On January 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued its final rule to implement Executive Order 14117 aimed at preventing access to Americans' bulk sensitive personal data and government-related data by countries...more
4/28/2025
/ China ,
Compliance Dates ,
Data Security ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
Final Rules ,
International Data Transfers ,
Iran ,
National Security ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Russia ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Telecommunications ,
Trump Administration
Readers may recall that in February 2024, the FCC adopted a Report and Order imposing a number of new TCPA caller and texter compliance obligations in connection with consumer revocation requests, which are applicable to...more
4/14/2025
/ Consent ,
FCC ,
Financial Institutions ,
New Regulations ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Revocation ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
Waivers
In yet a third setback for the FCC since the Supreme Court’s Loper Bright opinion eliminating Chevron deference, the 11th Circuit last Friday in Insurance Marketing Coalition Limited v. FCC, vacated two TCPA consent...more
1/30/2025
/ Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Chevron Deference ,
Consent ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCC ,
Lead Generators ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
In a September 2024 opinion, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York (SDNY) addressed the conditions for transfer of consent under the FCC’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) Do Not Call (DNC)...more
In April, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted its Net Neutrality Order which once again reclassified Broadband Internet Access Service (BIAS) as a Title II, common carrier service. ...more
7/31/2024
/ Broadband ,
Bulk Purchasing ,
Cable Operators ,
Commercial Property Owners ,
Common Carriers ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
FCC ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Net Neutrality ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Opt-Outs ,
Pending Litigation ,
Rental Property ,
Residential Property Owners ,
Telecommunications ,
Title II
In this first-of-its kind enforcement action, the FCC has proposed forfeitures not only against a party for allegedly instigating a deepfake, robocall campaign, but also against the voice provider for alleged STIR/SHAKEN...more
On December 18, 2023 the FCC released a Second Report and Order, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), and Waiver Order, which it considered and adopted at its December Open Meeting, furthering what it...more
1/4/2024
/ Call Blocking ,
Comment Period ,
Do Not Call List ,
Email ,
Enforcement Authority ,
FCC ,
Lead Generators ,
NPRM ,
Opt-In ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Text Messages
In recent years, the U.S. has pursued a whole-of-government approach to target Chinese technology and service providers in furtherance of foreign policy and national security objectives....more
8/31/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Commerce Control List ,
ECCNs ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Policy ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
Outbound Transactions ,
Popular ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications
Today, President Biden signed a sweeping Executive Order containing 72 directives for more than a dozen federal agencies to impose regulations, largely aimed at Big Tech and Telecom to reshape and promote competition within...more
7/16/2021
/ Antitrust Division ,
Biden Administration ,
Big Tech ,
Broadband ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Net Neutrality ,
Telecommunications ,
Transparency
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted significant gaps in the availability of broadband access faced by millions of rural and low-income Americans, and the vulnerability of our broadband networks to single points of failure and...more
In a surprise move, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai joined up last week with Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Christopher Krebs to...more
6/5/2020
/ Business Closures ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Essential Functions ,
FCC ,
Guidance Update ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Social Distancing ,
Telecommunications
On August 2, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) released a Report and Order on 911 calling capability requirements that affect virtually anyone in the enterprise calling platform ecosystem,...more
On December 22, 2018, due to the lapse in government appropriations, a partial federal government shutdown went into effect. With no end in sight, this partial shutdown has had important effects on all industry sectors. For...more
Talk about a shellacking. In his recent opinion in the latest incarnation of U.S. v. AT&T, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon rejected, in no uncertain terms, the U.S. Justice Department’s efforts to block AT&T’s...more
8/17/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
AT&T ,
Cable Television Providers ,
Mergers ,
MVPD ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Popular ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Telecommunications ,
Time Warner ,
Vertical Mergers
Congress yesterday passed the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a section on prohibitions ofcertain telecommunications and video surveillance equipment (Sec. 889). The bill is expected to be...more
In a Press Release earlier this week, FCC Chairman Pai gave his blessing to a report of the North American Numbering Council on “SHAKEN/STIR”, an industry-developed set of protocols and operational procedures for the...more
In this Client Alert, we provide a deep dive on the FCC’s recent Declaratory Ruling, Report and Order, and Order, that largely repeals the so-called “Open Internet” regulatory framework implemented by the prior FCC Chairman...more
2/6/2018
/ Broadband ,
Broadband Internet Access Services (BIAS) ,
Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
Competition ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Net Neutrality ,
NPRM ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Popular ,
Reclassification Rules ,
Repeal ,
Section 706 ,
Telecommunications ,
Title II ,
Transparency ,
Verizon ,
Websites
WASHINGTON, D.C.—While Net Neutrality remains the highest profile issue involving the Federal Communications Commission, the FCC continues to receive a significant volume of comments from industry officials and lobbying...more
On April 3, 2017, President Trump signed into law a rare Joint Resolution of Congress under the Congressional Review Act (“CRA”), which disapproved the Broadband Privacy Rules adopted late last year by then-Chairman Wheeler’s...more
4/26/2017
/ Broadband Internet Access Services (BIAS) ,
Broadband Privacy Rules ,
Communications Act 2003 ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Cybersecurity ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Online Advertisements ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Section 222 ,
Telecommunications ,
Trump Administration
Earlier this week, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced the formation of a new Broadband Advisory Committee, calling for nominations by February 15, 2017. The mission of the new FCC federal advisory committee is to make...more
The FCC recently adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing reforms to the Executive Branch “Team Telecom” review process for certain FCC applications and petitions involving foreign ownership. The NPRM seeks...more
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
5/26/2016
/ AT&T ,
Cable Television Providers ,
Comment Period ,
Common Carriers ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
Competition ,
Contract Termination ,
Contract Terms ,
FCC ,
NPRM ,
Special Access Services ,
Tariffs ,
Telecommunications ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Verizon ,
Wireless Industry