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Telecommunications - September, 2021

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• Intel Can't Use Chancery To Nix Patent Suits In Other Courts
• Infrastructure Bill In Limbo As House Continues To Mull Vote
• Conflict Claims Muddle Facebook Class Suit Leadership Fight
• Netflix, Hulu Shake Off Texas City's Franchise Fee Suit
• Zoom's $14.7B Five9 Buy Called Off After Shareholder Vote
• NY Town's Telecom Fight Falls Short, Judge Says
• White House Adviser Touts 'Revitalization Of Antitrust'
• Motorola Again Urges Injunction After $600M Radio IP Win
• Cherokee Co., Workers Dodge IT Firm's Poaching Suit
• Boies Looks To Take Over FIFA Suit After Robbins Geller DQ
• Digital Coalition Wants EU Probe Of Google 'Privacy Sandbox'
• FCC Advances Plan To Unlock More Tribal Internet Funds
• Twitter Asks 9th Circ. To Affirm Its Non-State Actor Status
• Sens. Turn Up Heat On Congress To Pass Federal Privacy Law
• 9th Circ. Nixes 250M Buyer Class Cert. In Qualcomm Cell Row
• ViacomCBS To Pay $3.5M Over Pluto TV's Lack Of Captions
• US, EU Jointly Considering Data Exchange, Tech Platforms
• FCC Solicits Plans For 6 GHz Coordination Systems
• US, EU Vow To Avoid New Trade Barriers For Critical Sectors
• Tech Co. Docked $500K Over Russian Semiconductor Exports
• Broadband Maps Require Multiple Data Sources, GAO says
• Sens. Float 24-Hour Rule To Report Ransomware Payments
• Simington Says FCC Subsidy Reform Is 'A New Normal'
• House Dem Urges FTC To Ban Surveillance Advertising
• AT&T Workers' 401(k) Class Action Tossed
• Ex-Mass. Mayor Must Pay Back $566K For Fraud Scheme
• Epic V. Apple Ruling Offers Lessons On Expert Testimony
• MVP: Jenner & Block's Rebekah P. Goodheart
• What 9th Circ. Privilege Test Means For Dual-Purpose Advice
• Grubhub Can't Use High Court Ruling To Shake Robocall Suit
• Chancery Rejects 'Punitive' $260M Award In AT&T Cellular Suit
• Netflix's Control Over Servers May Justify Venue In EDTX
• FTC Settles Antitrust Case Against Alabama Dental Board
• Bills Target Chinese Telecom Plans In Central, Eastern Europe
• Fortress Beats Intel Antitrust Suit Over Patent Purchases
• Aussie Watchdog Wants Power To Make Rules For Google
• In Rare Move, US Deports Cyber Scammer Back To Russia
• DOJ Bars Google Drive For Sharing Docs In Monopoly Case
• Telephone Co. Again Challenges FCC Clawback At High Court
• FCC Urged To Lower Inmate Calling Rates, Security Costs
• Unscrupulous Providers Tapping Emergency Broadband Fund
• Lifting The Veil On The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket
• Visa, Mastercard Swipe Fee MDL Gets Class Certification
• Fed. Circ. Sends Back Part Of PTAB Ruling In Caller ID IP Row
• 4 Firms Will Lead Consolidated Suit On MSG Deal In Chancery
• FTC Chair's Plan: What We Know, And What We Don't Know
• Dish Network Deal Staves Off Trial In FMLA Firing Suit
• MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Pantelis Michalopoulos
• FCC Urged To Spread Word About Internet Subsidy Program
• Sens. Applaud Facebook's Pause Of Instagram For Kids Plan
• India Says Only Its Courts Can Enforce $132M Award
• Salt Lake City Says Telecom Owes For Equipment Relocation
• Google Must Face $2B Suit Alleging Unauthorized Ads
• FCC Moves For Judgment To End Attorney's Racial Bias Suit
• MVP: Latham's Matthew Brill and Matthew Murchison
• Apple Faces UK Ban If It Won't Commit To 3G, 4G IP Terms
• Embracing ESG: United Natural Foods GC Talks Bottom Line
• Trump Fights Transfer Of Big Tech Censorship Suits To Calif.
