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Consumer Protection Law Letters:

Consumer Protection Law Letter [Second Quarter 2006]

• FCC, FTC, Congress Escalate Telecom Customer Privacy Crackdown; New Protections and Carrier Requirements Proposed
• California Consumer Protection Rules
• Massachusetts Proceeding on Billing and Termination Practices; Rules Potentially Extended to VoIP and Wireless Services
• New York Service Quality Proceeding
• FCC Completes Rulemaking to Implement Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005
• FTC Proposes to Raise National Do-Not-Call Registry Fees. Yet Again.
• The Perils of an Appeal: PSC Increases Slamming Fine to Over $55,000
• Texas High Court Bars TCPA Claims Prior to Legislative Opt-In

Consumer Protection Law Letter [First Quarter 2006]

• FCC Crackdown on CPNI Compliance, Phone Record Disclosure and “Pretexting”—Immediate Carrier Action Required
• FTC Reports to Congress on Effectiveness and Enforcement of CAN-SPAM Act
• FCC Initiates Proceedings Reflecting Enactment of Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005
• Eighth Circuit Overturns Minnesota Statute on Wireless Service Contracts: Prior Consent Requirement = Rate Regulation
• Wireless Carriers Adopt Voluntary Content Guidelines
• Truth-In-Billing Update
• California Consumer Protection Rules
• IOM Issues Report on Food and Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity?
• Utah and Michigan Roll Out “Child Protection Registry” Laws
• Enforcement Actions Against Universal Service Scofflaws Continue
• VoIP E911 Compliance and Customer Disconnection

Consumer Protection Law Letter [May 2005]

• FCC’s Truth in Billing Rules
• TCPA/Telemarketing Developments
• CAN-SPAM Developments
• Advertising Developments
• State Actions
• Cable
• 911 Developments
• FCC Enforcement Corner
• FCC Personnel Changes

Consumer Protection Law Letter [July 2004]

• New Requirements for Wireless Service Contracts in Minnesota
• California Adopts Final Consumer Protection Rules
• FCC Considers Request for Declaratory Ruling Regarding Truth-In-Billing for “Regulatory,” “Administrative” and “Government-Mandated” Charges
• Telemarketers Take Do-Not-Call Challenge to U.S. Supreme Court While FTC Refines and Enforces Its Registry Rules
• Bills Introduced to Create Company-Specific “Do-Not-Fax” Rule While Reinstating Established Business Exemption to Prohibition on Unsolicited Faxes
• FTC Recommends Against a National Do-Not-Spam Registry and Announces Instead an Email Authentication Summit for Fall 2004

Consumer Protection Law Letter [March 2004]

• Federal Do-Not-Call Rules Upheld
• The CAN-SPAM Act: Businesses Can Still Send Spam If They Follow the Rules
• FCC Proposes Measures Against Unsolicited Text, Voice Messages to Wireless Phones
• CPUC Revises Proposed Consumer Protection Rules (R.00-02-004)

