CommLaw Monitor
FCC Further Clarifies and Streamlines Environmental and Historical Review Processes for Wireless Deployments
On March 30, the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission” or “FCC”) released a Second Report and Order (“Order”) that further clarifies and streamlines the environmental and historical review processes related…
When Public Safety Isn’t Enough: FCC Considering Expanded Use of the 4.9 GHz Band
At its March Open Meeting, the FCC adopted a long-awaited Sixth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“FNPRM”) to consider promoting additional investment and activity in the 4.9 GHz band while preserving the core…
Consolidated Net Neutrality Appeal Transferred to D.C. Circuit
On March 28, 2018, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted an unopposed motion filed by the petitioners to transfer the consolidated appeals of the Restoring Internet Freedom…
D.C. Circuit Issues Landmark Decision Reviewing FCC’s 2015 TCPA Declaratory Ruling and Order, Sets Aside FCC’s Clarifications of an ATDS and Treatment of Reassigned Numbers
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited decision reviewing the FCC’s 2015 TCPA Declaratory Ruling and Order. In the case of ACA International v. FCC, Case No. 15-1211, the Court,…
Ninth Circuit Selected to Hear Consolidated Net Neutrality Appeals
On March 8, 2018, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation randomly selected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to hear the petitions for review of the Federal Communications…