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Butler Snow LLP

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FCC Issues New Privacy Rules for Internet Service Providers: Safeguarding Consumers or Lulling Them Into A False Sense of Privacy?

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Last Thursday, in a vote split along party lines, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) approved a new regulatory regime staking its claim to privacy regulation of both fixed and mobile Internet service providers...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Comcast Reaches Record $2.3 Million Settlement with FCC Over “Negative Option Billing”

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Yesterday, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau reached a $2.3 million settlement with Comcast Corporation (Comcast) to resolve an investigation into whether Comcast wrongfully charged cable TV customers for services and equipment...more

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FCC Media Bureau Clarifies Broadcasters’ Negotiation Remedies

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Negotiations between television channels/networks and pay TV operators are a breed apart.  The stakes are high and the consequence of failure – a “dark” screen – is all too public. But the critical factor that sets...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Antitrust and Competition: Trends in US and EU Merger Enforcement"

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Merger activity in 2015 was at its highest level in years, and competition authorities in the U.S. and European Union continued to be very aggressive, challenging a number of high-profile deals in court and causing some...more

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Opportunity in FCC Review of Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable Merger

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The Federal Communications Commission has opened a proceeding to review the proposed merger announced in May between Charter Communications Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc., and the associated acquisition of Bright House...more

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The Basics of Net Neutrality – What 'You Oughta Know'

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A brief background of Net Neutrality and, in the words of Alanis Morisette, what “You Oughta Know.” ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Title II or Bust: The FCC Wrestles With Net Neutrality"

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Over the past few weeks, a number of significant developments have impacted the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) ongoing proceeding regarding network neutrality. On November 10, President Barack Obama surprised many...more

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If They Could Be All You Wanted: The FCC Gets Serious About Small Cells

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Say what you will about inside-the-Beltway leadership vacuums, political gridlock and the indecipherable output from the grey, grinding gears of our government agencies, but once in a while Washington actually gets it right. ...more

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Proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable-Charter Merger/Swaps/Sales Spark Thousands of Filings at the FCC; Responses Due Sept. 23

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The proposed merger of the two largest cable operators in the country, Comcast and Time Warner Cable, and the related system swaps and sales involving Charter Communications, have generated an enormous amount of press...more

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New Opportunities for California Arise from Mega Cable Merger

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In an earlier post, we talked about the FCC’s review of the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger heating up with more than 65,000 comments filed this week. Folks in California may be interested to know that the California Public...more

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CPUC Review of Comcast-TWC Merger Gives Cities & Schools Opportunity to Improve Broadband Services

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The California Public Utilities Commission has decided to focus on the cost and availability of broadband services in its review of the proposed merger between the two largest cable and broadband providers in the state:...more

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Comments Due August 25 on Comcast-Time Warner Cable-Charter Merger/Spin Off Transactions

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If you haven’t been closely monitoring developments in the FCC’s review of the Comcast – Time Warner Cable – Charter merger and spin-off transactions, then you may have missed some critical announcements. ...more

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Comments Due August 25 on Comcast-Time Warner Cable-Charter Merger/Spin Off Transactions

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FCC Sets Up Teams to Review Transactions - Last week the FCC made two important announcements concerning its review of the applications filed for approval of the Comcast – Time Warner Cable – Charter cable merger and...more

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Responding to the Time Warner–Comcast Merger: Why Your Community Should Get Involved

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Local governments should be concerned about the proposed Time Warner-Comcast merger – and ought to be planning now to address those concerns at the local, state and federal level....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The FCC Defends an “Open Internet”

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Much of the glamour of technology today rests on the amazing things one can do on the Internet. The Federal Communications Commission plays a big role in deciding how affordable and accessible those wonders will be for...more

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Three Point Shot - Summer 2013

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With very special thanks to our summer associates Elizabeth Horan (Case Western), Erica Esposito (Harvard), Joshua Espinosa (NYU), Bryce Johnston (Georgetown), Ryan Harris (NYU), and Alex Rosen (Harvard), the Proskauer Sports...more

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Cable Networks and Distributors Alike Face Difficult Burdens of Pleading and Proving Carriage Dispute Claims

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Two recent court decisions illustrate the difficult burdens of pleading and proof that face cable networks and distributors alike in asserting carriage dispute claims, whether based on an MVPD’s alleged discrimination in...more

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