The FCC's Oct. 25 declaratory ruling authorizing E-rate funding for Wi-Fi on school buses (see 2312200040) is “contrary to law” because it “improperly expands” the schools and libraries universal service program under Section 254 of the Communications Act, said the Competitive Enterprise Institute in an amicus brief April 9 (docket 23-60641) at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should grant T-Mobile’s petition for interlocutory review of the district court’s denial of its motion to dismiss the antitrust claims of seven AT&T and Verizon customers who allege their own wireless rates soared as a result of T-Mobile’s 2020 Sprint buy (see 2404090059), said the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in an amicus brief Wednesday (docket 24-8013).
The 5th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court should reverse the FCC's ruling authorizing E-rate funding for Wi-Fi on school buses (see 2312200040) by interpreting the Communications Act “in accordance with its ordinary meaning,” Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Ted Cruz (Texas) and six other Republican senators wrote in an amicus brief Tuesday (docket 23-60641). The brief supports Maurine and Matthew Molak's petition to defeat the Oct. 25 declaratory ruling (see 2404030010).
The federal antitrust laws strictly limit who may bring damages claims to only those injured directly by anticompetitive behavior, said T-Mobile’s petition for interlocutory review Monday (docket 24-8013) in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
A week before Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were to stand trial before a jury on damages for their roles in the robocall campaign to suppress Black citizens' mail-in votes in the run-up to the 2020 election (see 2312040022), they and the 10 plaintiffs in the case against them, including New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), proposed a consent decree Monday (docket 1:20-cv-08668) that would avert that trial.
A 9th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court panel confronted the attorney for lead plaintiff-appellant Walleye Group with harsh questioning in oral argument Friday, asking where in the record there’s irrefutable evidence that five Intelsat defendants, including former Chairman David McGlade and several major shareholders, committed actionable insider trading under Section 9(b) of the Securities Exchange Act, as Walleye alleges. Judges Milan Smith, Andrew Hurwitz and Anthony Johnstone comprised the panel.
The FCC's Oct. 25 declaratory ruling authorizing E-rate funding for Wi-Fi on school buses (see 2312200040) is an "unlawful exercise" of the commission's statutory authority "and may damage American students' health and diminish their educational achievement," said Michigan State University law professor Adam Candeub in a 5th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court amicus brief Friday (docket 23-60641).
Defendant Vivek Ramaswamy disagrees with U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Jolson’s April 2 order granting plaintiff Thomas Grant’s motion for limited expedited discovery, and asks that the court set aside the order because it’s “clearly erroneous and contrary to law,” according to Ramaswamy’s objection Thursday (docket 2:24-cv-00281) in U.S. District Court for Southern Ohio in Columbus.
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) is moving with apparent speed to corral the growing volume of AT&T data breach class actions into a single, centralized proceeding.
Disability law “must be considered” when determining whether standards incorporated by reference into federal regulations are reasonably available as the Administrative Procedure Act requires, said the American Foundation for the Blind and Prime Access Consulting, which promotes accessible websites and web content, in an amicus brief Wednesday (docket 23-1311) at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.