CommLaw Monitor
Comment Dates Announced for Small Business Exemption to the Enhanced Transparency Rule
On July 6, 2015, a summary of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Small Business Exemption to the Open Internet Order’s Enhanced Transparency Rule was published in the Federal Register . The FCC’s Consumer…
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Seeks Comment on the Open Internet Order’s Small Business Exemption
On June 22, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) sought comments on the temporary small business exemption to the 2015 Open Internet Order's Enhanced…
FCC Adopts Lifeline Item
Yesterday, the FCC adopted a Second Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Memorandum Opinion and Order to comprehensively restructure and modernize the Lifeline…
In First Open Internet Enforcement Action, FCC Proposes $100 Million NAL Against AT&T Mobile for Transparency Rule Violations
On June 17, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Notice of Apparent Liability against AT&T Mobile, Inc. (AT&T) alleging that AT&T’s failure to adequately and accurately disclose its…
FCC Appoints Open Internet Ombudsperson
On June 15, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) appointed Ms. Parul P. Desai to serve as its first “Open Internet Ombudsperson.” The FCC created the…