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Facebook Fairness Hearing Back In The News

Last August, the Department of Corporations approved the acquisition of Instagram, Inc. by Facebook, Inc. following a fairness hearing. See DOC Calls It Fair. According to this Los Angeles Times story by Salvador Rodriguez,...more

Merger Enforcement Two Years Later - What Clues Does the Obama Administration's Record Hold For the Years Ahead

Two years into the Obama Administration, we have enough of a record on merger enforcement to pause and consider whether anything much has changed, and what this record has to say about the likely course of enforcement in the...more

DOJ & FCC Allow Comcast-NBCU Joint Venture to Proceed with Conditions

Yesterday, after a year-long investigation, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that they reached a settlement with Comcast Corporation (Comcast) and...more

Communications Law Bulletin, October 2008

In this issue: *The Month in Brief *FCC Streamlines Satellite Earth Station License Process *California Passes New Broadband and Prepaid Services Laws and Considers Copper Loop Retirement Issues *FCC Clarifies ?Junk...more