Telecommunications Archive » May, 2020

Telecommunications - May, 2020

261 articles

• 5th Circ. Lets Down Telecoms In Access Fee Fight
• Ligado Opposes NTIA's Push To Stall 5G Plan Approval
• Digital Taxes Face International Legal Gantlet
• Avoiding Inadvertent Privilege Waivers In E-Communications
• Dems Upbeat On Prospects For Stalled Broadband Bills
• Maine Pay-Per-Channel Law Is Illegal, Comcast Tells 1st Circ.
• 5 Tips For Drafting Effective Legal Billing Guidelines
• Taxation With Representation: White, Freshfields, Fenwick
• Pa. Law Firm Sued Over Client's $134M Unpaid Judgment
• Where We Are In The US Trade Secret Crackdown On China
• Cumulus Media Says Time Limit Spells Doom For 401(k) Suit
• Supervisor Claims Cell Tower Builders Failed To Pay OT
• Prison Phone Co. To Pay Up To $25M To End Inmate Call Suit
• NSA Warns On Russian Military Launching New Cyberattacks
• T-Mobile Worker's Union Email Was Not Protected, NLRB Says
• EU Court Unblocks £10B Hutchison-O2 Deal
• FCC Chair Pushes Back On Lawmakers' Ligado 5G Protests
• White House Order To Tackle Twitter Bias On Shaky Ground
• Don't Cancel Your Summer Associate Programs
• Tech Will Play Key Role In Real Estate's Road To Recovery
• 5th Circ. Says Verizon, Sprint Due Answers In Access Fee Suit
• Trump Campaign Says NBC Unit Ad 'Altered' Audio Clip
• New House Bill Aims To Expedite FCC Auction Funds
• Trump Tweets Kill Bipartisan FISA Surveillance Bill
• Failed Trade Negotiations Cast Shadow On Global Tax Talks
• Comcast Technicians Sue For Overtime, Citing 70-Hour Weeks
• Request To Extradite Huawei Exec Clears Key Benchmark
• Full Fed. Circ. Denies Facebook's Bid To Rethink Arthrex
• Bipartisan Bill Proposes $100B In New Tech Funding
• Fed. Circ. Clears Cisco, Alcatel In Fiber Optic IP Case
• Investor Looks To Freeze Tech Co.'s US Bank Accounts
• Maine AG Defends Constitutionality Of Internet Privacy Law
• FCC Seeks Input On Plan For Rural 5G Deployment
• Facebook Wants Full 9th Circ. To Reconsider Wiretap Ruling
• Dish's Trade Reps Renew Call To Push 5G Into 12 GHz Band
• CRT Buyers Hit Back At Bid To Stop $577M Deals At 9th Circ.
• Feds Urge Govs. To Label Telecom Workers As 'Essential'
• Netflix And Comcast Lose PTAB Bid To Nix Digital Data Patent
• 5 Ways To Reduce Post-Pandemic Legal Malpractice Exposure
• Justices Should Construe Computer Fraud Law Narrowly
• Dell Latest Co. Sued Over Zeroclick's Touch Screen IP
• Fight Pitting PTAB Against Courts Heats Up At Supreme Court
• Dish Subscriber Urges 11th Circ. To Revive TCPA Claims
• House May Block Warrantless Surveillance Of Web Activity
• OECD Chief Warns Record Spending Needed To Fight Pandemic
• Pentagon Calls On FCC To Reconsider Ligado 5G Approval
• ITC Asks Justices To Send Comcast IP Spat Back To Fed. Circ.
