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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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Supreme Court’s Hazy Junk Faxes Case Is Sure to Affect Compliance

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Companies that rely on digital marketing are awaiting a pivotal decision from the US Supreme Court on how federal courts should treat a Federal Communications Commission interpretation of a law against junk faxes. ...more

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5th Circuit Holds That Jarkesy Invalidates FCC Forfeiture Order Against AT&T

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit held that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) violated AT&T's Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial and right to adjudication by an Article III court when...more

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Supreme Court Confirms That the Federal Claims Act Applies to the FCC's E-rate Program

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Last Friday, in Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath, the Supreme Court unanimously held that requests for funding from the FCC’s E-rate program are “claims” for purposes of the False Claims Act (FCA), settling...more

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What Trump’s Broad Deregulatory EO Means for Telecom, Media, and Technology

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On February 19, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Deregulatory Initiative.” As Wiley has...more

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Supreme Court Allows Treble-Damage False Claims Actions To Proceed Against E-Rate Service Providers

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Broadband and telecommunications service providers should redouble efforts to comply with the rules of the FCC's "E-Rate" program that subsidizes service to schools and libraries as a result of a Supreme Court ruling that...more

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TCPA Tracker: December 2024-January 2025

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Eleventh Circuit Strikes Down FCC’s TCPA 1:1 Consent Rule - The Eleventh Circuit recently held that the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) exceeded its statutory authority when it issued a 2023 Order interpreting the...more

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Supreme Court Decides Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath

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On February 21, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath, holding that a whistleblower can bring a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit against a telecommunications carrier over...more

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The Supreme Court Update - February 21, 2025

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions today: Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Heath, No. 23-1127: This case considers whether reimbursement requests submitted to the Federal...more

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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Case Regarding FCC’s Authority to Interpret Telephone Consumer Protection Act

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Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case that has the potential to sound the death knell to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) authority to bind courts to its interpretation of the Telephone...more

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Eleventh Circuit Strikes Down One-to-One Consent Rule

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On February 6, 2025, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the FCC’s one-to-one consent rule. Applying the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, 9 the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the FCC...more

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Delayed One-to-One Consent Rule Gives Companies Reprieve, Plus Other TCPA Updates

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The Federal Communications Commission recently announced that it is postponing the one-to-one consent rule for at least one year. Implementation of the rule would have significantly altered the requirements for obtaining...more

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SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Judicial Interpretation of Agency Authority Under the TCPA

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On January 21, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, et al., a case and decision that may have an outsized impact on the nature of judicial review of...more

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Bipartisan AGs Support Universal Service Fund

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A bipartisan coalition of 22 AGs and the Maine Office of the Public Advocate filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in consolidated cases FCC v. Consumers’ Research (No. 24-354) and Schools, Health & Libraries...more

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SCOTUS Poised to Expand District Court Review of FCC Orders

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case that will likely determine whether a federal district court or the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has the final say on how to interpret the Telephone...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Overturn New York’s Affordable Broadband Act

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The U.S. Supreme Court closed out 2024 by confirming states’ authority to regulate internet service providers. On December 16, 2024, the Court denied certiorari in New York State Telecommunications Association, Inc., et al....more

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U.S. Supreme Court Appears Ready to Tackle a Major Separation of Powers Issue

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This white paper discusses FCC v. Consumers’ Research, a case now set for consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, along with a review and analysis of the major impact it may have on how and when Congress may permissibly...more

Perkins Coie

Why the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Were Struck Down

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The decades-long fight over net neutrality appears to be over. In one of the first appellate decisions since the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Chevron deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo...more

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Sixth Circuit Blocks Net Neutrality

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In a ruling issued on Jan. 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit blocked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from restoring its net neutrality rules. The court cited the Supreme Court’s recent decision in...more

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Is Your Internet Bill About to Skyrocket While Your Service Gets Worse?

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The Sixth Circuit’s January 2, 2025, decision in Ohio Telecom Association et al. v. Federal Communications Commission et al. may reshape the future of the Internet, delivering a significant blow to the concept of net...more

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High Court To Review Legality Of FCC's Subsidy Fees

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For decades, there has been broad, bipartisan support for the Universal Service Fund and the FCC programs that help communications reach low-income households and the most rural and least-connected communities in the United...more

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Wisconsin Bell: Testing the Elasticity of False Claims Act’s Scope

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Just how broad is the scope of the False Claims Act (FCA)? That is the basic question posed in Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. U.S. ex rel. Heath, No. 23-1127. Put more directly, the case addresses whether reimbursement requests...more

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Supreme Court Overrules Chevron; Courts Must Determine “Best” Meaning of Statutes Without Deference

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The Supreme Court of the United States has overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U. S. 837 (1984). For 40 years, if an agency was interpreting an “ambiguous” provision of a statute it...more

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Telecommunications Law and Policy in a Post-Chevron World

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As summarized by our Government Division colleagues last week, the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo has overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., holding that...more

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Supreme Court to hear case concerning the scope of the FCA where private dollars are involved

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in the telecommunications case Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath, No. 23-1127, to assess whether reimbursement requests submitted to...more

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SCOTUS Accepts Review of TCPA "Autodialer" Question

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to wade into the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) fray again - this time over what qualifies as an autodialer under the TCPA. On July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court granted writ of...more

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