CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

U.S. Targets French Luxury and Beauty Imports in Response to Digital Tax – 25% Tariffs on $1.3 Billion in French Imports Proposed

On July 10, USTR published a notice of action in the Section 301 investigation of France’s digital services tax announcing the imposition of additional 25 percent duties on certain products from France covering an…

FCC Initiates Rulemaking to Deregulate End-User Charges and Simplify Customer Bills

The FCC has proposed new rules to eliminate several obscure telecommunications charges that were either mandated or authorized for price regulated local exchange carriers and then mirrored by many competitive…

FCC Plans to Mandate STIR/SHAKEN Anti-Spoofing Framework, Deregulate End-User Access Charges at March Meeting

The FCC plans to mandate that voice service providers adopt caller ID authentication technology to combat illegal “spoofing” and deregulate longstanding end-user access charges at its next meeting scheduled for March…

Federal Communications Commission Moves to Adopt Rules Easing Certain Tariff Filing Requirements

On Friday, October 4, 2019, Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") Chairman Ajit Pai circulated a draft Report and Order ("Order") that would adopt two uncontroversial changes to the FCC's tariff filing…

FCC’s October Meeting Has No Spectrum Item or Particular Theme

Last week, the FCC announced its tentative agenda for its upcoming October 25, 2019 open meeting and released drafts of the items on which the commissioners will vote. There is a notable lack of a spectrum item on the…