CommLaw Monitor
Does Enforcement Lurk Behind the New Wireless Industry Customer Billing Alerts?
According to FierceWireless and other news sources, the wireless industry announced this morning an agreement with the FCC and consumer groups to provide free text alerts to consumers before they exceed their plan…
A Practical Look at the FCC's Open Internet/Net Neutrality Regulations
On December 23, 2010, the FCC adopted new Open Internet ("network neutrality") rules that place a variety of disclosure and other obligations on certain providers of broadband Internet access. On June 30, 2011, while…
Mandatory Electronic Tariff Filing to Start November 17
In June, the FCC adopted an order requiring all carriers (not just incumbent carriers) to file FCC tariffs via an electronic portal . The FCC announced today that the new filing requirement will become effective on…
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…