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FCC Shot Clock Not Tolled by Applicant Delays or Vague Notice of Incompleteness, Court Finds

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 1/11/2017

A city granting an applicant’s request for a continuance of a public hearing over installation of a wireless tower is not a mutual agreement to toll the FCC’s “shot clock,” a federal court has ruled. In addition, a vague...more

Wireless Shot Clock Decision Emphasizes Need for Meaningful Remedy

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/15/2016

A recent decision by a federal district court in New York revealed the need for further action by the FCC or Congress to speed the deployment of wireless services demanded by consumers. In Up State Tower Co., LLC v. Town of...more

FCC Wireless Shot Clock Trumps Complex Local Processes, Says First Circuit While Addressing Section 332 “Final Action” Requirement

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/16/2016

On Jan. 8, 2016, in Global Tower Assets, LLC v. Town of Rome, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that a wireless permit applicant must go through all administrative appeals required by local law before there...more

FCC Proposes New Rules On Local Wireless Siting (Webinar Presentation and Recording)

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 10/14/2013

In This Presenation: The Federal Communications Commission is considering adopting rules that could limit local governments’ zoning authority and allow wireless-service providers to add facilities to existing...more

Supreme Court Upholds FCC Authority to Address Wireless Siting

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/21/2013

The Supreme Court today issued its decision in City of Arlington v. FCC—the case challenging the FCC’s 2009 “Shot Clock” declaratory ruling. The Supreme Court affirmed the Fifth Circuit, holding that Chevron deference applies...more

U.S. Supreme Court Allows FCC to Determine its Own Authority - Decision Upholds FCC Time Restrictions on Local Government...

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 5/21/2013

The United States Supreme Court issued its decision in City of Arlington v. FCC, ruling that if an agency has general rulemaking or adjudicative power under a statute, courts must defer to all of the agency’s reasonable...more

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