Telecommunications

  • June 12, 2026

    9th Circ. Tells Serial Litigant App Developer No More

    The Ninth Circuit has said it does not want to hear any more from a serial litigant who has a bone to pick with tech behemoth Apple and a California federal court over the exclusion of an application for tracking COVID-19 cases from the App Store.

  • June 12, 2026

    Radio Station Group Presses For Relaxed Ownership Caps

    Radio station chain Connoisseur Media has called for the Federal Communications Commission to ease the industry's local ownership limits, pointing to rapidly rising competition from digital services.

  • June 12, 2026

    PTAB Cites Oscar, Emmy In Upholding Zaxcom Recording IP

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has declined to invalidate claims in Zaxcom Inc.'s patents covering technology for wireless audio recording, finding that Academy and Emmy awards that Zaxcom received for the technology defeat the challenges to them. 

  • June 12, 2026

    Eutelsat Seeks 'Relative' Payments For Upper C-Band Moves

    The FCC ought to stick with its plan of paying companies who agreed to quickly clear out of the upper C-band "relative" to their contribution, but that doesn't mean using the same percentages it did to dole out payments for clearing out of the lower C-band, one satellite company said.

  • June 12, 2026

    InterDigital Patent Suit Against Disney Paused For Dolby Feud

    A California federal judge has paused a patent infringement suit brought by wireless technology outfit InterDigital Inc. against The Walt Disney Co. while letting play out a dispute involving a request from Dolby to declare one InterDigital patent invalid, as well as Disney's challenges over two other patents at the patent office.

  • June 12, 2026

    9th Circ. Judge Doubts Google Rival's 'Broad' Antitrust Suit

    A Ninth Circuit judge appeared skeptical Friday of efforts to revive allegations that Google harmed market competition for digital advertising by booting a now-defunct advertising app from its Play Store, saying Google has many rivals in the "very broad" proposed market and asking the plaintiff, "So what's the injury?"

  • June 12, 2026

    Motorola Sued Again Over Vehicle-Tracking Camera Data

    A putative class action filed Thursday in Illinois federal court claims that Motorola Solutions operates a nationwide network of license plate recognition cameras and surveillance software that allows law enforcement agencies to track drivers' movements without their consent and in violation of their privacy rights.

  • June 12, 2026

    Bloggers Say EBay Stalking Settlement Has Fallen Apart

    A Massachusetts couple who were stalked and harassed by eBay employees after publishing blog posts critical of the online retailer's management asked a Massachusetts federal judge on Friday to reopen their suit against the company and several executives, saying a proposed settlement has collapsed.

  • June 12, 2026

    Jury Rejects Nielsen's TV Audience IP Case Against TVision

    A Delaware federal jury has cleared TVision Insights Inc. from claims by The Nielsen Co. that it infringed a patent covering audio recognition software with its products for getting data on TV audiences.

  • June 12, 2026

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen the FCA bring a claim against a fund manager it accused of providing investment services despite having been banned, an Ardmore unit sue a contractor two days before the construction group's collapse, and shipping and cruise giant MSC hit back at an entertainment company following separate intellectual property litigation in the U.S. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • June 11, 2026

    OpenAI Hit With Another Suit Claiming ChatGPT Aided Suicide

    A Canadian mother on Thursday sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI over her daughter's suicide in California state court, adding to mounting litigation accusing the artificial intelligence tool of encouraging or aiding users in self-harm and suicide.

  • June 11, 2026

    Tech Group Urges High Court To Block Texas App Store Law

    The Computer & Communications Industry Association on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a recent Fifth Circuit ruling permitting Texas to move forward with a law requiring app store owners to verify users' ages, arguing the law is unconstitutional and overly burdensome for its members.

  • June 11, 2026

    FCC Says Telecom Filed Fake Doc To Get Phone Numbers

    A telecom filed a fake Federal Communications Commission document with the North American Numbering Plan in a bid to gain access to phone numbers, and the agency is ready to block that company's traffic unless it has a good explanation.

