/telecom?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Telecommunications Copyright 2025 ��ݮ��Ƶ. en-US Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:14:22 +0000 /telecom/articles/2378908?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2378908 Congress will make it a priority to reauthorize the federal spectrum management agency this year, aides to key lawmakers on telecom issues said Tuesday. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:11:59 +0000 /telecom/articles/2378266?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2378266 Google made billions of dollars collecting data from the cellphones of tens of millions of Americans despite their opting out of tracking, a lawyer for consumers in a class action told a California federal jury Tuesday, while Google countered that the data collected after the privacy setting was activated isn't tied to users' identity. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:58:30 +0000 /telecom/articles/2377981?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2377981 The Federal Communications Commission's lone Democratic member said this week it would be unlawful for President Donald Trump to attempt to remove her from office and that she's willing to go to court if he tries. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:31:53 +0000 /telecom/articles/2377982?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2377982 Republican leaders on the Federal Communications Commission said the agency is likely to soon float rules that would revamp media ownership restrictions. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:54:00 +0000 /telecom/articles/2378775?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2378775 A transgender Army National Guard pilot who says a social media influencer falsely accused her of deliberately causing a deadly collision over the Potomac River has told a Colorado federal judge the First Amendment and the state's anti-SLAPP statute don't protect the influencer from culpability. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:39:18 +0000 /telecom/articles/2378659?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2378659 SpaceX has accused a flight test coordinator, whose members include the nation's biggest aerospace companies and defense contractors, of "gamesmanship" in a new Federal Communications Commission filing, alleging the group has closed off frequencies for launch operators in retaliation for pushback to their proposal for stricter space launch coordination requirements. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:18:52 +0000 /telecom/articles/2378581?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2378581 Michigan's attorney general told a federal judge she has standing to sue Roku Inc. on behalf of the state's residents and children because of the state's interest in combating data privacy violations, urging the court to reject the streaming platform's bid to shake video and personal privacy claims.  Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:08:34 +0000 /telecom/articles/2378624?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2378624 The Federal Trade Commission is appealing a D.C. federal court's order preliminarily blocking an investigation into left-leaning watchdog Media Matters for America over concerns about collusion in the advertising industry and is asking to pause the order for the appeal. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:58:55 +0000 /telecom/articles/2378367?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2378367 The Corporation for Public Broadcasting called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to take over its $136 million Next Generation Warning System grant program for local public media stations, saying it can no longer manage the program as it winds down operations. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:38:42 +0000 /telecom/articles/2376960?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2376960 After a semester using generative artificial intelligence tools with students in an entrepreneurship law clinic, we came away with numerous observations about the opportunities and challenges such tools present to new transactional lawyers, say professors at Cornell Law School. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:59:04 +0000 /telecom/articles/2378546?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2378546 Broadcast television giant Nexstar Media Group Inc. on Tuesday unveiled plans to buy fellow broadcast digital media company Tegna Inc. in an all-cash deal that was built by five law firms and is valued at $6.2 billion. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 22:10:51 +0000 /telecom/articles/2378348?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2378348 Tech trade group NetChoice confirmed Monday it's dropping an expert witness who filed a "misattributed" report in its lawsuit challenging a new Louisiana law that would restrict minors' access to social media, after the state's attorney general alleged the declaration contained "AI-fabricated quotations and citations." Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:02:40 +0000 /telecom/articles/2377979?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2377979 Colorado's top law enforcer has said he's unhappy with the way the federal government has ushered through major telecom and media mergers after only locking down concessions on diversity, hiring and news coverage. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:01:01 +0000 /telecom/articles/2378259?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2378259 The former top deputy for the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Roger P. Alford, defended the agency's leadership Monday while calling out a pair of senior officials and warning of the influence that lobbyists are wielding over merger reviews and other issues. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:03:23 +0000 /telecom/articles/2378255?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2378255 A New York federal bankruptcy judge expressed concerns about a Brazilian telecommunications company's novel plans to undo Chapter 15 recognition of a restructuring proceeding in its home country so it can file for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:46:06 +0000 /telecom/articles/2377575?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2377575 President Donald Trump's AI Action Plan represents some notable evolution in U.S. policy, including affirmation of the administration's trend toward prioritizing artificial intelligence innovation over guardrails and toward supporting greater U.S. private sector reach overseas, say attorneys at WilmerHale. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:07:38 +0000 /telecom/articles/2376902?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2376902 In the neo-Western black comedy “Eddington” released last month, social media is a character unto itself, highlighting how the boundaries between digital and real-world conduct can become blurred, thereby posing evidentiary challenges in criminal prosecutions, says Veronica Finkelstein at Wilmington University School of Law. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:47:18 +0000 /telecom/articles/2378203?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2378203 Several New Jersey firms have ended a long dispute over a $25 million fee from a personal injury case against Verizon in a suit that already went to trial in 2021 and recently had another trial ordered. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:27:37 +0000 /telecom/articles/2378158?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2378158 An Ohio state court has ruled that Google's search engine does not qualify as a common carrier that would be subject to heightened oversight, finding that Google does not transport products for others or claim that its search results are "indifferent." Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:04:58 +0000 /telecom/articles/2375324?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2375324 A recent ��ݮ��Ƶ op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.