CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

Podcast: Don’t Forget About Biometric Privacy When Instituting COVID Procedures

In this episode of Kelley Drye’s Legal Download, Special Counsel Michael Dover and Tara Marciano discuss compliance requirements of Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act ("BIPA") and how they affect companies…

Podcast: Challenges Ahead in Implementing STIR/SHAKEN

In the latest episode of Full Spectrum’s Inside the TCPA series, we discuss a series of FCC orders that require implementation of a call authentication framework called STIR/SHAKEN. It covers the FCC’s anti-robocall…

FCC Creates Framework to Fund 5G Deployments in Rural Areas

The FCC recently took a major step in promoting deployment of 5G networks in rural and hard-to-serve areas by adopting a Report and Order establishing the 5G Fund for Rural America (5G Fund) support program. The…

FCC Highlights Reallocating the 5.9 GHz Band at November Open Meeting

Headlining the FCC’s next open meeting, scheduled for November 18 is an item to adopt proposed rules to reallocate the 5.9 GHz band. The FCC would repurpose the lower 45 megahertz of the band for unlicensed use, while…

FCC Announces Opening of Connected Care Pilot Program Application Filing Window

On November 5, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission” or “FCC”) released a Public Notice announcing the opening of the Connected Care Pilot Program (“Connected Care Program”) 30-day application…