Legal

  • Nacchio Wins Appeal for New Trial
    Joe Nacchio, Qwest Communications International Inc.’s former CEO, is getting a new trial. A federal appeals court on Monday said the trial judge last year wrongly excluded testimony that was critical to Nacchio’s defense. A jury convicted Nacchio in April 2007 on 19 counts ...More
    March 17, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Agent Alliance Retools, Taps ‘Insider’ as CEO
    The Agent Alliance, a consortium of 16 telecom agencies, has dropped its volunteer-based management structure in favor of a full-time paid staff, including a CEO. The group has tapped alliance member company ARG to provide management services, including the leadership of ...More
    February 28, 2008 By Khali Henderson
    Posted in News
  • Verizon Files Second Cableco VoIP Lawsuit
    First Cox, now Charter. Verizon Communications Inc. is suing cableco Charter Communications Inc. for the same eight alleged counts of VoIP patent infringement as Cox Communications Inc. Charter declined comment, except to say it will defend itself; Verizon wouldn’t discuss ...More
    February 11, 2008 By Kelly Teal
    Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
  • Senate Favors Telco Immunity
    The Senate on Thursday rejected a proposal that would have expanded the government’s wiretapping powers. On a vote of 60-36, lawmakers instead sided with the White House in preferring a bill that would give retroactive immunity to telecom companies that let the government ...More
    January 24, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Sprint Sues Four Rivals for Patent Infringement
    Fresh off its legal wins over Vonage Holdings Corp. and Voiceglo Communications (which no longer exists), Sprint Nextel Corp. now is suing four competitive providers for the same Voice over Packet (VoP) patent infringement. The struggling wireless and wireline carrier said ...More
    January 24, 2008 By Kelly Teal
    Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
  • Verizon Sues Cox for IP Patent Infringement
    Verizon Communications Inc. is suing Cox Communications for infringing on eight of its Internet Protocol-related patents. Verizon filed the case Jan. 11 in the Eastern District Court of Virginia, the same court that’s handling Level 3 Communications Inc.’s patent ...More
    January 18, 2008 By Kelly Teal
    Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
  • Level 3-Limelight Case Could be Trendsetter
    Level 3 Communications Inc. said this week it’s suing Limelight Networks Inc. for infringing on its content delivery network patents. Meanwhile, one telecom attorney predicted the number of cases like this only will increase as carriers roll out converged services. ...More
    January 2, 2008 By Kelly Teal
    Posted in News
  • Sprint Settles Suit for $57.5 million
    A Kansas court on Wednesday approved a $57.5 million payment by Sprint Corp. to settle a lawsuit from the company's recombination of two tracking stocks in 2004. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2005, centered on the company's handling of a complex conversion of stock in ...More
    December 13, 2007
    Posted in News
  • Judge Affirms Broadcom Ruling
    A federal judge affirmed last week a jury’s May verdict that Qualcomm Inc. infringed on Broadcom Corp. patents. Broadcom said it would accept the $19.6 million originally awarded by the jury, avoiding a new trail. The judge had removed an award for double the damages. ...More
    November 26, 2007
    Posted in News
  • XO Wins Court Case Against Level 3
    XO Communications said Monday the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware has ruled in favor of its complaint against Level 3 Communications Inc. in the companies’ fiber optic network dispute. The court determined that XO has the right to light fiber it acquired from ...More
    November 5, 2007
    Posted in News
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