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Fifth Circuit Rehearing USF Contributions Challenge En Banc

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/7/2023

The legal battles over the constitutionality of Universal Service Fund (USF) contributions continue as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has granted a request for the full court to re-hear a challenge to the...more

Sixth Circuit Affirms FCC Rule That Most In-Kind Contributions Are Franchise Fees

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/2/2021

On May 26, 2021, a Sixth Circuit panel rejected challenges by numerous municipalities to a 2019 order by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that most “in kind” (non-cash) contributions required by cable franchisees...more

Banc Robbery! Crunch’s Petition for Re Hearing En Banc Denied by Ninth Circuit in Marks

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/31/2018

Breaking news on the infamous Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC case that rewrote the definition of an automated telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) to include devices that have the capacity to store numbers to be dialed (i.e....more

Support for FTC Jurisdiction Over Broadband: Ninth Circuit En Banc Rules Common Carrier Exemption is “Activity,” and not...

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 3/1/2018

The Republican-led FCC’s effort to get out of the business of regulating broadband providers’ consumer practices took a step forward on Monday. In an appeal that has been proceeding in parallel with the FCC’s “Restoring...more

FCC Launches Proceeding to Rollback Net Neutrality

Perkins Coie on 5/19/2017

New developments: Since we published our update below, the FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to begin the process of rolling back the rules and regulatory framework for net neutrality...more

Supreme Court To Consider Cert. For FCC Regulation Speech On Public Broadcasting Stations

Nossaman LLP on 7/2/2014

Federal law prohibits non-commercial broadcasters from airing paid advertisements (a) for for-profit entities, (b) issues of public importance or interest, and (c) political candidates. In Minority Television Project, Inc....more

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