2008

FCC Imposes New Cable Television Customer Notice Requirement [Mar. 2008] read advisory

Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists due April 10 [Mar. 2008] read advisory

Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children's Programming Quarterly Reports Due April 10 [Mar. 2008] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline - April 1 [Mar. 2008] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: EEO Public File Report Deadline [Mar. 2008] read advisory

FCC Adopts Localism Report, Commences Public Interest Rulemaking: Comments due by March 14 in rulemaking to consider new public interest obligations for broadcasters [Feb. 2008] read advisory

FCC Releases Rules for Enhanced TV Disclosure Requirements [Feb. 2008] read advisory

FCC Provides Details for Transition to Digital TV [Feb. 2008] read advisory

FCC Releases Text of Leased Access Order [Feb. 2008] read advisory

FCC Issues NAL Proposing Indecency Fines Against 52 ABC Affiliates: 2003 airing of “NYPD Blue” episode could cost stations $1.43 million [Jan. 2008] read advisory

Important Dates for Broadcasters in 2008 [Jan. 2008] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline - February 1 [Jan. 2008] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: EEO Public File Report Deadline [Jan. 2008] read advisory

2007

FCC Now Accepting Applications for Non-Exclusive 3.6 GHz Wireless Licenses [Dec. 2007] read advisory

FCC Releases Text of New Digital Transition “Must-Carry” Order, NPRM [Dec. 2007] read advisory

November FCC Meeting – Cable Agenda Update [Nov. 2007] read advisory

FCC Proposes Vast Changes to the Federal Regulatory Scheme Governing Cable, Broadband and Telecommunications Pole Attachment Rates, Terms and Conditions [Nov. 2007] read advisory

Warning: Immediate Action Required by All Providers of Telephone or VoIP Services to Comply with New FCC CPNI Rules [Nov. 2007] read advisory

FCC Applies Certain Competitive Franchising Rulings to Existing Cable Operators [Oct. 2007] read advisory

FCC Voids Exclusive Cable Service In Apartments [Oct. 2007] read advisory

FCC Releases Text of Ban Extension Order and New NPRM on “Tying” [Oct. 2007] read advisory

FCC Sets Key Dates for 700 MHz Spectrum Auction [Oct. 2007] read advisory

FCC Adopts Post-Digital Transition “Must-Carry” Rules, Extends Ban on Exclusive Programming Contracts, and Opens Inquiry Into “Tying” Agreements [Sept. 2007] read advisory

Broadcast TV Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Third Quarter Reports Due October 10 [Sept. 2007] read advisory

Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists due October 10 [Sept. 2007] read advisory

Increased Captioning Obligation for “Pre-Rule” Video Programming: Effective January 1, 2008 [Sept. 2007]
read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: EEO Reports Due October 1 [Sept. 2007] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – October 1 [Sept. 2007] read advisory

FCC Announces Broadcaster Regulatory Fees For 2007 [August 2007] read advisory

FCC Adopts Final Rules for 700 MHz Auction [August 2007] read advisory

Ninth Circuit Issues Short Decision on Online Contracts with Potentially Far-Reaching Implications
[July 2007] read advisory

Federal District Court Declares AT&T U-Verse to be Cable Service and Cable System [July 2007] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – August 1 [July 2007] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline—August 1; Mid-Term EEO Report for Certain Radio Stations in North Carolina and South Carolina Deadline—August 1 [July 2007] read advisory

Internet Radio—The Basics of Music Royalty Obligations [Revised June 2007] read advisory

Copyright Royalty Board Releases Music Royalties for Internet Radio Streaming for 2006-2010—Clarifying the Confusion [Revised June 2007] read advisory

FCC Issues Rules Extending Hearing and Speech-Impaired Access Requirements (TRS) to VoIP Services [June 2007] read advisory

Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists due July 10 [June 2007] read advisory

Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Second Quarter Reports Due July 10 [June 2007] read advisory

Federal Court Enjoins Application of L.A. County Zoning Code to Wireless Facilities [June 2007] read advisory

FCC Requests Comments on Changes to Its Commercial Leased Access and Program Carriage Rules [June 2007] read advisory

A $12.5 Million Teaching Tool – The Recent Payola Consent Decrees [June 2007] read advisory

Second Circuit Rejects FCC’s “Fleeting Expletives” Policy; Questions Indecency Regime [June 2007]
read advisory

FCC Extends Hearing and Speech-Impaired Access Requirements (TRS) to VoIP Services [June 2007]
read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline - June 1 [May 2007] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline - June 1 [May 2007] read advisory

FCC Releases Details of Request for Comment on Must-Carry Rules Post 2009 Digital TV Transition
[May 2007] read advisory

Oregon Adopts New Pole Attachment Rules [April 2007] read advisory

FCC Issues Report on Violent Television Programming and its Impact on Children [April 2007] read advisory

FCC Seeks Comment on Scope of Cable’s Must-Carry Obligations After 2009 Digital Television Transition [April 2007] read advisory

Copyright Office Begins Inquiry to Reexamine Cable and Satellite Statutory Licenses – and Asks if Statutory Licenses are Appropriate for Internet Video [April 2007] read advisory

FCC Set to Examine Exclusive Video Service Contracts in MDUs [March 2007] read advisory

FCC Classifies Wireless Broadband as an Information Service [March 2007] read advisory

U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms FCC Order Preempting State Regulation of Interconnected VoIP Service [March 2007] read advisory

