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Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo Chevron Deference The United States Federal Communications Commission

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US Supreme Court Strikes Another Blow Against the Administrative State

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Key takeaways - - Federal district courts are no longer required to defer to the FCC's interpretation of statutes in civil enforcement proceedings. - Regulated entities can now challenge prior federal agency interpretations...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

TCPA Quiet Hours Telemarketing and Consent

Does prior express written consent permit calls/texts to consumers during the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) proscribed quiet hours? As our readers know, the FCC is now considering this very issue insofar as it...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies District Courts' Independence from FCC's TCPA Interpretations

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In a decision with sweeping implications for the administrative law and the regulation of tele-communications practices—to say nothing of one of the most dangerous class-action devices in history—the Supreme Court ruled in...more

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SYSTEM REBOOT ON AUTODIALERS?: McLaughlin and the Future of TCPA Statutory Interpretation

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Greetings TCPAWorld! When you thought you’d seen it all… think again. Here at TCPAWorld, we are the first in everything. The Supreme Court dropped another surprise that’s about to turn everything upside down again. See...more

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Leveling—or Blowing Up—the Hobbs Act Playing Field?

The Administrative Order Review Act (better known as the "Hobbs Act") grants "exclusive jurisdiction" to the federal courts of appeals to "determine the validity" of most FCC orders and rules and certain other agency orders....more

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SCOTUS Rejects FCC Edicts: Courts are (Finally) Free to Interpret the TCPA

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In a highly anticipated decision with broad implications for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) litigants, on June 20, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its decision in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v....more

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Supreme Court: Hobbs Act does not require federal courts to defer to FCC

On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp., holding that the federal Hobbs Act does not bind district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to a...more

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SCOTUS: Hobbs Act Does Not Bind District Courts to FCC’s Statute Interpretation

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Following in the wake of last years’ Loper Bright and Relentless, Inc. decisions that ended agency deference, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday in McLaughlin Chiropractic Assoc., Inc. v. McKesson Corp. that the Hobbs Act...more

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Supreme Court’s Hazy Junk Faxes Case Is Sure to Affect Compliance

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Companies that rely on digital marketing are awaiting a pivotal decision from the US Supreme Court on how federal courts should treat a Federal Communications Commission interpretation of a law against junk faxes. ...more

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FCC Launches Sweeping Deregulation Proceeding

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On March 12, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Brendan Carr, announced a “massive deregulation initiative” that puts all agency rules and guidance on the table for reconsideration. The agency is...more

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Sixth Circuit Gives Insight on a Post-Chevron World: What the Set Aside of Net Neutrality Tells Us About Scope of Agency Power

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We have previously written about two consolidated cases (Loper Bright and Relentless), in which the Supreme Court reversed a decades-old rule known as the Chevron doctrine. Broadly, the Chevron doctrine required courts to...more

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FCC’s One-to-One Consent Rule Vacated: What’s Next for TCPA Compliance?

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Businesses can breathe a sigh of relief: In Insurance Marketing Coalition v. FCC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) controversial one-to-one consent rule,...more

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Loper Blight: 11th Circuit Vacates FCC Lead Generator “One-to-One” and “Logically/Topically Related” Consent Provisions

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In yet a third setback for the FCC since the Supreme Court’s Loper Bright opinion eliminating Chevron deference, the 11th Circuit last Friday in Insurance Marketing Coalition Limited v. FCC, vacated two TCPA consent...more

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Federal Court Ends Net Neutrality for Broadband Providers

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The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) lacks the authority to impose rules on broadband internet and mobile broadband providers, according to a recent ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth...more

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Eleventh Circuit Vacates FCC’s TCPA One-to-One Consent Rule on Eve of Effective Date

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On Friday, January 24, 2025, just one business day before it was to take effect on January 27, the Eleventh Circuit vacated the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) One-to-One Consent Rule that was adopted as an...more

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SCOTUS Poised to Expand District Court Review of FCC Orders

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case that will likely determine whether a federal district court or the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has the final say on how to interpret the Telephone...more

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Federal Net Neutrality Reinstatement Denied by Court of Appeals; State-Level Laws Remain in Place

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The Net Neutrality rules aimed to protect open, free, and fast Internet for all, while opponents questioned federal agency authority and worried the rules stymied investment and innovation....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

6th Circuit Invalidates FCC's 2024 Network Neutrality Order

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

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Why the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Were Struck Down

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The decades-long fight over net neutrality appears to be over. In one of the first appellate decisions since the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Chevron deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo...more

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Sixth Circuit Blocks Net Neutrality

In a ruling issued on Jan. 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit blocked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from restoring its net neutrality rules. The court cited the Supreme Court’s recent decision in...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Is Your Internet Bill About to Skyrocket While Your Service Gets Worse?

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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

UPDATE: Net Neutrality Open Internet Order Set Aside

Update as of January 2, 2025: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit issued a decision on the consolidated petitions for review of the FCC's 2024 Open Internet Order. In its January 2 decision, which relies heavily on...more

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TCPA Landscape Set to Shift With Supreme Court's Grant of Certiorari to Mclaughlin Junk Fax Case

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Just a few months after the United States Supreme Court voted 6-3 to overturn the long-standing and widely applied legal precedent known as “Chevron deference,” it has agreed to hear a case that could entirely shift the...more

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Beyond Chevron: Courts vs. Agencies in a New Era

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The legal landscape regarding federal agency authority fundamentally changed in 2024 with the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. This landmark case dismantles the Chevron deference standard,...more

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Winnik panelists discuss the impact of Loper Bright on FCC rulemaking

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At its annual Winnik International Tech & Telecom Forum, the Hogan Lovells Communications, Internet, and Media practice hosted a fireside chat examining the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Loper...more

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