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
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
As part of the massive 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Congress directed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue rules facilitating consumers’ “equal access” to broadband internet access...more
FCC Seeks Comment on Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet: In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) proposes to reinstate the open Internet rules 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
On Feb. 23, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a draft Notice of Inquiry (NOI) that would seek comment on how to prevent and eliminate discrimination of broadband access as directed by Congress in the...more
A new association established to promote communities' role in broadband access officially launched this morning. Broadband Access Ohio will advocate for access to high-speed, secure internet across the state. ...more
*This alert was originally published on January 28, 2022 and updated on February 4, 2022. On January 27, 2022, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) moved to implement a provision of the bipartisan...more
On January 27, 2022, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) moved to implement a provision of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by adopting a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that...more
The FCC’s Open Internet Order (the “Order”) will impose several accessibility requirements on broadband Internet access service (BIAS) providers when it takes effect this week. First, because the Order does not forbear...more
As we previously reported, the California legislature approved one of the nation’s toughest net neutrality laws – California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018, also known as SB 822. This past...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
EDITOR’S NOTE: NET NEUTRALITY IS NOT THE TCPA BUT IT EFFECTS EVERYONE. GIVEN OUR TEAM’S EXPERIENCE WITH TELECOM AND TECHNOLOGY LAW AND REGULATION–AND GIVEN THAT WE ARE LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA– WE’LL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON...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 US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week issued an en banc decision reversing an earlier Ninth Circuit panel order that had found the Federal Trade Commission has no authority over “common carriers,” including...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
In a widely publicized decision, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) voted on Dec. 14, 2017, to repeal the tenets of the Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet Order, or the Open Internet Order, of 2015. See...more
On December 14, 2017, the FCC voted 3-2 to roll back the 2015 Open Internet Order, with all Republican commissioners voting in favor of the item and both Democratic commissioners strongly dissenting. As we discussed in an...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
Today, the FCC voted to pass the Restoring Internet Freedom order, which repeals the 2015 “net neutrality” rules and reverts back to the “light regulatory” touch the FCC previously had in place regarding internet service...more