Story Titles from the Tech Law Journal Daily E-Mail Alert, by Issue.
July - December 2013

Alert No. 2,623, Thursday, December 19.
 • Obama's Review Board Offers Recommendations Regarding Surveillance
 • Commentary: President's Review Group Offers Policy Trojan Horse
 • House Republicans Seek Criminal Investigation of DNI Clapper
 • People and Appointments: Privacy and Civil Liberties
 • More People and Appointments

Alert No. 2,622, Wednesday, December 18.
 • Obama to Name Baucus Ambassador to the PRC
 • Representatives Urge USTR Froman to Prioritize Cross Border Data Flows in Trade Negotiations
 • Groups Ask FCC to Stop AT&T and Other Telcos from Selling Anonymized Call Record Data
 • Verizon to Release Reports on Law Enforcement Requests for Customer Information

Alert No. 2,621, Tuesday, December 17.
This issue contains the following items:
 • District Court Holds that NSA's Bulk Phone Records Program Violates 4th Amendment
 • Summary of the District Court Opinion in Klayman v. Obama

Alert No. 2,620, Monday, December 16.
 • Reps. Eshoo and Lofgren Introduce Retransmission Consent Bill
 • Rep. Scalise Reintroduces Video Reform Bill
 • OUSTR Seeks Comments Regarding Trade Agreements Affecting Telecommunications

Alert No. 2,618, Monday, November 18.
 • District Court Rules in Authors Guild v. Google
 • Authors Guild v. Google: Procedural History and Related Cases
 • Commentary on District Court Opinion in Authors Guild v. Google

Alert No. 2,617, Tuesday, November 5.
 • Consumer Watchdog Releases and Criticizes Google's Proposed Commitments to End EC Investigation of its Search Practices
 • EC's Almunia Addresses Antitrust Damages in Private Actions
 • FTC Closes Investigation of Merger of Office Depot and OfficeMax Due to Online Competition
 • FTC Amends HSR Pre-Merger Notification Rules Regarding Patent Transactions
 • More Antitrust News
 • Senate Committee Approves Digital Accountability and Transparency Act
 • Senate Committee Approves Federal Data Center Consolidation Act

Alert No. 2,616, Monday, October 28.
 • FCC Releases Tentative Agenda for November 14 Meeting
 • FCC Revises Dates and Deadlines for H Block Auction
 • Revised Dates and Deadlines for H Block Auction
 • UK MP Urges Criminal Prosecution of the Guardian
 • Obama's PR Office Releases Statement Regarding NSA Surveillance of Merkel
 • Supreme Court Denies Cert in Case Against Data Broker
 • Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Internet Search Cases
 • More Supreme Court Orders

Alert No. 2,615, Wednesday, October 23.
 • Representatives Introduce Bill to Restrain Patent Assertion Entities
 • Summary of the Innovation Act
 • Commentary: Patent Reform, Demand Letters and Non-Litigation Tactics

Alert No. 2,614, Tuesday, October 22.
 • Representatives Introduce Bill to Limit FDA Regulation of Medical Software
 • Panel Discusses Medical Apps and FDA Regulation
 • Bill Would Expand FCC E-Rate Subsidy Program to Cover More Health Services Providers
 • Police Convention Focuses on Social Media and Other ICT Topics

Alert No. 2,613, Thursday, October 17.
 • Republicans Query DHHS Regarding IT Failures in ObamaCare's FFM
 • ITIF Releases Report on US EU TTIP Negotiations
 • Supreme Court Declines Case Involving Domestic Industry Requirement of Section 337
 • Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Technology Patents v. T-Mobile

Alert No. 2,612, Wednesday, October 16.
 • Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Sony Computer Entertainment v. 1st Media
 • Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Patent Reexamination Case
 • Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Case Involving Rule 11 Sanctions and Fee Shifting in Patent Cases
 • Supreme Court Ends Hartman's Claim to Have Invented the Internet
 • Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Challenge to the AIA's False Marking Amendments

Alert No. 2,611, Wednesday, October 9.
 • USTR Declines to Overturn USITC's Section 337 Samsung Exclusion Order
 • Azevedo Addresses Innovation and Trade
 • More Trade News (US EU TTIP, Obama on IPR in PRC, TPPA, Doha)
 • President Obama Picks Yellen to be FRB Chairman
 • GAO Issues Report on Shortage of Lithium-7

Alert No. 2,610, Tuesday, October 8.
 • Rep. Sensenbrenner Presses DOJ for Answers to Questions About Section 215 Abuse
 • US and UK Governments Target Tor Users
 • Academics and Groups Fault President's Surveillance Review Process

Alert No. 2,609, Monday, October 7.
 • ITIF Report Advocates Investment Tax Credit
 • Reps. Latta and Green Introduce Bill to End FCC's Integration Ban
 • Rep. Waxman Complains About Time Warner Cable
 • Appropriations and the Judiciary
 • People and Appointments
 • More News

