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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update - February 2024 #2

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Good Afternoon! This is Akin’s biweekly policy newsletter on space policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major space headlines and forthcoming space-related events and hearings...more

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Overview of President Biden’s Non-Compete Agreement Executive Order 

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On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed the Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. The Order, breathtaking in scope, asserts as a key goal the desire to improve the lives of consumers through...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds FCC’s Relaxed Media Ownership Rules, Opening The Door For More Deals And Possible Antitrust Scrutiny

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M&A in the media industry is about to pick up. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2017 rollback of media ownership limits. Media companies that once avoided specific...more

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TV Station Consolidation OK, Say Supremes

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In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court voted to uphold a decision by the FCC to deregulate ownership of television broadcast stations. The Commission proposed the rule change in 2017 under Trump-appointed FCC chair Ajit...more

Perkins Coie

Supreme Court Restores Trump FCC’s Deregulation of Media Ownership Rules

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project et al. is significant for both the decision’s effect on the regulation of the broadcast television industry and its clarifications of administrative law. ...more

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Supreme Court Holding Emphasizes Importance of Building an Administrative Record Before an Agency

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On April 1, 2021, in Federal Communications Commission v. Prometheus Radio Project, the Supreme Court unanimously held that a decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to repeal or modify three ownership rules...more

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Supreme Court Holds that an FCC Rule Change Was Not “Arbitrary and Capricious” Under the Administrative Procedure Act

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant decision regarding the Administrative Procedure Act’s (“APA”) arbitrary-and-capricious standard. In FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project, the Court upheld a decision by the Federal...more

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Supreme Court Decides FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project

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On April 1, 2021 the U.S. Supreme Court decided FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project, holding that the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) 2017 decision to repeal or modify three of its media-ownership rules was not arbitrary...more

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COVID-19: Resources for Oncology Providers (Telehealth, Clinical Trials, Reporting Deadlines)

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and other Federal and State agencies and...more

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Health CARES - Title III of the CARES Act Impact on Telehealth

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As we previously reported, Congress passed and the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub. L. 116-136) (“CARES Act”) on March 27, 2020. We recently provided guidance on how the CARES Act...more

Hogan Lovells

[Webinar] Health Care and the Internet of Things: New Regulatory Developments - July 25th, 2:00pm EDT

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Please join the Hogan Lovells Communications and FDA practices on Thursday, July 25th for our webinar, Health Care and the Internet of Things: New Regulatory Developments. We will explore new policy initiatives and...more

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How the Government Shutdown Affects FCC Operations

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As of January 3, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has suspended most of its operations for the duration of the government shutdown due to the agency’s exhaustion of available funds. This alert summarizes how...more

Hogan Lovells

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

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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

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Tom Sullivan Reflects on His Role as International Bureau Chief

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During his remarks at the Winnik Forum, International Bureau Chief Tom Sullivan reflected on the challenges and opportunities of his role as the United States’ top communications diplomat. “Everyone wants to know what the...more

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O’Reilly Paints Team Telecom As an “Inextricable Black Hole” for Applicants, but Will His Call for Reform Fare Better?

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On October 1, Chairman Wheeler announced that he has circulated a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking among his fellow Commissioners that would seek comment on simplifying the FCC’s foreign ownership approval process for broadcast...more

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