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Telecommunications

  • August 08, 2025

    PE Firm Peppertree Gets $300M Award In Telecoms Fight OK'd

    A New York judge is enforcing a $300.74 million damages award issued to the minority shareholders of telecommunications infrastructure firm Continental Towers LATAM Holdings Ltd. in a bitter dispute over control of the company, saying the majority shareholders had "fallen far short" of showing it should be vacated.

  • August 08, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Undoes LG's $14M Trial Loss, Invalidating Patent

    The Federal Circuit on Friday scrapped a $14 million judgment against LG Electronics Inc. for infringing a Mondis Technology Ltd. patent covering a computer display technology, deeming the patent invalid based on an inadequate written description.

  • August 08, 2025

    Judge Tosses $150M Royalties Suit Against SiriusXM

    A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed a suit against SiriusXM from a nonprofit royalty collector alleging $150 million in unpaid royalties, saying the dispute cannot be litigated under a certain section of the Copyright Act.

  • August 08, 2025

    Stewart Rejects 8 IPR Petitions While Overriding May Denial

    Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart used her director review powers to grant a petition for inter partes review that she'd previously denied, but otherwise largely supported patent owners in the small batch of recent discretionary denial reviews.

  • August 08, 2025

    Google Loses Bid To Send Patent Case From WDTX To Calif.

    A Western District of Texas magistrate judge has refused to ship to California a lawsuit accusing Google of infringing patents covering ways to safely do financial transactions on a mobile device, finding the tech giant failed to show the Golden State was more convenient.

  • August 08, 2025

    Texas Modernizes Barratry Ban To Include Online Outreach

    Texas, a state with a long history of outlawing prohibited legal services solicitation — known as barratry — has passed a bill updating its penal code to expand the definition of illegal barratry to cover new media, amid a reported rise in digital solicitation, with the amended law set to take effect on Sept. 1.

  • August 07, 2025

    Health Insurance Telemarketers Cough Up $145M In FTC Suits

    Two telemarketing companies will pay $145 million to settle Federal Trade Commission claims that they misled millions of consumers into buying phony health insurance plans, the FTC said in a Thursday announcement accusing the telemarketers of making false promises that didn't provide what they offered.

  • August 07, 2025

    Google Wants Epic's Claims Tossed After Samsung Deal

    Google urged a California federal court to toss the remaining claims in a case from Epic Games that initially accused the tech giant of colluding with Samsung to block app store competition, but now centers on a security feature Google said the court has already addressed.

  • August 07, 2025

    Motorola Surveillance App Teed Up For 1st Circ. Review

    The First Circuit should decide whether a Motorola app designed to allow police to record calls without informing the person on the other line was illegal in and of itself, said a Massachusetts federal judge overseeing a suit from four men who argue that it was.

  • August 07, 2025

    FCC Chucks Nearly 100 'Outdated' Broadcast Rules

    In a bid to reduce what it considers to be obsolete regulations, the Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to drop nearly 100 older rules applying to broadcasters from its books.

  • August 07, 2025

    FCC Plans To Narrow Enviro Rules For Broadband Projects

    The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday proposed to make it easier for broadband providers to clear FCC reviews required by the National Environmental Policy Act.

  • August 07, 2025

    HPE-Juniper Judge Shuns More Direct Comment On DOJ Deal

    Comments, or complaints, about the controversial U.S. Department of Justice deal permitting Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks must go through the DOJ and will no longer be accepted if submitted directly to the court, the reviewing California federal judge said Wednesday.

  • August 07, 2025

    California Anti-Deepfake Law Struck Down By Judge

    A California federal judge has agreed to block a California anti-deepfake law as constitutionally and legally invalid, siding with conservative media companies and content creators who argued that the law infringes platforms' First Amendment rights to moderate content on their own and pressures them to censor speech.

  • August 06, 2025

    FCC Blocks 185 Voice Providers For Breaking Robocall Regs

    Nearly 200 voice service providers will no longer be able to connect to U.S. networks because they refused to comply with Federal Communications Commission regulations aimed at stemming the flood of robocalls being made to people's phones, the agency said.

  • August 06, 2025

    Gray TV Urges FCC To Stick With Next-Gen Transition

    Broadcast behemoth GrayTV says it's time for the Federal Communications Commission to force the finalization of transition to the next generation of television broadcasting, arguing that the old generation services "place broadcasters at a technological disadvantage."

  • August 06, 2025

    Local Gov'ts Oppose FCC's Fast-Track Rule Cut Process

    Local governments banded together Wednesday to oppose a new rulemaking procedure that lets the Federal Communications Commission more deftly slash telecom regulations that it views as outdated.

  • August 06, 2025

    Broadcasters Worry Upper C-Band Moves Could Cause Harm

    Broadcasters are concerned about a federal plan to turn over more midband airwaves for next-generation mobile use since networks depend on satellites in the existing band to deliver interference-free programs to affiliate stations.

