5G