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Telecommunications - January, 2026

226 articles

• Google Can't Ditch $425M Privacy Verdict, But Won't Owe $2B
• Apple Hit With Patent Claims Over Liquid Glass Design
• 5th Circ. Gives Lumen Investors Another Shot In Lead Suit
• FCC Urges Cos. To Tamp Down Ransomware Risks
• Undersea Cable Cos. Seek Slash In FCC License Paperwork
• 1st Circ. Upholds Atty's 7-Year Sentence In Email Fraud Case
• 4 Quick Emotional Resets For Lawyers With Conflict Fatigue
• 1st Circ. Says Worker's Cold Feet Can't Halt Wage Deal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Apple Dodges Users' Deposition In Google Antitrust Case
• Feds OK Expansion To Boost Techs In 6 GHz Airwaves
• FCC's Carr Says More Plans To 'Delete' Regs On Way Soon
• Conn. Cinches Consumer Safeguards In $34.5B Cox-Charter Deal
• FCC To Collect More Info On Cos.' Ties With US Adversaries
• Optis' Patent Case Against Apple Inches Closer To 3rd Trial
• Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• PubMatic Fails To Score Complete Dismissal Of Privacy Suit
• Google To Pay Android Users $135M To End Data Use Suit
• Senators Question If FirstNet, AT&T Need More Oversight
• FCC Sees Dead People On Lifeline, But Dems Balk At New Reg
• Advocates Seek Shift To 1st Circ. In Prison Call Rate Cases
• FCC Chair Signals Feb. Vote On 900 MHz Expansion
• Missile Detection System Readiness Miscalculated, GAO Says
• Judges On AI: How Judicial Use Informs Guardrails
• Call Center Workers Ink Wage Deal With Disability Nonprofit
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards
• 6th Circ. Says Ky. Social Media Law Needs Closer Look
• Apple Accused Of Stealing Webcam Functionality For IPhones
• Creators Say Snap Bypassed YouTube Safeguards To Train AI
• Under Armour Faces Class Action Over Alleged Data Breach
• FCC Asks Carriers To Keep Spanish In Emergency Alerts
• MLB Co. Seeks Exit From Lost Tickets Suit
• Corning Inks $6B Deal To Supply Data Center Components
• TikTok Cuts Deal As 1st Social Media Bellwether Trial Begins
• EU, India Reach Major Free Trade Agreement
• Comcast Hit With $240M Verdict In Voice Recognition IP Trial
• 3 Firms Guide GigCapital's Latest SPAC, Raising $220M
• Senate Antitrust Chair Flags Concerns In Netflix-Warner Deal
• Chamber Wants Full Fed. Circ. To Eye Venue In Comcast Case
• Meta, YouTube Sued By Subject Of Viral Turo Dash Cam Clip
• Fubo Subscribers Defend Streaming Rate Suit Against Disney
• Justices' FCC Review Could Reshape IRS Penalty Disputes
• T-Mobile, Sprint Lose Bid To Revive FCC Fines Challenge
• Google Targets Publishers' Ad Tech Claims
• Dooney & Bourke Accused Of Misleading Email Sales Tactics
• Federal Contractor Opexus Sued Over EEOC Data Breach
• Radio Co. Says Letting Nielsen Resume Data Tying Hurts Biz
• Google Reaches $68M Deal Over Recording Users
• Adapting To Private Practice: 5 Tips From Ex-SEC Unit Chief
• Supreme Court To Define 'Consumer' Under Privacy Law
• PTAB Axes Patent Accounting For $92.6M Of Samsung Verdict
• Veon Investors Gets 1st OK For $20M Deal In Bribery Case
• News Rating Org. Latest To Fight 'Ideological' FTC Subpoena
• Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm
• Full 9th Circ. Won't Review Google Maps Antitrust Case
• DJI Challenges Broad FCC Ban On Sales Of Its Drones
• FCC Considers Revoking Texas Radio Station Licenses
• More Push In The 'Push-Pull' As DOJ Targets 'Gamesmanship'
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Live Nation Antitrust Judge Wants To 'Punt' On State Claims
• A&O Shearman-Led Telenor To Exit Thailand In $4B Deal
• TikTok Seals Joint Venture Deal For US Operations
• Google, Epic Fight Uphill To Tweak App Antitrust Injunction
• Trump Calls For Prosecution Of Jack Smith Post-Hearing
• Meta Fights Late Data Request In Instagram Addiction Suit
• Closed Captioners Get Initial OK For Wage Deal With Vitac
• Key False Claims Act Trends From The Last Year
• 2nd Circ. Stays Nielsen's National-Local Data Tying Block
• FTC Cites 'Serious Concerns' With Epic-Google Play Deal
• Google Can't Duck Case Over Paid Search, Privacy Claims
• T-Mobile Aims To Freeze Rate Action For Arbitration
• Hosting Exchange Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 3 Telecoms Giants Eye Altice's French Assets Again
• Apple Shakes Mobile Users' Suit Over App Data Collection
• Comcast's $117.5M Data Breach Deal Gets Preliminary OK
• FTC Must 'Scale A Slick Wall' To Revive Meta Suit
• Licensing Deal Saves Cisco From Lionra Suit, Fed. Circ. Says
• FCC Warns Shows To Follow Political 'Equal Opportunity' Reg
• Google Likely Stuck With $425M Loss, But Bid For $3B Flops
• Fed. Circ. Won't Reinstate Text-Tracking Patent Case
• Senate Panel To Examine Upcoming FirstNet Renewal
• Greenberg Traurig Builds Up Nat'l Security Group With 3 Hires
• How A 1947 Tugboat Ruling May Shape Work Product In AI Era
• Fed. Circ. Gives Apple New Shot At Axing Smart Mobile Patent
• FTC Appeals Meta Loss To DC Circ.
• Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
• Microsoft Warns Google Play Store Deal Invites Antitrust Harm
• Dish Investors Ask 10th Circ. To Revive 5G Fraud Suit
• NextNav Claims No Toll Disruption From GPS Backup Plan
• Luminys Back In Clear With FCC After Dahua USA Is Dissolved
• Navigating Privilege Law Patchwork In Dual-Purpose Comms
• 5th Circ. Urged Not To Transfer Google Antitrust Case
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• What To Expect From USPTO's Essential Patent Group
• Google Appeals DOJ Search Win, Seeks Data-Sharing Stay
• 9th Circ. Upholds Ax Of RNC Suit Over Google Email Filtering
• Immigrant Visa Pause Could Test Limits Of Executive Power
• Calif. AG Orders xAI To Stop Enabling Sexualized Deepfakes
• Calif. Resident Pleads Guilty To Shipping AI Chips To China
• OpenAI, Microsoft Must Face Musk Fraud Fight In April Trial
• Localism Requirement Dooms Low-Power Station Requests
• Dems Balk At FCC Drive For Simpler Broadband Labels
• Justices Will Decide Constitutionality Of Geofence Warrants
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Wash. Anti-Spam Law Not Federally Preempted, Judge Rules
• Epic CEO, Google Execs To Testify At Play Store Deal Hearing
• Verizon, Calif. Strike Diversity Deal In Frontier Takeover
• Ex-WebAI Engineers Say Demos Were 'Faked' In Major Deals
• Apple Will Pay $150K To End NJ's Visible Pricing Law Claims
• State Dept. Releases List Of Countries Targeted By Visa Pause
• Civil Rights Groups Fight Relaxed Media Ownership Regs
• Fly-Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Digital Infrastructure Biz Nets $240M For Data Center Expansion
• 4 Ways GCs Can Manage Growing Service Of Process Volume
• Vox Media Sues Google, Adding To Ad Tech Antitrust Suits
• Calif. Again Asks 9th Circ. To Unleash Kids' Privacy Law
• Graham Blocks Bill To Repeal DOJ Lawsuit Provision
• FTC Finalizes GM And Onstar Ban On Location Data Sharing
• Calif. AG Probes 'Avalanche' Of Grok-Created Sexual Deepfakes
• FCC Still Weighing 39% Broadcast Cap, Carr Tells Lawmakers
• Ligado Judge To Issue Ruling On Inmarsat Satellite Row
• Senate Bill Would Give FCC One Year For Satellite Licensing
• IP Appellate Decisions Show 4 Shifts In 2025
• The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Forming Measurable Ties
• Microsoft Calls For Arbitration In Edge Privacy Suit Appeal
• SG Asks High Court To Reshuffle Sides In AT&T Fine Case
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Phone Security IP Suit Against Apple
• Software Co. Loses Trade Secrets Appeal At 7th Circ.
• Wash. Officials Challenge 9th Circ.'s X Corp. Standing Ruling
• The Atlantic Sues Google In Latest Ad Tech Antitrust Suit
• Ex-Duane Morris Tax Partner Charged With Murdering Wife
• Google Gets 6 Ad Tech Rivals' Complaints Consolidated To 2
• Insurer Didn't Owe Defense To Telecom Co. In Merger Row
• USPTO Launches New Pilot For SEP Development
• Senate Backs Bill Giving Deepfake Porn Victims Right To Sue
• Comcast Decries Circuit Split After $177M IP Case Is Revived
• US Patent Applications Plunge After Years Of Growth
• Astronomers Seek Upper C-Band Coordination With Wireless
• DC Circ. Upholds NLRB's Ruling Against Mont. Telco
• Google's $30M Kids' Data Deal OK'd As Class Attys Get $9M
• 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2026 And Beyond
• FCC Told It Lacks Legal Authority For Jail Cellphone Jamming
• Fed. Circ. Gives Apple New Shot At Axing Smart Mobile Patent
• Apple Cites Privacy To Avoid Reporting Child Porn, Victims Say
• Nielsen Gets 4-Day Pause On National-Local Data Tying Block
• 5th Circ. Urged Again To Find FCC Subsidy Regime Unlawful
• Acer Says T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon Infringe 6 Wireless Patents
• Prison Phone Co. Appealing New Rate Rule In DC Circ.
