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Wild 2023 in Media May Be Just the Opening Act for Greater Disruption: 2024 Media Trends to Watch for Professional Services Firms

The media landscape continues to shift, and 2023 was certainly an eventful year. Layoffs abounded based not just on the slash-and-burn tactics deployed by private equity to gut local newspapers, but also on the national level...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

ATDS Sufficiently Alleged, Illinois Court Says

The use of a “STOP” notification in a text message—as well as a dedicated 1-833 toll-free number and the generic nature of the message—may indicate the use of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS), an Illinois federal...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Telemarketing Legislation, Litigation Remain Hot-Button Issues for Legislature and Courts

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The legislation and litigation regarding unwanted calls remain alive and well and show no signs of ending anytime soon. With recent statutes enacted by the federal and New York State legislatures, telemarketing and debt...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Fourth Circuit Severs 2015 Government-Backed Debt Exemption From TCPA Based on First Amendment Challenge

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The TCPA was the patient on the operating table in the Fourth Circuit’s opinion regarding the constitutionality of the TCPA issued today in American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., et al v. FCC, No. 18-1588 (4th...more

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TCPA on the Front Line: The Battle for the Future of American Free Speech is Quietly Taking Shape in an Appeal Over “Robocalls”

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I’ve said enough on the subject of the watered-down version of strict scrutiny being applied to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) and how that might impact the future of free speech in the country. And here are...more

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First-In-the-Nation-Result: District Court Stays TCPA Case Pending Outcome of Ninth Circuit First Amendment Challenge

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Now we’re talking! As I’ve written on multiple occasions, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) is the broadest restriction on constitutionally protected speech in our nation’s history. Worse still, the statute is...more

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The Constitutional Dimension: Why the First Amendment May Light the Way to Sensible TCPA Reform

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I spent some time speaking with reporters yesterday about how we can really get to the bottom of the “robocall” epidemic plaguing this country. I focused on the need to better define our terms–so we can identify the real...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Chalk up a major win for Carl Icahn. Icahn has forced Xerox’s CEO, Board Chair, and 5 other board members out of their jobs as part of a push by activist investors. The shake-up will jeopardize the company’s $6.1 billion...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Repeal of Net Neutrality? Everyone loses except the powerful

Web Access Through Corporate Control - The barrage of backlash booming around the repeal of the net-neutrality law by the Federal Communications Commission is facing an all-fronts assault. The communications companies that...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Small Business Attacked by FCC — Internet is in the hands of big business

FCC Kills Net Neutrality - Death threats. Protests. Rallies. Strong opinions roil around the controversial Federal Communications Commission vote to repeal the Obama administration’s net-neutrality law that protected a...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Trampling on Fundamental Freedoms — Ending Net Neutrality

The issue of net neutrality discouragingly has devolved into death threats. A 28-year-old man faces criminal charges for allegedly saying he will kill Rep. John Katko if the New York Republican supports the Federal...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Boletín Mensual de Telecomunicaciones - Junio 2017

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Las siguientes publicaciones fueron hechas por autoridades del gobierno federal durante Junio de 2017 en relación con el Sector de Telecomunicaciones de México....more

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Mexico Telecommunications Update - June 2017

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The following announcements were made by public government authorities in June 2017 regarding Mexico's telecommunications sector: Public Call for Official Approval as Telecommunications and Broadcasting Expert - The...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Open Internet Order Prevails

Addressing challenges to the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC’s) 2015 Open Internet Order, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that the FCC acted with proper authority when it...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

D.C. Circuit Upholds FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules

On June 14, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the Federal Commerce Commission’s recently enacted rules that enforce “net neutrality” as to Internet Service Providers. ...more

Morgan Lewis

The DC Circuit Affirms the FCC’s Open Internet Rules

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The court upholds the FCC’s authority to regulate internet access services as telecommunications carriers and impose restrictions on blocking and throttling internet content....more

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