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Enduring Delegations - Supreme Court Rejects Nondelegation Challenges to the FCC’s Administration of the Universal Service Fund in...

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The nondelegation doctrine prevents Congress from giving away too much of its legislative power to other entities. After a strong showing in 1935, the nondelegation doctrine has remained dormant, with the Supreme Court...more

Stevens & Lee

The Administrative State, a Three-Legged Stool, the Supreme Court and FCC v. Consumers’ Research

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently handed down its decision in Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research, a case involving the question whether Congress’s delegation of authority to the FCC to implement provisions...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Circuit Split No More: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds FCC Universal Service Fund Authority

The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that held both Congress’s delegation of USF authority to the FCC and the FCC’s subsequent delegation of its authority to a private administrator...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund

With their decision in the consolidated cases of Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research and SHLB Coalition v. Consumers’ Research, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Universal...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Supreme Court Rules FCC’s Universal Service Fund Is Constitutional

On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court decided FCC v. Consumers’ Research, No. 24-354 (U.S. June 2025), ruling that the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) contribution structure, as administered by the Federal Communications...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Supreme Court Declares Universal Service Fund Constitutional, Reversing Fifth Circuit Opinion

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On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed, in FCC v. Consumers’ Research (Consumers’ Research), the constitutionality of the funding mechanism for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Universal...more

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Supreme Court Upholds FCC’s Universal Service Fund Authority

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On June 27, 2025, the United States Supreme Court decided FCC v. Consumers’ Research, Nos. 24-354 & 24-422, upholding the constitutionality of the federal “universal service” statute, which establishes a Universal Service...more

Lerman Senter PLLC

Supreme Court Upholds Federal Universal Service Fund Contribution Framework

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The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s universal service fund (USF) framework....more

Cooley LLP

Supreme Court Upholds Universal Service Contribution Requirements

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The US Supreme Court, in a 6 – 3 decision, has upheld the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) system for determining and collecting universal service contributions. In overturning the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more

Lerman Senter PLLC

Court Rejects FCC's Reinstatement of Form 395-B Filings

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A federal appeals court has invalidated the FCC’s attempt to require broadcasters to file annual reports disclosing the race, ethnicity, and gender of their employees....more

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Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Enters a Time of Uncertainty

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Recent political and legal developments call into question the future of the Federal Communications Commission’s in-house enforcement practices....more

Perkins Coie

Supreme Court Overrules Chevron; Courts Must Determine “Best” Meaning of Statutes Without Deference

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The Supreme Court of the United States has overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U. S. 837 (1984). For 40 years, if an agency was interpreting an “ambiguous” provision of a statute it...more

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Telecommunications Law and Policy in a Post-Chevron World

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As summarized by our Government Division colleagues last week, the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo has overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., holding that...more

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The Supreme Court Overruled Chevron. What Comes Next For Telecommunications, Media, and Technology?

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On Friday, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal agencies are no longer entitled to deference when they interpret ambiguous statutes. Loper Bright thus overrules an earlier Supreme...more

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