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Telecommunications - May, 2021

233 articles

• Law360 Names 2021's Top Attorneys Under 40
• SolarWinds Attackers Said To Return With Phishing Campaign
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Virus Tests, Fighter Jets
• Bad Data Behind Broadcaster Union Withdrawal, NLRB Argues
• Senate Punts On Massive Tech, Trade Bill Aimed At China
• AT&T Tells Judge It Will Battle SEC's Selective Leaks Suit
• Amazon's MGM Buy Fuels Streaming Wars, Irks Lawmakers
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Gov't Must Resolve Uncertainty Over 'Twilight' Cell Towers
• FCC Pauses Trump-Era Sharing Plan For 4.9 GHz Band
• Video Games Are Latest Antitrust Target But May Not Be Last
• Snapchat Case May Offer Opening For Design Defect Plaintiffs
• Triller Fight Club Hits Sites Over Jake Paul Boxing Stream
• 5 Tips To Help Your 2021 Summer Associates Succeed
• Senate Adds Trade Package To Major Tech Bill Aimed At China
• Cox Nears Settlement Resolving IP Dispute In Midst Of Trial
• IP Forecast: Cell Giants To Defend Wireless Tech In EDTX
• Tech Orgs Say New Fla. Social Media Law Limits Free Speech
• Indian Judicial Body Orders Devas To Liquidate Over Fraud
• 3 Firms Represent £673M Equiniti Take-Private Deal
• Judge Urges Toss Of Used Phone Biz Ownership Fight
• Massive Class Gets Green Light In Google Pay Bias Suit
• New FCC Rule Could Block Chinese-Made Tech From US Sales
• Julius Baer Will Pay $79M To Settle FIFA Corruption Case
• Firms Should Use Surveys To Make Smart Legal Tech Choices
• Fintech Startup Valued At $2.2B In SPAC Deal Led By 3 Firms
• NLRB Says Frontier Wrongly Refused To Negotiate With CWA
• Feds Tell Justices To Skip Comcast, Viamedia Antitrust Suit
• 5th Circ. Says 1 Text Message Enough To Prop Up TCPA Suit
• Live Chat IP Trial Is About A 'Copycat' And A 'Bully,' Jury Hears
• 6th Circ. Affirms FCC's New Cable Franchise Fees Rule
• 2 Fintech Startups Rally After IPOs Raise $461M Combined
• Senate Votes For Greater Oversight Of China Deal's IP Chapter
• Viasat Threatens To Sue FCC Over SpaceX's Starlink Plan
• Senate Bill Aims To Boost State AGs In Antitrust Cases
• Google Must Face Deception Claim In Data-Harvesting Row
• With Waco In The Rearview, TracFone Seeks To Ax IP Suit
• FCC's Carr Says Big Tech Must Pay For Its Strain On Internet
• Fla. Social Media Law Unlikely To Be 1st Amendment Friendly
• AT&T Partially Beats Suit Over Early Retirement Benefits
• What Private Cos. Can Learn From Biden Cybersecurity Order
• Don't Forget Due Diligence In Race For Lateral Associate Hires
• GOP Leaders Seek Hill Oversight Of FCC's COVID Programs
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Sens. Float Bill To Strengthen Chinese Tech Blockade
• Senate Approves Manatt Phelps Vet For Top HHS Post
• Fed. Circ. Backs Microsoft, Others' PTAB Wins Over Patch IP
• Epic-Apple Judge Suggests No Clear Winner As Trial Wraps
• Google's Antitrust Win Irrelevant To Facebook Suit, AGs Say
• Reps. Rally Behind Next-Gen Wi-Fi Expansion In 6 GHz
• Addressing Environmental Justice As Part Of ESG Initiatives
• NM Fights Back Against Broadband Co.'s Permit Suit
• 9th Circ. Backs NLRB's Bad-Faith Bargaining Ruling
• Epic-Apple's 'Super Bowl Of Antitrust' Trial May Be Watershed
• Apple CEO Tim Cook Gets Tough Questions From Epic Judge
