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FCC ICC/USF Reform Order Published in Federal Register

This morning, the FCC's November 18, 2011 High-Cost USF and Intercarrier Reform Compensation Order was published in the Federal Register triggering an effective date of December 29, 2011 for all parts of the Order and…

FCC Releases Text of Intercarrier Compensation Order

Late yesterday, the FCC released the text of its USF Reform and Intercarrier Compensation Reform Order, which it adopted on October 27 . The FCC's rules, among other things, transition terminating access charges to…

DC Circuit to Decide Net Neutrality Appeals

The same circuit that decided the Comcast case will decide the net neutrality appeals after all. Yesterday, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced that the D.C. Circuit had been selected by random…

Net Neutrality Litigation Moves to Lottery

With the September 23rd publication of the Net Neutrality Order in the Federal Register, appeals of the order could finally be filed. As expected, multiple parties filed appeals in multiple districts, and the choice…

Federal Register Publication Marks Beginning of Net Neutrality Litigation

One long march is finally over, another one begins. After OMB approval of the rules was announced earlier this week, today, the FCC published the Net Neutrality Order in the Federal Register . The 44 page summary is…