  • August 06, 2025

    Rev Up Unlicensed Device Power In 6 GHz, FCC Told

    Now that the Federal Communications Commission has made 6 gigahertz spectrum more widely available to low-power unlicensed devices, the FCC should raise the devices' allowed power levels to make the band even more useful, a wireless group said.

  • August 06, 2025

    Overtime Sports Sued Over Early Morning Marketing Texts

    A California man has filed a proposed class action alleging Overtime Sports Inc. has violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending marketing text messages outside the allowable hours.

  • August 06, 2025

    DOJ, Google Get OK For 2-Week Ad Tech Remedies Trial

    When Google faces off against the U.S. Department of Justice at trial next month to determine what remedy the tech behemoth should provide for illegally maintaining a monopoly over advertising technology services, they'll each get five or six court days to make their case.

  • August 06, 2025

    Juniper, Correct Transmission Reach Deal To End Patent Suit

    Internet router maker Juniper Networks has agreed to settle a lawsuit in California federal court that had accused it of infringing various data communication network patents.

  • August 05, 2025

    Novo Nordisk Lodges Suits Over 'Knockoff' Semaglutide Meds

    Novo Nordisk said Tuesday it has recently filed more than a dozen lawsuits accusing weight loss companies, med spas and pharmacies of tricking patients into purchasing and using unapproved drugs containing semaglutide, which the Danish pharmaceutical company uses in its blockbuster medicines Wegovy and Ozempic.

  • August 05, 2025

    Apple Looks To Nix Consumer Antitrust Case, Decertify Class

    Apple told a California federal court that antitrust claims from a class of more than 185 million consumers targeting its App Store policies should not go to trial because the allegations focus on legitimate product design and business decisions, not anti-competitive conduct.

  • August 05, 2025

    NTIA Says States Can't Regulate Rates In Broadband Program

    States can't make companies promise to provide low-cost options in order to get access to federal broadband infrastructure funds, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has announced, saying that to do so would be illegal rate regulation.

  • August 05, 2025

    FCC Asked To Reconsider Paramount-Skydance Deal

    The Federal Communications Commission needs to rethink its decision to greenlight Skydance Media's controversial $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global, a third-party firm has told the agency, arguing it never addressed "substantial evidence in the record" that Paramount was talking to President Donald Trump on the sidelines.

Expert Analysis

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

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    In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

  • A Look At Trump 2.0 Antitrust Enforcement So Far

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    The first six months of President Donald Trump's second administration were marked by aggressive antitrust enforcement tempered by traditional structural remedies for mergers, but other unprecedented actions, like the firing of Federal Trade Commission Democrats, will likely stoke heated discussion ahead, says Richard Dagen at Axinn.

  • Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss

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    Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ

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    New guidance from the California Air Resources Board on how businesses must implement the state's sweeping climate reporting requirements should help companies assess their exposure, understand their disclosure obligations and begin documenting good-faith compliance efforts, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.

  • The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine

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    The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • Business Takeaways Following CCPA Enforcement Actions

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    Advisories and recent enforcement activity by the California Privacy Protection Agency against Honda and Todd Snyder underscore the agency's enforcement interest in the intersection of data minimization and consumer rights, and could make it more challenging for a business to provide a streamlined consumer rights process, say attorneys at Covington.

  • EU Space Act Could Stifle US Commercial Operators

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    The EU Space Act, proposed last month, has the potential to raise global standards for safety and sustainability in space, but the U.S. and EU need to harmonize their regulatory approaches to avoid imposing regulatory burdens that undermine commercial innovation and agility, say Jessica Noble and Adriane Mandakunis at Aegis Space Law.

  • Series

    Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator

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    Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Navigating Client Trauma

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    Law schools don't train students to handle repeated exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, but for litigators practicing in areas like civil rights and personal injury, success depends on the ability to view cases clinically and to recognize when you may need to seek help, says Katie Bennett at Robins Kaplan.

  • Opinion

    4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding

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    As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • Tips For Managing Social Media And International Travel Risks

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    Employers should familiarize themselves with the legal framework governing border searches and adopt specific risk management practices that address increasing scrutiny of employees’ social media activities by immigration enforcement, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery

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    E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.

  • How McKesson Ruling Will Inform Interpretations Of The TCPA

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    Amid the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson, we can expect to see both plaintiffs and defendants utilizing the decision to revisit the Federal Communications Commission's past Telephone Consumer Protection Act interpretations and decisions they did not like, says Jason McElroy at Saul Ewing.

  • Justices Rethink Minimum Contacts For Foreign Entities

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    Two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Devas v. Antrix and Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization, suggest that federal statutes may confer personal jurisdiction over foreign entities that have little to no contact with the U.S. — a significant departure from traditional due process principles, says Gary Shaw at Pillsbury.

  • Examining TCPA Jurisprudence A Year After Loper Bright

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    One year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, lower court decisions demonstrate that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act will continue to evolve as long-standing interpretations of the act are analyzed with a fresh lens, says Aaron Gallardo at Kilpatrick.

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