FCC, Broadband Internet Access Services (BIAS), Telecommunications

Winnik Forum participants predict sustained scrutiny of foreign ownership in the U.S. tech and telecom sectors

Hogan Lovells on 10/17/2024

At its annual Winnik International Tech and Telecommunications Forum, the Hogan Lovells Communications, Internet, and Media practice gathered policymakers, industry leaders, and firm colleagues for a series of conversations...more

FCC’s Net Neutrality Redux: Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/7/2024

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

FCC Announces Effective Date for Broadband Reclassification

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 5/27/2024

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

FCC ‘Network Neutrality’ Order Shakes Up Broadband Privacy

Cooley LLP on 5/16/2024

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

FCC Reinstates ‘Network Neutrality’ Rules

Cooley LLP on 5/9/2024

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

FCC Reinstates Net Neutrality Rules

Wiley Rein LLP on 5/9/2024

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

With Net Neutrality Order, FCC Grants Broadband-Only ISPs New Pole Attachment Protections

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/7/2024

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

FCC Partners With States to Increase on Privacy and Data Protection Investigations, Signaling Increased Focus on Future...

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 12/11/2023

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced Thursday that in furtherance of the work of the agency’s Privacy and Data Protection Task Force, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau signed Memoranda of Understanding (“MOU”)...more

Wireless Roundup (December 2023)

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/1/2023

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

FCC Revisits Net Neutrality, Extending Reach and Targeting National Security and Cybersecurity

Hogan Lovells on 10/31/2023

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

In Latest Net Neutrality Proceeding, the FCC Proposes Reclassifying Broadband Internet Access as a Telecommunications Service,...

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 10/24/2023

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

FCC adopts new regulation of telecommunications in multi-tenant environments

Hogan Lovells on 2/22/2022

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

Net Neutrality Showdown Scheduled for February 1st

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 9/25/2018

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

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BakerHostetler on 3/26/2018

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

Support for FTC Jurisdiction Over Broadband: Ninth Circuit En Banc Rules Common Carrier Exemption is “Activity,” and not...

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 2/28/2018

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

Net Neutrality Order Deep - Dive: Open Internet Rules Repealed, Transparency Requirements Remain, FTC Role over Broadband Privacy...

Womble Bond Dickinson on 2/6/2018

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

Restoring Internet Freedom: FCC Eliminates Common Carrier Regulation of Broadband Providers

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/10/2018

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

Alert: FCC Reverses 2015 Open Internet Order

Cooley LLP on 12/18/2017

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

Online Retailers Support Challenges to Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules

BCLP on 12/15/2017

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

FCC Passes the “Restoring Internet Freedom” Order, Repealing Net Neutrality Rules and Restoring FTC Jurisdiction Over Online...

Balch & Bingham LLP on 12/15/2017

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

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