Telecommunications

  • February 26, 2026

    DirecTV Urges Top FCC Officials To Nix Nexstar-Tegna Deal

    DirecTV went to the top ranks of the Federal Communications Commission in recent days to push against the proposed merger of TV station giants Nexstar and Tegna, calling it a clear threat to local media competition.

  • February 26, 2026

    FCC Denies Cos.' Bids To Scrap Regulatory Fee Late Charges

    The Federal Communications Commission is declining to waive the 25% penalty it slaps on top of regulatory fees from 2023 and 2024 that come in late, dashing the hopes of nearly two dozen companies that had asked the agency to do just that.

  • February 26, 2026

    India Looks To Nix $156M Deutsche Telekom Award Suit

    India is urging a D.C. federal court not to enforce a nearly $156 million arbitral award issued to Deutsche Telekom AG over a nixed satellite lease and telecommunications deal, arguing that it never agreed to arbitrate this type of dispute and that the deal was nixed over "essential security" issues.

  • February 26, 2026

    3 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In March

    The Federal Circuit will consider a pair of nine-figure patent cases next month, as ClearPlay seeks to revive a $469 million verdict against Dish Network that a judge threw out, while Netlist aims to preserve a $303 million finding that Samsung infringed its patents, and undo decisions invalidating them.

  • February 25, 2026

    Social Media Contributed To Mental Health Issues, Jury Hears

    A therapist who treated the plaintiff in a landmark bellwether trial alleging Instagram and YouTube harm children's mental health told a California jury Wednesday that social media use contributed to the plaintiff's struggles, while acknowledging that social media addiction is not a diagnosis formally recognized in her field.

  • February 25, 2026

    AT&T Promptly Settles NYC Pension Funds Diversity Suit

    AT&T on Wednesday agreed to allow shareholders to vote on New York City pension funds' proposal requesting a corporate diversity report, quickly settling a suit filed by the funds last week.

  • February 25, 2026

    Senate Bill Would Make Gov't Admit It Perused Your Emails

    Courts issue hundreds of thousands of criminal surveillance orders each year, allowing law enforcement to spy on suspects beyond the bounds of what is normally legal, but a bill reintroduced Wednesday in the U.S. Senate aims to shed light on the process by informing someone when the government wanted their digital information.

  • February 25, 2026

    Alibaba Faces Wash. Spam Suit Over Text Referral Program

    Alibaba has been hit with a proposed class action claiming the e-commerce giant sent tens of thousands of text messages to Washington state consumers in violation of the Washington Consumer Electronic Mail Act, which is meant to guard residents against advertising spam.

  • February 25, 2026

    Netflix Swaps Out Latham For Munger Tolles In Antitrust Suit

    Latham & Watkins LLP withdrew Wednesday as defense counsel for Netflix in a proposed consumer class action in Illinois federal court claiming Meta cut an illegal deal ceding the video streaming market to Netflix, which is now represented by Munger Tolles & Olson LLP.

  • February 25, 2026

    It's Kickoff Time For FCC Look At Sports Media Marketplace

    Sports streaming's rise and the impact of a fragmenting sports programming marketplace on local broadcasters will get new attention from regulators at the Federal Communications Commission.

  • February 25, 2026

    T-Mobile Tells Justices FCC's Fines On 'Unsound' Footing

    T-Mobile waded Wednesday into a high-stakes U.S. Supreme Court fight between its rivals AT&T and Verizon and the Federal Communications Commission, telling the justices that an FCC theory that companies facing penalties can eventually get a jury trial was "unsound."

  • February 25, 2026

    Cox Tells Calif. It Needs Final Ruling On Charter By July

    Cable behemoth Cox Communications has told the California Public Utilities Commission that it needs a final decision by July on its $34.5 billion merger with Charter so that the companies have time to close the deal before their federal merger clearance period expires.

  • February 25, 2026

    FCC Yanks Another Chinese Lab From Equipment Program

    The Federal Communications Commission continues to plow forward with its plan to ban Chinese test labs and telecommunications certification bodies from being used on devices destined for the United States by pulling the accreditation of yet another Chinese test lab.

  • February 25, 2026

    Full Fed. Circ. Won't Hear Comcast Venue Change Bid

    The Federal Circuit on Wednesday denied a request from Comcast for the full court to review its arguments that a patent infringement case it's facing should be transferred to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

  • February 24, 2026

    YouTube-Watching Plaintiff Saw 17K Ads In 1 Year, Jury Hears

    A YouTube executive testifying in a California bellwether trial over allegations the platform and Instagram harm children confirmed Tuesday that the company's data found the plaintiff viewed over 17,000 advertisements in one year, with her lawyer suggesting the number reflects that she spent an extraordinary amount of time on the platform.

  • February 24, 2026

    DJI Asks 9th Circ. To Strike Down FCC 'Covered List' Ruling

    Drone maker DJI has decided not to wait to find out whether the Federal Communications Commission will reconsider its decision to place many of its products on the "covered list" before appealing to the Ninth Circuit the ruling declaring its products suspect.