• HP Spinoff Seeks New Patent Trial And Nix Of $173M Verdict
• Fiber Optics Patent Row Trial Delayed In Light Of Settlement
• 2nd Circ. Cuts Cord On Adelphia Execs' Conviction Challenge
• NY AG Allowed To Join Voter Suppression Robocall Suit
• Bill Would Kill 'ETC' Requirement For Telecom Subsidies
• How Tech Race Bill Expands CFIUS Purview To Academia
• GOP Rolls Out Alternatives To Dems' Broadband Initiatives
• Lessons In Civility From The Alex Oh Sanctions Controversy
• States' Suit Against Google Staying Put In Texas
• Google V. Oracle Hangs Over Apple's IP Defense In Epic Trial
• IP Forecast: Customer Service Secrets Row Heads To Jury
• Byron Allen Hits McDonald's With $10B Ad Racial Bias Suit
• Iowa Town Must Face Challenge To $50M Google Fiber Build
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Apple Win In Phone Camera IP Fight
• More Than 1M Households Sign Up For FCC's Broadband Help
• FCC Fines 2 Cos. Over Alleged Spectrum License Misuse
• Charter Workers Lose Cert. Bid Over Inadequate Class Rep
• FCC Says New Prison Phone Reforms Are 'Critical' To Equity
• Biz Record Admissibility Rule Must Adapt To An ESI World
• Apple's Craig Federighi Says Epic's App Store Risks Security
• Zayo CEO Packed Board Ahead Of $14B Deal, Chancery Told
• Sens. Expand Massive Tech Bill Aimed At China
• FCC Comment Fraud Sparks Calls For Reform
• 3rd Circ. Affirms BofA's Quick Win In TCPA Robocall Suit
• Union Calls For Antitrust Scrutiny Of AT&T's Spinoff
• 8 Firms Guide $525M In Blank-Check IPOs
• FTC, States Say Frontier Misrepresents DSL Speeds
• Overlooked Patent Cases: Preclusion's Effect On Settlement
• Robbins Geller Tossed From FIFA Suit For 'Fraud' On Court
• Sens. Look To Bolster China Bill With Trade Enforcement
• Apple's Phil Schiller Defends Data Practices In Epic Trial
• DOJ Offers 5th Circ. Its Current View On Mobile Patent Pool
• In Rare Move, Albright Lets Patent Case Leave His Court
• T-Mobile Strikes $2M Deal With Workers In OT Suit
• 2 Fintech Startups Prep IPOs That Could Net $400M Combined
• Stop Sending Robocalls, FCC Warns Two Foreign Telecoms
• Finance Panel Grapples Over Taxes For Infrastructure Reform
• Inside The 5 Largest M&A Deals AT&T Has Ever Completed
• Circuit 'Mess' Lands Border Search Spat At Justices' Doorstep
• Justices Must Weigh Class Cert. Denial Stats In Goldman Case
• Appropriators Urged To Extend COVID Broadband Benefits
• Insurance Could Be A Solution To Microchip Shortage Losses
• AT&T Owes DC $1.5M In Settlement For Service Overcharges
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Judging A Book: Rodriguez Reviews 'When Machines Can Be Judge'
• Epic-Apple Judge Praises Legal Teams For Diversity
• 9th Circ. Says No Class Cert. In '70s Singer's Royalties Battle
• Green Group Wants 10th Circ. To Revisit 5G Cell Tower Ruling
• Progressives Say Trump Changes Hindered Regulatory Portal
• Call Center Workers Say OT Stopped As Calls Continued
• 'Radical' IP Atty Fee Claim Doesn't Strike Justices' Interest
• Longtime Strikers Get Say In Charter Union Dissolution Vote
• Transferring EU Data To US After New Contractual Safeguards
• Justices Won't Touch 5th Amendment Exception In NJ Case
• Apple Can't Break Up Class Suing Over Refurbished IPhones
• Debt Firm Could Pay $5.4M For Deception Under CFPB Deal
• Justices Won't Review Vt. Tax On Gains Against Telecom Co.
