---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <86zh611hem.fsf@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: 7 Sep 2020 19:49:55 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Nokia Takes a Hit as Samsung Secures Verizon 5G Deal By Reuters STOCKHOLM - Finnish telecom firm Nokia has suffered a setback after a source close to the matter confirmed it had lost out to Samsung Electronics on a part of the contract to supply new 5G equipment to Verizon in the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/09/07/business/07reuters-samsung-elec-verizon-nokia.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <CAH8yC8kNTTmQUcT3XmVMcjiyRDRyEVDb0Sy3bF54_nSG=SQNog@mail.gmail.com> Date: 7 Sep 2020 01:58:27 -0400 From: "Jeffrey Walton" <noloader@gmail.com> Subject: Judge Rejects Due Process Arguments and Enters $925 Mil TCPA Award A federal judge in Oregon recently found that a $925 million award in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action did not violate due process. The marketing company argued that the aggregate amount was disproportionate to the harm suffered by the plaintiffs. However, the judge rejected the company's argument, finding that the $500 penalty amount for a single statutory violation was constitutional. The lead plaintiff sued the company after the company had called her four times without her consent. Following a three-day jury trial, where the company did not present any evidence or witnesses, the jury found that the company had made 1,850,440 telemarketing calls to the plaintiffs. The minimum statutory penalty under the TCPA was $500, which brought the aggregate statutory damages to $925,220,000. The company challenged the aggregate award, arguing that it was unconstitutionally excessive... The case is Lori Wakefield v. ViSalus, Inc., No. 3:15-cv-1857-SI, (D. Or. August 14, 2020) https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/judge-rejects-due-process-arguments-and-44764/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200907193028.GA17399@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 19:30:28 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: We broke the law and violated your rights, but you're still guilty The United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit has decided that some Somali immigrants are guilty of sending money to terrorists even though the evidence against them was probably gathered illegally. The panel affirmed the convictions of four members of the Somali diaspora for sending, or conspiring to send, $10,900 to Somalia to support a foreign terrorist organization, in an appeal that raised complex questions regarding the U.S. government's authority to collect bulk data about its citizens' activities under the auspices of a foreign intelligence investigation, as well as the rights of criminal defendants when the prosecution uses information derived from foreign intelligence surveillance. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/09/02/13-50572.pdf -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 08 Sep 2020