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Verizon, AT&T offer lawmakers differing views on DTV transition delay

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 16 2009

Writing to the chairmen and ranking members of the Senate Commerce and House Energy and Commerce Committees, Verizon Communications and AT&T offered divergent views on the advisability of pushing back the February 17 digital television (DTV) transition deadline

Public-private investment funds: updated overview and issues for potential investors

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 6 2009

On March 23, Treasury released the details of the Public-Private Investment Program, the component of the Financial Stability Plan designed to address the "legacy" assets at the center of the global financial crisis

SEC accounting staff offers guidance on restatements for errors resulting from options backdating

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 30 2007

On January 16, 2007, the Chief Accountant of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance posted on the SEC website a “Sample Letter Sent in Response to Inquiries Related to Filing Restated Financial Statements for Errors in Accounting for Stock Option Grants” (the “January 16th Letter”

House passes the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; would establish a Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission for 18-month investigation of the U.S. financial crisis

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2009

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (“FERA”) (S.326), which, among other things, establishes a Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (“Commission”) with broad powers to investigate the domestic and global causes of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States

Third Circuit denies mandamus in DE rule case

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 22 2008

Council Tree Communications and other petitioners against the FCC’s designated entity (DE) rules were dealt another blow by the Third Circuit Court, which turned down a petition for mandamus that would have forced the FCC to act on a petition for reconsideration of DE rule changes, adopted in April 2006, that extend the unjust enrichment period for licenses bought at a DE discount from five years to ten, and that prevent DEs from reselling or leasing more than 50 of their spectrum capacity

Wireless carriers roll out unlimited calling plans

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2008

Within hours of each other, Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA introduced unlimited, flat-rate calling plans that, according to analysts, illustrate the extent to which mobile phone services are replacing fixed line telephony as a telecom staple

NCTA chief rebuts Martin’s cable rate testimony as misleading

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 22 2008

Writing to House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey (D-MA), National Cable & Telecommunications Association President Kyle McSlarrow disputed FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s claim that cable rates have doubled between 1995 and 2005, charging that Martin’s testimony before Markey’s panel on February 13 is based on outdated statistical data that is misleading, incomplete and inaccurate

Noteworthy U.S. legal and regulatory developments during 2008

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • January 9 2009

The following summary of significant U.S. legal and regulatory developments during 2008 may be of interest to our Canadian clients and friends

Patent Office to re-examine TiVO DVR patent

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2009

At the request of DISH Network and its affiliate EchoStar, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has agreed to re-examine a key digital video recorder (DVR) patent that is at the center of the satellite companies’ ongoing legal dispute with TiVO, Inc

Supreme Court requests DOJ opinion in Cablevision DVR case

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 16 2009

The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to submit its opinion on a Second Circuit appeals court ruling that a network-based digital video recorder (DVR) service developed by Cablevision does not violate copyrights held by film studios and other producers of video content