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AT&T Fails To Dispute Basic Math, History In Its Takeover Bid
June 20, 2011
Late last month, consumer groups, individuals, antitrust experts, state regulators and businesses told the FCC that AT&T’s proposal to takeover T-Mobile would hurt competition and wireless servi...
CCIA Applauds Geolocation Legislation
June 15, 2011
Senator Wyden and Representatives Chaffetz and Goodlatte are introducing legislation Wednesday that would set some ground rules for when companies would be required to turn over both real time and pre...
Supreme Court Gold Plates Low-Quality Patents
June 9, 2011
Today the Supreme Court upheld the Federal Circuit’s protective view of low-quality patents in Microsoft v. i4i. Despite the limited review at the Patent and Trademark Office, the Court affirmed t...
CCIA Endorses Two International Reports, Recommendations on Internet Freedom
June 7, 2011
Several human rights associations, the Organization of American States and a UN Committee have released two landmark documents on protecting free expression and the free flow of information on the Int...
FCC Receives Thousands of Petitions To Deny AT&T Takeover of T-Mobile
June 2, 2011
FCC officials are now wading through thousands of petitions to deny AT&T’s FCC Application to takeover T-Mobile. Unlike DOJ, complaints to the FCC are public, so it takes some bravery for compan...
FCC Receives Thousands of Petitions To Deny AT&T Takeover of T-Mobile
June 2, 2011
FCC officials are now wading through thousands of petitions to deny AT&T’s FCC Application to takeover T-Mobile. Unlike DOJ, complaints to the FCC are public, so it takes some bravery for compan...
UK Cookie Regulations Threaten Online Business
May 31, 2011
The European Commission recently enacted a new directive that went into force last Thursday night and would strongly regulate the circumstances under which web cookies can be placed on users' comput...
CCIA Files Petition With FCC Asking To Deny AT&T Merger
May 31, 2011
The Computer & Communications Industry Association, which has advocated for 39 years for competition policy that fosters innovation and allows the next start up and smaller competitors to have a c...
CCIA Files Petition With FCC Asking To Deny AT&T Merger
May 31, 2011
The Computer & Communications Industry Association, which has advocated for 39 years for competition policy that fosters innovation and allows the next start up and smaller competitors to have a c...
Senate Judiciary Committee Embraces French Proposal for Internet Regulation
May 26, 2011
Within 48 hours of French President Sarkozy proposing sweeping international regulation of the Internet at the eG-8 meeting, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill allowing the U.S. Depar...
House Committee Leaders Announce Opposition to AT&T Merger Deal
May 25, 2011
A day ahead of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the AT&T merger proposal, the leading members of key House Committees told reporters they’re opposing the deal because it will mean less com...