News & Analysis as of August 16, 2025

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The United States Federal Communications Commission is an independent federal agency established by the Communications Act of 1934. The Commission is charged with regulating interstate and international... more +

August 1, 2025 FCC EEO Deadlines for Stations in NC, SC, IL, WI, and CA

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/7/2025

Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Wisconsin, and California with five or more full-time employees must prepare by Friday, August 1, 2025, an annual EEO...more

ITS HERE: The First of a Wave of New “Keyword Avoider” SMS Opt Out TCPA Class Actions Has Been Filed And TCPAWorld Will Never Be...

Troutman Amin LLP on 6/12/2025

An attorney named Jeff Lohman recently narrowly escaped a jury verdict against him on a RICO claim arising out of allegations he had manufactured TCPA claims by encouraging clients to use vague opt out language during phone...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2025

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 5/30/2025

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

FCC Launches Inquiry on Strengthening Consumer Protections in the Communications Industry While CPUC Continues its Own...

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 11/1/2024

On October 23, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) to gather information on the quality of customer service provided by cable, broadband, satellite TV, and voice service...more

Circuits Apply 'California Payphone' Standard to Contrasting Wireless and Wireline Cases

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/6/2023

Two recent decisions issued this summer by different United States Courts of Appeals interpreting Sections 253 and 332 of the Communications Act demonstrate the continuing uncertainty carriers face when challenging state and...more

Federal Judge Lets California's Net Neutrality Law Take Effect—But What Comes Next?

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/1/2021

The whirlwind of developments during 2021 on "net neutrality" rules that is probably inevitable given the change in administration gathered speed this week, when a federal district court in California denied an industry...more

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