Items tagged "Litigation"
Public Knowledge Opposes FCC Media Ownership Repeal in Supreme Court Amicus Brief
December 23, 2020 amicus brief , FCC , Litigation , Media Consolidation , Media Diversity , Media Ownership , Prometheus Radio Project , SpectrumToday, Public Knowledge filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the Prometheus Radio Project and other opponents of the Federal Communication Commission’s 2017 Order eliminating most of the broadcast ownership rules.
Read MoreMaine Court Decision Rules in Favor of State’s Law, Victory for Online Privacy
July 7, 2020 Broadband Privacy , Consumer Privacy , FCC , Litigation , Net Neutrality , Online Privacy , Privacy , State LegislationToday, Judge Lance Walker in the U.S. District Court of Maine rejected arguments from ISPs that the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality rules, and Congress’s disapproval of FCC broadband privacy rules, preempt states from asserting authority over broadband
Read MoreMaine Was Sued for Trying to Modernize Privacy Laws
June 8, 2020 Broadband Privacy , Consumer Privacy , Data Protection , Legislation , Litigation , PrivacyThere are very few actions as immediately and obviously intrusive as having your mail read. No matter your age or place — or how much you still use physical mail — the right to private communications is an established social norm. Whether I send a letter, text, or email, I expect no one but the […]
Read MoreBreaking Down and Taking Down Trump’s Latest Proposed Executive Order Spanking Social Media
June 4, 2020 Content Moderation , Disinformation , FCC , First Amendment , Free Expression , Freedom of Expression , FTC , Legal Analysis , Litigation , misinformation , Net Neutrality , Platform Regulation , Section 230Bashing social media for supposed liberal bias has become pretty standard fare for some conservative pundits and politicians. This remains true despite zero evidence of any kind of bias by social media companies against conservative content or Republican politicians. In fairness, Democratic political leaders have made similar accusations. For example, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has […]
Read MoreU.S. v. Sabre Decision Is Wrong About Platform Markets
April 9, 2020 Anticompetitive mergers , Competition , Department of Justice , LitigationI’m very concerned about yesterday’s decision in U.S. v. Sabre, the antitrust case examining the merger of Sabre and Farelogix, two airline ticket software companies. Aside from the consolidation of the airline ticket software industry, the decision includes a really troubling interpretation of the already problematic American Express decision from 2018, potentially making it more […]
Read MoreLegal Analysis: The Risk of Appealing the T-Mobile/Sprint Court Decision
March 27, 2020 Legal Analysis , Litigation , Mergers , Sprint/T-MobileLast month, Judge Victor Marrero of the District Court of the Southern District of New York issued a decision allowing the proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile to proceed, rejecting a suit brought by a coalition of state Attorneys General. This decision is deeply disappointing—Public Knowledge and other groups fought hard to stop the merger, […]
Read MorePublic Knowledge Finds CASE Act Falls Short
September 11, 2019 CASE Act , Copyright , Copyright Office , Legislation , Litigation , Small ClaimsLast night, the House Judiciary Committee marked up Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ (D-NY) bill, “Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019,” (H.R. 2426), to establish a new Copyright Claim Board within the United States Copyright Office.
Read MoreJudge Rules Qualcomm’s Practices Violate Antitrust Law
May 22, 2019 Antitrust , Competition , FTC , Litigation , QualcommToday, Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District Court of California ruled that Qualcomm’s patent licensing practices violate the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Disappointed by DC Circuit Allowing AT&T/Time Warner Merger Decision to Stand
February 26, 2019 AT&T , ATTTime Warner , Litigation , Mergers , Time WarnerToday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the district court’s earlier opinion, which permitted the AT&T/Time Warner merger to proceed, to stay in place. Public Knowledge supported the Justice Department’s challenge of the merger.
Read MorePublic Interest Groups Urge FCC Chairman to Delay Net Neutrality Vote to Dismantle Rules
December 4, 2017 AT&T , FCC , FTC , Litigation , Net NeutralityToday, Public Knowledge joined 40 other consumer protection groups, digital divide advocates, and local government agencies — including New York City — in a letter urging Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to delay the vote on the “Restoring Internet Freedom” Draft Order, which would roll back the agency’s net neutrality rules if adopted. Specifically, the groups propose the FCC delay the vote until a pending court case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit — the en banc review in Federal Trade Commission v. AT&T Mobility — resolves.
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