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FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for June 2025 Open Meeting and Senate to Vote on Olivia Trusty’s Nomination

On June 5, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a tentative agenda for its next Open Meeting, which is scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 26 at 10:30 AM ET. This release occurred a day before...more

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FCC seeks comments amid wave of “after hours” texting complaints and Trump Administration’s “Delete, Delete, Delete” order

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued two notices for public comment in mid-March on hot-button issues, suggesting that newly-minted Chair Brendan Carr’s tenure will be an active one. On March 11,...more

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Delete, Delete, Delete: FCC Announces Deregulatory Initiative

On March 12, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a new deregulatory initiative through a Public Notice titled “In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete.” In this Public Notice, the FCC solicits public comments on...more

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Wisconsin v. Bell and What’s Next for FCA Enforcement

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2025 is already shaping up to be an active year for False Claims Act (FCA) litigation. With the recent announcements of executive orders that may expand the FCA as an enforcement tool, as discussed in a recent Troutman Pepper...more

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Dear Public, What Should We DELETE, DELETE, DELETE? Best Regards, the FCC.

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On March 12, 2025, Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) chair, Brendan Carr, opened a new docket titled In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete (the “Notice”), asking for the public’s help in identifying “unnecessary” FCC rules,...more

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“Delete, Delete, Delete”: FCC Begins Deregulatory Review

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On March 12, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Public Notice titled “In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete,” which seeks public comment on “identifying FCC rules for the purpose of alleviating unnecessary...more

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New Administration Outlook: What's Next for the FCC After Trump's Executive Orders on Independent Agencies and Eliminating...

Asserting Executive Authority Over Independent Agencies: Assessing the Impact on the FCC - On February 18, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled "Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies" (the "Accountability...more

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What Trump’s Broad Deregulatory EO Means for Telecom, Media, and Technology

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On February 19, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Deregulatory Initiative.” As Wiley has...more

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New Executive Order Aims to Curb the Authority of Independent Agencies, Including the FCC

On February 18, 2025, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO) entitled “Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies,” which attempts to expand presidential authority over heretofore independent regulatory agencies. The...more

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Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — Robocalling Proceedings Potentially Impacted by Regulatory Freeze

On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order directing all “executive departments and agencies” to pause any currently pending proceedings and review any proposed or adopted rules that have not yet taken...more

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Taking Stock of the Trump Administration’s Regulatory Freeze

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On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential memorandum entitled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review (Freeze Order). This action is unsurprising, as previous Presidents have consistently issued similar memoranda at...more

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AI Regulation Under President-Elect Trump

The new Trump administration will likely take a deregulatory approach to artificial intelligence (AI). President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to repeal President Joe Biden’s AI executive order, which imposed new reporting...more

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Analysis: How Team Telecom Can Conduct Faster Reviews in No-risk Cases

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A common concern of telecommunications companies, their investors, and their counsel is that the Team Telecom process is unduly long—especially compared with the analogous process for the Committee on Foreign Investment in...more

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Team Telecom Two-Year Anniversary

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This month marks two years since the formation of the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector (see our previous client alert...). Informally known as Team...more

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US Broadband in 2021; Policies Promoting Infrastructure, Competition, National Security and Universal Access

During his presidential campaign, President Biden committed “to build back better in rural America” by “expand[ing] broadband, or wireless broadband via 5G, to every American.” Last month, President Biden renewed his focus on...more

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President Biden Signs Executive Order Encouraging Greater Regulation of Tech and Communications Companies

On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued a far-reaching Executive Order seeking to fight market concentration and anticompetitive practices across the entire U.S. economy, stating that "[a] fair, open, and competitive...more

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Biden Signs Executive Order Reshaping Competition for Tech and the Internet

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Today, President Biden signed a sweeping Executive Order containing 72 directives for more than a dozen federal agencies to impose regulations, largely aimed at Big Tech and Telecom to reshape and promote competition within...more

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Three Ways President Biden’s Executive Order Affects the Telecom and Tech Sector

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President Biden’s recent “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy” (Order) promotes fair competition regulations across a diverse group of key U.S. industries, including telecom, technology, banking...more

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Biden Administration Signals Tech and Telecom Priorities in EO on Competition

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On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued the Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy (EO). The EO seeks to establish a “whole-of-government” effort to promote competition in the U.S. economy, featuring...more

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‘Foreign Adversaries’ In Tech Supply Chain May Be Under the Microscope

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The Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) Rule, if implemented by the Biden Administration, would significantly impact companies that have an international nexus in a number of different sectors,...more

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FCC’s New Foreign Ownership Review Rules Set To Take Effect

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For the first time, the FCC will have formal rules governing the process for Team Telecom review of license applications involving foreign ownership. The FCC, however, declined to adopt exclusions for applications that have...more

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FCC Adopts New Rules and Procedures for Team Telecom Committee

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On September 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to adopt a Report and Order that provides for new rules and procedures to formalize the review process of the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign...more

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Formalizing Team Telecom

Earlier this month, the FCC adopted a Report & Order (“R&O”) streamlining the application review process for transactions involving foreign investment or participation in U.S. telecommunications companies (commonly known as...more

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FCC Adopts Process Reforms for Foreign Ownership Reviews

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The new rules offer greater regulatory certainty and improve transparency in the Team Telecom review process. On September 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC) adopted a Report and Order (the Order)...more

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President Signs Executive Order Directing Agencies to Probe the Contours of CDA Immunity

President Trump signed an Executive Order today attempting to curtail legal protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (“Section 230” or the “CDA”). The Executive Order strives to clarify that Section 230...more

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