For nearly ten years, plaintiff Russian Media Group, LLC has battled in court with defendant Shai Harmelech and his companies, charging that Harmelech pirated Russian-language satellite television programming to enable him to compete unfairly against RMG’s legitimate business. The district court f...   MORE>>

This case involves the balance the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (“the Act”) strikes between providing newer competitors access to previously monopolistic telecommunications markets, on the one hand, and encouraging and protecting infrastructure investments of older, incumbent telecommunication...   MORE>>

Suzanne Bartok appeals the district court's order holding her jointly and severally liable to Robert Kramer for $236,480,660 in statutory damages under Iowa's anti-spam statute, formerly located in Iowa Code Chapter 714E. Since Bartok cannot be held liable for her conduct under the statute's plain l...   MORE>>

Plaintiffs/Appellants sue for themselves and on behalf of a class of all residents of multiple dwelling units ("MDUs") in five states who are limited to voice, video, and Internet service by contracts with Defendant/Appellee AT&T. The claim is that a single MDU is itself a relevant geographic market...   MORE>>

Julie Fairchild – asserting that the Liberty Independent School District had infringed her constitutionally protected speech – sued the District and several of its officials. She claimed the District – after firing her – did not allow her at a school board meeting to present her side of her ...   MORE>>

In July 2004, two groups of current and former employees of the Police and Fire Departments of the City of Providence, Rhode Island, and their families, sued the City and several City employees in their personal capacities. An automatic recording system at the City's new Public Safety Complex ("Comp...   MORE>>

Plaintiff Patricia Chavez-Rodriguez filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging, in part, that Defendants David Coss, Karen Heldmeyer, and John Hiatt (collectively “Defendants”) retaliated against her in violation of her First Amendment rights while she was employed by the City of Santa Fe, New...   MORE>>

Appellants Fred Bell, also known as Jeff Bell, and Andrew Lluberes (together referred to as Appellants) appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to dismiss, in favor of Appellee Pamela Phillips on her Bivens action against them for alleged violations of Title III of the Omnibus Crime Con...   MORE>>

In July 2006, plaintiff Wen Y. Chiang sued his telecommunications company, Verizon New England Inc. (Verizon NE), in state court, alleging in part that the company had billed his account for telephone service he had not ordered. Chiang filed a second state court suit against Verizon NE in February 2...   MORE>>

Cincinnati Bell Wireless, LLC (“Bell”) applied for a conditional use permit to construct a wireless communication facility (essentially, a cellphone tower) on property owned by Dan and Merry Helcher in Dearborn County, Indiana. When the local Board of Zoning Appeals (“Zoning Board” or “Boa...   MORE>>