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Telecommunications - August, 2019

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• FCC Trying To Mitigate Mexican Spectrum Interference
• Advocates Rip 'Woefully Low' YouTube COPPA Fine
• IPhone Security Flaws Affected Thousands, Google Says
• T-Mobile Urges Subpoena's End In Access Fee Suit
• Media Institute Prez Sees Free Speech As Ongoing Battle
• Pai Says Huawei Cut From 3.5 GHz Development Process
• 3 Class Reps Cut From Harmful IPhone Updates MDL
• Wi-Fi Hot Spot Co. Can't Land Retrial In $2.2M Patent Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apcoa, Blued, Smiths Group
• FCC's Pai Defends Unchanged RF Exposure Limits For 5G
• New Best Practices Under E-Discovery Spoliation Rule
• T-Mobile, Sprint Tell Court Merger Will Benefit All Americans
• Florida IPhone 4 Users Dial Apple Into FaceTime Suit
• Samsung Arbitration Pact Notice Raises Eyebrows At 9th Circ.
• Keep Nokia 5G Tech Suit In Calif., Judge Is Urged
• InterDigital Sues Lenovo Over Essential Wireless Patents
• YES Network Sold To Yankees Parent Co.-Led JV In $3.5B Deal
• How Law Firms Can Create Content Decision Makers Will Read
• US-France Deal To 'Enormously' Aid OECD Efforts, Chief Says
• 'Silent' Cyber Cover Risk Drops For Insurers After 2018 High
• Appellate Lessons From Fed. Circ. EchoStar Unit IP Case
• Dutch Watchdog Flags Possible Microsoft GDPR Breach
• Most '19 Ransomware Hits Are On Governments, Report Says
• Wireless Comm. Patent Survives Cisco Challenge At PTAB
• Google, U. Chicago Want Out Of Patient Data Disclosure Suit
• Justices Again Asked To Abolish Fed. Circ.'s 1-Line Orders
• Tech Co. Investors Can't Sue Over AT&T Contract Projections
• T-Mobile Can Bid On Spectrum Despite Pending Deal
• Outside Orgs Urge FCC To Revive BeIN Soccer Carriage Spat
• 11th Circ. TCPA Ruling Could Imperil Class Claims: Experts
• DOJ Bias Case Shows Risks Of I-9 Noncompliance
• Record Labels Target Another ISP Over Music Piracy
• Tech Industry Blasts Deal With France Over Digital Tax
• Apple Says Reexam Wins Wrongly Axed In $1B VirnetX Case
• Gov't Says Court Should Steer Clear Of Its TCPA Exception
• NFL Asks 9th Circ. To Reverse Decision Reviving DirecTV Suit
• DOJ Is Stonewalling FOIA Suit Over Cell Data, Group Says
• States, Int'l Gov'ts Can Lean On Each Other For Digital Taxes
• Telecom Sues Ohio DOT Over Public Land Access
• 9th Circ. Probes FCC Reversal In Copper Retirement Suit
• Deloitte Dodged Adelphia Collapse Suit Too Soon, Judge Hints
• FCC Urged To Limit Telecoms' Safe Harbor For Blocked Calls
• AGs, Carriers' Cooperation Won't Stem Robocall Litigation
• FTC, AT&T Settle 2014 Data Throttling Suit
• Verizon Also Wants Info Sealed In Qualcomm Class Fight
• Qualcomm Pushes 9th Circ. To Upend FTC's Antitrust Win
• Radiation In Apple, Samsung Phones A Cancer Risk, Suit Says
• Facebook Blocks German Order Curbing Data Collection
• Fed. Circ. Agrees To Stay $145M Sprint IP Infringement Award
• French Digital Tax To Be Repaid After Int'l Deal, Macron Says
• Sinclair Closes $9.6B Fox Sports Deal With DOJ's Blessing
• Feds Attack Huawei's Bid To Dodge Trade Secret Theft Case
• Chamber Rebuts Broad Autodialer Definition In TCPA Appeal
• Second GPS III Satellite Launched, Air Force Says
• EDTX Kicks Qualcomm Video Patent Case To Delaware
• Sprint Gets $4M Contract Dispute Kicked To Arbitration
• Real Estate Rumors: Telefonica, Unqork, Neuro Skills Centre
• Rural Groups Intensify Call For Sprint/T-Mobile Comment
• 9th Circ. Asked To Return Cox False Ad Suit To State Court
• DHS' Cyber Agency Says Chinese Threat Is A Priority
• Samsung Latest To Be Caught In Telecom's Infringement War
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Kirkland, Latham
• Qualcomm Wins Partial Stay In FTC's Chip Licensing Case
• 7th Circ. Withdraws Opinion Barring AIG Coverage For Emmis
• ViSalus Can't Decertify Class In $925M Robocall Case
• T-Mobile Tests Regulators' Bets On Wireless Convergence
• The Fog Of Huawei: Trump's China Clash Squeezes Telecom
• ITC Drops Probe Into Apple Imports, Citing Qualcomm Deal
• FCC Dings Wireless ISPs Over Weather Radar Interference
• Apple IPhone Users' FaceTime Failure Case Headed To Trial
• Real Estate Rumors: Fosun, AT&T, AvalonBay
• AGs, Carriers Unite To Trace And Block Robocalls
• Nokia Looks To Ax Former In-House Atty's Age, Sex Bias Suit
• Chamber Wants 9th Circ. To Rethink AT&T Arbitration Loss
• Fla. Power Hopes To Zap AT&T Dismissal Bid In Pole Rent Suit
• 9th Circ. Lets Sprint, Intel Into Qualcomm Class Appeal
• Wireless Store Operators Can't Kick PAGA Suit To Arbitration
• Calif. Court Revokes Decision Denying Funds To 2 Phone Cos.