  • February 24, 2026

    Amazon Should Be Barred From Price Fixing, Calif. AG Says

    California's attorney general urged a state court in San Francisco to bar Amazon from engaging in price fixing, citing newly "uncovered" evidence in the state's unfair competition lawsuit that the e-commerce giant allegedly pressured vendors to raise prices on competing retailers' websites.

  • February 24, 2026

    IPhones Are Radios, Not Phones, Under Wash. Consumer Law

    A federal judge tossed a case accusing Apple, Best Buy and Walmart of breaking a Washington state law meant to protect telephone buyers, ruling in a matter of first impression that iPhones qualify as radio equipment, not telephone handsets, for the purposes of the state's Telephone Buyers' Protection Act.

  • February 24, 2026

    Judge Won't Grant Win To Tech Co. In Accent Translation Case

    A California federal judge has refused to grant a favorable judgment to Krisp Technologies Inc. in a case brought against it by Sanas.AI Inc. alleging the former stole trade secrets relating to an accent translation technology during a brief collaboration and is now infringing patents covering that technology.

  • February 24, 2026

    Detective Wants Immunity For Fla. GOP Chair Phone Search

    A Sarasota police detective has moved to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the former chair of the Florida Republican Party accusing her of violating the Fourth Amendment during a 2023 sexual assault investigation, arguing she is protected by qualified immunity and relied on judge-approved warrants.

  • February 24, 2026

    Senate Dem Seeks Info On FCC's Equal Time Enforcement

    Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., demanded documents on the Federal Communications Commission's equal time rules and what he called the "alarming prospect" of CBS owner Paramount Skydance Corp. expecting favoritism from agencies as it tries to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.

  • February 24, 2026

    Verizon Tells Fed. Circ. USPTO Ax Of Finished IPR Is 'Unlawful'

    Verizon has told the Federal Circuit that former acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart's decision to wipe out the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's invalidation of a patent it challenged was irrational and "drastic."

  • February 24, 2026

    FCC Says Watchdog 'Rushed To Court' In Suit For DOGE Docs

    The Federal Communications Commission told the D.C. federal court that it has sought to comply with a watchdog group's request for records tied to Elon Musk's government-slashing effort but that it would be "unwarranted" to conduct discovery to find out what might still be held back.

  • February 24, 2026

    House Votes Down Aviation Safety Bill After DCA Collision

    The House on Tuesday defeated legislation that would've mandated aircraft-tracking technology in all aircraft, alongside fresh audits of Federal Aviation Administration and military procedures, in response to last year's deadly midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet near Washington, D.C.

  • February 24, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Won't Revive AI Patent After Alice Invalidation

    The Federal Circuit on Tuesday backed a New York federal judge's finding that a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute artificial intelligence-related patent was invalid as abstract, handing a win to Amazon in the case targeting its Alexa virtual assistant.

Expert Analysis

  • 4 Consumer Class Action Trends To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025

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    The first half of 2025 has seen a surge of consumer class action trends related to online tools, websites and marketing messages, creating a new legal risk landscape for companies of all sizes, says Scott Shaffer at Olshan Frome.

  • 8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work

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    Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients

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    Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.

  • 3 Judicial Approaches To Applying Loper Bright, 1 Year Later

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    In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in its Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, a few patterns have emerged in lower courts’ application of the precedent to determine whether agency actions are lawful, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • Trending At The PTAB: Shifts In Parallel Proceedings Strategy

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    Dynamics are changing between the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and federal courts, with two recent discretionary denials and one Federal Circuit decision offering takeaways for both patent owners and challengers navigating parallel proceedings, say attorneys at Finnegan.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm

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    My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.

  • 2025's First Half Brings Regulatory Detours For Fintechs

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    The first half of the year has resulted in a bifurcated regulatory environment for fintechs, featuring narrowed enforcement in some areas, heightened scrutiny in others and a policy window that, with proper compliance, offers meaningful opportunities for innovation, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Opinion

    Senate's 41% Litigation Finance Tax Would Hurt Legal System

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    The Senate’s latest version of the Big Beautiful Bill Act would impose a 41% tax on the litigation finance industry, but the tax is totally disconnected from the concerns it purports to address, and it would set the country back to a time when small plaintiffs had little recourse against big defendants, says Anthony Sebok at Cardozo School of Law.

  • Series

    Performing As A Clown Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    To say that being a clown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has changed my legal career would truly be an understatement — by creating an opening to converse on a unique topic, it has allowed me to connect with clients, counsel and even judges on a deeper level, says Charles Tatelbaum at Tripp Scott.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths

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    Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

  • Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing

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    Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.

  • 9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard

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    District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • Series

    Competing In Modern Pentathlon Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Opening myself up to new experiences through competing in modern Olympic pentathlon has shrunk the appearance of my daily work annoyances and helps me improve my patience, manage crises better and remember that acquiring new skills requires working through your early mistakes, says attorney Mary Zoldak.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech

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    New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.

  • How AI May Reshape The Future Of Adjudication

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    As discussed at a recent panel at Texas A&M, artificial intelligence will not erase the human element of adjudication in the next 10 to 20 years, but it will drive efficiencies that spur private arbiters to experiment, lead public courts to evolve and force attorneys to adapt, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.

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