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Telecommunications - June, 2020

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• Wiretaps Of Encrypted Messages Reached New High In 2019
• In Booking.com, Court Rejects Hard Rules And Dire Warnings
• Miss. Marketplace Facilitator Tax Mandate To Start Wednesday
• ICE Fights Class Cert. Bid In Detainees' Atty Access Suit
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Skadden Steers $700M IPO For Goldman Sachs SPAC
• CBS Seeks To Trim Injured Reporter's Age Discrimination Suit
• FCC OKs $198M Budget Bump For Rural Health Care
• How Calif. Privacy Rights Act Could Shape Privacy Landscape
• What You Say In Online Mediation May Be Discoverable
• Huawei, ZTE Officially National Security Threats, FCC Says
• Prison Phone Providers Accused Of Price-Fixing Inmate Calls
• Supreme Court OKs Trademark For Booking.com
• Open Internet Group Pushes 'Roadmap' To Probe Google
• Comcast Wipes Out Another Patent In IP War With Rovi
• AT&T Again Seeks To Pare Down $2M Crypto Theft Suit
• Jenner & Block Snags Telecom Attorney From Davis Wright
• Senate Dems Demand Agencies Act On COVID-19 Scams
• Strategic Considerations For The Escalating SEP Battles
• Cert. Denial In Televisa May Embroil 3rd-Party Asset Managers
• US Tariff Threats May Harm Alliance, EU Finance Ministers Say
• Frontier Communications Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan Disclosures
• Gilstrap Rejects Plea To Postpone Samsung Trial Over Virus
• FCC Limits Definition Of Autodialer
• EU Watchdog Seeks Input On How To Define Markets
• 10 Tips For A Successful Remote Arbitration Hearing
• Surveillance Reformers Seize Moment Amid Protests, Virus
• 9th Circ. Won't Save LG, Samsung Workers' Antitrust Suit
• Ericsson Gets $2.4M Tab After $110M Win Axed At Fed. Circ.
• 7th Circ. Won't Rethink $280M Dish TCPA Liability Ruling
• Qualcomm Wants Investor Suit Over Broadcom Deal Nixed
• Snubbed CRT Buyers Can't Delay Deals' Approval
• FCC Speeds Up 5G Permit Process For Historic, Tribal Sites
• To Achieve Diversity, Law Firms Must Reinvent Hiring Process
• SFO Gets Time To Seize Assets Linked To Uzbek Graft Scandal
• EU Antitrust Agency Must Rethink Mergers After Court Loss
• Calif. Privacy Law Revision To Appear On Nov. Ballots
• LA County's COVID-19 Contact Tracing Order Stands For Now
• Windstream Gets OK For $3.1B Debt-Swap Ch. 11 Plan
• States Showing Interest In Taxing Digital Ads, Panelists Say
• CBS Radio Victory Over Ex-Sales Rep's Bias Suit Stands
• NLRB OKs Searching Workers' Cars, Company Devices
• DOI Signs With USDA To Secure Tribal Infrastructure Funding
• Cybersecurity Steps For Law Firms Amid Heightened Risks
• Sprint, Charter Both Seek Early Wins In IP Dispute
• Investor Says Majority Stakeholder Drained Phone Refurb Biz
• White & Case Adds Litigation Partner In DC Office
• NSO Group Says WhatsApp Can't Get Injunction Over Hacking
• C-Band Lawsuits Seen As Unlikely To Derail FCC Auction
• Ex-Comcast Worker Says COBRA Notice Included Threats
• Mazie Slater Aims To Nix Fees Suit Over $125M Verizon Deal
• Windstream Defends Ch. 11 Plan From Noteholders
• Advocates Link Tech Liability Shield To Civil Rights
• GOP Senate Bill Would Ban 'Warrant-Proof Encryption'
• PTAB To Eye Telecom Patents Even As LG Cuts Deal
• Report To Show Digital Tax Deal Near, OECD Official Says
• FCC To Vote On Suicide Hotline Framework In July
• FCC's Pai Defends Lack Of At-Home Student Internet Funds
• WarnerMedia Asks 1st Circ. To Ax Maine Cable Bundling Law
• Real Estate Rumors: Symphony, Zar, SBA Communications
• Ex-Software CEO Says He's Shielded From Trade Secrets Suit
