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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 +

FCC Reviews Submarine Cable Rules to Address National Security and Law Enforcement Risks

Latham & Watkins LLP on 12/5/2024

Potential rule changes could expand the scope of the disclosure and reporting obligations for applicants and licensees of submarine cables....more

Reversal of Fortune: Court Reconsiders and Reverses Earlier Ruling Finding That Contractual Consent Cannot Be Revoked

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/15/2018

As of yesterday, the “Good Reyes” contractual consent decision in Tina Few v. Receivables Performance Management out of the Northern District of Alabama has officially been reconsidered and reversed. Cue the sad trombone. As...more

Bargained-For Consent: An Increasingly Viable Defense to TCPA Claims

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/6/2018

• In most TCPA cases, a threshold question is whether a called party has provided prior express consent to receive calls (or texts) using an automatic telephone dialing system. • While numerous courts have ruled that a party...more

FCC's Order on Broadband Privacy Will Be Felt by Energy Companies

Stinson LLP on 11/14/2016

Modern energy companies should pay close attention to the Federal Communications Commission's recent order adopting rules protecting the privacy of customer proprietary information. Although not particularly focused on energy...more

FCC Issues Tariff Investigation Order and NPRM Which Proposes to Substantially Revise and Expand the Regulation of Business Data...

Womble Bond Dickinson on 5/26/2016

In May 2016, the FCC moved forward with its decade-overdue reform of the $45 Billion per year dedicated business data services (“BDS”) market. BDS providers, including major incumbent telecommunications companies and now even...more

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