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April 18, 2025
Qualcomm Judge Bemoans 'Inefficiency' In Patent Fights
A Florida federal judge has scheduled a third hearing on claim construction in a ParkerVision Inc. lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. over wireless communications patents, while commenting about "the inefficiency of patent litigation."
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April 18, 2025
Google May See Some Light In The Ad Tech Ruling
The ruling this week in the U.S. Department of Justice's ad tech monopolization case against Google was a major victory but not a total win for the government, and it raises questions about what the fix should be, especially with a trial looming over remedies in a separate case over search.
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April 18, 2025
FCC Rejects Changes To 'Silkwave-2' Satellite Plan
The Federal Communications Commission has said no to a satellite operator's request to launch a new satellite after it promised that satellite would be space-bound before it retired a previous one but it didn't happen.
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April 18, 2025
Colo. Says Telecom Fiber Installer Sued Too Soon
Whatever beef a telecom contractor has with the Colorado Department of Transportation, the venue for dealing with it is the dispute process the pair agreed on when the agency inked a deal for the company to carry out a fiber-optic installation for it, that agency told a state court.
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April 18, 2025
Cybersecurity Ruling Misconstrues 麻豆传媒, FCC Told
Rural broadband companies are voicing opposition to a recent Federal Communications Commission decision requiring them to combat cybersecurity threats, saying the commission failed to consider the regulatory burden the new rules would impose on carriers.
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April 18, 2025
5th Circ. Says FCC Can't Fine AT&T $57M Without Trial
The Fifth Circuit has wiped out the $57 million fine that the Federal Communications Commission slapped AT&T with after it and the other major mobile carriers were found to have been selling off people's location data, saying such a penalty without a jury trial was unconstitutional.
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April 18, 2025
IP Notebook: AI Prompts, DMCA Battle, Squishmallows Scuffle
Welcome to IP Notebook, a recurring series that highlights disputes and legal developments that raise novel or crucial questions in the trademark and copyright space.
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April 18, 2025
Tribal 'Window' For New Spectrum Licenses Defended At FCC
A pair of public interest groups asked Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission to support a tribal "window" allowing Native American bidders a chance to reserve licenses in a commercial spectrum band that's poised for FCC auction.
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April 18, 2025
Charter Communications Ends Trade Secrets Suit With Ex-VP
Charter Communications Inc. has settled a trade secrets lawsuit it brought in Connecticut federal court against a former executive it accused of taking confidential information with him when he left for a job with Metronet, one of its competitors, according to a joint stipulation for dismissal.
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April 18, 2025
Telecom Says Jarkesy Ruling Dashes FCC's $4.5M Fine
An Austin, Texas-based telecom sought Friday to shake a nearly $4.5 million fine by the Federal Communications Commission after the Fifth Circuit tossed an unrelated $57 million penalty against AT&T based on last year's high court ruling in SEC v. Jarkesy curtailing agency fines.
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April 17, 2025
Sandberg Says FTC Market View Makes No Sense In Meta Case
Meta Platforms' former longtime board member and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg pushed back Thursday on crucial Federal Trade Commission arguments trying to shape the market the social media giant is accused of monopolizing, criticizing a friends and family definition the FTC is using to exclude TikTok as a competitor.
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April 17, 2025
Wash. Justices Back Consumers In Old Navy Spam Email Suit
Washington's highest court said in a 5-4 ruling Thursday that the state's spam law bars commercial emails that include any false information in their subject lines, endorsing two consumers' broader interpretation of the statute in a proposed class action against Old Navy.
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April 17, 2025
UK Says NY Convention Doesn't Kill Sovereign Immunity
Ratifying the New York Convention isn't enough to strip away a state's right to plead sovereign immunity in a later dispute over a contract that might be subject to the convention's rules, a London court has ruled.
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April 17, 2025
Robocall Arb. Denied Despite Alleged Recording Of Consent
A federal judge declined to force a Tennessee man into arbitration in his suit accusing a health insurance brokerage of making illegal robocalls, ruling that the plaintiff had created enough doubt to get to trial.
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April 17, 2025
Think Tank Urges FCC To Drop $4.5M Fine Against Telnyx
A think tank claimed Thursday the Federal Communications Commission went too far when floating a nearly $4.5 million fine against a telecom for alleged robocall violations and that due process concerns call for rescinding the penalty.
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April 17, 2025
Globalstar Pushes For Feds' OK On Mobile Satellite Plan
Globalstar is pressing its bid for the Federal Communications Commission to approve its plan for a U.S. mobile satellite service using licensed spectrum in what's known as the "Big LEO" band.
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April 17, 2025
Music Rights Orgs. Trade Barbs In Copyright Office Inquiry
The organizations responsible for getting musical artists their royalty payments sparred with each other in comments to the U.S. Copyright Office, with one legacy organization accusing newer entrants of insufficient transparency, and one of those competitors in turn alleging "anticompetitive practices" by the established players.
