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Perkins Coie

Fifth Circuit Shocks Telecom Industry by Overturning the FCC’s Universal Service Fund

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently ruled in a closely divided 9-7 en banc decision that the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) method of funding the Universal Service Fund (USF) is an...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Consumers’ Research Universal Service Litigation Nears Inflection Point

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The Fifth and D.C. Circuit federal appellate courts are now poised to issue pivotal decisions in the ongoing litigation challenging the constitutionality of the FCC’s universal service support mechanisms. Their opinions will...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Fifth Circuit Rehearing USF Contributions Challenge En Banc

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The legal battles over the constitutionality of Universal Service Fund (USF) contributions continue as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has granted a request for the full court to re-hear a challenge to the...more

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