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Advisory Bulletins

• FCC Releases Text of Leased Access Order
• New FCC Telephone Privacy Rules Effective Tomorrow, Dec. 8, 2007
• FCC Now Accepting Applications for Non-Exclusive 3.6 GHz Wireless Licenses
• FCC Proposes Vast Changes to the Federal Regulatory Scheme Governing Cable, Broadband and Telecommunications Pole Attachment Rates, Terms and Conditions
• Warning: Immediate Action Required by All Providers of Telephone or VoIP Services to Comply with New FCC CPNI Rules
• FCC Voids Exclusive Cable Service In Apartments
• FCC Sets Key Dates For 700 MHz Spectrum Auction
• FCC Adopts Final Rules for 700 MHz Auction
• Federal District Court Declares AT&T U-Verse to be Cable Service and Cable System
• FCC Issues Rules Extending Hearing and Speech-Impaired Access Requirements (TRS) to VoIP Services
• Federal Court Enjoins Application of L.A. County Zoning Code to Wireless Facilities
• FCC Extends Hearing and Speech-Impaired Access Requirements (TRS) to VoIP Services
• Oregon Adopts New Pole Attachment Rules
• FCC Set to Examine Exclusive Video Service Contracts in MDUs
• FCC Classifies Wireless Broadband as an Information Service
• U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms FCC Order Preempting State Regulation of Interconnected VoIP Service
• Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Municipal Wireless Zoning Ordinance Under Section 253 of the Communications Act
• California Public Utilities Commission Releases Final Decision on Rulemaking to Implement California’s New Video Franchising Statute
• Federal District Court Confirms Right of Wireless Providers to Bring Facial Challenge to Municipal Ordinances Under Section 253 of Communications Act
• FCC Order Clarifies Interconnection Rights of Carriers Serving VoIP Providers
• REMINDER: VoIP and Broadband Internet Access Providers Face Approaching Compliance Deadlines Under CALEA
• March 1, 2007 Filing Deadline for FCC Form 477
  (Broadband Deployment)/FCC High Speed Data Deployment Report
• FCC Chief ALJ Issues Decision in Favor of Cable Industry in Pole Attachment “Just Compensation” Case
• Commissioner Chong Releases Proposed Decision in Rulemaking to Implement California’s New Video Franchising Legislation
• FCC Spectrum Auctions Update
• FCC Asked to Eliminate Telecom Rate for Pole Attachments
• California Enacts Legislation Facilitating Collocation of Wireless Facilities
• Federal Aviation Administration Proposal for Changes in Treatment of Communications Towers
• Right-Of-Way Access Victory Under Section 253 of the Communications Act
• Update - FCC Orders Modify Approach to Televised Indecency and Profanity
• FCC Orders Modify Approach to Televised Indecency and Profanity
• FCC Continues Telecom Customer Privacy Crackdown: Proposes New Protections, Carrier Requirements
• Further FCC Report to Congress on À La Carte and Tiered Programming
• FCC Crackdown on CPNI Compliance, Phone Record Disclosure and “Pretexting”—Immediate Carrier Action Required
• The Other Shoe Drops after Brand X — The Deregulation of DSL Services
• Supreme Court Says Broadband Cable Lines Need Not Be Shared With Competing ISPs
• Enhanced 911 Services Now Mandatory for VoIP Providers
• VoIP Providers Required to Provide Enhanced 911 Services
• Consumer Protection Newsletter, Second Quarter
• Ninth Circuit Cell Siting Decision Rejects “One Provider Rule”
• The FCC's Triennial Review Remand Order
• FCC Releases Interim Order on Unbundled Network Elements
• Consumer Protection Newsletter - Second Quarter
• SAFE-T Coalition Urges FCC to Reject SBC Bid to Keep Agreements Secret from State Regulators and the Public
• FCC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on IP-Enabled Services
• U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC "Triennial Review" Order
• Consumer Protection Newsletter - First Quarter
• VoIP — FCC Prepares to Shape Ground Rules
• FCC Seeks Comment on RBOC Petition to Forbear From Unbundling Requirements
• Telecommunications Provider Pays Over $1 Million in EPA Settlement
• The FCC's Triennial Review Order: A "Brief" Summary
• First Amendment Coalition Challenges FCC Broadcast Indecency Standard and Questions Enforcement Practices
• 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
• FCC Eases Newspaper-Broadcast Cross-Ownership Rules; Changes Scheduled To Go Into Effect September 4
• Effective Dates of New Federal Telemarketing Rules Set Counterpart FCC and FTC Rules Set New Do-Not-Call, Abandoned Call, Caller ID, and Other Limits
• Divided FCC Releases Text of Controversial Media Ownership Decision Challenges Are Threatened by Congress and Dissenting Commissioners
• Recent Developments in Anti-Slamming Regulation
• The Ninth Circuit Takes Action Affecting the Payment of Reciprocal Compensation for ISP Traffic in California
• Latest FCC Modifications On Slamming
• Summary of Decision in R.93-04-003/I.93-04-002 Adopting Interim UNE Rates for Verizon California
• The FCC's UNE Triennial Review Order -
  A Mixed Bag for Competitors
• FCC and Congress Look for New Frequency Bands for Expanded WiFi Use
• Voice-over-IP Service: Is it Free from Regulation

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