• VirnetX Insists Apple Can't Restart IPR Fight Under Arthrex
• Gray's North Dakota TV Station Buy Foiled By FCC
• Credibility Concerns About Virtual Arbitration Are Unfounded
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• COVID-19 IP Catch-Up: Courts Divided On Getting IP To Trial
• Ex-Fed. Circ. Chief Urges Full Court To Clarify Alice Test
• FCC Mulls Delaying C-Band Overhaul For DC Circ. Challenge
• DOJ, Privacy Advocates Forced To Seek Surveillance Info Deal
• Sens. Seek To Give Rural Health Care Program $2B Boost
• $38M In Ch. 11 Bonuses OK'd For Frontier Execs
• CCPA Is 1 Of Many Retailer Data Privacy Class Action Worries
• A Lawyer's Guide To Client Service Continuity Planning
• Charter Hit With Suit Over 'Bait-And-Switch' Cable TV Scheme
• Atty Says Verizon 'Corporate Invasion' Risks COVID-19 Spread
• Copyright Office's DMCA Report: 4 Parts You Gotta Read
• 9th Circ. Ruling Threatens Online Filters, Justices Told
• COVID-19 Saps US Trade Threat On Digital Taxes: OECD Official
• FCC Upholds Order Letting Ga. Counties Get In-State Satellite
• White House Outlines Plan To Make China Feel The Heat
• Gray Urges Justices To Rein In 3rd Circ. On Media Ownership
• Ignore Net Neutrality Advocates About Rule Remand, FCC Told
• CRT Makers Don't Want $542M In Deals Paused For Appeals
• FCC Swamped With Requests To Undo Ligado Approval
• 'Unprecedented' Worker Unrest Tees Up Union Surge
• Virtual Meetings Could Be Fertile Ground For Legal Discovery
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, NBA, Nasdaq
• Copyright Office Says DMCA Has 'Tilted Askew'
• Apple, Google Launch COVID-19 Exposure Notification Tool
• Facebook Beats Texas TCPA Suit Over Unwanted Texts
• DISH Network Wins $3.3M in Suit Over Streaming Scheme
• US Puts More Telecoms On Notice For Routing Virus Scams
• Telecom Co. Gets Arthrex Redo, Pharma & Gaming Cos. Don't
• Ohio House OKs Tax Amnesty To Boost Pandemic Recovery
• Ad Watchdog Nixes AT&T Appeal Over '5G Evolution' Claims
• Contingent Fees A Great Option For Cos. During Downturn
• The Role Of Remote Mediation After The Crisis Is Over
• Pai Says FCC Handling Thousands Of COVID-19 Complaints
• Ex-Worker Says Altice Fired Him Over Medical Marijuana Use
• Covington Atty Grilled On Plans To Probe FCC Subsidy Fraud
• Verizon Shuffles Tower Sites To End Feud With NY Town
• 7 Steps To Romancing The Virtual Classroom
• AT&T Customer's Crypto Theft Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• CRT Buyers Urge 9th Circ. Not To Ax $577M Deal Challenge
• Apple, Cisco Get $4.2M In Fees After Rebuke For 'G-R-E-E-D'
• Facebook To Pay Canadian Gov't $6.5M To End Privacy Probe
• Ohio Tax Amnesty Bill For Virus Recovery Clears House Panel
• DirecTV Goes Dark In Venezuela As AT&T Torn Over Sanctions
• Comcast To Take Viamedia's Antitrust Case To Supreme Court
• Quicken Loans Can't Ditch Telemarketing Suit
• PTAB Mostly Hands Win To Cisco Over Cybersecurity Patent
• Gov't Amicus Efforts Show Antitrust Policy Via Advocacy
• Securus To Add Privacy Tools On Jail Calls To End Class Suit
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• 5 Tips For Emergency Relief Petitions During COVID-19
• Key Return-To-Work Considerations For Law Firms
• Judge Won't Put Maine Cable Access Law On Ice
• ICE Detainees Suing Over Atty Access Fire Off Quick Cert. Bid
• NJ Justices Won't Review Telecom Co.'s Mass Fax Tax Dispute
• Ligado CEO Outlines Road Map For Satellite System Launch
• Trumps Can't Delay Fraud Suit Any Longer, Judge Rules
• House Urged To Block Feds' Warrantless Online Data Grabs
• Full Fed. Circ. Skips 1-Line Orders In Apple, Hearing Aid Cases
• Feds Slam Apple As They Link Navy Base Shooter To Al-Qaida
• SoftBank Cites COVID-19 As Vision Fund Posts $10B Q4 Loss
• FCC Urged To Expand Scope Of Call Authentication Tech
• Tesla, Dell Among 12 Accused Of Infringing 3G, 4G Patents
• Senators Slam FCC's Green Light For Ligado 5G Rollout
• FCC Mulls Rule Break So Broadcasters Can Offer Internet
• A Creative Solution For Teaching Local Practice In Law School
• China Vows To Strike Back Against Trump's Huawei Squeeze
• Divided House Approves Dems' Expansive $3T Virus Relief Bill
• Apple Says VirnetX IPRs Were Wrongly Halted Under Arthrex
• FCC Reluctantly Starts Process To Auction EMS Airwaves
• Software Co. Tells Justices 9th Circ. Erred On Content Filters
• 3rd Circ. Says Market Survey Solicitations Can Violate TCPA
• Making Law Firm Panels Work For The Cost-Conscious GC
• Czechs To Delay Digital Services Tax Until 2021
• How USPTO Examiner Type Affects Patents: Part 1
• AT&T Accused Of Using GPS To Track Workers And Dock Pay
• $500M IPhone Deal Gets Nod, But Virus Delays Final OK
• Chipmaker To Pay $2.75M To Settle Revenue Accounting Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Hastings, Crowell
• 7th Circ. Won't Rethink Allowing National Class In Ill. Fax Suit
• Consumer Groups Call For Immediate Lifeline Expansion
• Md. Digital Ad Tax Likely To Share Fate With Wash. Bank Tax
• US Aims To Muscle Huawei Out Of Global Chip Supply Chain
• Privacy Groups Say TikTok Breaking Terms Of FTC Deal
• Huawei Loses Wireless Patent Fight At Fed. Circ.
