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News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC Enforcement Advisory: Broadband Providers Must Take Reasonable, Good Faith Steps to Protect Consumer Privacy

On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued its first enforcement advisory in the post- Open Internet Order era. Not surprisingly, the Bureau’s first advisory addressed the consumer privacy…

Last Pieces of Wireless Infrastructure Order Take Effect

On Monday, May 18, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the effectiveness as of that same date of the remaining wireless infrastructure rules the agency…

Mike Dover Presents at the Wireless Telecommunications Symposium

On April 16, 2015, Senior Associate Michael Dover lead a “Workshop on Cloud Computing and Wireless Networks” at the 2015 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium in New York City. The presentation addressed 21st century…

Post-Open Internet Order, FCC Schedules a Consumer Privacy Workshop

The FCC’s Wireline Competition and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureaus recently announced that they will hold a joint workshop on Tuesday, April 28 to “explore the Commission’s role in protecting the privacy of…

Open Internet Rules Hit the Federal Register, Triggering Effective Dates and Appeal Deadlines

On April 13, 2015, a notice and summary of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) seminal Open Internet Order (the Order) was published in the Federal Register. As we explained in an earlier blog post and…