The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit added a new chapter in the ongoing saga over how and whether to regulate providers of broadband internet access service when, on October 1, 2019, it largely...more
10/14/2019
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Broadband ,
Communications Act 2003 ,
FCC ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Net Neutrality ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Telecommunications ,
Title I ,
Title II ,
Vacated
On the eve of Thanksgiving, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a draft order to repeal its own net neutrality rules. The order, which is expected to be voted upon and approved by a partisan 3-2 vote on...more
11/28/2017
/ Broadband Internet Access Services (BIAS) ,
Broadband Privacy Rules ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
Congressional Review Act ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Net Neutrality ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Repeal ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Section 706 ,
Title I ,
Title II
Last year, the contentious net neutrality debate appeared to be finally settled when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order.[1] But in May, the FCC launched...more
9/13/2017
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Broadband ,
Broadband Internet Access Services (BIAS) ,
Common Carriers ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Net Neutrality ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Rollbacks ,
Telecommunications ,
Title II ,
Trump Administration
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
5/19/2017
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Broadband ,
Broadband Internet Access Services (BIAS) ,
Common Carriers ,
En Banc Review ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Net Neutrality ,
NPRM ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Rollbacks ,
Title I ,
Title II ,
Trump Administration
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has waded back into the shark-infested waters of net neutrality by releasing a draft NPRM proposal to reverse the FCC’s recently upheld consumer protection rules prohibiting Broadband Internet Access...more
5/2/2017
/ Broadband Internet Access Services (BIAS) ,
Broadband Privacy Rules ,
Denial of Rehearing ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Net Neutrality ,
NPRM ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Repeal ,
Reversal ,
Rollbacks ,
Title II
Following the U.S. Senate’s recent vote, the U.S. House of Representatives has now voted to overturn the FCC’s Broadband Privacy Order using the Congressional Review Act (CRA). Enacted in 1996, the CRA allows Congress to...more
3/30/2017
/ Broadband Privacy Rules ,
Common Carriers ,
Communications Act 2003 ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights ,
Exemptions ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Net Neutrality ,
Obama Administration ,
Repeal ,
Right To Know ,
State and Local Government ,
Title II ,
Tracking Systems ,
Trump Administration