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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | USA | 3 May 2016
Final Written Decision Finding Claims Unpatentable and Real Party in Interest Satisfied IPR2015-00059
In its Final Written Decision, the Board found that Petitioner established by a preponderance of the evidence that the challenged claims of the ‘781…
Milbank LLP | USA | 31 Aug 2015
August launch services orders
On August 5, Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services announced that it was selected by EchoStar Corporation to launch the EchoStar XIX…
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP | USA | 9 Jun 2014
Motion to compel settlement agreements denied where document requests only requested license agreements
Echostar Satellite L.L.C. ("Echostar") moved to compel the production of settlement agreements from the plaintiff. Several issues arose on the motion…
Morrison & Foerster LLP | USA | 4 Apr 2014
Tax department clarifies availability of resale exclusion to cable and satellite TV providers in light of EchoStar decision
In a case argued by Morrison & Foerster LLP, the Court of Appeals unanimously held that a provider of satellite television service was not subject to…
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP | USA | 23 Mar 2014
New York issues Technical Memorandum explaining sales and use tax resale exclusion for cable and satellite providers after Echostar case
In a Technical Memorandum, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance explained the impact of the holding in Echostar, which addressed the…
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | USA | 22 May 2013
FCC clarifies sellers’ liability for third parties’ telemarketing violations
On May 9, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") released a declaratory ruling clarifying the liability of a seller for violations of…
Ropes & Gray LLP | USA | 17 May 2013
FCC rules sellers may be vicariously liable for third-party telemarketers’ violations of Telephone Consumer Protection Act
The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") recently declared that sellers of products and services can be held vicariously liable for actions of…
Jenner & Block LLP | USA | 13 Mar 2013
D.C. Circuit vacates FCC orders limiting broadcast encryption
The D.C. Circuit recently granted DISH Network LLC's petition for review and vacated two FCC orders, which limited how all "multichannel video…
Morrison & Foerster LLP | USA | 3 Jan 2013
Court of Appeals reverses appellate division, holds that EchoStar’s equipment purchases qualified as sales for resale
The New York Court of Appeals, reversing the Third Department, unanimously ruled that a provider of satellite television services was not subject to sales…
Sherman & Howard LLC | USA | 5 Nov 2012
Beware of your employee handbook
Recently, employee handbooks have been the subject of many National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") complaints, particularly in cases where the employees are not represented by unions.