• It's Time For Law Firms To Support Work-From-Home Culture
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Dish, SiriusXM Fees Ruling In IP Fight
• Senate And House Roll Out Broadband Funding Bills
• Republicans Keep Confirming Unqualified Judicial Nominees
• How Trump Forever Changed Judicial Nominations
• NSO Group Spyware Reportedly Used On Moroccan Journalist
• Probes Done, No Rulings In Irish Facebook, WhatsApp Cases
• French Film Co. Technicolor Seeks To Cut Debt In Ch. 15 Case
• NBC, Rory McIlroy Hit With TM Suit Over 'Golfpass' Service
• DOJ Takes 'Strained' Approach To CDA Antitrust Immunity
• InterDigital Calls Lenovo's Antitrust Suit A Retaliatory Move
• Samsung Gets Image Sensor IP Suit Paused For PTAB Review
• FCC Supports Mobile Industry In RF Emissions Suit
• Russian Telecom Didn't Aid DOJ Bribery Probe, Investors Say
• Tips For Crafting The Perfect Law Firm Alert
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Full 9th Circ. Won't Reconsider Facebook Wiretap Ruling
• FCC Asks For Input On Effects Of Recent T-Mobile Outage
• Mich. Telecoms Look To Ax $1M Suit Over Switching Overages
• Conversant Fights To Resurrect 3G Patent In Huawei Dispute
• Televisa Investors Ask Again For Cert. In FIFA Bribes Suit
• 4th Circ. Says Qualified Immunity Not For Skirting FCA Claims
• Huawei, ZTE Curbing Telecom Innovation, Think Tank Says
• FTC Says Lack Of Staff Limits Privacy Probes, Enforcement
• Ex-ADI Employee Sees Anti-Chinese Bias In IP Theft Charges
• Robbins Geller Takes Reins From Labaton In Apple Suit
• Georgia State Senator Faces Suit Over Auto Texts
• FCC Halts Chinese Radio Broadcast For 'Deficient' Application
• DC Circ. Says $2M Contract Fight Belongs In Saudi Arabia
• Judging A Book: Elrod Reviews 'Shortlisted'
• Mandatory State Bars Likely To Remain Intact, For Now
• Google Says Firms Are Trying To Relitigate Privacy Case
• University Gets PTAB To Nix 6 Ericsson IPRs As Time-Barred
• High Court Won't Review Comcast's Program Guide IP Loss
• BlackBerry Assails 'Abusive' Extortion Suit Over Security IP
• DOD Official's Emails Dispute Ligado Interference Concerns
• 6th Circ. Again Revives TCPA Row After High Court Remand
• Small Satellite Operators Criticize FCC's C-Band Defense
• Senator Wants To Fund Rural Broadband With FCC Auctions
• Trump Adds PAC To Claims Over 'Manufactured' Quote
• 11 Keys To Success At Remote Mediation
• US Still Hoping For 2020 Deal On Digital Taxes
• GOP Lawmakers Float Outline For Wider Broadband Access
• Maine Bashes Cable Biz Stance In Channel Bundling Fight
• New York City To Force NYPD To Reveal Surveillance Tools
• Ill. Residents Want Amazon To Face Call Center Biometric Suit
• FCC's Pai Defends Ligado Decision Process To Congress
• Full 9th Circ. Not Interested In Reviewing Autodialer Definition
• House Democrats Pitch Sprawling $1.5T Infrastructure Bill
• T-Mobile Comes Out On Top In Fight Over Steeple Antenna
• Pandemic Could Bring Student Exodus From Legal Profession
• 9th Circ. Says Insurer Needn't Cover Telecom Co.'s OT Suit
• Mobile Industry Asks DC Circ. Not To Halt C-Band Auction
• Norfolk Southern Says Telecom Tower Co. Delinquent On Bills
• EU To Proceed With Digital Tax If US Exit Derails OECD Talks
• US Withdraws From Global Digital Tax Talks, Officials Say
• King & Spalding Beats DQ Bid In WhatsApp Hacking Suit
• New Legislation Could Signal Critical Mass On Section 230
• Eagles Announcer Accused Of Undermining Radio Contract
• 'Team Telecom' Tells FCC To Stop Hong Kong Undersea Cable
• 1st Circ. Says Court Can't Suppress Footage Under Carpenter
• Former FTC Official Joins Think Tank As Deputy GC