• Broadcasting Biz Tegna Confirms Apollo's Takeover Interest
• Litigation Finance Can And Should Protect Its Reputation
• NY1 Anchors Call On Charter CEO To Keep Bias Suits Public
• Qualcomm And LG Ink 5-Year Patent Licensing Deal
• Transit Officials And Wi-Fi Group Split Over 5.9 GHz Use
• Top EU Data Privacy Watchdog Buttarelli Dies
• Pa. Justices Say State Has Final Say Over Utility Lines
• ViSalus, Consumers Brawl Over Decert. Bid In Robocall Suit
• Mexican Telecom's Bondholders Win Delay Of Ch. 11 Hearing
• Fed. Circ. Asked To Rethink Alice Ax Of 3 Targeted Ad Patents
• PTAB Takes On Sirius Case Despite Fee-Processing Delay
• Omniverse Seeks Arbitration In Dispute With Film Studios
• Qualcomm Can't Put 'Blinders' On 9th Circ., Cell Buyers Say
• USTelecom Tells FCC Address-Level Web Mapping Is Possible
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Cigna, Avaya
• DC Circ. Ruling Curtails FCC's 5G Rollout Strategy
• FCC Calls CenturyLink Outage 'Unacceptable,' But No Fine Yet
• EU Approves €60M In Aid For Austrian Broadband Build-Out
• 11th Circ. Urged To Ignore FCC Rule Change In Fax Ad Suit
• Location Privacy Warrant Lines Still Murky After Carpenter
• Twitter, FB Say China Accounts Targeted Hong Kong Protests
• Sprint Distributor's Fraud, Contract Case Sent To Arbitration
• Apple Urges Fed. Circ. To Review $439M Loss In Patent War
• Facebook, Amazon Blast French Digital Tax In USTR Hearing
• Conn. Reporter Escapes Judicial Marshal's Defamation Suit
• Mexican Telecom Maxcom Files For Ch. 11 Again
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apollo Global, GoHealth, Avaya
• FCC Floats Plan To Keep Dead People Off Lifeline Rolls
• Commerce Extends Huawei Reprieve For US Companies
• Feds Slam SoCal Edison, Frontier In Forest Fire Suit
• 2 Insurance Coverage Issues Raised By Cyber Warfare
• Crisis Messaging To Protect Law Firm Brand And Bottom Line
• Trump Admin. Wants NSA's Phone-Spying Powers Preserved
• FCC Told To Reject Plan Expanding High-Band Unlicensed Use
• Sprint Tells Fed. Circ. Time Warner Must Pay $145M IP Award
• AT&T Urges 7th Circ. To Dump Appeal In Junk-Text Suit
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• State Regulators, Vets Join Fight Against FCC Lifeline Cuts
• Dems Urge FCC To Take New Comments On Sprint/T-Mobile
• The Escalating Sanctions Against Venezuela, Russia And Iran
• Feds Pulling For Comcast In High Court Racial Bias Battle
• Charter Hall Reveals AU$700M Partnership With Telstra
• IRS Regs Preview Sourcing Challenges In Taxing The Cloud
• HTC Unit Dodges Subpoenas In Texas Patent Suit
• FCC Suggests Creating 3-Digit Number For Suicide Hotline
• $925M Robocall Class Says Decert. Bid Is 'Manifestly Unfair'
• FCC Settles Over Alert Tones' Use On 'Kimmel,' 'Walking Dead'
• AGs' New Complaint Takes Aim At DOJ's T-Mobile/Sprint Deal
• What You Should Know About Courtroom Closures
• UK Watchdog Busts Up £11M Assistive Comms Software Deal