California Public Utilities Commission Releases Final Decision on Rulemaking to Implement California’s New Video Franchising Statute [March 2007] read advisory

Federal District Court Confirms Right of Wireless Providers to Bring Facial Challenge to Municipal Ordinances Under Section 253 [March 2007] read advisory

FCC Order Clarifies Interconnection Rights of Carriers Serving VoIP Providers [March 2007] read advisory

FCC Set to Examine Exclusive Video Service Contracts in MDUs [March 2007] read advisory

FCC Classifies Wireless Broadband as an Information Service [March 2007] read advisory

U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms FCC Order Preempting State Regulation of Interconnected VoIP Service [March 2007] read advisory

Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Municipal Wireless Zoning Ordinance Under Section 253 of the Communications Act [March 2007] read advisory

California Public Utilities Commission Releases Final Decision on Rulemaking to Implement California’s New Video Franchising Statute [March 2007] read advisory

Federal District Court Confirms Right of Wireless Providers to Bring Facial Challenge to Municipal Ordinances Under Section 253 [March 2007] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – April 1 [March 2007] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – April 1[March 2007] read advisory

FCC Issues Competitive Cable Franchising Order [March 2007] read advisory

Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists Due April 10 [March 2007] read advisory

FCC Order Clarifies Interconnection Rights of Carriers Serving VoIP Providers [March 2007] read advisory

FCC Issues New NPRM to Consider Further Extending Ban on Exclusive Cable Network Programming Contracts [Feb. 2007] read advisory

REMINDER: VoIP and Broadband Internet Access Providers Face Approaching Compliance Deadlines Under CALEA [Feb. 2007] read advisory

March 1, 2007 Filing Deadline for FCC Form 477 (Broadband Deployment)/FCC High Speed Data Deployment Report [Feb. 2007] read advisory

FCC Chief ALJ Issues Decision in Favor of Cable Industry in Pole Attachment “Just Compensation Case [Feb. 2007] read advisory

DWT’s Trinchero to Head Worldwide Telecom Practice Group [Feb. 2007] read more

Commissioner Chong Releases Proposed Decision in Rulemaking to Implement California’s New Video Franchising Legislation [Jan. 2007] read advisory

2007: What Washington, D.C. Has In Store for the Broadcaster [Jan. 2007] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – February 1 [Jan. 2007] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – February 1 [Jan. 2007] read advisory

2006

Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists Due January 10 [Dec. 2006] read advisory

Davis Wright Tremaine Announces Official Launch of Broadcast Law Blog [Dec. 2006] read more

FCC Action on Video Franchising [Dec. 2006] read advisory

Broadcast Station Quarterly Reports Due January 10, 2007; New Children's Programming Requirements Effective January 2, 2007 [Dec. 2006] read advisory

D.C. Circuit Affirms FCC's VoIP E911 Rules [Dec. 2006] read advisory

Reminder: New CALEA Obligations Require Affected Entities to File SSI Plans and Monitoring Reports in the Near Future [Dec. 2006] read advisory

PCS Auction Update [Dec. 2006] read advisory

Cole, Raywid & Braverman to Merge with Davis Wright Tremaine [Dec. 2006] read advisory

Cole, Raywid & Braverman LLP and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP to Merge [Nov. 2006] read advisory

1) Applications Due December 19, 2006 for March FM Auction; 2) Upcoming Digital TV Obligations; 3) FCC Streamlines Changes in Radio Community of License [Nov. 2006] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – December 1 [Nov. 2006] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – December 1 [Nov. 2006] read advisory

FCC Adopts Revised Children’s Programming Rules [Oct. 2006] read advisory

California Enacts Legislation Facilitating Collocation of Wireless Facilities [Oct. 2006] read advisory

Applications Due November 13, 2006 for January FM Auction [Oct. 2006] read advisory

Form 1240 Inflation Adjustment Factor [Oct. 2006] read advisory

1) New York District Court Approves Google’s Sale of “Keywords”;
2) Congress Passes Internet Gambling Act [Oct. 2006] read advisory

Congress Passes Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006 [Sept. 2006] read advisory

FCC Adopts Joint Industry Proposals Modifying Digital TV “Kidvid” Rules [Sept. 2006] read advisory

Broadcast Station Quarterly Reports Due October 10, 2006; FCC Application Fees to Increase October 17, 2006 [Sept. 2006] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – October 1 [Sept. 2006] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline - October 1 [Sept. 2006] read advisory

Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists due October 10 [Sept. 2006] read advisory

FY 2006 FCC Regulatory Fees Due by September 19, 2006 [Aug. 2006] read advisory

Internet Radio— The Basics of Music Royalty Obligations [Aug. 2006] read advisory

Crackdown on Online Gambling Presents Continued Risks for Media [Aug. 2006] read advisory

Political Programming Obligations Broadcast Stations [Aug. 2006] read advisory

Political Programming Obligations for Cable Systems [Aug. 2006] read advisory

D.C. Circuit Affirms Integration Ban [Aug. 2006] read advisory

Legal and Regulatory Implications of Cross-Platform Distribution of Digital Content [Aug. 2006] read advisory

FCC Adopts FY2006 Regulatory Fee Schedule [July 2006] read advisory

Defining Indecency in View of the Commission’s Increased Forfeiture Authority [July 2006] read advisory

Recent Digital Media Copyright Developments [July 2006] read advisory

Form 1240 Inflation Adjustment Factor [July 2006] read advisory

Multiple Ownership – Yet Again [July 2006] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – August 1 [July 2006] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – August 1 [July 2006] read advisory

