Telecommunications, Rulemaking Process, NPRM

FCC Aims to Codify and Streamline Foreign Ownership Rules and Review Process

Latham & Watkins LLP on 5/7/2025

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

An Overview of FCC Media Initiatives with a Five-Member Commission

Lerman Senter PLLC on 12/7/2023

Gomez, Carr, and Starks Confirmations - After functioning for nearly two years without a full Commission, the FCC welcomed its fifth Commissioner in September 2023 when Anna Gomez was confirmed by the Senate. Gigi Sohn...more

Court Finds Do-Not-Call Rules Apply to Marketing Text Messages

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/5/2023

While an ongoing FCC rulemaking is seeking comment on whether the FCC should clarify that TCPA’s Do-No-Call rules apply to text messages as they do to voice calls, a federal court has weighed-in with its view that...more

FCC Proposes New Regulations on Gateway Providers; Defers Enforcement on Foreign Provider Prohibition

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/15/2021

At the September 30, 2021 Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Fifth Further Notice of Proposing Rulemaking (FNPRM) that proposes additional regulatory requirements on the gateway...more

FCC Signals It May Be Prepared to Greatly Expand Its Proposed Ban on Huawei and ZTE Equipment

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/14/2020

As previously reported, the FCC’s ban of Huawei and ZTE equipment and services from projects subsidized by the FCC’s Universal Service Fund (USF) became effective on January 3, 2020, following the publication of its December...more

The CFPB’s Long Awaited Debt Collection Rule is Certain to Shake Up the Industry

Polsinelli on 5/20/2019

On May 7, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the Proposed Rulemaking) to implement portions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)....more