CommLaw Monitor
Ninth Circuit Decision in AT&T “Throttling” Case May Reset Boundaries Between FTC and FCC Jurisdiction
On Monday, August 29, 2016, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion that may dramatically alter the boundaries between the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) and Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC)…
Sixth Circuit Reverses FCC’s Preemption of State Laws on Municipal Broadband
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the FCC’s order preempting Tennessee and North Carolina laws that prevented municipalities from deploying cable services, video services, and Internet…
D.C. Circuit Affirms FCC's Net Neutrality Order
On June 14, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order, which classified broadband Internet access service (BIAS) as a “telecommunications service” under…
Client Advisory: D.C. Circuit Upholds FCC's Net Neutrality Rules
On June 14, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) 2015 Open Internet Order (2015 Open Internet Order), which classified…
D.C. Circuit Upholds FCC's Open Internet Rules
In a 2-1 decision, the D.C. Circuit's Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) 2015 Open Internet rules, which reclassified Broadband Internet Access Services (BIAS),…