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ALERT: Team Telecom Streamlining Procedures Take Effect

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/6/2024

In October 2020 and 2021, the FCC adopted a pair of Orders to streamline the processing of applications involving “reportable” foreign ownership that are referred to the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation...more

Wireless Landlords Checklist

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 6/13/2024

On May 28th, 2024, T-Mobile announced as part of its acquisition of UScellular operations, it would “enter into a new long-term Master License Agreement on a minimum of 2,015 incremental towers owned by UScellular and extend...more

FCC Issues $1.8 Million Penalty Against Nexstar and Mission; Orders Station Divestiture

Lerman Senter PLLC on 4/8/2024

The FCC has fined Nexstar Media Group, Inc. and Mission Broadcasting, Inc. $1.8 million after finding Nexstar exercised de facto control over Mission’s Station WPIX (TV) in New York without FCC consent. The FCC also found...more

Few Changes to Local Radio or TV Ownership Rules in FCC's 2018 Quadrennial Ownership Order

Lerman Senter PLLC on 12/29/2023

The FCC has completed its long-pending 2018 review of the broadcast multiple ownership rules. In making its determination of whether the ownership rules remain necessary in the public interest as a result of competition, the...more

Antitrust M&A Snapshot - Q2 2023

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/31/2023

APRIL – JUNE 2023: KEY THEMES AND TAKEAWAYS - UNITED STATES - • Federal Trade Commission Unveils Proposal Detailing Significant Changes to Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Merger Notifications On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade...more

What to Expect From Acting Chairwoman Rosenworcel’s FCC

Perkins Coie on 2/2/2021

Shortly after his inauguration, President Biden appointed Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel as acting chairwoman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Acting Chairwoman Rosenworcel is expected to pursue the...more

Vital Signs: Digital Health Law Update | Summer 2020

Jones Day on 7/21/2020

Note From the Editors - With this Summer 2020 issue of Vital Signs, we take a moment to again applaud the remarkable actions of all the health care and life science organizations around the globe working tirelessly on our...more

Federal Communications Commission Penalizes Marriott Vacations for Unauthorized Transfer of Private Radio Licenses

Foster Garvey PC on 5/1/2020

Because many hotels and resorts hold Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) licenses for the wireless radios that employees use for daily communications on property, the next property acquisition or sale may have more...more

Regional & Community Banking - February 2019

Alston & Bird on 2/11/2019

The TCPA: Who Will Dictate Its Reach – the FCC or the Courts? Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation has hit the federal courts in a tidal wave of class action claims with almost unlimited financial exposure....more

Impact of U.S. Government Shutdown on M&A

King & Spalding on 1/17/2019

How could the government shutdown affect your M&A transactions? Understand the ramifications of the shutdown through the lens of antitrust, securities and exchange commission, CFIUS, export controls and economic sanctions...more

Lessons from the AT&T/Time Warner Decision

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 6/20/2018

On October 22, 2016, AT&T announced its $108 billion proposed acquisition of Time Warner. After a year-plus investigation, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit to enjoin the merger, alleging that the transaction would...more

GMCQ: Global Media, Technology and Communications Quarterly - Spring 2018

Hogan Lovells on 5/18/2018

AI technologies present a variety of commercial opportunities and the potential to change our daily lives. At the same time, there are many legal, policy, commercial and strategic challenges that need to be considered across...more

FCC Avoids Shutdown For Now, But Continued Threat Looms Over TMT Sector

Hogan Lovells on 1/24/2018

The federal government is open. But less than three weeks remain under the current reprieve and another shutdown seems possible. Although the Federal Communications Commission tapped on-hand fees to support uninterrupted...more

Is the DOJ's Approval of AT&T's Acquisition of Time Warner Conditioned on the sale of CNN?

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/9/2017

According to several news outlets, the Department of Justice has called on AT&T and Time Warner to sell DirectTV or Turner Broadcasting, which includes CNN, in order to gain approval of AT&T's $84.5 billion acquisition of...more

Honesty is the Best Policy: FCC Imposes $1.7 Million Fine for Submitting Misleading Information in Inmate Calling Services Deal

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 11/1/2017

Stressing the importance of receiving truthful and accurate information, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) reached a $1.7 million settlement with inmate calling services provider Securus Technologies, Inc. and...more

Alert: Forecast for Trump FCC: Deregulation with Chance of Media Concentration Review

Cooley LLP on 11/29/2016

The election of Donald Trump continues to raise questions about the potential direction of regulatory policies under his administration. While much of his campaign rhetoric focused on reducing regulation, he also suggested he...more

"Looking Ahead: The U.S. Legal and Regulatory Environment Under a Trump Administration"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/14/2016

Election Day brought an end to a long period of uncertainty that caused market fluctuations and delayed business planning decisions. As we navigate the post-election landscape, many questions remain regarding the potential...more

FCC Licenses: The Forgotten Stepchildren of M & A

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 8/30/2016

Parties to acquisitions often find themselves in the position of the McCallisters in "Home Alone," dashing out of the house and arriving in Paris only to discover that they’ve left little Macaulay Culkin (aka Kevin) behind....more

“Red Herring” or “Alternate [U-verse]”? Court Allows Cable Network to Go Beyond Written Contract in Claims Against Distributor

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 8/16/2016

2015 and 2016 saw a wave of transactions among cable, satellite, and other linear programming distributors: AT&T & DirecTV, Altice and Suddenlink, etc. That transactional wave is beginning to spawn a litigation wave,...more

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