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Brussels Regulatory Brief: May-June 2022

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ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - The European Commission Reviews Its Informal Guidance Notice - On 24 May 2022, the European Commission (Commission) launched a public consultation to gather feedback from interested parties on the...more

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Biden Administration Issues Sweeping Executive Order to Foster Competition

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This afternoon, President Biden signed a landmark executive order aimed at promoting economic competition by limiting the power of large corporations. The sweeping executive order includes 72 initiatives across more than a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Biden Issues Sweeping Competition Executive Order

Key Points - On Friday, July 9, 2021, President Biden issued EO 14036, “Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” The EO includes 72 initiatives by more than a dozen federal agencies in an aim to address competition...more

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President Biden Issues Sweeping ‎Executive Order Directed at Promoting Competition ‎in the ‎American Economy

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On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an expansive Executive Order directed at increasing competition in the U.S. economy. The Executive Order contains 72 initiatives pertaining to more than a dozen federal agencies,...more

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The House Judiciary Committee Takes on Big Tech

“Mark my words: Change is coming. Laws are coming.” That was the warning David Cicilline (D-RI) – the House Judiciary Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Subcommittee Chairman – gave on February 25th at the first in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FCC Assessing State of Competitive Broadband Access to Multitenant Buildings

Providers of broadband communications services and infrastructure, owners of residential and commercial multitenant buildings such as apartment buildings, office buildings, and shopping centers (multitenant environments or...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

FCC Considers Restrictions on Arrangements Between Building Owners and Broadband Providers

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has launched a review of arrangements between building owners and communications companies that govern the provision of communication services to building tenants. The purpose of...more

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Net Neutrality Order Deep - Dive: Open Internet Rules Repealed, Transparency Requirements Remain, FTC Role over Broadband Privacy...

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In this Client Alert, we provide a deep dive on the FCC’s recent Declaratory Ruling, Report and Order, and Order, that largely repeals the so-called “Open Internet” regulatory framework implemented by the prior FCC Chairman...more

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What blockchain can learn from the net neutrality debate: antitrust and regulatory aspects of “paid prioritization” for a nascent...

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First come, first served. That’s not the principle behind the clearance of Bitcoin transactions. Equally for other blockchain technology networks, the relevant factor to get a transaction on the next available block is not...more

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Brussels Regulatory Brief: July

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On 10 May 2017, the European Commission (“Commission”) published its final report (“Report”) concluding a wide-ranging two-year long inquiry into e-commerce (“Inquiry”). During the Inquiry – which was conceived as part of the...more

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No Neutrality Here — Thursday’s FCC Vote Highlights the Enduring Struggle Between Tech Companies and ISPs Over “Net Neutrality”

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The tech industry’s divide over “net neutrality” deepened when the FCC voted this past Thursday to suspend key Obama-era net neutrality requirements for broadband internet service providers (“ISPs”). The FCC’s net neutrality...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC Adopts Framework for Broad New Regulations of Newly Christened “Business Data Services” f/k/a Special Access Services

FCC Chairman Wheeler’s plan to extend a new rate regulation regime to so-called business data services (which provide point-to-point transmission of data at guaranteed speeds and service levels), formerly known as “special...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Merging Cable Companies List Benefits for FCC Approval

Charter Communications, Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Advance/Newhouse Partnership recently filed a public interest statement with the FCC seeking approval of the proposed merger of the companies. The FCC must determine...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Southern District of New York Holds Music Publishers Cannot Selectively Withdraw New Media Rights from ASCAP's Repertory

On September 17, 2013, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held that the consent decree entered into by and between the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and the...more

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