• Ad Watchdog To Verizon: Yank 'Screaming' Fan 5G Claims
• For One Software Co., Open 5G Is A Gateway To Competition
• 10th Circ. Crafts New ERISA Rule In Liberty Life Benefits Suit
• Fusion Connect Says Feds Have No Right To $2.1M Fraud Fine
• Pandemic Presents Teamwork Test For Law Firms
• ​​​​​​​Pomerantz To Lead Investors In Sprint Stock-Drop Suit
• ITC Comcast Patent Ruling Shouldn't Be Overturned
• Top EU Court Trims Power Cable Cartel Fine
• Crowell & Moring Guides Blank Check Co.'s $200M IPO
• Intelsat Launches Ch. 11 With $14.8B Debt Rework Plan
• Zoom Sued After Bible Study Derailed By 'Traumatizing' Porn
• Sprint Gets 2nd Chance To Challenge Wireless Network Patent
• Trump Extends China-Focused Telecom Security Declaration
• Rep. Says FCC Is Failing Upstate NY On Broadband Access
• Lawmakers Want Broadband Holes Fixed Fast Amid Pandemic
• Fed. Circ. Applies Arthrex To Reexaminations In VirnetX Case
• Space Experts Call For US Unity On Tackling Orbital Junk
• Investors Hit Facebook With New Suit Over Privacy Failures
• 8 Tips For Retaining An Expert During COVID-19 And Beyond
• Public Injunctive Relief Vs. Arbitration: An Ongoing Debate
• FCC Passes Spectrum, Satellite Rules Ahead Of May Meeting
• 'Unusual' Error Gets AT&T's FMLA Win Nixed At 5th Circ.
• Sens. Look To Spend $4B On 'Homework Gap' Funding Plan
• Latest COVID-19 Package Would Boost Home Broadband
• FCC's Sinclair Settlement Doesn't Dispel All Black Clouds
• XL Entities Dismissed From $267M TCPA Judgment Suit
• Think Tank Urges 9th Circ To Rethink Bar For Antitrust
• What It's Like To Move From Army JAG To BigLaw
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• How High Court IPR Time-Bar Case Affects Gov't Contractors
• Aussie Investment Firm Buys NZ Internet Provider For $520M
• Facebook Users Share Details Of Historic $550M Privacy Deal
• 'Superfund' Floated To Clean Up Online 'Toxic Junk'
• Suit Over AOL-Verizon Deal Expert's 'Grudge' Survives In Del.
• Texas Courts Latest Victim Of Inevitable Ransomware Crush
• FCC Rule Not Up For Debate In Junk Fax Fight, 4th Circ. Told
• IP Firm Sued Over Conflict In Messy Software Co. Divorce
• Fed. Circ. Says PTAB Needn't Dig Up Buried Arguments
• Spotify Adds Ex-WarnerMedia, HBO Atty As Its GC
• How Law Firms Can Maximize COVID-19 Insurance Coverage
• Protecting Privilege When Communicating With Contractors
• CRT Buyers Press 9th Circ. To Ax Challenges To $577M Deals
• Mergers During COVID-19 Create New 'Failing Firm' Paradigm
• Reps. Urge House To Support Open 5G Technologies
• Huawei, ZTE Hit With £1.7M Cost Bill After 4G Patent Loss
• Takeaways From China's Antitrust Probe Of Music Industry
• Comcast Gets PTAB To Invalidate TiVo Unit's TV Patent
• Pandemic Points Up Need For New Broadband Plan, Sen. Says
• House Panel Urges FCC To Reconsider Ligado 5G Decision
• Windstream Gets OK For Uniti Deal, Cuts Rights Backstop
• Comcast Urged To Open Up Hot Spot Access To Students
• Frontier Exaggerates Coverage In Subsidy Auction, FCC Told
• A Musical Solution For Negotiating Wireless FRAND Rates
• Virtual Caucuses Can Improve The Mediation Process
• Feds Fight Huawei Bid To Share Discovery With Fugitive CFO
• How To Assess Accounting Materiality Amid Economic Crisis
• Apple Scores PTAB Win Over Emergency Call Patent
• Most Of Google Assistant Privacy Suit Nixed, For Now
• Creditors Say Windstream Could Have Gotten Better Uniti Deal
• NBC Unit Says Trump Campaign Libel Suit Chills Free Speech
• High Court Urged To Let Judges, Not Juries, Set FRAND Rate
• Sen. Calls For FCC To Boost US Satellites Via C-Band Funds