Multiple Ownership – Yet Again [June 2006] read advisory

Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists due July 10 [June 2006] read advisory

Federal Aviation Administration Proposal for Changes in Treatment of Communications Towers
[June 2006] read advisory

Consumer Protection Newsletter [June 2006] read law letter

Right-of-Way Access Victory Under Section 253 of the Communications Act [June 2006] read advisory

FCC Details New Rules for VoIP Providers to Contribute to Universal Service Fund [June 2006] read advisory

Federal Appeals Court Remands FCC’s Decision Refusing to Deregulate IP Platform Services
[June 2006] read advisory

FCC Imposes Universal Service Funding Obligations on Interconnected VoIP Service Providers
[June 2006] read advisory

D.C. Circuit Affirms FCC CALEA Broadband Order [June 2006] read advisory

2006 Compilation of FCC Cable Television Rules [June 2006] read advisory

IRS Discontinues Outbound Long Distance Tax [May 2006] read advisory

FCC Details CALEA Obligations of Facilities-based Broadband Internet Access Providers and Interconnected VoIP Service Providers [May 2006] read advisory

Broadcast EEO Requirements [May 2006] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – June 1 [May 2006] read advisory

FCC EEO Compliance Reminder: Recent FCC Audits and Enforcement Actions Require That Broadcasters Review Their EEO Programs [May 2006] read advisory

Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – June 1 [May 2006] read advisory

FCC Orders Modify Approach to Televised Indecency and Profanity [April 2006] read advisory

And Then There Were Five—Unfinished Business Facing a Full Commission [April 2006] read advisory

Under Watchful Eyes: Payola in the Twenty-First Century [April 2006] read advisory

The Cost of Little Things—FCC Fines for Regulatory Noncompliance [April 2006] read advisory

FCC Orders Modify Approach to Televised Indecency and Profanity : Omnibus Order Addresses Nearly 50 Programs; Others Propose Record $3.6 Million Fine for “Without a Trace” and Finalize $550,000 Fine for Janet Jackson Exposure ; Networks and Affiliates Challenge FCC Actions [April 2006] read advisory

CRB’s Paul Glist receives NCTA’s Vanguard Award [April 2006] read advisory

Form 1240 Inflation Adjustment Factor [April 2006] read advisory

Federal District Court Upholds Kentucky MVPD Tax on DBS [March 2006] read advisory

House Bill Would Create National Cable Franchise Process [March 2006] read advisory

Broadcast Station Quarterly Reports Due April 10, 2006 [March 2006] read advisory

FCC Solicits Comments on Joint Proposal to Modify Children’s Digital Television Rules
[March 2006] read advisory

FCC to Consider Scope of VoIP Interconnection Rights and Related Issues [March 2006] read advisory

FCC Ratchets Up Inquiry into Telephone Record Disclosures – New Rulemaking [Feb. 2006] read advisory

FCC Media Bureau Releases Further Report On A La Carte Distribution Of Video Programming Services [Feb. 2006] read advisory

Davis Wright Tremaine Law Firm Expands Nationally-Known Communications & Media Law Practice in D.C. [Feb. 2006] read more

FCC Continues Telecom Customer Privacy Crackdown: Proposes New Protections, Carrier Requirements [Feb. 2006] read advisory

Further FCC Report to Congress on À La Carte and Tiered Programming [Feb. 2006] read advisory

Consumer Protection Newsletter [Feb. 2006] read law letter

FCC Crackdown on CPNI Compliance, Phone Record Disclosure and "Pretexting”— Immediate Carrier Action Required [Jan. 2006] read advisory

FCC Orders All Telecommunications Carriers to File Telephone Record Privacy Compliance Reports by February 6, 2006 [Jan. 2006] read advisory

Important Update on Privacy and Security Issues – 2006 May Be a Watershed Year [Jan. 2006] read advisory

Applications Due January 20, 2006 for March TV Auction [Jan. 2006] read advisory

Grokster P2P Update [Jan. 2006] read advisory

Payphone Compensation [Jan. 2006] read advisory

Fibertech Petition Seeks New FCC Rules Addressing Pole Attachment Practices [Dec. 2005] read advisory

Broadcast Station Quarterly Reports Due January 10, 2006 [Dec. 2005] read advisory

FCC Extends EAS Rules and Seeks Comments on Improving Current System [Dec. 2005] read advisory

Taxpayers May Be Entitled To Refunds of Federal Excise Taxes Paid On Long Distance Telephone Service [Dec. 2005] read advisory

Closed Captioning Obligations Set To Increase On January 1, 2006 [Dec. 2005] read advisory

Broadcast Signal Carriage -- Changes In Designated Market Areas ("DMAs") [Nov. 2005] read advisory

FCC Expands Rules Requiring Carriage of Emergency Alerts [Nov. 2005] read advisory

FCC Issues Further Guidance for Complying with VoIP E-911 Order and Deadline [Nov. 2005] read advisory

D.C. Circuit Remands Case Questioning FCC Policies on Security and Reversionary Interests in FCC Licenses [Nov. 2005] read advisory

Groups Challenge FCC Rules Extending CALEA Obligations to Interconnected VoIP Service Providers and Broadband Internet Access Service Providers [Nov. 2005] read advisory

USTA Seeks New Rules Granting ILECs Federal Pole Attachment Protections [Nov. 2005] read advisory

FCC Adopts NPRM to Review Competitive Cable Franchising Process [Nov. 2005] read advisory

FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking re Revision of Closed Captioning Regulations [Oct. 2005] read advisory

I. Senate Commerce Committee Draft Bill Sets April 7, 2009 as DTV Transition Hard Date” to End Analog Broadcasting; II. House Energy & Commerce Committee Submits Staff Draft Bill for Overhauling Voice, Video and Internet Service Regulation [Oct. 2005] read advisory

Broadcast Station Quarterly Reports Due October 10, 2006 [Sept. 2005] read advisory

Sweeping Communications Deregulation Legislation Introduced in Congress – Analysis of the “Ensign Bill” [Aug. 2005] read advisory

CRB Update DSL Order and Net Neutrality [Aug. 2005] read advisory

Regulatory Fees Due by September 7; FCC "Red Light" Rules Apply to Delinquencies [Aug. 2005] read advisory

The Other Shoe Drops after Brand X —The Deregulation of DSL Services [Aug. 2005] read advisory

FCC Offers Guidance for Complying with Recent VoIP E-911 Order [July 2005] read advisory

Michael C. Sloan Joins CRB as a Telecommunications Partner [July 2005] read advisory

Significant Federal and State Legislative Activity Concerning Data Security, Breach Notification, and Related Privacy Issues Continues [July 2005] read advisory

FCC Seeks Closed Captioning Comments [July 2005] read advisory

Applications Due August 12, 2005 for November FM Auction [July 2005] read advisory

FCC Adopts FY2005 Regulatory Fee Schedule [July 2005] read advisory

Supreme Court Reinstates FCC’s Decision Classifying Cable Modem Service as an Information Service [June 2005] read advisory

Supreme Court Rules Grokster and Other File-Sharing Services May Be Sued For Actively Encouraging Copyright Infringement [June 2005] read advisory

Broadcast Station Quarterly Reports Due July 20, 2005 [June 2005] read advisory

FTC Consumer Information Disposal Rule [June 2005] read advisory

Supreme Court Says Broadband Cable Lines Need Not Be Shared With Competing ISPs
[June 2005] read advisory

VoIP Providers Required to Provide Enhanced 911 Services [May 2005] read advisory

Consumer Protection Newsletter [May 2005] read law letter

Six States Enact Personal Information Security Breach Notification Laws [May 2005] read advisory

FCC Denies SBC Forbearance Petition – IP Enabled Services [May 2005] read advisory

D.C. Circuit Vacates FCC’s Digital Television “Broadcast Flag” Regulations [May 2005] read advisory

Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 [April 2005] read advisory

Form 1240 Inflation Adjustment Factor [April 2005] read advisory

(1) FTC Rules For Determining When Primary Purpose Of An Email Is Commercial Are Now Effective
(2) FCC Adopts FTC “Commercial-Purpose” Criteria For Wireless Spam Rules [April 2005] read advisory

The FCC Implements Rule Revisions Mandated By SHVERA [April 2005] read advisory

FCC Delays Date Imposing Ban on Leased Set-Top Boxes with Integrated Security [March 2005] read advisory

Broadcast Station Quarterly Reports Due April 10, 2005 [March 2005] read advisory

Ninth Circuit Cell Siting Decision Rejects “One Provider Rule” [March 2005] read advisory

The FCC's Triennial Review Remand Order [Feb. 2005] read advisory

FCC Releases Text of Digital Must Carry Decision Rejecting Mandatory Carriage of Simulcast and Multicast Broadcast Television Signals [Feb. 2005] read advisory

FCC Releases Reports on Video Competition and Cable Industry Pricing [Feb. 2005] read advisory

2004 Entertainment Law in Review [Feb. 2005] read advisory

Form 1240 Inflation Adjustment Factor [Jan. 2005] read advisory

Eighth Circuit Rejects RIAA’s Use of DMCA Subpoenas to Identify P2P File Sharers [Jan. 2005] read advisory

Federal Appeals Court Affirms Injunction Against Minnesota PUC’s Attempt to Regulate VoIP Provider as a Telecommunications Carrier [Dec. 2004] read advisory

(1) FCC Revises Rules for Unlicensed Wideband Devices; Affirms Rules for Ultra-Wideband Devices;
(2) FCC Releases Research Study Regarding Correlation of Distribution to Survival of Cable Networks
[Dec. 2004] read advisory

Broadcast Station Quarterly Reports Due January 10, 2005 [Dec. 2004] read advisory

Congress Extends and Amends Compulsory Copyright License for Satellite Delivered Superstations and Distant Network Stations [Dec. 2004] read advisory

FCC Adopts Revised Unbundling Rules in TRO Remand Order [Dec. 2004] read advisory

Supreme Court Will Review Ninth Circuit’s Grokster Decision [Dec. 2004] read advisory

Supreme Court Expands Trademark Defense of Fair Use [Dec. 2004] read advisory

Supreme Court Will Review Ninth Circuit’s Brand X Decision [Dec. 2004] read advisory

Update on Closed Captioning Requirements [Dec. 2004] read advisory

Congress Extends Internet Tax Moratorium to 2007 [Nov. 2004] read advisory

FCC Modifies Broadband and Local Competition Reporting Requirements - FCC Form 477 Changes Become Effective with September 2005 Filing [Nov. 2004] read advisory

Two Federal Courts of Appeals Interpret DMCA Anti-Trafficking Provision [Oct. 2004] read advisory

Cable Television Franchise Developments on Military Bases [Oct. 2004] read advisory

FCC Announces Key Dates for Upcoming Auction of PCS Spectrum; Auction 58 Restricts Bidding for Many Licenses to Small Businesses [Oct. 2004] read advisory

