Law 360

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The GOP has launched an unusual broadside against the Democratic-led Federal Communications Commission's plan to revive net neutrality rules, saying the regime would sap a sister agency, the Federal Trade Commission, of consumer protection powers.

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JULY 19, 2022

Covington & Burling LLP associate and telecom law practitioner Hannah Lepow has joined the Federal Communications Commission as the agency's newest legal adviser, where she will work on matters relating to media and consumer protection, according to an announcement issued by the agency Tuesday.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The Supreme Court of Pakistan granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan, ruling that there are no reasonable grounds, with currently available evidence, for believing that Khan wrongfully communicated confidential information but there are sufficient grounds for further inquiry.

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JURIST

JULY 20, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on Thursday to cap the prices incarcerated individuals and their families face while making phone or video calls. The change was possible in large part due to the recently passed Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022. in large ones. per minute.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The Federal Communications Commission is "breaking new legal ground" with its proposed rule to restrict the flow of Chinese-made technologies into the United States, according to a collection of industry groups that aren't sure that the agency has the power to make cybersecurity rules about devices.

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Intelligize Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

September is the month when temperatures start dropping, leaves start turning, and the Securities and Exchange Commission starts enforcing. To be fair, the SEC enforces securities law all year round, but the agency has made the September flurry of enforcement activity an annual tradition in the final month of its fiscal year.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Scam robocallers are using an ever-increasing variety of tricks to maneuver around attempted crackdowns by state and federal law enforcement officials around the country and steal from vulnerable people, reports Pew Stateline. In 2021 so far, the FCC has received about 152,000 informal consumer complaints about unwanted calls.

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Law 360

JULY 27, 2023

The head of the Federal Communications Commission told Republican critics on Capitol Hill there was nothing "inappropriate nor unprecedented" about the agency's handling of a now-defunct $8.6 billion merger plan to buy out broadcast chain Tegna.

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Law 360

MAY 2, 2023

The Federal Communications Commission's chair told key House and Senate Republicans that the agency's Media Bureau didn't break its own rules by assigning questions about broadcaster Tegna's $8.6 billion go-private deal to an administrative law judge.

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Law 360

MAY 25, 2023

The Federal Communications Commission faces likely challenges to its authority in hotly contested matters, as experts predict the collapse or curtailing of the U.S. Supreme Court's long-held Chevron doctrine, which gives agencies broad latitude to interpret ambiguous laws.

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Law 360

MARCH 3, 2023

Hedge fund Standard General urged an in-house judge at the Federal Communications Commission late Friday to "immediately" let the full FCC vote on an agency order referring questions tied to its $8.6 billion merger deal with Tegna for an evidentiary hearing.

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The Crime Report

MAY 4, 2021

A Federal Communication Commission (FCC) order to cap phone rates for incarcerees is “too little…for too few,” say supporters of the Prison Phone Justice campaign. At the same time, I wish the agency could have gone further.”. It’s breaking up families and pillaging communities,”. photo by muckrock via Flickr.

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Law 360

MAY 15, 2023

The Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau says there's still a chance to resolve two questions FCC staff wants addressed before the agency decides the fate of broadcaster Tegna Inc.'s billion go-private deal with Standard General LP, but time is running short before the acquisition's financing expires.

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Law 360

APRIL 26, 2023

A Democratic senator late Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to fix a "grave injustice" and vote soon on hedge fund Standard General's $8.6

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2023

The Australian federal government Tuesday banned TikTok on government devices following advice from national intelligence agencies. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced that the viral media platform will be prohibited on devices issued by Commonwealth departments and agencies.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Issue : Whether a state workers’ compensation law that applies exclusively to federal contract workers who perform services at a specified federal facility is barred by principles of intergovernmental immunity, or is instead authorized by 40 U.S.C. Federal Trade Commission. Environmental Protection Agency.

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JURIST

AUGUST 21, 2023

Under this provision, upon the orders of or with the consensus of the pertinent federal or provincial authorities, the military may be enabled to engage in endeavours, whether direct or indirect, pertaining to the progress and promotion of the nation’s development and policy concerns.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

For policing, it suggests establishing a civilian oversight board and appointing an Indigenous liaison to facilitate communication between the community and law enforcement. Currently, there is proposed federal legislation requiring all government departments to align their actions with UNDRIP principles.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday denied China Telecom Corporation’s challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) order revoking the Chinese state-owned telecommunications company’s authority to operate in the US.