• Next Steps For Regulation Of The US Telecom Sector
• Alsup Scolds Apple, Cisco For 'G-R-E-E-D' In Atty Fee Bid
• What All Attorneys Can Learn From Female Rainmakers
• Kirsch Gelband Sues Mazie Slater Over $125M Verizon Deal
• Left-Out CRT Buyers Want $542M Deal Paused For Appeal
• Clearview AI Says Facial Photo Data Scrape Claim Is Moot
• 4 Firms Assist On Merger Creating $39B UK Telecom Giant
• Justices Search For Right Robocall Balance In TCPA Fight
• Sinclair To Pay $48M To End FCC Probe Of Axed Tribune Deal
• House Bill Aims To Fatten FCC's Universal Service Fund
• Aussie Bill Covers Penalties For Virus Tracing App Data Abuse
• Pentagon Will Ask FCC To Reconsider Ligado, Official Says
• Ch. 11 Blunts Trump Casino Labor Row, NLRB Memo Says
• High Court Booking.com Case Highlights Stale TM Test
• HTC, Ericsson Tangle At 5th Circ. Over How To Value Patents
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Windstream Says Charter's False Ads Cut Customer Growth
• Verizon Will Pay $125M To Atty Paralyzed By Fallen Pole
• AT&T Ducks NY State Court Suit Over Time Warner Merger
• Promoting Lawyer Well-Being Is More Essential Than Ever
• Fed. Circ. Makes It Binding: Arthrex Redo Is For Patent Owner
• What To Watch As High Court Tackles TCPA's Autodialer Ban
• Advocates Push Ahead With New Version Of Calif. Privacy Law
• Senator Says AI Co. Evasive On Facial Recognition Software
• $905M Wireless Co. Deal Suit Should Survive, Chancery Told
• Adapting 2020 Tax Expectations To COVID-19 Developments
• Dish Tries To Claw Back Unused $10.7M From TCPA Verdict
• Cable Co. Can't Slip Former In-House Atty's Retaliation Suit
• US, UK Launch Trade Talks Amid Global Uncertainty
• TV Stations To Pay $100K For Bad Faith Retransmitting Talks
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Remote Depositions Bring Ethics Considerations For Lawyers
• More Reasons To Redesign The Open Office Post-Pandemic
• AGs Urge Telecom Industry To Step Up Robocall Fight
• Policy Group Launches To Push Open 5G Technologies
• Samsung Must Face Exploding Phone Suit Despite Atty Delays
• Attys Sound Alarm On 'Centralized' UK COVID-19 Tracing App
• Starz Says MGM Licensed Exclusive Films To Competitors
• Toss Suit Over Child Privacy Settlement, Alphabet Says
• FCC Says Contentious 5.9 GHz Sharing Is Helping Amid Crisis
• D.C. Circ. Mulls 3-Way Fight Between AT&T, FCC, Local Carrier
• Justices' TCPA Take Won't Affect Charter Suit, Consumer Says
• PTAB Misread Prior Art In Huawei IP Case, Fed. Circ. Told
• Alcatel-Lucent Aims To Revive Farmland Assessment Appeal
• Apple Says FCC Statement Ends IPhone Radiation Suit
• Ex-Entercom Sales Exec Slams Bid To Ax Discrimination Suit
• 11th Circ. Says TCPA Consent In A Contract Can't Be Revoked
• FCC Hit With Lawsuit Challenging C-Band Reorganization
• Justices Weigh 'Monopoly Power' In Booking.com TM Case
• Early Pandemic-Related Shifts We're Seeing In Legal Finance
• The Death Of The LSAT
• France's Le Maire Says COVID-19 Makes Tax Reform Crucial
• OECD Postpones Key Digital Tax Meeting To October
• Fed. Circ. Rejects Fortinet Bid To Toss British Telecom IP Suit
• Apple Rips Caltech's Bid To Double 'Exorbitant' $1B IP Win
• Lockheed To Advocate For Protecting GPS Amid Ligado Feud
• Tribes Ask FCC To Extend Spectrum Application Window
• Clark Hill Sues Pittsburgh Radio Network Over $680K Bill
• FCC Must Cough Up Data On Net Neutrality Rulemaking Fraud
• Sirius XM's $2.2M Texas Tax Refund Nixed On Appeal
• House Wants Bezos Testimony In Amazon Antitrust Probe
• FCC Will Stop Warning Robocallers Before Penalties Hit
• Remote Int'l Arbitration Lessons To Retain Post-Pandemic