USC Law School/Beverly Hills Bar Association Entertainment Law Institute: I. Broadband Content Panel Discusses New Release Windows; II. New Technologies are Changing Advertising Paradigm
[Oct. 2004] read advisory

Ninth Circuit Reverses Lower Court on Section 253 and Holds Carriers Have No Burden To Prove Prohibition of a Specific Telecommunications Service [Oct. 2004] read advisory

FCC Opens New Rulemaking On Cable Inside Wiring [Oct. 2004] read advisory

Federal Court Holds Diebold Liable for Misleading DMCA Takedown Notices [Oct. 2004] read advisory

Federal Court Strikes Down a Portion of the Patriot Act as Unconstitutional [Oct. 2004] read advisory

Broadcast Station Quarterly Reports Due October 10, 2004 [Sept. 2004] read advisory

FCC Revises Children’s TV Obligations [Sept. 2004] read advisory

2004 Form 396-C [Sept. 2004] read advisory

Ninth Circuit Affirms That Peer-To-Peer Software Providers Are Not Secondarily Liable For Illegal File Sharing Of Copyrighted Material Over The Internet [Aug. 2004] read advisory

Analysis of the FCC’s “Broadcast Flag” Technology Approval Order [Aug. 2004] read advisory

FCC Seeks Comments on Improvements to the Emergency Alert System [Aug. 2004] read advisory

New York Issues Monumental Pole Attachment Order [Aug. 2004] read advisory

FCC Begins Digital TV Transition Process; Initiates Freeze on New Applications [Aug. 2004] read advisory

Regulatory Fees Due August 19; FCC “Red Light“ Rules Apply to Delinquencies [Aug. 2004] read advisory

Highlights from the FCC’s A La Carte Symposium [Aug. 2004] read advisory

FCC Releases Interim Order on Unbundled Network Elements [Aug. 2004] read advisory

Consumer Protection Newsletter [July 2004] read law letter

FCC Revokes the “Pick-and-Choose” Rule and Implements the “All-or-Nothing” Rule [July 2004] read advisory

Application Processing Fees Increased Effective August 10, 2004; Regulatory Fees Due by Wednesday August 19, 2004 [July 2004] read advisory

Applications Due August 6, 2004 for November FM Auction [July 2004] read advisory

A La Carte Update [July 2004] read advisory

Mandatory Electronic Filing of FCC Forms 320, 322, 324 and 325 Via the Cable Operations and Licensing System (COALS) [July 2004] read advisory

Third Circuit Sends Broadcast Ownership Rules Back to FCC; Continues Stay Pending FCC Review
[July 2004] read advisory

FCC Adopts 2004 Regulatory Fee Schedule Regulatory Fee Payment Deadline Is August 19, 2004
[July 2004] read advisory

United States Supreme Court Upholds Injunction Against Enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) and Remands for a Second Time [June 2004] read advisory

Broadcast Station Quarterly Reports Due July 10 [June 2004] read advisory

EEO Employment Reports [June 2004] read advisory

Comments in FCC's A La Carte Proceeding [June 2004] read advisory

Senate Votes to Extend Internet Tax Moratorium to 2007 [April 2004] read advisory

California City Subject to Damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for Violations of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Settles for $250,000 [April 2004] read advisory

California Supreme Court Denies City’s Appeal in Williams v. Riverside [April 2004] read advisory

FCC Proposes FM Auction for November 3, 2004; Seeks Comments On Methodology [April 2004]
read advisory

FTC Adopts Labeling Standard For Sexually Explicit E-mail Messages [April 2004] read advisory

Ninth Circuit Stays Effective Date of its Decision in Brand X Vacating FCC’s Cable Modem Service Regulatory Classification [April 2004] read advisory

FCC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on IP-Enabled Services [April 2004] read advisory

U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC "Triennial Review" Order [March 2004] read advisory

Consumer Protection Newsletter [March 2004] read law letter

FTC and FCC Seek Comments on Implementing the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 [March 2004] read advisory

Form 1240 Inflation Adjustment Factor [March 2004] read advisory

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Section 253 of the Communications Act Does Not Preempt State Laws that Limit Municipal Provision of Telecommunications Services; Localities Must Get State Permission to Enter Telecom Business [March 2004] read advisory

FCC Releases IP-Enabled services NPRM [March 2004] read advisory

Broadcast Station Quarterly Reports Due APRIL 10 [March 2004] read advisory

Federal Court Eviscerates TRO, FCC’s UNE Rules [March 2004] read advisory

Congress Amends National TV Ownership Cap; FCC Seeks Comments on Retention of UHF Discount; Two Commissioners Question Motive [Feb. 2004] read advisory

U.S. District Court Enjoins 321 Studios from Manufacturing or Distributing DVD Copying Software
[Feb. 2004] read advisory

Update on Commercial Leased Access Decisions [Feb. 2004] read advisory

Federal Appeals Court Upholds National Do-Not-Call Registry; FTC Considers Amending Rule to Require Monthly Updates to Do-Not-Call List [Feb. 2004] read advisory

FCC Releases Pulver.com VOIP Declaratory Ruling [Feb. 2004] read advisory

FCC Opens Formal Rulemaking Proceeding for Broadband Over Power Lines [Feb. 2004] read advisory

Ninth Circuit Reverses District Court in Ellison v. AOL: Whether AOL Comes Within DMCA Safe Harbor Is Remanded for Trial [Feb. 2004] read advisory