• China Vows To Counter Planned US Tariff On $300B Of Goods
• Biz Groups Back Comcast In High Court Race-Bias Battle
• Labaton Sucharow Nabs Lead In Apple Investor Suit
• Sinclair Tells Court It Didn't Lie About Tribune Deal's Chances
• FCC's Caller ID Rules Contribute To Spoofed Calls Crackdown
• Grindr User Takes Stalking Case Against App To High Court
• Call Recipients Denied Cert. In Time Warner Robocall Case
• Pentagon Forms 5G Team To Secure Next-Gen Defense Tools
• Consumer Fights AT&T Bid To Arbitrate Privacy Suit
• NY1 Says Age, Pregnancy Bias Suits Shouldn't Be Combined
• Chamber Asks Trump Admin. To Hold Off Tariffs On France
• CBS-Viacom Merger May See Challenges From Unlikely Places
• 1st Circ. Revives Automated Call Suit Against Verizon
• Congress Urged To Drop Mass Phone Spying From Patriot Act
• Pai Touts Progress Of Carriers' Call Verification Efforts
• FCC Chair Floats Final Sprint/T-Mobile Approval
• Huawei Says Discovery Limits Would Handcuff Its Defense
• France Approves New Streaming Service, With Conditions
• FCC's Hands Likely Tied On White House Anti-Bias Order
• Defense Bill Threatens FCC Spectrum Powers: Tech Group
• 9th Circ. Revives DirecTV 'NFL Sunday Ticket' Antitrust MDL
• Advocates Blast FCC's 'Cruel' Budget Cap Proposal
• CenturyLink To Pay $550K For Overbilling Practices
• Hytera Must Face Motorola's Patent Claims Over Digital Radio
• Trump Acknowledges Consumers Could Bear Tariff Costs
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Seaweed Scientist's Odyssey
• FTC Win Irrelevant To 9th Circ. Class Appeal, Qualcomm Says
• How 2 Robocall Bills Would Affect TCPA Enforcement
• Recession Could Raise Stakes Of OECD Tax Negotiations
• EPIC Steps Up Bid To Stop Facebook's $5B FTC Deal
• 4 Firms Shape $30.5B Megamerger Of CBS And Viacom
• T-Mobile-Sprint Highlights Antitrust Concerns Over Biz Docs
• Trump Delays New Tariff On Chinese Laptops, Phones
• How To Counter Jury Reliance On Plaintiff's Damages Ask
• Akin Gump Ups Pressure On FCC To Clarify Junk Fax Liability
• States, Tribes Get $109M To Implement Next Generation Of 911
• Verizon Settles For Shorter, Subtler Tower In NY Town Dispute
• Sprint, T-Mobile Tell FCC It's Time To Act On Merger Review
• Outsiders Defend Calif. Class Action Law In Qualcomm Appeal
• 'Guy With IPhone' Wants $60K In Atty Fees After $750 Trial Win
• FCC Officially Launches Subsidy Fraud Division
• Fed. Circ. Agrees AT&T 4G LTE Doesn't Infringe Network IP
• Iranian National Pleads Guilty To Exporting Controlled Tech
• AT&T Seeks Full 9th Circ. Review In Roaming Fee Case
• 7th Circ. Says Striking Worker Rightly Fired For Risky Driving
• Mistakes Vs. Falsehoods In Trade Controls Submissions
• US-China Talks Suddenly In Doubt As Both Sides Dig In Heels
• Insurer Skirts Some Liability For Worker's Fatal Cell Tower Fall
• IRS Regs To Treat Cloud-Computing Transactions As Services
• Huawei Must Face Patent Claims From Telecom Co.
