FCC Back to Full Strength Following Swearing In of New Commissioner Geoffrey Starks

On January 30, 2019, Geoffrey Starks was sworn in as the newest FCC Commissioner, restoring the agency to its full complement of five Commissioners for the first time since the summer. In announcing his swearing in, Commissioner Starks stated he intends to focus on strong FCC enforcement “protecting the most vulnerable and holding wrongdoers accountable.” … Continue Reading

FCC Net Neutrality Repeal Published in Federal Register, Triggering Deadlines for Challengers

By Steve Augustino, John J. Heitmann, Kelley Drye and Meghan Pensyl on February 26, 2018 Posted in Federal & State Regulatory, Internet, Litigation

On Thursday, February 22, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) published the Restoring Internet Freedom Order (the Order) in the Federal Register. As we previously discussed, the Order effectively reverses the Commission’s 2015 Open Internet Order, reclassifying broadband Internet access service as a lightly regulated Title I “information service” and eliminating the 2015 … Continue Reading

U.S. Court of Appeals Applies Telephone Solicitation Restrictions to Text Messaging

By Kelley Drye on June 23, 2009 Posted in New Media

On Friday, June 19, 2009, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision involving a mobile marketing campaign. A key issue in the case is whether text messages are subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the "TCPA"), a law that was drafted before the advent of text messaging. Although the Ninth … Continue Reading