FCC Deems pulver.com VoIP Service Unregulated, Adopts Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding VoIP [Feb. 2004] read advisory

Reminder of Common Carrier Do-Not-Call Notice Obligations [Jan. 2004] read advisory

Congress Passes 2004 Budget Bill – Capital Available for Broadband Expansion in Rural Markets
[Jan. 2004] read advisory

Ninth Circuit Rules That Damages and Attorneys’ Fees Are Available Under Federal Civil Rights Law for Violations of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 [Jan. 2004] read advisory

Form 1240 Inflation Adjustment Factor [Jan. 2004] read advisory

California Appellate Court Confirms That State Law Limits Municipal Authority To Impose Fees For Telecommunications Facilities [Dec. 2003] read advisory

Federal Appeals Court Finds that DMCA Subpoena Power Does Not Apply to Peer-to-Peer File Sharing of Alleged Infringing Materials [Dec. 2003] read advisory

President Bush Signs CAN-SPAM Act Into Law [Dec. 2003] read advisory

Political Broadcast/Cablecast Obligations Contained in Campaign Reform Act Approved By Supreme Court [Dec. 2003] read advisory

Congress Passes Anti-Spam Legislation [Dec. 2003] read advisory

VoIP—FCC Prepares to Shape Ground Rules [Dec. 2003] read advisory

FCC Seeks Comment on RBOC Petition to Forbear From Unbundling Requirements [Nov. 2003] read advisory

FCC Adopts Digital “Broadcast Flag” [Nov. 2003] read advisory

FCC Schedules Spectrum Auction for New Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service (“MVDDS”); Sets November 12 Application Deadline [Oct. 2003] read advisory

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Webcasting License for Broadcasters [Oct. 2003] read advisory

Federal Court Halts State Regulation of VoIP Provider [Oct. 2003] read advisory

Regulatory and Industry Standards Applicable to Mature, Indecent and Obscene Programming
[Oct. 2003] read advisory

FCC to Open AM Radio Filing Window in January [Oct. 2003] read advisory

FCC Steps Up Forfeitures for Rules Violations [Oct. 2003] read advisory

FTC to Resume Implementing and Enforcing Do-Not-Call Registry; FCC Will Also Enforce
[Oct. 2003] read advisory

Ninth Circuit Decision on Cable Modem Regulatory Classification [Oct. 2003] read advisory

11th Circuit issues Decision in Georgia Power Company V. Fcc Rejecting Constitutional and Statutory Challenges to the Fcc's Application of its Telecommunications Pole Attachment Formula
[Oct. 2003] read advisory

Capital Available for Broadband Expansion in Rural Markets [Oct. 2003] read advisory

Additional VoIP Regulatory Developments (Further Updates October 22nd) [Sept. 2003] read advisory

FCC Will Enforce October 1 Effective Date for National Do-Not-Call Registry; Other Telemarketing Rules Begin Taking Effect [Sept. 2003] read advisory

VoIP Regulatory Update [Sept. 2003] read advisory

Release of FCC EEO Form 396-C [Sept. 2003] read advisory

I. Cuba Sanctions; II. CRB Web Site Audits [Sept. 2003] read advisory

FCC Preempts Local Government’s Attempt to Regulate Radio Frequency Interference; Requests Comment on County’s Appeal by September 26, 2003 [Sept. 2003] read advisory

FCC Adopts “Plug and Play” Rules for Digital Cable Systems [Sept. 2003] read advisory

Federal Court Dismisses City of Chicago Claim for Franchise Fees on Cable Modem Revenues As “Neither Logical Nor Fair” [Sept. 2003] read advisory

Form 1240 Inflation Adjustment Factor [Sept. 2003] read advisory

FCC Releases its Long-Awaited Triennial Review Order [Aug. 2003] read advisory

Fcc Invalidates Onerous Georgia Power Pole Attachment Agreement [Aug. 2003] read advisory

FCC Regulatory Fee Payments Due by September 24, 2003 [Aug. 2003] read advisory

The FCC's Triennial Review Order: A "Brief" Summary [Aug. 2003] read advisory

NARUC Summer Meetings On Telecommunications: Industry Leaders Offer Suggestions, FCC Officials Outline Future Events and Everyone Waits for the Release of the Triennial Review Order [Aug. 2003] read advisory

FCC Eases Newspaper-Broadcast Cross-Ownership Rules; Changes Scheduled To Go Into Effect September 4 [Aug. 2003] read advisory

Divided FCC Releases Text of Controversial Media Ownership Decision Challenges Are Threatened by Congress and Dissenting Commissioners [July 2003] read advisory

FCC Affirms Order Striking Down Electric Utility’s Efforts to Hamper the Provisioning of Competitive Telecommunications Services by a Cable Operator [July 2003] read advisory

New Quarterly Audit Program Of Antenna Structures Initiated By The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau [July. 2003] read advisory

Fcc Adopts 2003 Regulatory Fee Schedule [July 2003] read advisory

FCC Mails Revised Form 325 – “Annual Report of Cable Television Systems” [July 2003] read advisory

Ohio PUC Issues Decision Striking Down City of Dayton’s Ordinance Governing Fees For Using Public Rights-Of-Way [July 2003] read advisory

Form 1240 Inflation Adjustment Factor [July 2003] read advisory

Seventh Circuit Affirms Preliminary Injunction Shutting Down Aimster [July 2003] read advisory

Federal Appeals Court Again Finds Child Online Protection Act (COPA) Unconstitutional
[July 2003] read advisory

