Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. ...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently issued a decision in Ohio Telecom Association et al. v. FCC, upholding the FCC’s 2024 data breach reporting requirements for telecommunications carriers and relay...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has announced that the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) is now open for Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants to file Form One. Under the FCC’s rules, EAS...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken significant steps to institutionalize national security within its regulatory framework through the creation of the Council on National Security (CNS). Chaired by Chairman...more
On April 29, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to formalize the Commission’s practices and review processes for reviewing foreign...more
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more
On February 6, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Enforcement Bureau published an Enforcement Advisory reminding radio broadcasters of their disclosure obligations in connection with artist...more
On January 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit issued a decision ("Decision") invalidating the Federal Communications Commission's ("FCC") Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet Order ("Safeguarding...more
The Sixth Circuit’s January 2, 2025, decision in Ohio Telecom Association et al. v. Federal Communications Commission et al. may reshape the future of the Internet, delivering a significant blow to the concept of net...more
On October 15, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking information about the use of data caps by Broadband Internet Access Service (BIAS) providers for both...more
Carriers have an obligation to protect customer proprietary network information (CPNI) and personally identifiable information (PI). Several recent FCC consent decrees resolving breaches of CPNI and PI show the FCC will hold...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
On July 24, 2024, an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit released a decision in Consumers’ Research et al. v. FCC holding that the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund...more
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
Key Points - On Thursday, April 25, the FCC voted 3–2 to reinstate the Commission’s net neutrality framework by reclassifying broadband Internet access service as a Telecommunications Service, which is regulated under Title...more
On April 29, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced that it had fined the nation’s largest wireless carriers a total of $196 million for violating consumer data privacy rights. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) agreed this week to cooperate and coordinate consumer protection efforts in enforcing the FCC’s reinstated “net neutrality” rules. The...more
Early this week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it had fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers for sharing access to customers’ geolocation information without consent and without taking reasonable...more
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
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more
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
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel issued a Press Release yesterday announcing that the agency’s Privacy and Data Protection Task Force (Task Force) signed Memoranda of...more
On October 19, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) is expected to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing to reclassify broadband internet access service as a “telecommunications service” under...more