CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

$11.7 Million Available Under Department of Agriculture's Community Connect Grant Program

The Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Ru ral Utilities Service (RUS) announced today the availability of $11.7 million under its Community Connect Grant Program (Community Connect), which provides grants for deploying…

Kelley Drye Webinar: Disability Laws and LGBT Rights in the Workplace

On April 19, from 12:00pm-1:00pm, Kelley Drye's Communications and Labor and Employment practice groups invite you to their latest in a series of webinars on labor issues affecting communications and technology…

Rural Utilities Services Announces Broadband Loan Program Funding; Applications due July 7, 2016

On April 8, the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) published a Notice of Solicitation of Applications (NOSA) in the Federal Register for the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee…

Client Advisory: The FCC's Broadband Privacy NPRM

As we discussed in our earlier blog post, on March 31, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) voted along party lines (3-2) to launch a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to establish…

FCC Announces Consumer Broadband "Nutrition Labels"

On April 4, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) unveiled new Consumer Broadband Labels to provide consumers of mobile and fixed broadband Internet access service (BIAS) with easily…