CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC’s December Meeting Agenda Includes Emergency Alerts, Satellite Broadband and E-Rate Items

The FCC released a streamlined agenda for its next Commission Open Meeting, scheduled for December 14, 2021. The agency will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) and Notice of Inquiry regarding how to…

The Eleventh Circuit Weighs in on ATDS Definition

Nearly two years ago, in ACA International v. FCC, the DC Circuit reversed the FCC’s 2015 order interpreting the term “automatic telephone dialing system” (ATDS) in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and…

FCC Settles Slamming Case with Unusual Remedies

Slamming cases are a rarity these days, but this settlement is noteworthy not because it involves slamming, but because of the unusual remedies the FCC required in its consent decree. The case involves two Notices of…

FCC Imposes $3 Million in Fines in "Junk Fax" Cases

In August, we warned that the FCC was preparing a series of major enforcement orders for the transmission of unsolicited faxes . Today, the FCC released 9 forfeiture orders totaling $3.1 million in fines against…