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Latest News in Telecommunications

  • March 18, 2026

    With Warrants, Good Faith Worth More Than Legality: DC Circ.

    It doesn't matter if the warrant that a D.C. magistrate judge issued to pinpoint the location of a man who was later convicted on drug trafficking and firearms charges was legal because law enforcement thought that it was, the D.C. Circuit has ruled.

  • March 18, 2026

    Macy's Judge Rules Wash. Antispam Law Is Constitutional

    Macy's must face a consumer class action accusing the retail giant of breaking a Washington state law prohibiting certain spam emails, a Seattle federal judge ruled Wednesday, declaring that Washington's Commercial Electronic Mail Act is neither unconstitutional nor preempted by federal law.

  • March 18, 2026

    NTIA Still Crafting Plans For $21B In 'Non-Deployment' Funds

    The U.S. Department of Commerce has doled out many billions of dollars for broadband projects and has been asking for public input about how to spend roughly $21 billion in unspent funds, but there is no target date to unveil any decisions, the federal official in charge of spending the money said Wednesday.

  • March 18, 2026

    2nd Circ. Judge Unimpressed By OpenAI's IP Suit Stance

    A Second Circuit judge on Wednesday expressed surprise when an OpenAI attorney couldn't explain whether the company's artificial intelligence system duplicated Raw Story Media Inc.'s news articles while allegedly removing copyright management information from the online reports.

  • March 18, 2026

    Ligado Asks Judge To Pause $100M Payment To Inmarsat

    A telecom company has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to let it delay a $100 million payment owed to satellite operator Inmarsat, arguing that Inmarsat's alleged breach of a key settlement agreement undermined the value of the deal and caused potentially significant harm.

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