• The Privilege Implications Of Using Online Collaboration Tools
• Arizona Court Says SBA Can't Bar Debtors From PPP Loans
• FCC To Probe T-Mobile After 'Unacceptable' Network Outage
• Apple, Google Urged To Ax COVID-19 Apps With No Gov't Ties
• 9th Circ. Seeks Input From Ore. High Court On Damages Cap
• Small Satellite Cos. Ask DC Circ. To Pause C-Band Overhaul
• Senator Bashes FCC's $10B For C-Band Users As 'Free Melon'
• 9th Circ. Says Second TCPA Suit Wasn't Frivolous
• Sens. Push To Solidify Emergency Telehealth Expansion
• Officials Hold Out Little Hope Of Compromise On Ligado
• Music Rights Group Exec Assails Spotify Counterclaims
• Fed. Circ. Won't Move Patent Suit Against Apple From Texas
• Confronting Mental Distress In The Legal Profession
• FTC Pressed To Remain Independent On Social Media Order
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• AT&T Settles Indiana Customer Poaching Suit
• Pa. Justices Won't Enforce Late-Signed Noncompete
• Ocwen Tells 7th Circ. Zurich Owes Coverage In TCPA Suit
• Vestager Recommends Digital Tax To Fund EU Recovery Plan
• How USPTO Examiner Type Affects Patents: Part 2
• Apple Can't Escape $85M WiLAN Patent Verdict
• Full Fed. Circ. Urged To Eye Alice Ax Of $110M Ericsson Win
• US Softens Huawei Ban For 5G Cellular Network Development
• Ligado's House Critics Flag Alleged Conflict Of Interest At FCC
• FCC Told New 6 Ghz Rules Endanger Public Safety Uses
• Platforms, Cybersecurity Groups Blast Online Filters Ruling
• Spectrum Act Folded Into Next Year's Defense Budget Bill
• Litigation Finance Investments Are Not Risk-Free Loans
• 15 Minutes With Discovery's General Counsel
• How White Privilege Helped Me Succeed In BigLaw
• AT&T Must Face Suit Over 'Bait-And-Switch' Wireless Rates
• Judge Rips $100K Fee Bid Following $1K Settlement
• Barnes & Thornburg Nabs Kilpatrick Litigator In Atlanta
• Zoom Derivative Suit Alleges $173M In Insider Trading
• As Final Calif. Privacy Regs Drop, Enforcement Fights Loom
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Sirius XM Inks $96M Deal To End Subscription Fees Suit
• House Dems Call For Transparency In FCC COVID-19 Funding
• Synchronoss Tech Escapes Shareholder Action Over Unit Sale
• Dish Asks 7th Circ. To Rethink Telemarketer Liability Ruling
• FCC Strikes Back At Claims It's Stiffing Lifeline Carriers
• Job Seekers Try Again In Amazon, T-Mobile Biased Ads Suit
• NTIA Argues Ligado Overstates FCC's Spectrum Purview
• Bryon Allen, Comcast Reach Settlement In Race Bias Suit
• FCC Denies Small Satellite Cos.' Delay Bid In C-Band Overhaul
• Keys To A Thriving Biz Development Culture At Your Law Firm
• 6th Circ. Won't Revive Telecom Worker's Race Bias Suit
• Republican Sen. Urges FTC Probe Into New TikTok Competitor
• Miss. City Ordered To Allow Verizon Cell Tower Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rackspace Technology, Airbnb, Hovis
• Watchdog Group Asks Gov't To Rethink Facebook Purchases
• 4 Firms Vie For Lead Counsel In Zoom Shareholder Litigation
• FCC Pushed To Cut Off Telecoms Despite China Pressure
• Watchdog To Probe FCC's Lifeline Quality Control Measures
• Fed. Circ. Backs PTAB Ax Of Twilio Telecom Patents
• 9th Circ. Says Snubbed CRT Buyers Can't Challenge Deals Yet
• Republican Sens. Urge FCC To Narrow Online Liability Shield
• How Video Mediation Can Help Us Serve Clients Better
• Tech, Media Cos. Must Watch DOJ's China Initiative
• AT&T Workers Ordered To Arbitrate GPS Tracking Suit
• Maine Becomes A Hotbed Of Cable Law Spats
• Mental Health Efforts Will Support Diversity In Legal Industry
• Senate Slams Lack Of Oversight On Chinese Telecoms In U.S.