• FCC Scraps Verizon's 60-Day Phone Unlocking Mandate
• Ad Tech Rivals Say 'Unique Harms' Make Complaints Separate
• Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice
• Judge Tosses Meta Rival's Mobile Streaming Patent Lawsuit
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• How AI Is Causing Real Copyright Uncertainty
• High Court Won't Hear Whistleblowers' FCC Fraud Claims
• Skadden's Ex-Palo Alto Leader Named Aetherflux's COO, CLO
• Wash. AG Aims To Weigh In On Constitutionality Of Email Law
• Texas Biz Court Says Provider Can't Prove AT&T Defamed It
• High Court Grants Review Of Falun Gong Cisco Spying Case
• FCC Approves Telecom's New Plan For Alaska Buildout
• Paramount Seeks To Toss Privacy Suit Over Kids' Data
• Ramey Ducks BlackBerry's Sanctions Bid Over 'Frivolous' Suit
• SpaceX Can Build Up Its Next-Gen Constellation, FCC Says
• Nielsen's 'Coercive' National-Local Data Tying Blocked
• USTelecom Wants 'More Green Lights' For Broadband In '26
• Future Risk Not Enough To Save Verizon Pension Annuity Suit
• X Strikes Back At Music Publishers With Antitrust Suit
• Justices Will Weigh FCC's Monetary Penalty Powers
• 4 Argument Sessions That Benefits Attys Should Watch In Jan.
• The Case For Emulating, Not Dividing, The Ninth Circuit
• Cozen O'Connor Lobbying Arm Lands Former Verizon Exec
• DirecTV Gets Laid-Off Worker's Bias Suit Kicked To Arbitration
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Trade Secrets Row, A Patient Data Deal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 5th Circ. Wary Of Giving Investors Another Go At Lumen Suit
• Wash. Justices Take Up Pixel Privacy Suit Against Hospital
• FCC Updates 'Covered List' To Remove Some Drones
• FCC Waives Call Consent Revocation Rule Until Early 2027
• FCC's 6 GHz Plan Relies On Geofenced 'Exclusion Zones'
• AT&T Asks To Keep Extension After LA-Area Copper Theft
• Comscore Ducks Antitrust But Not Unfairness Claims, For Now
• Comcast Wants Full Fed. Circ. To Rethink Transfer Denial
• Satellite Co. Pays $175K To End FCC's Team Telecom Case
• How Chinese Utility Models Fit Into Global IP Strategies
• How 11th Circ.'s Zafirov Decision Could Upend Qui Tam Cases
• Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• OpenAI Can't Ax Musk's Fraud Claim Over For-Profit Plan
• House Talks Market Share Regarding Netflix-WB Merger
• BlackSky Satellite SPAC Suit Settles In Del. For $7.5M
• Sonos, Wyze Labs Sued Over Wireless Encryption Patent
• FCC Won't Extend Time To Comment On Wireless Reg Redo
• AT&T Says Discovery Bid Could 'Disrupt' $177M Settlement
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building
• FCC Plans To Raise Power Limits For Unlicensed 6 GHz Use
• Samsung Settles Wi-Fi Patent Suit Ahead Of EDTX Trial
• The Video Privacy Protection Act's Future In 2026
• FCC Urged To Revisit AT&T-UScellular Spectrum Deal OK
• How Settlement In Texas TCPA Case Affects Text Marketing
• Rakoff Rules Software Co. Ex-Chair Tried To Defraud His Co.
• GAO IDs 4 Funding Programs As Lacking Fraud Controls
• TwinSpires Gets Green Light For Mich. Online Horse Betting
• Top Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Google Wants One Complaint From Ad Tech Rivals, Not Six
• FTC Urges DC Circ. To Unblock Media Matters Probe
• ISP Asks Feds To Preempt SC City Over Fiber Deployment
• Fed. Circ. Backs Ax Of Transmission Signal Patent
• Markey Slams 'Reckless' Media Onslaught After CPB's End
• Lumen Says Telecom Charged It Tariffs For Toll-Free Calls
• Groups Urge FCC To Deny $6.2B Nexstar-Tegna Merger Deal
• Apple Whittles Down 1 Of 2 Touch Screen Patents At PTAB
• Dish Wins $32M Lease Dispute In Colo. Appeals Court
• Wireless Builders Say FCC Powers Back Deployment Reforms
• Dish Hits Disney With Antitrust Counterclaims In Sling TV Row
• DC Circ. Chosen For Challenges To FCC's Prison Rate Caps
• Call Center Co. ESOP Managers Ink $8.75M Settlement Deal
• Mobile Game Maker Sues To Reverse Trademark Cancellation
• Consumer Protection Cases And Trends To Watch In 2026
• Trade Secret Trends To Watch In 2026
• The Top Telecom Developments To Watch In 2026
• Copyright Cases To Watch In 2026
• Washington Cases To Watch In 2026
• The Topics Appellate Attys Are Tracking Most Closely In 2026
• 4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape
• Blue Slip Fight Looms Over Trump's 2026 Judicial Outlook
• 4 High Court Cases To Watch This Spring
• BigLaw Leaders Tackle Growth, AI, Remote Work In New Year