CommLaw Monitor
What FCC v. Fox Television Means for Non-Broadcasters
In FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., the US Supreme Court reversed FCC indecency fines against two TV broadcast networks. The decision has garnered a lot of attention in the broadcast industry and conventional…
Ninth Circuit Pulps POM Wonderful's Lanham Act Claims Against Coca-Cola, Affirming FDA Preclusion of Challenge to Regulated Food Labeling
A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled May 17 on an appeal from summary judgment in a case filed by pomegranate juice maker POM Wonderful against the Coca-Cola Company's Minute Maid division. The dispute…
FCC Issues Clarification, Warning about Call Blocking Practices
Responding to complaints by rural LECs that call blocking has increased, the FCC yesterday issued a clarification and a stern warning to carriers not to block, choke or restrict calls to other carriers’ customers.…
VoIP Access Charge Appeal To Proceed After Nearly Two Year Delay
A long time ago, we posted about a decision of the US District Court in DC declaring that VoIP traffic was not subject to access charges and the strange coalition that asked the Court of Appeals to review the case.…
FCC Again Supports CLECs in 1996 Act Litigation
One of the trends in 2011 has been the rise in amicus filings by the FCC in litigation matters. This trend is fueled, no doubt, by the Supreme Court's determination in Talk America v. Michigan Bell earlier this year…