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Davis v. Michigan Bell Tele. Co.

Communications Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an FMLA action, summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court erred in finding plaintiff ineligible...

Lucent Techs, Inc. v. Gateway, Inc.

Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action alleging infringement of two patents directed to methods of compressing digital audio files, judgment as a matter of law for defendants...

Broadcom Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc.

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit over three patents for baseband processor chips used in 3G mobile telephone handsets, jury findings of infringement and issuance of a...

Barrett v. Belleque

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a First Amendment case regarding punishment of an Oregon state prisoner for writing letters vulgarly describing prison officials, dismissal of...

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Org. v. Buffalo Tech. Inc.

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a case alleging infringement of wireless local area network patents, summary judgment rulings for plaintiff are affirmed in part and vacated in...

Broadcom Corp. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Patent
A determination by the International Trade Commission that certain chipsets did not infringe the claims of two of appellant's patents is affirmed in...

Sprint Telephony PCS v. County of San Diego

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Government Law, Media Law
In a case interpreting sections 253(a) and 332(c)(7) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the grant of permanent injunction against San Diego County...

Ameritech Corp. v. Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers, Local 21

Communications Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit arising from a series of arbitrations over a collective-bargaining agreement, denial of a motion to enforce an arbitration award is reversed...

BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. Farris

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In a case involving a Kentucky tax imposed on the gross revenues of telecommunications providers, the circuit court rules that: 1) under the First...

Level 3 Communications v. City of St. Louis

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
After remand of a licensing dispute alleging violation of the Federal Telecommunications Act, summary judgment in favor of defendant and denial of...