Alert No. 2,608, Wednesday, October 2.
 • FTC to Seek to Compel Disclosures by Patent Assertions Entities
 • Supreme Court Grants Cert in Case Involving Laches As Defense to Copyright Infringement
 • Supreme Court to Examine Award of Attorney Fees in Patent Cases
 • NTIA Announces Meeting on Copyright Policy
 • More IP News
 • FCC News
 • Cyber Security News
 • People and Appointments

Alert No. 2,607, Monday, September 30.
 • Bill Baer Addresses Antitrust Remedies
 • DOJ Civil Rights Division Targets IBM for Online Job Ads that Sought H1B and F1 Visa Holders
 • FCC Adopts NPRM to Eliminate UHF Discount in National TV Ownership Rule
 • USPTO to Remain Open in Event of No Appropriations Continuing Resolution
 • FTC Shutdown Plan Provides for Continuing Operation

Alert No. 2,606, Friday, September 27.
 • USTR Seeks Comments on Notorious Foreign Markets
 • Sen. Rockefeller Queries Consumer Facing Web Sites About Their Data Collection and Sharing Practices
 • NYT Reports Snowden Documents Show that NSA Graphs Social Connections and Whereabouts of Americans
 • NIH Proposes to Create and Provide Access to a National Genome Database

Alert No. 2,605, Thursday, September 26.
 • FCC Seeks Comments on Reimbursable Broadcaster and MVPD Costs
 • FCC Grants Bloomberg Channel Placement Relief
 • More FCC News
 • NIST Has E-Mail Difficulties
 • People and Appointments

Alert No. 2,604, Tuesday, September 24.
 • 4th Circuit Holds that Facebook Liking of Political Candidates is Protected Free Speech
 • House Passes Rare Earths Bill
 • FCC News
 • People and Appointments

Alert No. 2,603, Monday, September 23.
 • Sen. Rockefeller Accuses Motorola Solutions of Undermining FirstNet
 • Waxman and Eshoo Write FCC and NTIA Regarding First Responder Communications Failures
 • MPAA Reports that Search Engines Facilitate Access to Infringing Video Content
 • Clyburn Circulates AM Radio Regulatory Relief NPRM
 • Clyburn and Smith Address Putting Radio Receivers in Phones
 • New York Takes Action Against Writers of Fake Online Reviews
 • More News

Alert No. 2,602, Tuesday, September 17.
 • FCC Sets Auction Date and Rules for H Block Auction
 • Relevant Dates and Deadlines for H Block Auction
 • FTC Seeks Comments on Proposed COPPA Safe Harbor Program
 • IRS Proposes Changing Rules for Research and Experimental Expenditures Credit
 • Report Addresses Development of Cloud Computing in the PRC
 • BIS Seeks Comments on Extending Rules That Restrict Exports of Certain IT Products
 • More Trade News
 • People and Appointments
 • More News

Alert No. 2,601, Monday, September 16.
 • House to Take Up Rare Earths Bill
 • PCLOB Schedules Hearing and Comments Deadline Regarding Sections 215 and 702 Surveillance
 • Sen. Franken Writes FTC Regarding Facebook's Expanding Use of Facial Recognition Technology
 • EPIC Urges FTC to Take Action Against Facebook for Changes to Privacy Policy
 • Obama Picks John Carlin to be Head of the DOJ's National Security Division
 • More People and Appointments
 • More News

Alert No. 2,600, Thursday, September 12.
 • House Members Introduce Internet Tax Freedom Act Extension Bill
 • California House Democrats Urge FCC to Amend Phone Location Detection Rules
 • Rep. Upton and Rep. Walden Urge FCC to Apply Change to National Television Rule Prospectively Only

Alert No. 2,599, Wednesday, September 11.
 • Rep. Eshoo Releases Draft of Bill to Alter Retransmission Consent Regime
 • House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Video Marketplace
 • House Judiciary Committee Approves Bill to Provide Greater Sanctions for Frivolous Complaints and Defenses

Alert No. 2,598, Tuesday, September 10.
 • House Passes Bill to Consolidate FCC Market Reports
 • FCC Seeks Comments on Mobile Device Location Surveillance Capabilities
 • Lower 700 MHz Interoperability Agreement Announced
 • Court of Appeals Hears Oral Argument in Verizon v. FCC
 • More Communications News

Alert No. 2,597, Monday, September 9.
 • District Court Issues Final Judgment in Apple E-Books Antitrust Case
 • Yahoo Releases Surveillance Transparency Report
 • Tech Companies Seek Permission to Release More Data on Government Surveillance
 • Spiegel Reports that NSA Accesses Location Information and Data Stored on Smartphones
 • FTC Brings and Settles Case Alleging Lax Security for IP Based Home Monitoring Camera System
 • More News
 • CSIS to Host Asian Architecture Conference