• Apple, Samsung Sued Over 'Slide-To-Unlock' Patents In WDTX
• New FCC Subsidy Fund Contemplates Broadband Satellites
• Privacy Org Presses 5th Circ. To Veto Border Phone Searches
• Movie Biz Blasts 'Radical' Maine Cable Bundling Law
• Hawaii Telecom Wants $200M FCC Suit In Fed. Claims Court
• Fed. Circ. Rejects Ex-Chief's Call To Clarify Alice In Dish Case
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Cert. Denied In FIFA Corruption Suit Against Televisa
• Agentra Says It Never Cleared Final 'Hurdle' On Robocall Deal
• FCC Floats $225M Fine Over Spoofed Health Insurance Calls
• 11th Circ. Asked To Revive FCRA Suit Against Dish
• Valuing Firms In A World Of Pandemic-Induced Bankruptcies
• Apple IPhone Users Urge Court To Keep Emissions Claims
• Tech Giants Warn Trump On Security Controls Backfiring
• Verizon Ends Suit Against Ga. County That Said No To Tower
• LG, Samsung Fight Workers' Rehearing Bid In 9th Circ.
• CTIA, USTelecom Ask FCC To Simplify Ownership Regulations
• Investors Accuse Intelsat Insiders Of Trading On C-Band News
• MagicJack Settles With FCC For $5M Over Unpaid Subsidies
• Amazon Caused $10M Damage To Warehouse, Suit Says
• Civility Could Be Litigators' New Normal Even Post-Pandemic
• CEO's Junk-Fax Win Can't Help Med Supply Co., 7th Circ. Says
• Contact Tracing Shouldn't Upend 4th Amendment Protections
• UK Supreme Court To Hear Google Data Privacy Case
• 5th Circ. Backs Jail Phone Firm's Win Over Inmates' Fee Suit
• Tech Groups Tell FCC That 6 GHz Reorganization Must Stand
• Customers Call Bunk On AT&T's New Docs In Throttle Suit
• SpaceX Tells FCC To Keep 12 GHz For Satellite Broadband
• Law Firms Must Beware Risks In Nontraditional Financing
• COVID-19 Mitigation May Trigger New Tech Export Restrictions
• Zoom's CLO Promoted To Company's 1st COO
• Dems Urge Top Lawmakers To Back $1B Virus Broadband Bill
• EU Tax Chief Says Pandemic Boosts Global Tax Deal Urgency
• Ligado Plan Unlikely To Unravel Despite Military Bluster
• Copyright Office Should Call For Further DMCA Rebalancing
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Fed. Circ. OKs PTAB Ax Of Some Huawei Patent Claims
• Facebook Judge Rips $550M Biometric Privacy Deal
• Zoom Ripped For Only Offering Paying Users Top Encryption
• Sens. Query AT&T Over 'Potential Net Neutrality Violation'
• FCC Tells 5th Circ. It Can Restrict Subsidies To Huawei
• Law Firm Seeks To Toss DirecTV Subscriber's RICO Claim
• 2 Tested Alternatives To Unavoidable Court Delays
• Deals Rumor Mill: LVMH, Royal Dutch Shell, Amazon
• Minn. Ruling Represents Sensible Stance On Legal Finance
• Wireless Group Calls For Huawei, ZTE Replacement Funding
• Ariz. Call Center Denied Pay For Preshift Duties, Rep Says
• License To All Should Prevail In FRAND Patent Wars
• Tax Compliance Issues For Rapidly Growing Media Cos.
