On Friday, February 1, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held a marathon oral argument in Mozilla Corp. v. FCC, No. 18-1051 (D.C. Cir. Feb. 22, 2018), in which various petitioners challenged the Federal...more
2/5/2019
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Broadband ,
Common Carriers ,
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Federal Communications Act ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Net Neutrality ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Oral Argument ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Repeal ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Telecommunications ,
Title I ,
Title II
Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court denied requests by the Trump Administration and telecommunications industry players to vacate a prior decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upholding the Federal...more
11/8/2018
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Broadband ,
Denial of Rehearing ,
FCC ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Mootness ,
Motion to Vacate ,
Net Neutrality ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Telecommunications ,
Title II ,
Trump Administration
This week, the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC’s”) Restoring Internet Freedom Order took effect, rolling back the public-utility style regulation of Internet service providers (“ISPs”) pursuant to title II of the...more
6/14/2018
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Broadband ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
FCC ,
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Net Neutrality ,
Open Internet Rules ,
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Public Utility ,
State Regulators ,
Telecommunications ,
Title II ,
Utilities Sector
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
Consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge recently filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) challenging a multi-system operator’s (“MSO”) online video service as violative of conditions imposed as...more
On May 20, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released an Enforcement Advisory notifying providers that the agency’s recent Open Internet Order “applies the core customer privacy protections of Section 222 of...more