AT&T: FCC's Max Retrans Smackdown Should Stand [telecom]

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Says court dismissal of its civil suit against company actually buttresses FCC call

By John Eggerton

AT&T says that a recent court decision throwing out its civil suit against Max Retrans for violating a nondisclosure agreement does not undermine an FCC ruling that a number of TV station groups now represented by Max Retrans had not negotiated in good faith, a violation of FCC rules.