• DirecTV Arbitration Clause 'Pro-Consumer,' 4th Circ. Told
• States Go First In Google Display Ads Case
• Class Slams Cricket's Bid For Arbitration In False 4G Ad Suit
• 9th Circ. Gives Go-Ahead To CRT Settlement
• Del. Jury Says Comcast App Infringes 1 Of Tech Co.'s Patents
• Sen. Presses FCC To Step Up Action Against Spam Texts
• MVP: Wiley Rein's Joshua S. Turner
• 3 Attorney Ethics Considerations For Litigation Funding
• Huawei CFO Admits Duping HSBC On Iran Dealings
• Saxena White Can't Lead FIFA Suit After Robbins Geller DQ
• Liberty Media Sued Over Slow-Mo Sirius Minority Squeeze-Out
• Wireless Cos. Say Mo. City's Right-Of-Way Fee Too High
• COVID-19 Relief Funds Must Be Tech-Neutral, States Told
• Senators Advance Bill Shielding AGs' Antitrust Venue Choices
• Netflix, Hulu Win Challenge To Calif. City's Video Fees
• Senate Dems Tell Biden To Solidify Rosenworcel's FCC Post
• MTV Beats Trademark Suit Over 'Floribama Shore'
• Tech Giants List Preferred Changes To FCC's 60 GHz Rules
• Texas Law Barring 'Viewpoint' Social Media Bans Challenged
• China Says FCC Can Mitigate Device Risk With Cyber Regime
• UK Antitrust Enforcer Will Mull Music Streaming Probe
• House Dems Push For Tax Breaks For Municipal Broadband
• How ABA Opinion Shifts Alternative Biz Structure Landscape
• FCC Defends SpaceX Satellite Plans At DC Circ.
• YouTuber Accused By Feds Of $30M Cable TV Piracy Scheme
• UK Focus On Int'l Data Transfers Shows Appetite For Reform
• T-Mobile Wants Data Hack Suit Delayed Until JPML Ruling
• Firms Defend Fee Asked In 'Risk-Laden' GCI Liberty Suit Deal
• AT&T Can't Slip Suit Saying It Fired Worker To Dodge Benefits
• Iliad Unit Buys Polish Telecom Biz At $1.8B Valuation
• French Telecom Altice Can't Beat €125M EU Gun-Jumping Fine
• 6th Circ. Robocall Ruling Likely To Spark High Court Fight
• Trade Groups Say FCC Can't Wade Into Device Cybersecurity
• Democratic Sens. Call For New FTC Rules On Data Privacy
• FCC, NTIA Must Stay At Helm Of Airwaves Sharing, Dem Says
• DOJ Flags Zoom's Five9 Buy For National Security Probe
• Porsche Must Face Trimmed Suit Over Faulty Software Update
• What Telehealth Regulation May Look Like After COVID-19
• New RICO Suit Targets Fla. Attys Behind Debt Relief 'Scam'
• Samsung Gets PTAB To Ax Sensor Patents On Remand
• Mauritius Satellite Investors Say India Might Skirt $111M Award
• FCC Asked To Reconsider 'Punitive' 911 Fee Diversion Rules
• Split 9th Circ. Backs Slack Investor's Suit Over Direct Listing
• Embracing ESG: HPE Counsel Talk Effective Board Oversight
• Broadcaster Can Recoup Appeal Fees In Atty Malpractice Spat
• Fee Bid In GCI Liberty Suit Blasted As 'Egregious Overreach'
• Bankruptcy Courts' Equitable Discretion May Be In Danger
• Robbins Geller Substitute Flags Rocky Transition In FIFA Case
• Comcast Can't Invalidate NexStep's 'Concierge' Patents
• FCC Gears Up Against Political Robocalls As '22 Nears
• DC Circ. Struggles To Solve 6 GHz Interference Problems
• Pakistani Man Gets 12 Years In AT&T Phone Unlocking Plot
• Mexico Beats French Satellite Operator's $120M Arbitration
• Biden Wants Feedback On Technology Supply Chain Risks
• Justice Gap Demands Look At New Legal Service Models
• Privacy Now Looms Large In Antitrust Enforcement
• Feds Win OK For Surveillance Of China Telecom
• Intel Calls Fortress' 'Buy Low, Sell High' IP Strategy Illegal
• Judge Tosses Phone Refurbishing Co. Ownership Fight
• FCC's Carr Touts Digital Ad Tax As Best Fund Reform Option
• IP Forecast: Trial Lawyer School TM Fight Lands At 10th Circ.