Court Affirms Applicability of State Cable Franchising and Level Playing Field Statutes to OVS Operators [July 2003] read advisory

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds the Constitutionality of Internet Pornography Filters as a Condition of Federal Assistance to Public Libraries [June 2003] read advisory

New California Privacy Law to Require Companies to Publicly Disclose Security Breaches in Unencrypted Databases Holding Personal Information [June 2003] read advisory

U.S. Supreme Court Rules that the Lanham Act Does Not Prohibit the Use of Public Domain Programming in the Production of New Programming [June 2003] read advisory

FCC Begins Third Biennial Review of Broadcast Ownership Rules [June 2003] read advisory

District Court Holds Town Of Colonie, NY Imposed Barriers To Entry In Violation Of Section 253 Of The 1996 Telecommunications Act, And Strikes Down Gross Revenue Franchise Fee [May 2003] read advisory

D.C. Circuit Dismisses Utility’s Pole Attachment Challenge in Public Service Company of Colorado v. FCC [May 2003] read advisory

FCC's Enforcement Bureau Grants Florida Cable Operators’ Pole Attachment Complaint Against Gulf Power [May 2003] read advisory

Florida Legislature Passes Landmark Telecom Deregulation Bill [May 2003] read advisory

Federal Court Refuses to Find Two Peer-to-Peer Service Providers Liable for Copyright Infringement – and - DMCA Subpoena Process Survives Constitutional Challenges and Applies to Non-Hosting ISPs
[April 2003] read advisory

FCC Opens Inquiry for Broadband Over Power Lines [April 2003] read advisory

State Regulators Initiate Review of Regulatory Status of VoIP Providers [April 2003] read advisory

Cable Modem Franchise Fee Dispute Stays in Federal Court in Chicago [April 2003] read advisory

FCC Establishes Standards for Noncommercial Broadcast Applicants Seeking Commercial Stations
[April 2003] read advisory

Recent Developments in Anti-Slamming Regulation [April 2003] read advisory

The Ninth Circuit Takes Action Affecting the Payment of Reciprocal Compensation for ISP Traffic in California [April 2003] read advisory

Fifth Circuit Affirms FCC’s “Pasadena” Decision Allowing Cable Operators to Pass Through to Subscribers All Franchise Fees on Subscriber and Non-Subscriber Revenues [March 2003] read advisory

SCAN NATOA Reprises Cable and Telecommunications Issues [March 2003] read advisory

FCC Reaffirms Pole Attachment Rights of Wireless Carriers [March 2003] read advisory

EEO Compliance Under The FCC’s New Rules: A Practical Guide For Cable Operators And MVPDs Now Available [March 2003] read advisory

Supreme Court Requires Proof of Actual Injury Under Federal Trademark Dilution Statute
[March 2003] read advisory

Latest FCC Modifications On Slamming [March 2003] read advisory

Summary of Decision in R.93-04-003/I.93-04-002 Adopting Interim UNE Rates for Verizon California
[March 2003] read advisory

The FCC's UNE Triennial Review Order - A Mixed Bag for Competitors [Feb. 2003] read advisory

FCC and Congress Look for New Frequency Bands for Expanded WiFi Use [Feb. 2003] read advisory

FCC Repeals TV/Cable Cross Ownership Rule [Feb. 2003] read advisory

Splintered FCC Modifies Rules Regarding ILEC Network Unbundling [Feb. 2003] read advisory

FCC To Accept New FM Translator Applications [Feb. 2003] read advisory

Federal District Court in California Grants AT&T Wireless Summary Judgment on Section 332 and Constitutional Challenges to A City’s Denial of A Conditional Use Permit for A Stealth Wireless Facility [Feb. 2003] read advisory

Form 1240 Inflation Adjustment Factor [Feb. 2003] read advisory

FCC Initiates Rulemaking Addressing Numerous DTV Conversion Issues [Jan. 2003] read advisory

FCC Addresses Long-Standing Cable Inside Wiring Issues [Jan. 2003] read advisory

Federal Court Expands DMCA Subpoena Power to Cover Peer-to-Peer File Sharing of Alleged Infringing Materials [Jan. 2003] read advisory

Supreme Court Upholds Twenty-Year Extension of Copyrights and Technology and Recording Industries Agree on Digital Copyright Principles [Jan. 2003] read advisory

Effective Date of New EEO Rules Is March 10, 2003 [Jan. 2003] read advisory

Rep. Rick Boucher Reintroduces DMCA Reform Measure In Congress [Jan. 2003] read advisory

FCC Seeks Comment on Cable-Consumer Electronics Digital Television Agreement [Jan. 2003] read advisory

Fifth Circuit Affirms Lack of Personal Jurisdiction in Web Publishing Case [Jan. 2003] read advisory

Captioning Requirements for programming Published Before 1998 Commence This Quarter
[Jan. 2003] read advisory

Copyright Royalty Agreement Reached by Small Webcasters and Recording Industry [Jan. 2003] read advisory


2002

Voice-over-IP Service: Is it Free from Regulation? [Dec. 2002] read advisory

D.C. Circuit Issues Decision in Southern Company Services, Inc. v. FCC Dismissing Utilities' Appeals to FCC's Pole Attachment Regulations [Dec. 2002] read advisory

Federal Court Blocks Bristol, Virginia’s Operation of a Cable Television System [Dec. 2002] read advisory

Fourth Circuit Reverses Finding of Personal Jurisdiction in Web Publishing Case [Dec. 2002] read advisory