• Ericsson Can't Get High Court To Eye Tossed $110M Judgment
• 4 Firms Rep $43B AT&T, Discovery Reverse Morris Trust Deal
• Apple CEO, Execs On Deck For 3rd Week Of Epic Games Trial
• Apple's App Store Runs On 79% Operating Margin, Judge Told
• DC Circ. Shocked AT&T, Iowa Carrier In Dark About Own Deal
• Biden's Cybersecurity Order Likely To Reach Beyond Gov't
• Biden Deletes Trump's Social Media 'Censorship' Order
• Feds Push For Normal China Tariff Collection During Suit
• Senate To Debate $110B Tech Funding Bill To Outdo China
• Facebook Can't Block Order To Halt EU-US Data Transfers
• Verizon Wants Out Of Call Center Workers' Bias, Pension Suit
• Pipeline Ransomware Attack Could Raise Cyber Insurance Bar
• 5 Steps For Law Firms Rethinking Flexible Work Post-COVID
• Japanese Patent Fund Must Serve Huawei In China In 3G Suit
• Apple's Trial Witness Drop Leaves Epic 'Scrambling'
• Pot Businesses Face Texting Bans, Industry Group Says
• Turner Sports Anchor Fired For Prioritizing Kids, Suit Says
• IP Forecast: Cox Case To Restart Patent Jury Trials In Del.
• Google's Fiber Deal In Iowa Hurts Competition, Telecom Says
• Italy Fines Google €100M Over Blocked EV Charging App
• Deals Rumor Mill: Full Truck Alliance, A-Rod, Vice Media
• Call Center Workers Are Employees, DOL Tells 9th Circ.
• What UK's New Merger Controls Mean For Private Equity
• Cumulus Says Worker's Separation Pact Blocks ERISA Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Reboot T-Mobile Ex-Worker's Trans Bias Case
• Ericsson To Pay Nokia €80M To Nix FCPA Probe-Related Claim
• House Dems Urge Facebook To Ax WhatsApp Privacy Update
• Epic Antitrust Judge Doubts Apple Expert's AmEx Comparison
• Amazon 'Annihilated' Evidence In Patent Suit, Tech Cos. Say
• AT&T Beats Call Center Worker's 'Identical' Overtime Suit
• Senate Panel Greenlights TikTok Ban For Federal Devices
• Sens. Seek To Tighten Online Privacy Protections For Kids
• Pentagon Removing Chinese Co. Xiaomi From Trump Blacklist
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Mixed PTAB Ruling In Uniloc-Apple Case
• AT&T 3G Shutdown Will Hobble Alarm Systems, FCC Told
• Biden Orders IT Gov't Contractors To Report Data Breaches
• FTC Says 9th Circ. Can't Revive Robocall 'Soundboard' Suit
• Big Tech Critic Lina Khan Clears Senate Panel For FTC Seat
• Apple, Chicago Trade Jabs Over Streaming Tax Case Ripeness
• Judge's Rebuke Of Mass. AG Has Lessons For All Attorneys
• CBS Sports Settles Ex-Employee's Retaliatory Firing Suit
• Texas AG Dodges Twitter Suit Over Moderation Practices
• Apple Wanted App Users 'Hooked,' Exec's 2013 Email Reveals
• FTC To Lean On State AGs After High Court Ruling, Head Says
• ISPs Shape Rollout Of COVID Internet Subsidies For Families
• GAO Rejects Verizon Protest Over $306M DHS Deal For AT&T
• Judge Calls Facebook's Bid To Toss Enforcer Cases 'Serious'
• Verizon Accuses NJ Borough Of Delaying Wireless Build-Out
• Chancery Lowers Sanction Boom On Cloud Firms, Owner
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Iowa County Board Loses Bid To Block Cell Tower Sites
• Nokia Assessing Its Outside Counsel With Diversity Scorecard
• How 5-Year-Old Defend Trade Secrets Act Has Met Its Goals
• Font Considerations To Give Your Legal Briefs An Edge
• Apple Hit With £1.5B Lawsuit Over App Store Charges
• Apple's App Store Monopoly Made It Billions, Prof Testifies
• FCC Inks Rules For $7.2B At-Home Learning Program
• Facebook Can't Get PTAB To Review Messaging Patents
• FCC's Carr Slams Complaint Over Sinclair Station Coverage
• Hawaii Co. Insists $200M FCC Case Should Stay In Fed. Circ.
