Tag: legal

Total Results: 21

Sprint: Proposed AT&T/T-Mobile deal is illegal

Published: September 7, 2011

Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel has filed a suit to block the proposed acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T, claiming such a transaction would harm retail consumers and other carriers.

Will HTC go under if Apple wins patent lawsuit?

Published: July 19, 2011

Taiwanese HTC may not be able to recover if Apple prevails in its patent infringement suit against the Android handsets manufacturer.

Apple’s ereader efforts under attack in latest trademark infringement suit

Published: June 17, 2011

Apple is facing another trademark infringement lawsuit, this time over its use of the terms “iBooks” and “iPicturebooks.”

5 legal issues that could impede mobile marketing's progress

Published: May 26, 2011

As mobile takes its rightful place at the marketing table, it is increasingly becoming an easy target for constituencies not happy with its growth trajectory. Can the recent rash of lawsuits undo some of the progress?

Thomson Reuters mobile effort ups the ante for legal market

Published: May 18, 2011

Thomson Reuters has launched a mobile app for New York-based lawyers that combines legal news, analysis and research.

Five predictions in marketing from a lawyer

Published: February 14, 2011

By Adam Snukal

Expect changes in privacy, mobile marketing, social media, advertising and cause-related marketing as marketing and technology are influenced by market and government forces.

Understanding legal challenges on the mobile Web

Published: October 15, 2010

By Gonzalo E. Mon

Laws written for a wired world do not always translate well into the mobile world. But before figuring out how to comply with these laws, the first challenge is often figuring out which laws apply.

Why is the mobile industry so susceptible to shakedowns?

Published: July 15, 2010

With the mobile industry facing so many different kinds of lawsuits lately, it is hard not to wonder why the space is so susceptible to shakedowns.

Overcoming legal hurdles of mobile marketing

Published: May 24, 2010

Some challenges to mobile marketing are the permission-based nature, the lack of space for disclosures and the absence of regulation unique to the medium.

Court considers limits on law enforcement access to subscriber data

Published: February 11, 2010

By Jeffrey Neuburger

A law enforcement search of a home or office requires police officers to show up in person and serve a warrant on the occupant. Not so with warrants for the turnover of mobile subscriber data.