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Obama proposes E-rate reform

  • Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 7 2013

In a speech yesterday, President Obama proposed to reform the federal Universal Service Fund's Schools and Libraries program (commonly referred to as

Satellite hacking and cybersecurity

  • Kurtin PLLC
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  • China, USA
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  • May 8 2013

The growing threat of cyber-attacks and network hacking has reached the satellite-space sector, posing a growing challenge to satellite fleet

Canada's Supreme Court holds stricter standards apply to search of texts

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • April 1 2013

On March 27, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the police must obtain a judicial wiretap order to get text message records from service providers

E-rate: case summaries

  • Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 18 2013

The Commission overturned USAC’s rejection of a service provider-submitted invoice for reimbursement of non-recurring costs, because USAC had

Supreme Court dismisses FISA challenge based on “paranoid fear”

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 9 2013

Late last month, the Supreme Court held, in Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, that a group of plaintiffs lack standing to challenge the

New York police can use GPS devices

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 1 2013

A New York State Judge recently ruled that a cell phone user has no reasonable expectation of privacy and the 4th Amendment right of privacy was not

Objections to FCC disclosure of cable company pricing data due Nov. 26, 2012

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 20 2012

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a public notice on Nov. 16, 2012 (DA-12-1855A1) notifying cable operators of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for public disclosure of pricing, tiering and system capacity data submitted to the Commission by cable companies from 1998 to 2012 as part of the FCC’s annual Cable Price Survey

Telecommunications issues in the lame duck and 113th Congress

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 13 2012

This post-election analysis offers a discussion of how President Obama’s re-election, as well changes in Congress, will likely affect telecommunications issues both in the lame duck and in the next session of Congress

China 'strongly opposes' US report on telecom firms

  • Kangxin Partners PC
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  • China, USA
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  • October 30 2012

China's Commerce Ministry announced Tuesday it "strongly opposes" a report that alleged Chinese telecommunication companies Huawei Technologies Inc and ZTE Corp posed national security threats in the United States

Call centers increasingly targeted in class action lawsuits for statutory penalties under decades-old California law

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 23 2012

Companies that provide call center services to consumers are increasingly being targeted in class action lawsuits under an arcane section of the California penal code that provides a civil right of action and statutory damages for monitoring or recording of confidential telephone conversations without the other party's knowledge or consent