CommLaw Monitor
FCC Announces Plan to Create New Fraud Division, But Provides Few Details
On February 4, 2019, the FCC announced a plan to create a new division housed in its Enforcement Bureau, dedicated to prosecuting fraud in the agency’s Universal Service Fund (“USF”) programs. Citing to recent…
Finally Naming the Duck? Eighth Circuit Decides VoIP is an Information Service, Preempts Minnesota Regulation
After more than twenty years, VoIP’s unclassified status may be coming to an end. Last month, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Charter Advanced Services LLC v. Lange in which it considered…
FCC Turns to ATDS, Other TCPA Issues Following D.C. Circuit Decision
On May 14, 2018, the FCC issued a Public Notice seeking comment on a number of issues regarding the proper interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in light of the recent decision by the D.C.…
Consolidated Net Neutrality Appeal Transferred to D.C. Circuit
On March 28, 2018, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted an unopposed motion filed by the petitioners to transfer the consolidated appeals of the Restoring Internet Freedom…
D.C. Circuit Issues Landmark Decision Reviewing FCC’s 2015 TCPA Declaratory Ruling and Order, Sets Aside FCC’s Clarifications of an ATDS and Treatment of Reassigned Numbers
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited decision reviewing the FCC’s 2015 TCPA Declaratory Ruling and Order. In the case of ACA International v. FCC, Case No. 15-1211, the Court,…