CommLaw Monitor
News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group
FCC Provides Guidance on Inability to Pay Analysis in Enforcement Actions; Significantly Reduces Slamming/Cramming Penalty
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reduced the penalty assessed against a long distance carrier by over $6 million in a Forfeiture Order issued earlier this week, after the carrier demonstrated an inability to…
Trends in Enforcement: Voluntary Disclosure
For years, the FCC's Forfeiture Guidelines have provided a downward adjustment for "good faith or voluntary disclosure." That is, the FCC will lower the penalty it might otherwise assess if the licensee or telecom…