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Nolan v. CN8

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an appeal from the grant of summary judgment against plaintiff in his wrongful termination action alleging speech-motivated retaliation, Mass. Gen....

Litman v. Cellco Partnership

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, cs_82, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an appeal from a district court order compelling plaintiffs' to arbitrate their class-action contract claims on an individual rather than a...

Behrend v. Comcast Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Media Law
A class action antitrust suit alleging cable companies' violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act in regard to the provision of cable...

In Re NTP, Inc.

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal from decisions of the USPTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board) affirming the rejections of certain claims relating to a...

Haggins v. Verizon New England Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Communications Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In an action involving defendant's policy of mandating the use of a monitoring devices by plaintiffs and alleging violations of plaintiffs' privacy...

Prometheus Radio Project v. Federal Communications Commission

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Media Law, Remedies
In a petition for review of an order of the FCC overhauling its newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule and granting permanent waivers of the rule to...

The Ponderosa Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

Public Utilities, Securities Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law
In a challenge to defendant's allocation of certain share proceeds to the ratepayers, determination of the defendant is reversed where it erred in...

Verizon New England v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a labor and employment action seeking injunctive and declaratory relief under Section 3 of the Labor-Management Relations Act (LMRA), 29 U.S.C....

Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law
In a dispute involving the constitutionality of Vermont's Prescription Confidentiality Law, judgment of the the appeals court striking down the...

AT&T Communications of California v. Pac-West Telcomm, Inc.

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a dispute arising from a remand order concerning the scope of telecommunications compensation regime for ISP-bound traffic, 16 F.C.C.R. 915,...