Telecommunications

  • August 13, 2025

    Media Matters Judge 'Troubled' By FTC Subpoena Args

    A D.C. federal judge reacted with incredulity Wednesday to Federal Trade Commission arguments that Media Matters can't challenge a subpoena unless the agency itself sues to enforce it, adding during a hearing that the FTC can't ignore its current leadership's recent history of targeting progressives.

  • August 13, 2025

    Cloud Services Co. Asks FCC To Grant Numbering Access

    OXIO Inc. is seeking to bring its cloud-based telecom services to the U.S. market, but needs the Federal Communications Commission to authorize the mobile numbers its customers would use.

  • August 12, 2025

    Docs Take NJ Telemedicine Restrictions Fight To 3rd Circ.

    A group of doctors and patients have appealed the dismissal of their challenge to a New Jersey law that says out-of-state doctors can't practice telemedicine with Garden State patients unless they're licensed there, telling the Third Circuit that the rule deprives people of potentially life-saving consultation.

  • August 12, 2025

    Carriers Must State If Phones They Sell Are Locked, FCC Told

    Mobile phone carriers should have to clearly state whether the phones they're selling are carrier "locked" and if so for how long a customer will be locked in with that phone company, the Federal Communications Commission heard recently.

  • August 12, 2025

    CenturyLink Can't Duck $1.3M Wash. 911 Outage Fine

    CenturyLink isn't going to be able to get out from under a $1.3 million penalty that Washington state slapped the telecom with after an outage in 2018 left people across the entire state unable to call 911 for two days, a state appeals court ruled.

  • August 12, 2025

    Forge Ahead On Cellphone Hearing Aid Rules, FCC Told

    Federal rules need to be updated as soon as possible to align with an upcoming standard for hearing aid compatibility with cellphones, advocates for consumers with hearing loss said.

  • August 12, 2025

    AT&T, T-Mobile Settle Patent Suit After $175M Verizon Verdict

    AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile agreed on Tuesday to resolve patent infringement claims brought by Headwater Research LLC related to wireless communications technology after a federal jury last month said Verizon owed $175 million for infringing two patents belonging to Headwater.

  • August 12, 2025

    FCC Urged To Ramp Up Mobile High-Cost Support

    The Federal Communications Commission needs to reform its mobile support rules for subsidizing carriers in largely rural areas, a wireless trade group told the agency.

  • August 12, 2025

    3 Firms Get $600K In Fees After DialAmerica Data Breach Deal

    A Connecticut federal judge has awarded $600,000 in fees to attorneys with three law firms — Markovits Stock & Demarco LLC, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC and Federman & Sherwood — that secured a settlement worth more than $2.3 million with DialAmerica Marketing Inc. after a data breach.

  • August 12, 2025

    Petition Seeks FCC Files On Trump-Skydance Meeting

    The head of an artificial intelligence streaming platform called on the Federal Communications Commission to release its findings on his complaint alleging improper lobbying by Skydance Media for its $8 billion merger with Paramount, claiming that Skydance planned an impromptu meeting with President Donald Trump at an April UFC fight.

  • August 12, 2025

    Uber's Tip Led FBI To $5M 'Grandparent Scam' Ring, Feds Say

    A suspicious pattern of Uber trips to banks by older people led the company to contact the FBI, uncovering a multinational "grandparent scam" operation that stole $5 million from at least 400 people, Massachusetts federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

  • August 12, 2025

    Disney Accuses InterDigital Of Monopolizing Video Tech

    Disney has launched an antitrust lawsuit in Delaware federal court accusing wireless technology company InterDigital Inc. of using its patents to create a monopoly on the market for technology necessary for streaming services.

  • August 11, 2025

    GCI To Pay $10K To End Fed Probe Over Alaska Cable Permit

    Alaska telecom GCI Communication Corp. will have to pay $10,000 for letting the cable landing licenses for one of its undersea cable systems expire, the Federal Communications Commission has announced.

  • August 11, 2025

    Rural Health Providers Say FCC Subsidy Rules Unclear

    Rural healthcare providers still don't know what is and isn't covered by the Universal Service Fund and could use some clarification and guidance from the Federal Communications Commission, a group has told the agency.

  • August 11, 2025

    FCC Subsidy Foes Again Attack Fund's Quarterly Fees

    Groups that fell short in their drive at the U.S. Supreme Court to have the revenue mechanism for the Universal Service Fund declared unconstitutional are again fighting the quarterly rate at the Federal Communications Commission.

  • August 11, 2025

    Data Co. Asks DC Circ. To Revive $22M Guinea Award Bid

    A data consulting company has again urged the D.C. Circuit to reverse a lower court order denying its bid to enforce a $22 million arbitral award against Guinea, saying the country wrongly wants the appeals court to ignore long-standing precedent and nix enforcement on jurisdictional grounds.

  • August 11, 2025

    AGs Target Voice Providers In 'Operation Robocall Roundup'

    A bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general from across the U.S. is sending warning letters to 37 voice service providers to demand action against illegal robocalls, alleging they flouted Federal Communications Commission rules, according to an announcement Monday.

  • August 11, 2025

    House Lawmakers Probe Antitrust In Sports Broadcasting

    The U.S. House Judiciary Committee is looking into sports broadcasting antitrust concerns, requesting briefings from the country's four largest sports leagues and saying that the 1961 law governing their telecast agreements has expanded an antitrust "blind spot" in today's sports media rights market.

