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CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTERNET ASS'N v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law
A challenge to the FCC's authority to impose wireless number portability is time-barred. Because the FCC found that number portability rules are...

OMNIPOINT COMMUNICATIONS ENTERS., L.P. v. ZONING HEARING BD. OF EASTTOWN TOWNSHIP

Communications Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An ordinance, which purportedly fails to provide a "fair share" of township land for telecommunications uses, is neither de jure nor de facto...

PARKER v. TIME WARNER ENTM'T CO., L.P.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Media Law
Because the district court decided defendant's motion on the basis of a legal standard later rejected by this Court, and has not yet applied the...

CAVALIER TEL., LLC v. VERIZON VIRGINIA, INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law
Where a complaint alleges only breaches of duties that did not exist prior to enactment of the Telecommunications Act and would not have supported a...

MICHIGAN BELL TEL. CO. v. MFS INTELENET OF MICHIGAN, INC.

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
A state administrative ruling requiring an incumbent local exchange carrier to provide reciprocal compensation to competing carriers did not violate...

IN RE LAN TAMERS, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Communications Law
Federal "E-Rate" program reimbursement monies, which are intended to subsidize public school internet connections with funds extracted from the...

GERBER v. KAYNE

Banking Law, Communications Law, Securities Law
In an appeal of settlement approval, the district court correctly deferred allocation of a judgment credit until after trial. The Private Securities...

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATION, INC. OF THE UNTIED CHURCH OF CHRIST v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Media Law
In clarifying that non-commercial public television stations may offer subscription services, including advertiser-supported subscription services, on...

IN RE PHARMATRAK, INC. PRIVACY LITIG.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law
Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, a consent to interception cannot be inferred from the mere purchase of a service on the...

GUYANA TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO., LTD. v. MELBOURNE INT'L COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Remedies
Plaintiff could not avail itself of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (FDUTPA) because it was a supplier, rather than a "consumer"...