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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

[Webinar] The Future of the Universal Service Program After the 5th Circuit’s Decision - September 30th, 2:00 pm ET

In July, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found the FCC’s Universal Service Fund (USF) to violate the Constitution in several ways. This decision reversed an earlier decision by a panel of the court...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Consumers’ Research Universal Service Litigation Nears Inflection Point

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The Fifth and D.C. Circuit federal appellate courts are now poised to issue pivotal decisions in the ongoing litigation challenging the constitutionality of the FCC’s universal service support mechanisms. Their opinions will...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week At The Ninth: Inaudible Texts and Bankruptcy Fees

This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses whether text messages can violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s prohibition on “prerecorded voice” messages, and it considers whether debtors who paid statutory fees under an...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Maryland Court of Appeals Updates the ‘Particularity’ Standard for Cell Phone Searches as U.S. Courts Develop New Doctrines for...

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On August 29, 2022, the Maryland Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Richardson v. Maryland, expanding the protection of the Fourth Amendment for subjects of criminal investigations whose cell phones are subject to a...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Remote Proceedings: Zooming Past Litigants’ Due Process Rights

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In January 2020, the Appellate Division considered an important question: how should a judge assess a party’s request to appear at a trial and present testimony by way of video transmission? The timing of this consideration...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Curve Has Flattened for Federal Website Accessibility Lawsuits

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We’ve sheltered in place and finished our tally. The numbers are in for total website accessibility lawsuit filings in federal courts in 2019, they show a small decrease from 2018....more

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