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The Dangers of Public Wi-Fi

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It’s so easy and so tempting. You are at a coffee shop, a restaurant, a hotel, a mall, or another place where you know that free public Wi-Fi is available, so you allow your smartphone, tablet or computer to connect to the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The Lifeline Modernization Order

Last week, the FCC finally released the full, 224-page text of its controversial and anxiously awaited Lifeline Modernization Order, which was approved by a bitterly divided, party-line 3-2 vote on March 31. As we advised in...more

Nossaman LLP

Wi-Fi Blocking – More Than A Nuisance; It’s Illegal

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One of my law firm partners visited San Francisco this week and was complaining about the fact that she was unable to use her Verizon Hot Spot at her hotel. “In San Francisco?” I said. “Are you kidding?”  She wasn’t....more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC Issues Another Fine for Wi-Fi Blocking: Smart City Fined $750,000 for Blocking Mobile Hotspots

On August 18, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a $750,000 settlement with Smart City Holdings, Inc. (Smart City) to resolve an investigation into the company’s blocking consumer Wi-Fi hotspots at...more

Perkins Coie

FTC Ramps Up Scrutiny of Retail Location Analytics

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To improve customer experience and understand customers’ movements and interactions on their premises, retailers, hotels and other brick-and-mortar businesses increasingly use signals from mobile devices to observe their...more

Baker Donelson

Marriott Fined $600,000 For Wi-Fi Jamming

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On October 3, 2014, Marriott International entered into a consent decree with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) where Marriott agreed to pay a $600,000 fine for jamming conference guests' Wi-Fi hotspots at the...more

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