CommLaw Monitor
Chairman Pai Launches Rollback of Recent FCC Actions
The FCC retracted actions related to net neutrality, network security, media ownership, and other hot-topic issues in a series of orders issued late Friday. The orders represent the first major salvo in Chairman Pai's…
Pai FCC’s First Commission-Level Vote Targets Rural Broadband Access
On January 26, 2017, in its first action under the leadership of Chairman Ajit Pai, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) voted to allow the State Of NY to award up to $170 million in Connect…
Client Advisory: Lifeline Modernization and Transition from Voice to Broadband
At its open meeting on March 31, 2016 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) voted along party lines (3-2) to adopt a Lifeline Modernization Order implementing significant changes to the Lifeline…
The FCA and the USF: Reactions and Impressions from the FCBA’s False Claims Act Seminar
Last week, the Federal Communication Bar Association’s (FCBA’s) Enforcement Committee hosted a legal seminar on an issue that is somewhat new and unfamiliar to the communications bar – the federal False Claims Act…
Checking the Boxes: FCC Proposes Forfeiture of Half a Million Dollars against International Prepaid Calling Card Provider
On September 16, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Apparent Liability ("NAL") against PTT Phone Cards, Inc., ("PTT") for a litany of alleged violations of rules applicable to international…