• 9th Circ. Ruling Doesn't Help Google Users In Tracking Row
• It's Getting Harder To Hide Consultants' Data Breach Reports
• Fed. Circ. OKs Tinder Win In British Telecom Patent Suit
• Malpractice Claim Tossed From $30M AOL-Verizon Merger Suit
• Maine Wants Charter's Challenge To Cable Bill Law Ditched
• Airlines Want Ligado 5G Interference Issues Cleared Up
• CTIA Sues Over Move To Divert Lifeline Funds To 911 Services
• Apple Must Face Claims Over CEO's Comments To Analysts
• Credit One Liable For Robocalls To Kid's Cell, 9th Circ. Says
• UCSB Prof Sues Zoom Over Child Porn 'Zoombomb' Hack
• AT&T Calls Del. Escheat Probe 'Excessive' In Chancery Court
• Best Practices For A Paperless Law Practice
• FCC Democrat Says Protests Point To FCC's Responsibility
• Fed. Circ. Won't Hear Whether Evidence Backs PTAB Ruling
• App Makers Urge Justices To Let Judges Set FRAND Rates
• Vodafone, IPCom Stay Telecom Infrastructure Patent Dispute
• Texas Atty Tells 5th Circ. Warrants Needed In Phone Searches
• Cox Can't Topple $1B Piracy Verdict, But Wins Some Trims
• NY Residents Sue Sprint, T-Mobile Over Cell Tower Removal
• Rovi Tells Justices To Ignore ITC Flip-Flop In Comcast IP Row
• FCC's 5G Streamlining Faces Lawmakers' Partisan Split
• Sens. Unveil Privacy Bill To Regulate Contact Tracing Apps
• Agencies Face Limited Options For Twitter Crackdowns
• China Telecom Must Explain Why It Wants FISA Info, FCC Says
• Huawei Argues PTAB Erred By Finding Mobile Patent Obvious
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Suit Claims Trump's Social Media Order Chills Free Speech
• Rock Stars, Tech Giants Argue Over DMCA At Senate Hearing
• If The DOD Wants Ligado's Spectrum, It Should Buy It
• VirnetX Wants Apple's 'Crucial' Docs Ahead Of $700M Retrial
• Lawyers Must Address Racial Injustice With Radical Candor
• How COVID-19 Applies To Weakened Competitor M&A Defense
• US Looking Into Tariffs Against India, EU Over Digital Taxes
• King & Spalding Fights DQ Bid In WhatsApp Hacking Suit
• FCC Announces Aggressive Timeline For C-Band Clearing
• Judge Recommends Class Treatment For Verizon ERISA Suit
• FCC Eases Rules For Providing Subsidized Tribal Broadband
• FCC Commish Warns China Could Dominate Space Tech
• Freshfields Steers 3 PE Firms' $3.3B Bid For Spain's MasMovil
• Snubbed CRT Buyers Say Leaner Price-Fix Deal Still No Good
• Comcast Tells 9th Circ. Privacy Suit Belongs In Arbitration
• How Lawyers Can Network Better, Virtually And In Person
• Practical Tips For Presenting Your Case To Litigation Funders
• Research Firm Says Survey Pitches Don't Break TCPA Ad Ban
• Justices Told PTAB Findings Can't Erase Infringement Rulings
• Pai, Broadcasters Condemn Violence Against News Crews
• Justices Won't Take AT&T, Comcast Arbitration Fight
• Equinix Buys Bell Data Center Portfolio In Canada For $765M
• ACLU, Others Back Maine Web Privacy Law Against Challenge
• 15 Minutes With Xandr's Chief Legal Officer