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April 17, 2025
FCC Getting An Earful On Creating GPS Backstop
Industries ranging from broadcast to broadband are giving the Federal Communications Commission their two cents on how to聽build an Earth-based network to聽reinforce the Global Positioning System, offering regulators a full menu of options to move ahead.
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April 17, 2025
Mitel Networks Gets Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed In Texas
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved telecommunications group Mitel Networks' disclosures regarding its prepackaged Chapter 11 plan and confirmed the company's reorganization proposal, overruling an objection from the U.S. Trustee's Office regarding claims release provisions.
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April 17, 2025
Frontier Slapped With Suit Over Cycling Accident
Frontier Communications is liable for the serious injuries of a man who was thrown from his bicycle after he became caught in a loose cable that was hanging in the road, a lawsuit filed recently in Connecticut state court says.
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April 17, 2025
Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Network Tech Patent Suit
The Federal Circuit on Thursday upheld a lower court's finding that Seattle-based technology company F5 did not infringe a patent owned by WSOU Investments LLC covering a network traffic distribution technology.
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April 17, 2025
Judge Rules Google Monopolized Ad Tech In 2nd Win For DOJ
A Virginia federal judge on Thursday handed the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division its second seminal win against Google, ruling that the search giant has illegally monopolized markets for display advertising placement technology.
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April 16, 2025
Zuckerberg Calls TikTok Meta's 'Highest Competitive Threat'
Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Wednesday on Federal Trade Commission efforts to cabin the company's allegedly monopolistic social media dominance into a market that excludes TikTok and YouTube, telling a D.C. federal judge video has become the new predominant form of social media interaction.
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April 16, 2025
Computer Equipment Co. Wants Suit Over Sales Decline Axed
Cloud network equipment company Extreme Networks Inc. has asked a federal judge in California to toss a lawsuit alleging it misled investors about its financial prospects and declining client demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing the existence of undisclosed information, by itself, is not misleading.
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April 16, 2025
AT&T Gets $450M 'Twinning' Patent Suit Tossed Again
A New York federal judge has held that it is only fitting that she rule twice on a motion to dismiss a $450 million patent lawsuit against AT&T over so-called twinning phone technology, deciding yet again that the patent is not inventive enough to be worth anything.
Expert Analysis
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5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of 麻豆传媒s Program And Beyond
As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of 麻豆传媒s coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.
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Series
Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better 麻豆传媒yer
My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer 鈥 punctuality, memorization, creativity and more 鈥 have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.
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How 麻豆传媒 Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'
麻豆传媒 firm decision making can be stifled by 鈥渃ollaboration drag鈥 鈥 characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent 鈥 but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.
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Election Outlook: A Precedent Primer On Content Moderation
With the 2024 election season now in full swing, online platforms will face difficult and politically sensitive decisions about content moderation, but U.S. Supreme Court decisions from last term offer much-needed certainty about their rights, say Jonathan Blavin and Helen White at Munger Tolles.
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Opinion
Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process
Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.
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What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral 麻豆传媒 Hires
Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years 鈥 a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round 鈥 in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.
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Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With 麻豆传媒 Firm Support
A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: August Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy considers certification cases touching on classwide evidence of injury from debt collection practices, defining coupon settlements under the Class Action Fairness Act, proper approaches for evaluating attorney fee awards in class action settlements, and more.
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Planning 麻豆传媒 Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where
During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm鈥檚 objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.
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4 Steps To Address New Sanctions Time Bar Extension
Recent guidance from the Office of Foreign Assets Control clarifies details of the newly extended statute of limitations for civil and criminal enforcement of U.S. sanctions law, so compliance teams should implement key updates, including to lookback periods and recordkeeping policies, say attorneys at Freshfields.
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Series
Playing Golf Makes Me A Better 麻豆传媒yer
Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it鈥檚 helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.
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麻豆传媒 Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing
Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning 鈥 beginning with comprehensive campaigns 鈥 can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Remedy May Be Google's Biggest Hurdle Yet In Antitrust Case
There are difficulties ahead in the remedies phase of the antitrust case against Google in District of Columbia federal court, including the search engine giant's scale advantage and the fast-moving nature of the tech industry, setting the stage for the most challenging of the proceedings so far, says Jonathan Rubin at MoginRubin.
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Opinion
The Big Issues A Big麻豆传媒 Associates' Union Could Address
A Big麻豆传媒 associates鈥 union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being 鈥 from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Opting In To CIPA Risk Mitigation After New Precedent
A recent California federal court decision, adopting a new, broad interpretation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, will likely increase the volume of CIPA claims and should prompt businesses to undertake certain preventative measures, including adopting an opt-in approach to using third-party website advertising technologies, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.