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Law 360

JANUARY 29, 2025

Now that the Federal Communications Commission is under Republican leadership, one Republican senator wants the new chair to review the agency's decision to approve Soros Fund Management's acquisition of an ownership interest in radio station owner Audacy.

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Law 360

JULY 22, 2024

Verizon's prepaid service subsidiary TracFone Wireless has agreed to shell out a $16 million civil penalty to resolve Federal Communications Commission probes into whether it failed to protect customer information during three data breaches, the agency announced Monday.

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Law 360

APRIL 30, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission has called on a sister agency, the Federal Trade Commission, to cooperate on enforcing the FCC's restored "net neutrality" rules to require the free flow of network traffic.

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Law 360

AUGUST 7, 2024

A Colorado federal judge doubted Wednesday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission looked hard enough for a worker's communications with their doctor in a patient portal, awarding an appliance company attorney fees as sanctions for the agency's failure to turn over the documents sooner.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

T-Mobile continues to make its case to the Federal Communications Commission in the hopes of earning the agency's blessing on the mobile behemoth's $4.4 billion plan to pick up rival UScellular's wireless business since it holds the key to the transfer of all the latter company's licenses.

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Law 360

JANUARY 17, 2025

Food and Drug Administration's bid to limit forum shopping by manufacturers challenging agency decisions and how much deference district courts must give to Federal Communications Commission orders.

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Law 360

JUNE 20, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission told the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday it should pay no heed to a collection of net neutrality challengers arguing that "dire consequences" will ensue if the appellate court doesn't stop the agency from reinstating open internet regulations while the two sides argue the matter out in court.

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The Crime Report

JULY 19, 2021

In America, watchdogs, advocates, and lawmakers alike have all reached a similar conclusion — prison is a challenging place for individuals with developmental disorders or communication differences, according to The Marshall Project and Spectrum News. Survey data from the U.S. In addition, a 2012 study of 431 male prisoners in the U.S.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The Federal Communications Commission said Friday it has asked an agency administrative law judge to review some legal issues surrounding hedge fund Standard General's proposed $8.6 billion takeover of broadcast chain Tegna.

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Law 360

APRIL 25, 2024

Hedge fund manager Soo Kim is suing the Federal Communications Commission and a cadre of media players over what he calls a racially charged conspiracy to block his fund's $8.6 billion purchase of media company Tegna, claiming the agency discriminated against him when it sidelined the deal last year.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 21, 2022

Wire transfer fraud involves any plan to defraud someone through electronic communications for financial gain. Considered a federal crime, it may include multiple airwave or cable communication, utilizing phone lines, text messaging, email, and even social media platforms. According to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2022

First, on candidate ads, we’ve written many times before that Section 315 of the Communications Act prohibits broadcasters from censoring the content of candidate ads. As we have written before (see our articles here and here ), do we really want a government agency deciding the truth or falsity of political speech?

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Law 360

MAY 12, 2023

The Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau on Friday said that a May 10 meeting between executives from Standard General and Tegna and the agency's two Republican commissioners, Nathan Simington and Brendan Carr, to discuss the hedge fund's push for a full FCC vote on its proposed $8.6

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 19, 2021

The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday morning in a dispute arising from the Federal Communications Commission’s attempts to deregulate local media ownership. Justice Brett Kavanaugh chimed in, noting that federal courts do not make “policy calls.” “We Malcolm Stewart, the deputy U.S.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 31, 2022

22 states have signed memoranda of understanding with the Federal Communications Commission that will strengthen partnerships with law enforcement in the battle against spoofing and robocalls that try to trick recipients into buying unneeded products or services, reports Pew Stateline.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

At the urging of virtually the entire broadcast and cable industry, as well as the communications engineering community, the FCC today granted an extension of time for broadcasters and other EAS participants to come into compliance with the new CAP reception requirements - putting off the need for compliance until September 30, 2011.

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Mondaq

JUNE 27, 2022

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) heard from key stakeholders about innovations in Internet security, giving the agency a lot to chew on as it evaluates next steps and its role.

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The Fashion Law

APRIL 30, 2021

As Rosen Law Firm announced on Friday, as first reported by Law360 , it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Volkswagen AG between March 29, 2021 and March 30, 2021, seeking to seeks to “recover damages for Volkswagen investors under the federal securities laws.” .

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