A retired AT&T employee who believes his employer aided the National Security Agency in a widespread intercept of Internet data traffic hired Morrison & Foerster attorneys James Brosnahan and Tony West, plus Miles Ehrlich and Izzy Ramsey of Ramsey & Ehrlich, to represent him. Plaintiff Mark Klein worked for AT&T for 22 years as a telecom technician. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed legal briefs and evidence supporting its motion for a preliminary injunction in its class-action suit against AT&T last week (WID April 7 p10). EFF Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl called Klein “a true American hero” for coming forward with information “critical for proving AT&T’s involvement with the government’s invasive surveillance program.”

A retired AT&T employee who believes his employer aided the National Security Agency in a widespread intercept of Internet data traffic hired Morrison & Foerster attorneys James Brosnahan and Tony West, plus Miles Ehrlich and Izzy Ramsey of Ramsey & Ehrlich, to represent him. Plaintiff Mark Klein worked for AT&T for 22 years as a telecom technician. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed legal briefs and evidence supporting its motion for a preliminary injunction in its class-action suit against AT&T last week. EFF Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl called Klein “a true American hero” for coming forward with information “critical for proving AT&T’s involvement with the government’s invasive surveillance program.”

NAB and other industry leaders joined the CEA Tues. in urging the Cal. Energy Commission to withdraw its 1w standby and 8w operational energy consumption limit on DTV converter boxes.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated and is issuing its preliminary results of an antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of stainless steel wire rod from Italy.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice amending the final results of its countervailing (CV) duty administrative review on dynamic random access memory semiconductors (DRAMS) from Korea for the period of April 7, 2003 through December 31, 2003 in order to correct certain ministerial errors to the CV duty rate for Hynix.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews:

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews:

The SEC sued microcap stock sellers, alleging that “pump & dump” schemes aided by Internet message boards netted them $873,000. Faisal Zafar and Sameer Thawani sold 24 microcap stocks by hyping stocks with online messages that “preyed on public fears about terrorism and international health epidemics.” For example, Zafar and Thawani said one issuer had a Dept. of Homeland Security contract for N.Y.C. subway security, and another was acquiring a maker of bird flu vaccine, SEC alleged. Defendants bought stocks, created at least 300 online aliases, and posted over 1,000 messages with fake news headlines and press release excerpts about business contracts, mergers and strategic alliances, the suit said. The sellers are accused of posing as Internet message board moderators and e-mailing news of stock opportunities to people registered on the board. The U.S. Dist. Court, Brooklyn issued a temporary restraining order against the defendants, froze their assets and set a hearing date on a commission motion for a preliminary injunction.

Charter Q1 revenue exceeded some analyst estimates as it added broadband and VoIP customers. Last quarter’s sales were as high as $1.38 billion -- up 8.5% from a year earlier, according to preliminary figures. UBS’s Aryeh Bourkoff and Bank of America’s Douglas Shapiro had forecast $1.36 billion in revenue. Last quarter Charter added customers for all services, including 126,000 broadband subscribers and 69,600 VoIP users. Those figures marked an improvement from a year ago, said a Charter filing to the SEC.

Charter Q1 revenue exceeded some analyst estimates as it added broadband and VoIP customers. Last quarter’s sales were as much as $1.38 billion -- up 8.5% from a year earlier. UBS’s Aryeh Bourkoff and Banc of America’s Douglas Shaprio had each forecast $1.36 billion in revenue. Last quarter Charter added customers for all services, including 126,000 broadband subscribers and 69,600 VoIP users. Those figures marked an improvement from a year ago, said a Charter SEC filing, citing preliminary results.