On May 7, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its latest network neutrality order, Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet (the "Order"), which was published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2024,...more
On May 22, 2024, a notice and summary of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) recent decision to reclassify broadband Internet access service (“BIAS”) as a Title II telecommunications service was published in the...more
As described in our May 8 client alert, most of the discussion regarding the new “network neutrality” order from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has focused on the FCC’s decision to reinstate rules the agency...more
After a closely divided vote, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released an order effectively reinstating the “network neutrality” rules it adopted in 2015. This decision reverses a 2017 order during the Trump...more
On May 7, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Declaratory Ruling, Order, Report and Order, and Order on Reconsideration reclassifying broadband Internet access service (BIAS) as a common...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on April 25, 2024 to reinstate its net neutrality rules by reclassifying broadband internet access service (BIAS) as a “telecommunications service” under Title II of the...more
Last week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to reclassify broadband internet access service (BIAS) as a Title II common carrier service and reinstate net neutrality...more
If adopted, the FCC will have expanded authority to regulate Broadband Internet Access. The FCC is not proposing to regulate rates, but it would have authority to review changes in ownership, as well as jurisdiction to rule...more
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority (Authority) is currently accepting applications for the Broadband Infrastructure Program (Program), funded through the federal Capital Projects Fund, to distribute $200 million...more
Recent developments from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) signal a renewed focus on leveraging the blunt instrument of regulation to spur telecommunications competition in apartment buildings, shopping malls, and...more
Localities Should Take Advantage of Grant Programs Before Application Deadlines Close - California has launched a new $6 billion Broadband Program to fund broadband internet access service (BIAS) infrastructure in response...more
In an event sure to garner significant attention from tech, consumer protection, and government stakeholders, oral argument on the consolidated appeals of the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order (“Order”) will take place...more
In This Issue: - Court Limits 2015 Text Marketing Rules, Gives New FCC an Opportunity to Provide Clarity - Washington State Passes Net Neutrality Protection Law - Dr. Brew Kombucha Steeped in Probiotic Class Action? -...more
The Republican-led FCC’s effort to get out of the business of regulating broadband providers’ consumer practices took a step forward on Monday. In an appeal that has been proceeding in parallel with the FCC’s “Restoring...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
New FCC order scales back net neutrality mandates while seeking to ensure internet openness through updated transparency requirements and FTC oversight. Background - On January 4, 2018, the Federal Communications...more
On December 14, 2017, the FCC adopted a decision reversing nearly all of the significant elements of its 2015 Open Internet Order and the "network neutrality" rules from that order, retaining only the requirement that...more
In response to the Federal Communications Commission’s vote yesterday to dismantle the net neutrality rules regulating businesses that connect consumers to the internet, online retailers have responded that they will support...more
This Thursday, December 14th, the FCC will vote on the Restoring Internet Freedom Order, after releasing a draft on November 22nd. The Draft Order would overturn the FCC’s earlier 2015 Open Internet Order. We don’t expect any...more
The wheel that is U.S. policy on “net neutrality” has taken another turn with the release of the FCC’s draft Internet Freedom Order, which, when effective, will reverse the Commission’s 2015 Open Internet Order (the “Title II...more
The wheel that is U.S. policy on “net neutrality” has taken another turn. On November 22, 2017, the FCC released a draft of the Internet Freedom Order, which, when effective, will reverse the Commission’s 2015 Open Internet...more
Last year, the contentious net neutrality debate appeared to be finally settled when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order.[1] But in May, the FCC launched...more
As anticipated, the Republican members of the Federal Communications Commission are taking steps to pare down the 2016 Broadband Privacy Order now that they are in the majority. The FCC has released an order staying the data...more
Roughly two weeks since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the new Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, has taken steps providing further evidence that he plans to roll back FCC actions taken under...more
In the days since the recent election, many tech, media and telecom industry observers remain unsure of what to expect from the Federal Communications Commission under the Trump administration. Fortunately, there are some...more