CommLaw Monitor
Unpacking the TracFone Cellphone Unlocking Settlement
On June 30 th, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or the Commission’s) Enforcement Bureau (EB) reached a projected $3.2 million consent decree to resolve an investigation into whether TracFone, the…
FCC Adopts Lifeline Item
Yesterday, the FCC adopted a Second Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Memorandum Opinion and Order to comprehensively restructure and modernize the Lifeline…
In Case You Missed Last Week’s TeleStrategies' Communications Taxation Conference
PowerPoints for Kelley Drye Partner Steve Augustino ’s presentations, “Communications M&A: Lessons & Strategies” and “The New FCC Enforcement Bureau” and are now available. TeleStrategies' annual Communications…
John Heitmann Speaks at Mobile World Congress - 4 Years From Now on March 3 at 2 PM CET
Communications Chair and Partner, John J. Heitmann will be speaking at “4 Years From Now” during Mobile World Congress, an annual event with over 80,00 attendees.Their session, What Just Happened?: The New U.S. Net…
Open Internet Order Preview: Chairman Wheeler Offers a Glimpse into His Draft Proposal
On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a fact sheet on Chairman Wheeler’s imminent Open Internet proposal. The draft rules would reclassify “broadband Internet access…