  • August 11, 2025

    NTIA Urged To Let States Decide On 'Anchor' Funding

    The U.S. Department of Commerce should defer to states as they decide what qualifies as an "anchor" institution for purposes of federal broadband deployment grants, two advocacy groups said Monday.

  • August 11, 2025

    FCC Republican Names Senior Legal Adviser

    A Republican on the Federal Communications Commission on Monday named an FCC lawyer and Wiley Rein LLP alum as her new senior legal adviser.

  • August 11, 2025

    Calif. Judge Shuts Off Some Netflix Patent Claims In Suit

    A California federal judge has narrowed Netflix's lawsuit accusing Broadcom of ripping off five software patents, tossing some patent claims for good while giving the streaming company the ability to amend others.

  • August 11, 2025

    Suit Alleges Offshore Sportsbook Ignored Opt-Out Requests

    A California man filed a proposed class action against the offshore sportsbook MyBookie, saying it bombards him with text messages promoting its various offerings despite his repeated attempts to opt out of the communications.

  • August 08, 2025

    AT&T Faces Suit After Fiber Optic Cable Kills Texas Woman

    The family of a Texas woman who died in May after a low-hanging fiber optic line struck her in the head is suing AT&T and its cable maintenance contractor, claiming that the cable hung below required safety code heights and that the companies failed to follow proper installation procedures.

  • August 08, 2025

    Citing 'Seinfeld,' Nostalgic Judge Pares SmartSky Patent Suit

    A federal judge pined for the pre-internet days of disconnectivity while flying and blamed two in-flight Wi-Fi companies for ushering that era's demise as he invalidated a claim in one of the patents in an infringement dispute between the two.

  • August 08, 2025

    Match Beats Rest Of British Telecommunications Patent Suit

    Match.com has defeated the remainder of a lawsuit claiming it infringed a personal profile patent owned by British Telecommunications, saying the last claim at issue didn't pass either prong of the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice test.

Expert Analysis

  • Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal Team

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    In a compressed economy, convincing the C-suite to invest in additional legal talent can be a herculean task, but a convincing pitch — supported by metrics and cost analyses — may help in-house counsel justify the growth of their team, say Elizabeth Smith and Roger Garceau at Major Lindsey.

  • 4 Trade Secret Pointers From 2024's Key IP Law Developments

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    Four significant 2024 developments in trade secret law yield practical tips about defending trade secrets overseas, proving unjust enrichment claims, forcing compliance with posttrial orders and using restrictive covenants to prevent employee leaks of confidential intellectual property, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • Data Privacy Landscape After Mass. Justices' Wiretap Ruling

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    In Vita v. New England Baptist Hospital, Massachusetts’ highest court recently ruled that the state’s wiretap law doesn’t prohibit all tracking of website user activity, but major financial and reputational risks remain for businesses that aren't transparent about customer’s web data, says Seth Berman at Nutter.

  • Gov't Scrutiny Of Workplace Chat Apps Set To Keep Growing

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    The incoming Trump administration and Republican majorities in Congress are poised to open numerous investigations that include increasing demands for entities to produce communications from workplace chat apps, so companies must evaluate their usage and retention policies, say attorneys at Orrick.

  • When US Privilege Law Applies To Docs Made Outside The US

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    As globalization manifests itself in disputes over foreign-created documents, a California federal court’s recent trademark decision illustrates nuances of both U.S. privilege frameworks and foreign evidentiary protections that attorneys must increasingly bear in mind, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • Notable 2024 Trademark Cases And What To Watch In 2025

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    Emerging disputes between established tech giants and smaller trademark holders promise to test the boundaries of trademark protection in 2025, following a 2024 marked with disputes in areas ranging from cybersquatting to geographic marks, says Danner Kline at Bradley Arant.

  • What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025

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    The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.

  • How Trump's Tariff Promises May Play Out In 2nd Term

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    While it is unclear which of President-elect Donald Trump's promised tariffs he intends to actually implement in January, lessons from his first administration, laws governing executive action and U.S. trade agreements together paint a picture of what may be possible, say attorneys at Butzel.

  • Series

    Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.

  • 7th Circ. Ruling Muddies Split On Trade Secret Damages

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    The Seventh Circuit's recent endorsement in Motorola v. Hytera of a Second Circuit limit on avoided-cost damages under the Defend Trade Secrets Act contradicts even its own precedents, and will further confuse the scope of a developing circuit conflict that the U.S. Supreme Court has already twice declined to resolve, says Jordan Rice at MoloLamken.

  • Opinion

    6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School

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    Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.

  • How CFPB Rule Would Affect Data Brokers And Beyond

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently proposed a rule that would not only expand data broker oversight by classifying many as consumer reporting agencies, but would also impose new limitations on companies seeking to obtain information from them, potentially requiring such entities to alter their business models, say attorneys at Orrick.

  • Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware

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    Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Reviewing 2024's State Consumer Privacy Law Enforcement

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    While we are still in the infancy of state consumer privacy laws, a review of enforcement activity this year suggests substantial overlaps in regulatory priorities across the most active states and gives insight into the likely paths of future enforcement, says Thomas Nolan at Quinn Emanuel.

  • Preparing For The New Restrictions On Investment Into China

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    In light of a new regulatory program governing U.S. investments in China-related technology companies of national security concern, investors should keep several considerations in mind, including the rules' effect on existing and new investments, compliance hurdles, and penalties for noncompliance ahead of the rules' January implementation, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.

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