The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on April 25, 2024 to reinstate its net neutrality rules by reclassifying broadband internet access service (BIAS) as a “telecommunications service” under Title II of the...more
5/7/2024
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Broadband Internet Access Services (BIAS) ,
FCC ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Net Neutrality ,
New Regulations ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Telecommunications
On Friday, February 1, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held a marathon oral argument in Mozilla Corp. v. FCC, No. 18-1051 (D.C. Cir. Feb. 22, 2018), in which various petitioners challenged the Federal...more
2/5/2019
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Appeals ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Broadband ,
Common Carriers ,
FCC ,
Federal Communications Act ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Net Neutrality ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Oral Argument ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Repeal ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Telecommunications ,
Title I ,
Title II
Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court denied requests by the Trump Administration and telecommunications industry players to vacate a prior decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upholding the Federal...more
11/8/2018
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Broadband ,
Denial of Rehearing ,
FCC ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Mootness ,
Motion to Vacate ,
Net Neutrality ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Telecommunications ,
Title II ,
Trump Administration
This week, the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC’s”) Restoring Internet Freedom Order took effect, rolling back the public-utility style regulation of Internet service providers (“ISPs”) pursuant to title II of the...more
6/14/2018
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Broadband ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
FCC ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Net Neutrality ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Preemption ,
Public Utility ,
State Regulators ,
Telecommunications ,
Title II ,
Utilities Sector
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) asserted broad regulatory authority over the Internet and broadband Internet service providers when it reclassified Internet access service as a “common carrier” service under...more
9/9/2016
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Common Carriers ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Net Neutrality ,
Section 5 ,
Telecommunications
Following the D.C. Circuit’s decision in Verizon v. FCC, which struck down several key elements of the Federal Communication Commission’s 2010 Open Internet Order, the Commission yesterday released a Notice of Proposed...more