Alert No. 2,596, Thursday, September 5.
 • FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for September 26 Meeting
 • FCC Approves AT&T Verizon Grain Spectrum Transaction
 • NYT Reports on NSA Encryption Cracking Tactics
 • Commentary: Industry Cooperation on Surveillance
 • Update on FTC v. LabMD

Alert No. 2,595, Wednesday, September 4.
 • 2nd Circuit Rules on FCC's Program Carriage Rules
 • FTC Administrative Complaint Asserts Authority to Regulate Data Security Practices
 • 9th Circuit Affirms in Somers v. Apple

Alert No. 2,594, Tuesday, September 3.
 • NIST Releases Cyber Security Standards Document
 • NIST ISPAB to Hold Three Day Meeting
 • NIST to Hold Workshop on Cloud Computing and Mobility

Alert No. 2,593, Monday, September 2.
 • FCC Again Seeks Comments on Phone Bill Cramming
 • Microsoft to Acquire Nokia's Handset Operations
 • Verizon to Acquire Vodafone's Interest
 • CBS Reaches Carriage Agreement with Time Warner Cable
 • Clyburn Announces FCC Staff Appointments
 • More People and Appointments
 • More News

Alert No. 2,592, Thursday, August 29.
 • GAO Reports on Patent Litigation Trends
 • Summary of Pending Patent Reform Bills
 • Washington Post Discloses Details from Leaked Copy of Budget Summary for the National Intelligence Program

Alert No. 2,591, Wednesday, August 28.
 • 2nd Circuit Rejects Claim to Copyright in Legal Pleadings
 • FCC Seeks Comments on FirstNet Matters Raised by NTIA
 • People and Appointments
 • More News

Alert No. 2,590, Tuesday, August 27.
 • FTC Takes Action to End Fraudulent Billing Scam Affecting Android Devices
 • FCC Adopts NPRM and Issues Freeze Regarding Emission Mask Requirements for 800 MHz Public Safety Spectrum
 • FCC Further Delays AT&T ATNI Transaction
 • More Spectrum News
 • People and Appointments
 • More News

Alert No. 2,589, Monday, August 26.
 • USITC Releases First Report on Digital Trade
 • WTO Announces Deputy DGs
 • More Trade News
 • SoundExchange Sues Sirius for Underpayment of Statutory Royalties
 • More Intellectual Property News

Alert No. 2,588, Wednesday, August 7.
This issue contains the following items:
 • CBS, Time Warner Cable, and Retransmission Consent
 • Blocking Access to CBS.com and the FCC's Network Neutrality Regime
 • Obama Snubs Putin Over Snowden Asylum
 • Sen. Leahy and Sen. Graham Decry Lack of Accountability for Snowden's Disclosures
 • CEA Study Finds Few People Rely on Over the Air Signals for TV

Alert No. 2,587, Tuesday, August 6.
This issue contains the following items:
 • USTR Froman Disapproves USITC Exclusion Order in Samsung Apple Proceeding
 • Senate Confirms Chen for Federal Circuit
 • Obama Nominates Pharmaceutical Attorney for 9th Circuit
 • Obama Nominates San Francisco City Attorney for Northern District of California
 • Obama Announces DHS Nominations
 • More People and Appointments

Alert No. 2,586, Monday, August 5.
 • Bezos to Buy Washington Post
 • O'Rielly Nominated for Republican Position on FCC
 • Senate Confirms Kieff for USITC
 • Senate Confirms Sepulveda for Telecom Post at State Department
 • Senate Confirms Comey to be FBI Director
 • Winters Joins MPAA
 • More People and Appointments

Alert No. 2,585, Monday, July 22.
 • Senate Confirms Russel for East Asia State Department Position
 • EC Proposes Regulation of Fees for Card, Internet and Mobile Payments
 • VP Biden Addresses Trade in India
 • USTR Froman Laments Suspension of WTO ITA Talks
 • More Trade News
 • Judicial Appointments
 • More People and Appointments

Alert No. 2,584, Thursday, July 11.
 • U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue Meets In Washington
 • House and Senate Pass Taiwan Observer Status Bill
 • Judicial Appointments
 • More People and Appointments

Alert No. 2,583, Wednesday, July 10.
 • District Court Finds that Apple Conspired to Raise E-Book Prices
 • District Court Ruling in US v. Apple Boosts Plaintiffs' Prospects in Parallel Class Action

Alert No. 2,582, Tuesday, July 2.
 • House Commerce Committee Makes Staff Changes
 • Obama Nominates Two for Northern District of California Judgeships
 • Pending Judicial Appointments
 • More Judicial Appointments
 • Obama Nominates McSweeny for FTC Commissioner
 • More People and Appointments

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