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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 Net-Net: How the Supreme Court’s Administrative Law Rulings Could Transform the Tech Industry ‎

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 8/7/2024

This summer, the Supreme Court ended its term shortly after issuing game-changing rulings that modify the authority of federal agencies. Given the result of restraining agencies such as the FTC and FCC from interpreting and...more

FCC Fines Major Wireless Carriers $200 Million for Sharing Customer Geolocation Data

Venable LLP on 5/2/2024

Early this week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it had fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers for sharing access to customers’ geolocation information without consent and without taking reasonable...more

This Week At The Ninth: Sham Phone Operations and E-Cigarettes

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals on 3/13/2023

This week, the Court addresses the FCC’s adjudicatory authority and considers the scope of specific personal jurisdiction in product-liability suits. The Court holds that the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) did...more

D.C. Circuit Vacates FCC Rule Requiring Broadcasters to Verify Foreign Governmental Sponsorship of Programming

Womble Bond Dickinson on 7/26/2022

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in a unanimous decision, ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) exceeded its statutory authority in requiring, as part of a new foreign sponsorship...more

Managing Wireless Technologies from Both Ends: FCC Considers Receiver Regulation

Venable LLP on 4/27/2022

As the world moves toward the rollout of fifth-generation, or 5G, wireless technology, the numbers of devices operating in many locations have grown exponentially. The Federal Communications Commission manages the commercial...more

The Supreme Court - April 1, 2021

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/2/2021

Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”) provides a private right of action for those subject to the unlawful use of an “automatic telephone dialing system,” defined in the...more

Redial: 2019 TCPA Year-in-Review - Analysis of critical issues and trends in TCPA compliance and litigation

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/12/2020

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to send you its sixth annual REDIAL: 2019 TCPA YEAR-IN-REVIEW – ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL ISSUES AND TRENDS IN TCPA COMPLIANCE AND LITIGATION. Inside this digital edition, you will find our in-depth...more

Sixth Circuit Rejects FCC’s Effort To Preempt State Regulation Of Municipal Broadband Providers

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/12/2016

The FCC’s February 2015 meeting yielded two significant and controversial orders premised on the agency’s authority under Section 706 of the Communications Act: its much-publicized Open Internet Order, and its less-publicized...more

FCC’s Efforts to Expand Video Description May Spark Debate on Statutory Authority

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 3/31/2016

The FCC’s video description rules require covered broadcasters and MVPDs to provide audio-narration of the key visual elements of a program during pauses in the dialogue so as to make it more accessible to individuals who are...more

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