Telecommunications, AT&T, Appeals

Another Civil Penalty Falls under Jarkesy – What’s Next?

Fox Rothschild LLP on 4/21/2025

On April 17th, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an FCC penalty violates the Seventh Amendment based on the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in SEC v. Jarkesy. The Seventh Amendment provides for the...more

Seventh Circuit Adopts Narrow Definition of Autodialer Under The TCPA

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/3/2020

The Seventh Circuit has recently joined the Second, Third, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits in adopting a narrow interpretation of Automatic Telephone Dialing System (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), one...more

Seventh Circuit Joins Third and Eleventh Circuits in “Autodialer” Circuit Split

Hogan Lovells on 2/26/2020

Slowly but surely, the U.S. Courts of Appeal increasingly agree on how to interpret the definition of “automatic telephone dialing system” (“ATDS” or “autodialer”) in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). On...more

"Two Cops On the Beat Is Nothing Unusual": Ninth Circuit Reverses Panel Decision, Rules FTC Act's "Common Carrier" Exemption is...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 3/29/2018

On February 26, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an en banc decision in FTC v. AT&T holding that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act’s “common carrier” exemption is activity-based, reversing the...more

AT&T's GO PHONE Trademark Registration Saved by Roaming Services Offered in Canada

Bennett Jones LLP on 8/14/2017

A recent decision involving an AT&T trademark demonstrates how the global reach of technology businesses can sometimes result in a blurring of markets and make documentation of trademark use in Canada difficult to retrieve...more

Settlement Agreement May Be Used as Evidence of Damages

McDermott Will & Schulte on 5/2/2017

Addressing evidentiary issues, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed with the district court that a settlement agreement related to the patent at issue is admissible as proof of a reasonable royalty. Prism...more

D.C. Circuit Reverses NLRB's Decision that AT&T Violated Employees' Rights When It Suspended Employees for Wearing T-Shirt...

FordHarrison on 7/22/2015

It was probably not that surprising that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) decision in Southern New England Telephone Company, 1356 NLRB No. 118...more

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