  • June 11, 2026

    GlobalStar Opposes FCC Review Of 2 GHz Satellite Order

    The Federal Communications Commission should ignore a request to rethink its rejection of a plan that would bring sweeping changes to the "Big LEO" satellite rules, an American satellite telecom is telling the agency.

  • June 11, 2026

    Judge Doubts Need For Discovery In Digital Equity Suit

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge struggled to find a reason for plaintiffs challenging the Trump administration's shutdown of the Digital Equity Act's Competitive Grant Program to get discovery in their lawsuit, suggesting the question of the program's constitutionality appeared to be a purely legal question, as the government suggested.

  • June 11, 2026

    FCC Aims To Quell Pole Attachment Fights At State Level

    The Federal Communications Commission says it wants to speed up the resolution of disputes over broadband attachments on utility poles in states that have adopted their own rules on top of federal requirements.

  • June 11, 2026

    Gov't Hectoring Prompts Bipartisan Bill To Shield Free Speech

    A bipartisan Senate bill was introduced Thursday to curtail government jawboning of free speech amid the Federal Communications Commission chair's political controversies with broadcasters.

  • June 11, 2026

    Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill To Rein In Big Tech Platforms

    Lawmakers reintroduced legislation in the U.S. Senate on Thursday that would impose new rules on large technology platforms, barring them from blocking competition and undermining rivals by giving their own products and services an unfair advantage.

  • June 11, 2026

    3 Firms Guide $5.1B Dana, Eaton Mobility Auto Supplier Deal

    Dana Inc. and Eaton Corp. said Thursday that they will combine Eaton's mobility business with Dana in a $5.1 billion transaction, creating a global vehicle supplier with more than $10 billion in enterprise value and about $11 billion in annual revenues.

  • June 10, 2026

    FCC Grants ISP Biz Waiver On Router Hardware For 1 Year

    The Federal Communications Commission has come through and granted NCTA — The Internet & Television Association members a waiver allowing them to make changes to foreign-made routers after granting similar permission to telecom titan AT&T.

  • June 10, 2026

    FCC Says Chinese Lab Falsified Reports Via Copy-Paste Ploy

    The Federal Communications Commission has started the process of pulling U.S. certification from an equipment testing lab based in China that the agency claims submitted false test reports for devices by copying other reports.

  • June 10, 2026

    Colo. Co. Says Boeing Tolled Contract Claim In NASA IP Suit

    A Colorado aerospace company has told a Washington federal judge that its breach of contract claim against The Boeing Co. alleging theft of its patented technology was timely and that Boeing's bid to dismiss the claim cited the incorrect statute of limitations for a breach of a written contract.

  • June 10, 2026

    Pa. Panel Revives AT&T's Arbitration Bid In Worker's Suit

    In a precedential opinion Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that AT&T and its retailer Prime Communications' request to compel arbitration in an employment dispute should not have been overruled outright, saying that questions remained about whether the employee clicking an electronic box constituted signing an arbitration agreement.

  • June 10, 2026

    IT Co. Rigged Server To Christmas Tree Timer, $5.5M Suit Says

    The National Institute of Building Sciences alleged in D.C. federal court that an information technology firm caused it at least $5.52 million in damages by failing to maintain and upgrade a web platform for government facility acquisition, instead doing "slapdash" work including rigging a server with a Christmas tree timer.

  • June 10, 2026

    Use 'Great Care' In Covered List Changes, Rural ISPs Tell FCC

    Rural internet service providers want the Federal Communications Commission to make sure only companies posing known risks are barred from interconnecting high-speed networks as the FCC looks to expand a national security program.

Expert Analysis

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    The Biz Court Digest: Dispatches From Utah's Newest Court

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    While a robust body of law hasn't yet developed since the Utah Business and Chancery Court's founding in October 2024, the number of cases filed there has recently picked up, and its existence illustrates Utah's desire to be top of mind for businesses across the country, says Evan Strassberg at Michael Best.

