Sinclair, operator of TennisChannel.com, uses a “wide array of extremely sophisticated tracking technology” that collects its subscribers’ personally identifiable information (PII) and viewing history, and “knowingly discloses” that to third-party analytics and advertising providers, alleged plaintiff Tracy Hyman’s Video Privacy Protection Act class action Monday (docket 2:24-cv-02168) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.
The FCC disagrees with the motion of 20 industry petitioners for expedited briefing and oral argument of their consolidated challenges to the commission’s Nov. 20 digital discrimination order, according to the agency’s opposition brief Tuesday (docket 24-1179) in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Roswell, Georgia, hasn’t demonstrated good cause for replacing Ronald Graiff with Ben Levitan as its RF engineering expert witness after Graiff quit that role March 2 over mental stress (see 2403110001), said T-Mobile’s opposition to the substitution Friday (docket 1:10-cv-01464) in U.S. District Court for Northern Georgia in Atlanta.
U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss for the District of Columbia granted Meta’s consent motion for a stay, through the close of business March 22, the deadline for Meta to respond to the FTC’s May 3 order to show cause why the commission shouldn’t modify its 2020 privacy consent order and enter the new restrictions on Meta’s business activities, said the judge’s signed order (docket 1:23-cv-03562).
Two Cyprus-based entities, Restoro and Reimage, operating as a “common enterprise,” agreed to pay the FTC $26 million to resolve allegations they ran a phony computer tech support scheme since January 2018 that bilked tens of millions of dollars from consumers, in violation of the FTC Act and the commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule, said their proposed stipulated order Thursday (docket 1:24-cv-00735) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The district court correctly concluded that when purchasing toll-free calls from third parties that were destined for AT&T’s customers, Core Communications didn’t provide its tariffed switched access services to AT&T and therefore couldn’t collect from AT&T its tariffed rates for that service, said AT&T’s appellee brief Thursday (docket 23-3022) at the 3rd U.S. Circuit Appeals Court. Core’s appeal seeks to reverse the district court’s Oct. 13 summary judgment decision in AT&T’s favor (see 2310160018).
The FCC’s March 7 response opposing Essential Network Technologies and MetComm.net's Feb. 26 emergency motion to expedite consideration of the companies' E-rate program appeal “confirms that the motion should be granted,” according to the petitioners’ reply Wednesday (docket 24-1027) at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack for Eastern New York in Central Islip adopted U.S. Magistrate Judge James Wicks' Jan. 19 report and recommendation (R&R) and granted summary judgment for Crown Castle on all three of its claims against Oyster Bay, New York (see 2401220028), said her signed memorandum and order Wednesday (docket 2:21-cv-06305).
Twenty industry and business groups, including CTIA, USTelecom and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, seek expedited briefing and oral argument on their consolidated petitions for review challenging the lawfulness of the FCC’s Nov. 20 digital discrimination order (see 2402290002), said their motion Wednesday (docket 24-1183) in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court should grant Cox Communications’ March 5 petition for rehearing en banc (see 2403070003) because the panel’s holding that Cox is guilty of willful contributory copyright infringement will have an adverse effect on “innocent” internet users, said Public Knowledge and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in an amicus brief Tuesday (docket 21-1168).