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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

OMB Issues Final Buy America Rule and Guidance for Infrastructure Projects

On August 14, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a pre-publication version of final guidance implementing the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA).The guidance adds a new Part 184 in 2 C.F.R. and...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

OMB Finalizes “Build America, Buy America” Domestic Content Guidance

The Build America, Buy America Act generally requires that non-federal government infrastructure projects that benefit from federal government funding impose requirements for the use of domestic iron and steel and...more

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Virginia SCC Issues Order Establishing Working Groups and Rulemaking to Address DER Interconnection Issues

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On March 3, 2023, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “SCC”) issued an Order (the “March 3 Order”) to (i) establish two working groups to consider distributed energy resources (DER) interconnection issues, (ii)...more

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FCC Initiates Inquiry to Explore Spectrum Needs of Offshore Windfarms, Oil Rigs, and Other Offshore Infrastructure

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In a recent Notice of Inquiry, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) signaled that it may free up radio spectrum for offshore broadband networks and connectivity to land-based systems to support next...more

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Bridging Latin America's digital divide

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COVID-19 has created strong incentives for investment in digital infrastructure in Latin America, especially in 5G, private networks, data centers and fiberoptic cables - "In Latin America and the Caribbean, adopting...more

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Opportunity Economy: Broadband Expansion Under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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Takeaways - ..The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act would provide $65 billion to upgrade US broadband coverage. ..Rural broadband providers using both fiber and wireless technology have an opportunity to expand...more

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Development of Dark Fiber Optic Networks Accelerates Data Center Alley Connectivity

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The continued growth and evolution of the digital economy remains a driver for strong data center growth and development throughout Virginia. As reported in a March 2021 Virginia Business article, a new dark fiber network is...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

CIT Upholds CBP Classification Of “Optical” Data Modules

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In a recent decision, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT), upheld the classification of United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with regard to fiber optic telecommunications modules, finding that...more

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Commission Overturns Summary Determination in Optical Fibers Investigation

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In an earlier post, we summarized ALJ McNamara’s recent Summary Determination in Certain UV Curable Coatings For Optical Fibers, Coated Optical Fibers, And Products Containing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-1031, Order No. 33 (July 6,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo New York Tax Insights - Volume 7, Issue 11

ALJ Permits Only Minimum Penalties for Failure to File Information Returns - A New York State Administrative Law Judge has rejected the maximum penalties imposed by the Department of Taxation and Finance on an...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Gigabit Networks: Tomorrow's Infrastructure

A century ago, our nation had two networks of wires that pretty much went everywhere. One was for electricity, and the other was for telephone calls. Both came to be seen as necessities for modern life. Today, gigabit...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

The Clock is Ticking – Comment Deadlines Set for FCC’s Submarine Cable Network Outage Reporting Rulemaking

As Kelley Drye reported in an earlier post, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering rules that would impose on submarine cable system licensees, and possibly users, network outage reporting obligations...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Federal Communications Commission Seeks Comment on Proposed Imposition of Mandatory Network Outage Reporting Requirements for...

On Friday, September 18, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its proposed rules that would require submarine cable licensees to submit reports of network outages. The proposed submarine cable outage...more

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Supplement — Curtin’s California Land Use

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This Supplement is intended for use in conjunction with Curtin’s California Land Use & Planning Law, Thirty-Fourth Edition (2014), authored by Perkins Coie attorneys Cecily Talbert Barclay and Matthew S. Gray. In lieu of...more

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Locke Lord QuickStudy: Fifth Circuit Holds the Word “Replace” in Easement Grant is Ambiguous

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Neither the courts of Texas nor Louisiana have directly addressed the meaning of the word “replace” in the context of a pipeline easement and, in particular, whether replacement requires the removal of the old pipeline or...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Telecommunications Policy in an IP World

In This Issue: •What Principles Apply? •The Traditional “Social Compact” in Telecommunications •Does IP Technology Change the Analysis? •The Issues and Local Governments Principles for Local...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

New Social Compact in an IP World (Presentation)

In This Presentation: •What Principles Apply? •Some Basic Economics •The Traditional “Social Compact” in Telecommunications •Does IP Technology Change the Analysis? •The Duty for All of Us -...more

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Cuba Practice Update

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Cuba Activates First-Ever Fiber Optic Cable - Cuba has long lagged behind its regional counterparts in telecommunications and Internet technologies, trailing even neighboring Haiti in numbers of mobile phone users and...more

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