Australia’s Highest Court Extends Jurisdiction Over a U.S.-based Internet Publisher [Dec. 2002] read advisory

ACPA Held to Grant In Rem Jurisdiction Only Where Domain Name Registrar or Registry is Located
[Dec. 2002] read advisory

Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002 Signed Into Law [Dec. 2002] read advisory

11th Circuit Issues Decision in Alabama Power Company v. FCC Rejecting APCO’s Fifth Amendment Challenge to FCC Pole Attachment Regulations and Pole Rental Rate of $38.81. [Nov. 2002] read advisory

New EEO Rules for MVPDs and Broadcasters [Nov. 2002] read advisory

D.C. Circuit Strikes Down FCC Video Description Rules [Nov. 2002] read advisory

AT&T Seeks Regulatory Exemption for IP Telephony Service [Oct. 2002] read advisory

Federal Appellate Court Orders FCC (Again) To Consider Whether ILEC UNE Rates Result In Unlawful Price Squeeze for CLECs [Oct. 2002] read advisory

Form 1240 Inflation Adjustment Factor [Oct. 2002] read advisory

FCC Announces 4Q02 Universal Service Fund Contribution Factor [Oct. 2002] read advisory

FCC Authorizes AM and FM Stations to Begin In-Band On-Channel Digital Broadcasting
[Oct. 2002] read advisory

FCC Affirms Invalidation of Georgia Power Company’s $53.35 Pole Attachment Rate [Oct. 2002] read advisory

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules That Local Government Denial of Consent to Cable Deal Is Entitled to Deference, and Reverses District Court in Charter Communications v. County of Santa Cruz
[Sept. 2002] read advisory

Regulatory Fees Due Wednesday, September 25, 2002; Application Processing Fees Increased
[Sept. 2002] read advisory

Massachusetts Federal Court Rules That Website Monitoring Company Is Not Liable Under Electronic Communications Privacy Act and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act [Sept. 2002] read advisory

Telecommunications Franchise Fees and Other Provisions Struck Down by U.S. Court of Appeals in White Plains Litigation [Sept. 2002] read advisory

Lowest Unit Charge Obligations Go Into Effect Tomorrow [Sept. 2002] read advisory

Seventh Circuit Finds Use of Competitor’s Metatags Constitutes Trademark Infringement
[Sept. 2002] read advisory

FCC Declares Cable Modem Service an Interstate Information Service and Launches a Rulemaking on Further Policy Implications [March 2002] read advisory

Supreme Court Reverses 11th Circuit in NCTA V. Gulf Power - Cable Systems' Internet Attachments Regulated Under Pole Act [Jan. 2002] read advisory

11th Circuit Hears Alabama Power's Fifth Amendment Challenge to FCC's Formula for Cable Television Pole Attachment Rates [Dec. 2001] read advisory

FCC Affirms and Clarifies Rules for Satellite Carriage of Local TV Stations [Sept. 2001] read advisory

FCC Resolves Pole Complaint Against Alabama Power and Revises Pole Regulations to Improve Cable Operators' and Telecommunications Carriers' Pole Attachment Rights [May 2001] read advisory

United States Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Gulf Power II - Argument Scheduled for October 2001
[Jan. 2001] read advisory

FCC Completes Final Three Rulemakings Under the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act
[Dec. 2000] read advisory

FCC Adopts Network Nonduplication, Syndicated Exclusivity and Sports Blackout Rules for Satellite Carriers [Nov. 2000] read advisory

11th Circuit Stays Mandate in Gulf Power II [Oct. 2000] read advisory

(I) Copy protection – Navigation devices; (II) Eleventh Circuit – No Rehearing on Cable Modem ruling ; (III) Agreed Increase – Cable Compulsory License Fees [Sept. 2000] read advisory

FCC Strikes Unlawful Utility Pole Attachment Rate [Sept. 2000] read advisory

FCC Amends Predictive Model for Measuring "Grade B" Signal Strength and Issues Notice of Inquiry on Modifying or Replacing the the "Grade B" Signal Intensity Standard [June. 2000] read advisory

July 1, 2000 Deadline for Compliance with Digital Box [June. 2000] read advisory

Advisability of Seeking a Waiver from an FCC Rule Requiring Unbundling of Decoder/Converter Box Security Components [May. 2000] read advisory

Eleventh Circuit Rebuffs Electric Utilities’ Challenges to FCC Pole Attachment Regulation
[April. 2000] read advisory

Legislation Extending and Amending Compulsory Copyright License for Satellite Delivered Superstations and Network Stations Enacted [Dec. 1999] read advisory

U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms that Mandatory Access to Utility Poles and Rights-of-Way is Constitutional [Sept. 1999] read advisory

FCC Releases Details on Navigation Device Rules [May 1999] read advisory

Miami Court Issues Permanent Injunction Against Primetime 24 Prohibiting Satellite Delivery of Broadcast Network Programming to 203 Million Dish Owners [Jan. 1999] read advisory

1998

Primetime 24 Ordered to Stop Distributing CBS and Fox Network Signals to More Than One Million Dish Owners [July 1998] read advisory

FCC Releases Details on Navigation Device Rules [June 1998] read advisory

FCC Adopts Rules for Retail Availability of Navigation Devices [June 1998] read advisory

Court Upholds Mandatory Access to Poles and Rights-of-Way Provision of the 1996 Telecommunications Act [March 1998] read advisory

1994

Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994 [Oct. 1994] read advisory