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Latest News in Telecommunications

  • April 10, 2026

    FCC Says Current 'Audible Crawl' Rule Doesn't Work

    The Federal Communications Commission is thinking about ditching a requirement that video service providers ensure that nontext emergency information that pops up during a TV broadcast comes with an auditory translation for the visually impaired.

  • April 10, 2026

    3 Valve 'Loot Box' Suits Merged, Hagens Berman To Rep Users

    A Seattle federal judge has consolidated three putative class actions accusing gaming giant Valve Corp. of promoting illegal gambling by offering "loot boxes" for its PC gaming titles, and appointed Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP as interim lead counsel for the gamers.

  • April 10, 2026

    FCC Fines Are Just Paper, But 'Still Tigers,' High Court Told

    AT&T and Verizon told the U.S. Supreme Court that no matter how the Federal Communications Commission portrays its fines, they amount to binding orders that run afoul of the Seventh Amendment because there's no clear path to challenge them in court.

  • April 10, 2026

    Nexstar-Tegna Judge Shows No Sign Of Unpausing Deal Block

    A California federal judge Friday ordered a seven-day extension of the temporary restraining order blocking broadcast giants Nexstar and Tegna from fulfilling their merger, seeing "no evidence" contradicting the initial reasons for the TRO that DirecTV and Democratic attorneys general want solidified into a preliminary injunction.

  • April 10, 2026

    Microsoft Keeps PTAB Win Against Communications Patent

    Network technology solutions company Lemko Corp. lost its bid to revive claims in a distributed mobile architecture patent after the Federal Circuit backed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's finding that Microsoft was able to show the claims were invalid.

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  • AGENCIES
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  • Federal Trade Commission
  • U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
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  • Intellectual property issues, including piracy actions
  • International trade suits
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  • Labor and employment suits
  • Shareholder litigation
  • Bankruptcy proceedings
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  • Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
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  • Share buybacks and stock splits
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of telecommunications law practices

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