• FTC Says Health Apps Must Tell Users About Data Breaches
• DC Circ. Is Told FCC's Antenna Expansion Will Sicken People
• FCC's Reassigned Numbers Data Won't Help TCPA Class Cert.
• Split 4th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Suit Over NSA Internet Spying
• FCC Pushed To Mull Media Ownership Reparations
• V&E Adds CFIUS Atty With 2 Decades Of DOJ Experience
• FCC's Carr Open To A Range Of 4.9 GHz Approaches
• Locast Is Permanently Locked Out Of The Streaming Biz
• T-Mobile Asks Judge To Halt Flurry Of Data Breach Suits
• House Panel Nixes Some GOP Ideas On Telecom Budget Items
• It's Time For ISPs To Pay Into Service Programs, FCC Told
• Korean FTC Fines Google $177M For Abuse Of Dominance
• Ohio AG Slams Google's Bid To Ditch 'Common Carrier' Suit
• 9th Circ. Skeptical Of Stymying Calif. Net Neutrality Law
• Mass. AG Investigating T-Mobile After Massive Data Breach
• These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
• Pearson Says Chegg's Sale Of Textbook Answers Infringes IP
• Epic Games Ruling Could Haunt Big Tech
• Fed. Circ. Backs PTAB's Mixed Rulings In Apple's IP Challenge
• Broadcasters Want FCC Halt Of Foreign Sponsorship ID Order
• DC Says Amazon Heaps Unfair Terms On 1st-Party Sellers Too
• Effort To Delay AT&T's Older-Tech Phaseout Draws Flak
• Colo. High Court Says Police Camera Use Is Unconstitutional
• Biz Groups Keep Pushing For Indo-Pacific Digital Trade Deals
• AT&T Settles Trademark Fight Over Long-Dead 'Cingular'
• Embracing ESG: Leidos GC Talks Social Responsibility
• Ga. Telecom Can't Get Out Of Investment Banker's $2M Suit
• Biden Taps Privacy Expert For FTC Seat
• Law360's Glass Ceiling Report: What You Need To Know
• FCC Atty Taps New Counsel After Mistrial In Race Bias Case
• Nokia Can Serve 3G IP Claims Against Oppo Group In China
• 5 Takeaways From Friday's Epic, Apple Ruling
• 6th Circ. Won't Cut Judge From TCPA Row Over Law Firm Ties
• Comcast Wins 9th Circ. Bid To Arbitrate Data Privacy Suit
• FCC Making Foreign Buyers Face Tougher Security Reviews
• FCC To Put More Pressure On Robocallers
• 2 Former Top FTC Officials Join Kelley Drye
• China's Top Court Affirms Right To Set Global FRAND Rates
• Calif. High Court Frees Qualcomm From $6M Burn Verdict
• Late Filing Dooms Race Bias Suit Against Verizon, CWA
• Apple Can Block Epic's App Store Rival But Not Outside Sales
• Google Won't Seek Dismissal Of Epic, AG Play Store Suits
• 9th Circ. Says Sex Offender's Release Bars Free Porn Sites
• Gilstrap Won't Triple $300M 4G Patent Verdict Against Apple
• EU Strengthens Restrictions On Sensitive Exports
• Dish Seeks Testing Sites To Prep For Open-Radio Wireless
• Fed. Court Seeks French Help With Docs In Telecom IP Cases
• Lessons In Crisis Lawyering 20 Years After 9/11
• No Warrant Needed For IP Address Data, 7th Circ. Rules
• Ex-Ericsson Exec Charged In $2.1M Djibouti Bribery Scheme
• Social Apps Must Curb Election Disinformation: Watchdog
• FCC Must Do More To Promote Black Ownership, Group Says