• Comcast, AT&T Get Sought T-Mobile/Sprint Info Locks
• Media, Lawmakers Question Customs' Pressure On Reporters
• Cisco's $8.6M Deal Shows Cost Of Ignoring Cyber Flaws
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Skadden, Cravath
• Comcast Wants Justices To Fix 9th Circ. Standard In Bias Suit
• Tribes Win DC Circ. Ruling Against FCC On Small-Cell Builds
• EchoStar Unit Again Asks Fed. Circ. To Toss $21M IP Award
• 9th Circ. Keeps Internet Speed Suit Against Cox In Fed. Court
• Comcast, AT&T Call Info Locks In Sprint-T-Mobile Too Narrow
• Spectrum-Sharing Should Be Future Of C-Band, FCC Told
• 9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of SiriusXM DMV Privacy Suit
• Russia's Antitrust Agency Probing Apple App Store
• FCC Chair Says No New Radiofrequency Rules Needed For 5G
• Deals Rumor Mill: Altice, Saudi Aramco, KKR
• Apple Attacks $439M Verdict Again After VirnetX IP Ruling
• 3 D&O Rulings That Should Be On Attys' Summer Reading List
• Clients Benefit From Law Firm Expense Growth
• CBS, AT&T Ink New Multiyear Carriage Deal To End Blackout
• Apple Hit With Privacy Suit In Wake Of Reported Siri Snooping
• IPhone Buyers Near Cert. In Suit Over Refurbished Parts
• Apple Urges High Court To Turn Away $506M WARF IP Suit
• Facebook, FTC Fight Privacy Group's Bid To Block $5B Deal
• Fed. Circ. Befuddled In Hearing On Ericsson IP License Rates
• DOJ Urged To Leave Intact Music Licensing Orders
• State AGs Push Streamers To Curb Tobacco Imagery
• US Aims To Sever Huawei From Government Business
• GOP Sens. Probe Google-Huawei Smart Speaker Project
• CMA Ups Probe Into UK Radio Merger After Fixes Fall Short
• Czech Telecoms' Network-Sharing Hurts Competition, EU Says
• TV Networks' Suit Tees Up Battle Over Nonprofit Streaming
• Changing Ethics Rules Is Key To Law Firm Innovation
• Pols Fear USMCA Will Expand Immunity For Tech Giants
• ​​​​​​​Calif. Judge Won't Stay TCPA Row For Autodialer Ruling
• Va. Criminal Defense Atty Takes Over $15.7M Fraud Case
• T-Mobile Can't Arbitrate Location Data Fight, Customers Say
• GOP Sens. Ask DOJ To Widen View Of Broadcast Competition
• Leased Access Flouts First Amendment, Cable Orgs Tell FCC
• MTV's 'Floribama Shore' Rips Off Bar's Trademark, Suit Says
• FCC Dings Cumulus For Failing To ID Broadcast Sponsors
• Mass. Bill Seeks 5% Streaming Tax On Digital Entertainment
• Windstream Lenders Want In On Suit Against Uniti
• T-Mobile Customer Defends Right To Sue In Spam-Text Case
• Evaluating The Efficacy Of FCC's New Foreign Robocall Rules
• DirecTV User Seeks Class Cert. In NJ RICO Case
• Unprecedented Agency Divergence On Antitrust Enforcement
• EU Wants To Make Payment Providers Help Fight VAT Fraud
• Broadcast Group Warns Of 5G Creep In C-Band Reallocation
• Ericsson Tells Fed. Circ. $75M Verdict Good Under Alice
• Time Warner Asks Fed. Circ. To Stay $145M Sprint Patent Win
• Facebook Can't Claim Patent Suit Costs, Fed. Circ. Told
• Main CRT Class, Electronics Cos. Defend $577M Deals
• Apple Again Beats Buyers' Faulty Security Flaw Fixes Suit
• Sprint-T-Mobile Opponents Call For Public Comment On Deal
• Judging A Book: Castillo Reviews 'Raising The Bar'
• Qualcomm Can't Hang Up On Class Cert., 9th Circ. Told
• No Proof Motorola Phone Hurt Man's Hearing, Judge Says
• Fox Inks $265M Deal For Fintech Co. Credible Labs
• Dissecting The Inherent Tension In Today's TCPA Landscape
• HTC, Others Get Part Of Telecom Patent Axed At PTAB
• Texas Blurs Partisan Divide In Sprint/T-Mobile Challenge
• Apple Quashes Suit Brought By Man Burned By IPhone
• Facebook Calls On Founding Fathers In Bid To Nix Tagging IP
• Huawei Says Theft Case Just A Pawn In 5G Race, Trade Talks
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Streamlined Smallsat Application Drill Sails Through FCC
• 1st Republican AG Joins Suit Against Sprint, T-Mobile Merger
• Google Stops Transcribing Assistant Speech Data In Europe
• Investors Want Cert. In Stock Suit Against Israeli Media Mogul
• Ex-Fox Commentator Slaps Atty With $118M Defamation Suit
• Fed. Circ. Revives Some VirnetX IP Tied To $1B Apple Verdicts
• FCC Lays Down New Rules For Cable Franchise Fees
• 'Jaded' Alsup Skeptical Of Apple And Cisco's $10M IP Fee Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Inexio-Deutsche Glasfaser, Aviva, Advent
• Info-Sharing Protocol Takes Shape In Sprint, T-Mobile Case
• FCC Greenlights Spoofing Ban For Texts, Foreign Calls
• FCC OKs Mapping Plan, But Commissioners Have Concerns
• Trump Ups Pressure On China With Fresh Tariff Threat
• A Welcome Turning Of The Tide On State Preemption Of Cities
• TCPA Fax Class Actions Could Be An Endangered Species
• Amazon Raising Fees On French Sellers After Digital Tax