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The End of the Chevron Doctrine and the Reassertion of Judicial Primacy in Reviewing Federal Regulatory Actions

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/25/2024

In 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided Chevron USA, Inc. v. National Resource Defense Council, reversing a lower court ruling that set aside EPA’s Clean Air Act “bubble policy” of providing regulatory relief from...more

The Return of the Congressional Review Act

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/20/2021

Little used before the Trump administration and with limited time to act, what regulations will the Biden administration target with the CRA? Democrats can use the Congressional Review Act to overturn regulations passed in...more

Wireless Facility/Tower: Federal Communications Commission and Georgia Licensee Enter into Order Addressing Alleged...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/24/2020

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) and Public Service Towers, Inc. (“PSTI”) entered into an August 14th Order addressing alleged violations of its Environmental Rules. See In the Matter of Public Service Towers,...more

FCC Takes Action on Wireless RF Emissions Standards

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 12/16/2019

Will this Quell Public Concerns About the Safety of 5G Deployments? As wireless carriers increasingly seek to install wireless networks on utility poles and street lights within communities across the country, they often...more

D.C. Circuit Delivers Setback to FCC’s 5G Network Deployment Efforts

Perkins Coie on 8/15/2019

In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down key portions of a 2018 order by the Federal Communications Commission that would have exempted certain small wireless facilities from...more

FCC Reduces Regulatory Barriers to 5G Wireless Deployment

Perkins Coie on 4/17/2018

The Federal Communications Commission recently adopted an order containing sweeping regulatory changes to speed the deployment of advanced wireless services to provide connectivity for innovative Internet of Things, augmented...more

FCC Approves Wireless Infrastructure Order That Excludes Small Wireless Facilities From NHPA and NEPA Review

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/11/2018

On March 30, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an order designed to eliminate regulatory barriers for small cell deployments and modernize the regulatory reviews under the National Historic...more

FCC Further Clarifies and Streamlines Environmental and Historical Review Processes for Wireless Deployments

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 4/10/2018

On March 30, the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission” or “FCC”) released a Second Report and Order (“Order”) that further clarifies and streamlines the environmental and historical review processes related to...more

FCC Vows Its Never Gonna Give Up On Bridging Digital Divide: Opens Rulemakings To Promote Access To Broadband Infrastructure

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/24/2017

At the end of March, new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai branded April “Infrastructure Month.” He paired this declaration with the announcement of a comprehensive agenda aimed at tackling a host of infrastructure-related challenges...more

FCC Releases Draft Item on Streamlining Wireless Infrastructure Deployment

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/12/2017

On March 30, 2017, the FCC released a draft of a combined Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) and Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) (together, the “draft Notice”) designed to facilitate and accelerate the deployment of advanced...more

What’s New in Washington: 10 Things You Need to Know

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/3/2017

As the Trump presidency completes its first 10 weeks, the administration is celebrating big wins on the regulatory reform front while nursing some wounds from a major defeat on efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable...more

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/30/2014

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

FCC Sets Comment Deadlines for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Environmental and Historic Review Processes for Small Cell and...

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 1/15/2014

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) recently released a Public Notice setting comment deadlines for its September 26, 2013 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) on improving wireless facilities...more

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