• Commerce Official Defends Slow Pace Of Tech Control Rules
• Amazon Accuses Elon Musk Of Trying To Flout Satellite Rules
• CFPB Says Disbarred Atty Misreads Telemarketing Law
• Adoption Of Extended M&A Valuation Models Seems Unlikely
• 9th Circ. Told To Keep Gov't Contractor On Hook In Nixed Deal
• What 9th Circ.'s Tinder Ruling Means For Class Settlements
• 3 Firms Shape Apax, Warburg's €5B Dutch Telecom Co. Buy
• Fed. Circ. Affirms PTAB Loss For SiriusXM On Satellite Patent
• Albright Won't Bar Tech Giants' Declaratory Judgment IP Suits
• FCC Asks If Educational TV Is Accessible To Blind, Deaf Kids
• Vt. Top Court Says No To Free Handset Lifeline Condition
• FCC Seeks More Comment On Apartment Broadband Access
• How UK Data Breach Ruling May Rein In Insurance Claims
• US Report Shows Pandemic's Toll On International Trade
• AT&T Accused Of Stiffing Level 3 On Local Connection Fees
• After Fed. Circ. Urged Rethink, Albright Won't Move Dish Case
• Civil Rights Groups Sue Texas Over Voting Restrictions Bill
• Interest Groups Back Big Tech Antitrust Bills In House
• Kirkland, White & Case To Rep Facebook In Trump Suit
• GAO Says DOD Underusing $7.4B Narrowband Satellites
• SpaceX Blasts Amazon 'Gambit' Over Next-Gen Satellite Plans
• Team Of 3 Firms Seeks To Lead MSG Deal Suits In Chancery
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• In War On Arbitration, Consumers And Companies Both Lose
• Dish, Sirius Fight Judge's Fee Denial Stance In Video IP Row
• Cell Tower Co. Sues Ga. County Over Denied Permit
• Hey, Siri? Apple Can't Hang Up On Users' Eavesdropping Suit
• DOJ Files Second Civil Contempt Claim Against CenturyLink
• 'Varsity Blues' Wiretaps Flouted Law, Ex-USC Staff Says
• Reduced Broadband Benefit Will Still Go A Long Way
• Pay Phone Co. Can't Restore Verizon Service Amid Billing Row
• Amazon, Dell, Samsung Device Imports Face ITC Scrutiny
• Dems Call For Criminal Inquiry Into Google-Facebook Ad Deal
• Why Structured Data Is Increasingly Important To Your Case
• Locast Suspends Service After Copyright Loss To Networks
• GTT Communications Plans $2B Sale Ahead Of Ch. 11 Filing
• Genetic Testing Lab Owner Cops To $73M Medicare Scheme
• After Copyright Win, Networks Ask Judge To Shutter Locast
• FTC Bans Surveillance Biz SpyFone, Orders Co. To Erase Data
• FBI, Cyber Officials Warn Of Labor Day Ransomware Push
• Vivint Hires CCO Following Record $20M FTC Settlement
• TV Stations Tell FCC That $9M Fine Tramples 5th Amendment
• Judge Flags Apple Stock Conflict 11 Years After Nokia IP Case
• GOP 'Will Not Forget' If Telecoms Comply With Jan. 6 Probe
• Group Says China's Blacklisted Cos. Can't Halt Open 5G Tech
• Embracing ESG: AIG Counsel Talks SEC Risk Alert
• Training Co. Drops Suit Over Insurer's Coverage Of FTC Probe
• O'Melveny Hires Away Baker Botts Trial Partner In Dallas
• AT&T Says FCC Must Adopt New Midband Spectrum Limits
• Progressive Groups Press FTC To Block Amazon's MGM Deal