Publications

News media from all over the country rely on Mr. Baldinger for commentary on issues relating to the telecommunications industry

• “Wireless Industry Fights Back Against Prepaid Phone Trafficking,” E-Commerce Times, July 21, 2008.
• News media from all over the country rely on Mr. Baldinger for commentary on issues relating to the telecommunications industry. Some of the recent articles in which he has been quoted include:
  • Amy E. Bivins, $12.3 Million DMCA Damages Awarded Against Defaulting Cell Phone ‘Reflasher', BNA Internet Law News, March 17, 2010.
  • Richard Vanderford, TracFone Sues Alleged Cell Phone Taffickers, Law 360, December 24, 2009.
  • Victor Godinez, AT&T, others fight prepaid-phone 'traffickers' they say cost millions, Dallas Morning News, August 4, 2009.
  • Dan Goodin, Watchdog eyes copyright safety for iPhones, YouTube and Recycling, The Register, December 3, 2008.
  • Monica Alleven, TracFone Gets Word Out on Traffickers, Wireless Week, November 25, 2008.
  • Legal Business, South Florida Business Journal, September 26, 2008.
  • Jeff Bounds, Dallas hotbed for hackers, Dallas Business Journal, September 19, 2008.
  • John Pacenti, Justice Watch: Cell-Phone Resales Prompt Lawsuits, Daily Business Review, August 25, 2008.
  • Cell phone companies scramble to stifle emerging black market for pay-as-you-go technology, Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2008.
  • Cell-phone companies try to halt trafficking, Orlando Sentinel, July 15, 2008.
  • Companies Sue to Stop Cell Hackers, Tampa Tribune, July 14, 2008.
  • Cell phone companies scramble to Stop Cell Phone Trafficking, Fox News Channel - Florida Bureau, July 14, 2008.
  • Cell phone companies scramble to halt trafficking, KIMA-TV, July 14, 2008.
  • Cell phone companies scramble to halt trafficking, Bonita Daily News, July 14, 2008. 
  • Companies scramble to prevent trafficking of prepaid cell phones, Pensacola News Journal, July 14, 2008.
  • Phone companies are taking traffickers, The Gainesville Sun, July 14, 2008.
  • Cell phone companies scramble to halt trafficking, Naples Daily News, July 14, 2008.
  • TracFone Applauds First Criminal Conviction of International Prepaid Mobile Phone Trafficker: U.S. Court Hands Down Historic Decision, Sets Legal Precedent for TracFone and Entire Wireless Industry, Marketwatch.com, May 19, 2008.
  • TracFone Applauds First Criminal Conviction of International Prepaid Mobile Phone Trafficker, News.moneycentral.msn, May 19, 2008.
  • Company Continuing to File Cases Across the Country to Stop Phone Thieves, Individual.com, March 11, 2008.
  • Jeffrey Silva, TracFone racks up another win against cellphone hackers, RCR Wireless News, March 10, 2008.
  • TracFone Wireless Awarded $1 Million in Texas Phone Hacker Lawsuit, Earthtimes.org, March 10, 2008.
  • Trackfone Wins Legal Case Against Phone Unlockers, Cellular News, March 10, 2008.
  • Jeffrey Silva, TracFone racks up another win against cellphone hackers, RCR Wireless News, March 10, 2008.
  • Carlton Fields Wins First Permanent Injunction in California Against Wireless Phone Hackers, The Earth Times, TMCnet.com, Marketwire, & Communications Solutions eNews, March 6, 2008.
  • Jeffrey Silva, Wireless industry retaliates against prepaid phone traffickers AT&T Mobility joins T-Mobile USA, Nokia, others in legal battle, RCR Wireless News, February 7, 2008.
  • Billy Shields, TracFone awarded $2 million from company involved in cell phone ring, Daily Business Review, October 1, 2007.
  • Jeff Bounds, Seller: D-FW a hotbed for unlocking cellphones, Dallas Business Journal, September 14-20, 2007 at 16.
  • Phil Carson, Sites offer software to unlock iPhone - A test of the DMCA exemptions, or AT&T’s patience?, RCR Wireless News, September 12, 2007.
  • Pamela A.MacLean, Phone tactic rings up lawsuits, The National Law Journal Online, August 20, 2007.
  • David Kravets, Ruling Allows Cell Phone Unlocking, but Telco Sues Anyway, Wired News, August 8, 2007 (www.wired.com).
  • Louis Trager, Copyright Office, Tracfone Lawyers Duel over Cellphone Unlocking, Communications Daily, March 9, 2007, at page 3.
  • Jim Hannah, Wireless Company Settles - Agrees to Resolve Suit with Free Minutes, Cincinnati Enquirer, March 1, 2007, at C1.
  • Richard Mullins, Adult Content Calling on Kids’ Cell Phones, The Tampa Tribune, February 20, 2007, at A1.
  • Sarmad Ali, Cellphones Are Unshackled by Ruling, The Wall Street Journal, December 7, 2006, at B4.
  • Paul Davidson, Wireless Firms Say Prepaid Phone Prices May Go Up, USA Today, December 7, 2006, at B1.
  • Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Tracfone Sues Over Ruling That Allows Unlocking of Cell Phones, The Associated Press, December 7, 2006. Published in more than 50 newspapers and Web sites, including The Miami Herald, ABCnews.com, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Baltimore Sun, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, and The Tuscon Citizen.
  • US - Tracfone Sues Government To Stop Black-Market Export, Wireless Europe's Daily Bulletin, December 7, 2006.
  • Jennifer Granick, Cell Phones Freed! Poor Suffer? Wired News, December 6, 2006 (www.wired.com).
  • J.G. Wallace, Terror-related . . . . or Greed, The Bluffton News-Banner, August 30, 2006.
  • Katherine Hunt, Sprint Nextel Gets $1M Settlement In Call Records Case, Wall Street Journal Online, August 10, 2006.