Aereo Update: Next Stop, En Banc? [telecom]

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This is a month-old article about Aereo, but I wasn't aware of it until yesterday. It states the legal situation more clearly than any other article I've seen. And it's not obsolete even though it's a month old: the Second Circuit still hasn't taken any action on the broadcasters' en banc petition.

| April 19, 2013 by Kevin Goldberg | | Broadcasters ask full Second Circuit to review panel's | decision allowing Aereo to continue to operate pending | trial of infringement claim | | We told you the Aereo saga wasn't over. | | Having lost the most recent (but certainly not the last) | round in their litigation war with Aereo, the broadcast | plaintiffs have filed a "petition for rehearing en banc" | with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In | that petition, the broadcasters are asking the full | 13-member court to review the 2-1 decision of a three-judge | panel that affirmed a lower court ruling allowing Aereo to | continue to operate while the trial of the case moves ahead. | | Before we get into the nitty-gritty of the petition, let's | take a brief introductory side trip into the world of | appellate procedure...

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Neal McLain