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The United States Federal Communications Commission is an independent federal agency established by the Communications Act of 1934. The Commission is charged with regulating interstate and international... more +
The United States Federal Communications Commission is an independent federal agency established by the Communications Act of 1934. The Commission is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, wire, satellite, and cable. less -
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FCC Levies $5 Million Fine for Political Calling Campaign That Violated the TCPA

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As part of a broader campaign to go after “robocall” violations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a $5,134,500 fine against a company and its owners for making 1,141 robocalls in 2020 that violated...more

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FCC Proposes Record $5.1 Million Robocalling Fine

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The Federal Communications Commission recently proposed its largest ever robocall fine against John M. Burkman, Jacob Alexander Wohl, and J.M. Burkman & Associates LLC for apparently making more than 1,100 unlawful robocalls...more

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Ringless Voicemail Compliance: 2021 Forecast (You’re Going to Get Sued For Using It)

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Ringless Voicemail (“RVM”) technology provides companies the ability to reach a massive amount of people with low cost by avoiding typical telephony charges. RVM works by sending a voicemail message via server-to-server...more

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FCC Seeks $3 Million Fine Against Drone Company

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In June, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) proposed imposing a $2.86 million fine against HobbyKing, a seller of “first-person view” navigation devices for unmanned aircraft systems (“UASs”). We previously...more

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FCC Fines AT&T $100,000,000 for Violation of Transparency Rule

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In a recent enforcement action, the FCC fined AT&T $100,000,000 for violations of the Open Internet Transparency Rule (“Transparency Rule”). The Notice of Apparent Liability (“NAL”) for Forfeiture and Order stated that AT&T...more

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AT&T and SNET to Pay $10.9 Million for Overbilling Lifeline Program

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AT&T and SNET  (while affiliated with AT&T), have agreed to pay a collective $10.9 million in order to settle an FCC enforcement proceeding involving the failure to timely de-enroll “a number of” subscribers who were no...more

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FCC Proposes Maximum $325,000 Forfeiture for Broadcast Indecency

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In 2005, Congress passed the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005, increasing potential maximum forfeitures against broadcast stations from $25,000 for each day of a violation subject to a $250,000 maximum per violation...more

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Marriott Fined $600,000 For Wi-Fi Jamming

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On October 3, 2014, Marriott International entered into a consent decree with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) where Marriott agreed to pay a $600,000 fine for jamming conference guests' Wi-Fi hotspots at the...more

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FCC Enters the Data Security Enforcement Field with $10 Million Fine on Telecoms

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In a first for the FCC, it announced on October 24 that it intends to fine two telecom companies $10 million for data security violations...more

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