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June 24, 2026
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board found that a patent covering wireless network technology was not unpatentable despite Tesla Inc.'s arguments that it was invalid for obviousness, dealing the company a second blow in two days on its challenges to patents asserted by Intellectual Ventures II LLC.
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June 24, 2026
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has refused TextNow Inc.'s bid to register "Touch Mobile" for phones and wireless messaging services, ruling in a precedential decision that the company cannot rely on a canceled registration for the same mark to overcome a likelihood of confusion with another company's existing registration for "Mobile Touch."
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June 24, 2026
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced Wednesday he appointed a new general counsel after his most recent legal leader was named the interim chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system.
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June 23, 2026
Paramount Global is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve a ruling that only consumers who directly subscribe to audiovisual goods and services can bring lawsuits under the Video Privacy Protection Act, arguing that a more expansive reading would allow plaintiffs to flood the courts and would wrongly "transform" the law into an "unworkable internet-privacy regime."
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June 23, 2026
A Tennessee man brought a proposed nationwide class action against Cintas Corp. on Monday, accusing the Ohio-based workforce apparel and training company of unlawfully barraging phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry with telemarketing calls for CPR and first aid training.
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June 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Tuesday clearing Cisco in an Alien Tort Statute suit alleging it helped the Chinese government violate international law is a win for companies that do business in regions with possible human rights issues, experts tell Law360.
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June 23, 2026
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Monday declined to invalidate claims in an Intellectual Ventures II LLC patent covering wireless network technology challenged by Tesla, finding that Tesla's obviousness arguments did not pass muster.
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June 23, 2026
There's enough evidence for a judge to find that T-Mobile failed to meet Washington's data breach notification requirements following a 2021 breach, the state said Monday, arguing that text messages the company sent to customers about the incident left out critical information.
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June 23, 2026
Streaming services companies including Disney and Netflix have again prevailed against multiple Texas cities accusing them of evading a state franchise tax, with a Texas appeals court reaffirming that the companies do not need to obtain franchise licenses.
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June 23, 2026
Cox Communications and Charter Communications Inc. have asked the California Public Utilities Commission to kibosh a media advocacy group's petition seeking conditions on their $34.5 billion merger, but the media organization is asking the commission to ignore that request.
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June 23, 2026
A California federal judge overseeing WhatsApp users' allegations that Meta violated their privacy rights appeared open Tuesday to tossing some of the claims, at least for now, saying the proposed class complaint appears to make fraud claims that need to be backed by particularized allegations.
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June 23, 2026
A Florida judge on Tuesday denied Jones Walker LLP's request to exit a lawsuit accusing the firm and one of its partners of using confidential information from a client to create an entity to compete with the client for a $300 million fuel agreement with the government of Guyana.
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June 23, 2026
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has told Congress that tanking diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the telecom industry is not only justified but also a policy where Americans find more "common ground" than many lawmakers realize.
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June 23, 2026
A former in-house attorney for AT&T, accused of leaking privileged information to opposing counsel while seeking a share of financial gains from a lawsuit filed 18 years ago against the company, has been charged with violating attorney professional conduct rules.
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June 23, 2026
As the Federal Communications Commission evaluates competition in the telecom sector, a think tank urged the agency not to adopt regulatory policies that treat the market as unfairly skewed toward a few large players.
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June 23, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday it had raised more than $3.5 billion in gross winning bids in its recent spectrum auction, the first sale of wireless licenses by the federal government in years.
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June 23, 2026
Democratic candidates and officeholders, including former Sen. Sherrod Brown, Sen. Jon Ossoff, former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet, have asked the Fourth Circuit to strike down Federal Communications Commission guidance they say unlawfully expands discounted political advertising rates to party committees and joint fundraising groups.
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June 23, 2026
The Third Circuit partly revived former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc. over Facebook ads that falsely claimed his endorsement of CBD products, after a panel said he'd noted enough red flags in the ads that Meta could have been aware that his name and likeness were being misused.
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June 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Ninth Circuit was wrong to reinstate an Alien Tort Statute suit alleging that Cisco helped the Chinese government's allegedly unlawful crackdown on the Falun Gong religious movement, saying federal courts lack authority to create causes of action for alleged violations of international law.
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June 22, 2026
YouTube has urged a Seattle federal judge to free it from a woman's lawsuit alleging she was bullied online over a secretly recorded viral video of her texting while driving, saying she cannot circumvent the platform's protection under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act by leveling a baseless wiretapping claim.
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June 22, 2026
The Texas attorney general urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a state law requiring app stores to block minors from downloading apps without parental consent to remain in effect, arguing Monday that a lower court "committed several errors" in pausing the measure.
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June 22, 2026
Athletic club chain Life Time has accused Verizon of flouting Federal Communications Commission rules by charging it Universal Service Fund fees for internet service, even though the agency has declared broadband a less regulated type of service that doesn't pay into the subsidy fund.
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June 22, 2026
After dismissing an advocacy group's petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider how it enforces its rules against news distortion, agency staff told the D.C. Circuit Monday that it should not grant the advocates' request to force the agency's hand.
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June 22, 2026
Three companies spanning the broadband infrastructure, silver mining and e-scooter industries launched plans Monday for initial public offerings that could raise a combined $791 million if they price as planned during the week of June 29.
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June 22, 2026
The last three years have been the worst on record for the United States when it comes to damage from weather and climate disasters, and both the private and public sectors have been trying to find ways to harden the nation's telecommunication networks and keep them running during disasters, as climate catastrophes show no sign of letting up.