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Brinkley v. Monterey Financial Services

Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Debt Collection, Communications Law, Contracts
In a putative class action asserting statutory violations arising from defendant's unlawfully recorded and/or monitored telephone conversations that...

People v. Sprint Nextel Corp.

Tax Law, Cyberspace Law, Communications Law
In a civil enforcement action alleging that defendant Sprint knowingly submitted false tax statements in violation of the New York False Claims Act...

Leyse v. Bank of Am. Nat'l Ass'n

Banking Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a consumer protection action brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, 42 U.S.C. section 227, the district court's dismissal of...

Lucent Technologies v. State Bd. Equalization

Communications Law, Tax Law
In an by telecommunication action involving California's technology transfer agreement statutes, Rev, & Tax. Code sections 6011(c)(10) and...

American Civil Liberties Union v. Clapper

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law
In an appeal concerning the legality of the bulk telephone metadata collection program, the district court's judgment granting defendants' motion to...

EON Corp. IP Holdings LLC v. AT&T Mobility LLC

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent related to software embodied in a "local subscriber data processing station" that operates in tandem ...

Johnson v. American Towers

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff, a prison guard, was shot multiple times in his home in an attack ordered by an inmate using a contraband cell phone. Plaintiff brought...

Ricci v. Teamsters Union Local 456

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment dismissing plaintiffs' defamation claims against defendant GoDaddy and retaliation claims against defendant Teamsters Union Local 456 is...

Fischer v. Time Warner Cable, Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Media Law, Class Actions, Communications Law
In this class action, plaintiff television subscribers allege unfair competition based on defendants' rate hikes for carrying channels that broadcast...

T-Mobile South v. City of Roswell

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In this case, plaintiff-telecom alleges that defendant City's denial of their application to build a cell phone tower on residential property was not...