• How Biden's First 100 Days Will Affect Gov't Contractors
• States To Explore Digital Taxes Despite Ad Tax Suits, Attys Say
• Watchdog Wants To End Stay In Australian Epic, Apple Fight
• Auto Industry Wants Help In Biden's $50B Semiconductor Plan
• Make Profitability Management Part Of Your Law Firm Culture
• Facebook Wants Keller Lenkner DQ'd From Antitrust Suit
• Defend Trade Secrets Act: 5 Years Later, Here's What We Know
• Apple's App Review Comes Under Fire In Antitrust Trial
• Epic, Apple Antitrust Trial: What's On Deck Week 2
• FCC Moves To Open Up Mid-Band Airwaves In 3 Territories
• Devas Threatens New Arbitration In Indian $1.3B Award Fight
• What To Watch In The Car-Share Rental Co. Turf Wars
• 9th Circ. Probes Between Bad Faith And Hardball Negotiating
• Sprint Hit With Fraud Claims Over Hidden Phone Lease Costs
• Google Introduces Plan To Share What Data Apps Collect
• Rural Advocates Warn $1B In FCC Funds Could Be Diverted
• Functionality's Role In Oracle Copyright Ruling Isn't So Novel
• Ericsson And Samsung Ink Licensing Deal, Ending Patent War
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Apple Exec Testifies Epic's Payment Cheat 'Blindsided' Him
• Supreme Court Asked To Mull Jury's Say On Essential Patents
• NY AG Aims To Join Suit Over Calls Targeting Black Voters
• FCC Can't Trump California Net Neutrality Law, 9th Circ. Told
• House Hearing Deepens Divide Over Broadband Subsidies
• Online Taxes Hurt Small Digital Cos., Industry Rep Says
• 4 Trends In Discoverability Of Litigation Funding Documents
• 3 Cos. Will Pay $4.4M Over Cribbed Net Neutrality Comments
• Microsoft Exec Reveals Epic Revenues In Apple Bench Trial
• T-Mobile/Sprint Merger: 1 Year And A Pandemic Later
• Ransomware Scourge May Be Nearing Its Breaking Point
• Fed. Circ.'s Review Of Apple PTAB Win Turns Into Arthrex Row
• Trump-Era Tariff Angst Hasn't Gone Away Under Biden
• Nix Trade Deals' Section 230 Language, Reps Urge USTR
• American Tower Sells €1.6B Stake In European Unit To CDPQ
• Yoga App Exec Bent Out Of Shape With Apple In Epic Trial
• Cox Says BMG Sent False Copyright Notices To Boost Claims
• 2 Firms Edge Out Peers As IPO Market Endures SPAC Slump
• PTAB Faulted For Logic Behind Anti-Spoofing Patent Ruling
• Apple's App Tracking Shift Seizes On 'Spirit' Of Privacy Laws
• Judge Questions 'Bloody Fortune' Made Off Local Carrier Fees
• Trade Orgs, Vt. Prolong Net Neutrality Stay For 9th Circ. Ruling
• Ex-AT&T Workers Get Second Stab At Foreign Trade Benefits
• Biden Infrastructure Plan Will Be Challenging To Implement
• 9th Circ. Restores Snapchat 'Speed Filter' Death Suit
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Hogan Lovells Adds Ex-Comcast Atty As Partner In DC
• Wiley Adds Former T-Mobile VP As Telecom Partner In DC
• 7 Lessons For Young Lawyers Starting Their Careers
• Epic CEO Rips Apple's Fees As App Store Antitrust Trial Starts
• NLRB Says AT&T Policy Barring Worker Recordings Is Legal
• Consumer Groups To Share $11M Dish TCPA Verdict Leftover
• Senators Want Audit Of FCC Emergency Broadband Program
• FTC Fights Facebook Reading Of Justices' AMG Capital Ruling
• Cisco Calls Investor Suit 'Wrong Means' For Tackling Diversity
• Synchronoss Beats Revised Shareholder Suit Over Unit Sale
• FCC Asked To Intervene In T-Mobile, Dish 3G Shutdown Fight
• Judge Newman Again Stands As Sole Ally To PTAB Bias Claim
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Sumo Broadcasting Row
• Ore. Broadcaster Urges 9th Circ. To Reverse Bargaining Order
• New Tariffs Get Chilly Reception In Digital Tax Fight
• 3 Firms Rep $5B Verizon Media Divestiture