  • 4 Quick Emotional Resets For Lawyers With Conflict Fatigue

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    Though the emotional wear and tear of legal work can trap attorneys in conflict fatigue — leaving them unable to shake off tense interactions or return to a calm baseline — simple therapeutic techniques for resetting the nervous system can help break the cycle, says Chantel Cohen at CWC Coaching & Therapy.

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    Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    An instinct to turn pain into purpose meant frequent trips to the tennis court, where learning to move ahead one point at a time was a lesson that also applied to the steep learning curve of patent prosecution law, says Daniel Henry at Marshall Gerstein.

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    Judges On AI: How Judicial Use Informs Guardrails

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    U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado discusses why having a sense of how generative AI tools behave, where they add value, where they introduce risk and how they are reshaping the practice of law is key for today's judges.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: 5 Tips From Ex-SEC Unit Chief

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    My move to private practice has reaffirmed my belief in the value of adaptability, collaboration and strategic thinking — qualities that are essential not only for successful client outcomes, but also for sustained professional satisfaction, says Dabney O’Riordan at Fried Frank.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm

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    Launching and sustaining a law firm requires skills most law schools don't teach, but every lawyer should understand a few core principles that can make the leap calculated rather than reckless, says Sam Katz at Athlaw.

  • Key False Claims Act Trends From The Last Year

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    The False Claims Act remains a powerful enforcement tool after some record verdicts and settlements in 2025, and while traditional fraud areas remain a priority, new initiatives are raising questions about its expanding application, says Veronica Nannis at Joseph Greenwald.

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    Hosting Exchange Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Opening my home to foreign exchange students makes me a better lawyer not just because prioritizing visiting high schoolers forces me to hone my organization and time management skills but also because sharing the study-abroad experience with newcomers and locals reconnects me to my community, says Alison Lippa at Nicolaides Fink.

  • How A 1947 Tugboat Ruling May Shape Work Product In AI Era

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    Rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence test work-product principles first articulated in the U.S. Supreme Court’s nearly 80-year-old Hickman v. Taylor decision, as courts and ethics bodies confront whether disclosure of attorneys’ AI prompts and outputs would reveal their thought processes, say Larry Silver and Sasha Burton at Langsam Stevens.

  • Navigating Privilege Law Patchwork In Dual-Purpose Comms

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    Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit split in In re: Grand Jury, federal courts remain split as to when attorney-client privilege applies to dual-purpose legal and business communications, and understanding the fragmented landscape is essential for managing risks, say attorneys at Covington.

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    Fly-Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Much like skilled attorneys, the best anglers prize preparation, presentation and patience while respecting their adversaries — both human and trout, says Rob Braverman at Braverman Greenspun.

  • 4 Ways GCs Can Manage Growing Service Of Process Volume

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    As automation and arbitration increase the volume of legal filings, in-house counsel must build scalable service of process systems that strengthen corporate governance and manage risk in real time, says Paul Mathews at Corporation Service Co.

  • IP Appellate Decisions Show 4 Shifts In 2025

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    In 2025, intellectual property decisions issued by the Ninth, D.C., and Federal Circuits trended toward tightening doctrinal boundaries, whether to account for technological developments in existing legal regimes, or to refine areas with some ambiguity, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.

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    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Forming Measurable Ties

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    Relationship-building should begin as early as possible in a law firm merger, as intentional pathways to bringing people together drive collaboration, positive client response, engagements and growth, says Amie Colby at Troutman.

  • 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2026 And Beyond

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    2026 will likely be shaped by issues ranging from artificial intelligence regulatory turbulence to potential evidence rule changes, and e-discovery professionals will need to understand how to effectively guide the responsible and defensible adoption of emerging tools, while also ensuring effective safeguards, say attorneys at Littler.

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