CommLaw Monitor
Ravioli Trees and Tortellini Bushes: What is Considered a “Natural” Food?
A new article published by the Food and Drug Policy Forum " Ravioli Trees and Tortellini Bushes: What Should Courts Expect from the Reasonable Consumer When it Comes to "Natural" Claims?'" discusses how in recent…
FCC Settles Slamming Case with Unusual Remedies
Slamming cases are a rarity these days, but this settlement is noteworthy not because it involves slamming, but because of the unusual remedies the FCC required in its consent decree. The case involves two Notices of…
International Carrier Settles Transfer of Control Violations with FCC
On December 7, the FCC adopted a consent decree with an international carrier resolving several alleged transfers of FCC authorizations without prior approval. This marks the latest in a series of enforcement actions…
FCC Proposes Another $5 Million Prepaid Card Fine
Yesterday, the FCC proposed another $5 million fine for insufficient disclosures on prepaid calling cards. This action is best understood as an echo to the FCC's action in September, when it proposed four similar $5…
Prepaid Card Provider Settles Payphone Compensation NAL
For a while, failure to pay per-call compensation to payphone owners was as much of an enforcement focus as is failure to pay the Universal Service Fund today. The FCC resolved one of its legacy cases this week,…