Law, Strategy, and Risk in Commercial Disputes
The D.C. Circuit held today that the Federal Communications Commission has the power, under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, to require Internet service providers (ISPs) to "adhere to open network management practices." Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission, No. 11-1355 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 14, 2014).
But the panel also ruled that, because the FCC had chosen…
The Second Circuit has upheld rules that aim to ease the process for vendors of video content to complain to the Federal Communications Commission about bias by Comcast, Time Warner, and other cable giants in favor of their own video content. Time Warner Cable Inc. v. Federal Communications Comm'n, No. 11-4138(L) (2d Cir. Sept.
Well, even if some regulation is permissible, the kind of regulation that the FCC has done here is regulation that gives it complete discretion as to what kind of speech to go after and what not to go after; that it has not tied itself in any way to any kinds of standards. And, it's,
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AT&T just told the world that it and Deutsche Telekom would halt the purchase and sale of T-Mobile USA. The press release stated:
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said today that after a thorough review of options it has agreed with Deutsche Telekom AG to end its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA, which began in
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Blawgletter's trial starts back in a little while, but before we walk the block to the courthouse we wanted to share with you the Third Circuit's views about "fleeting obscenity" on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court. See CBS Corp. v. Federal Communications Comm'n, No. 06-3575 (3d Cir. Nov. 2, 2011).
The Federal Communications Commission sits at the cutting edge of just about everything — technological, commercial, litigational, competitional, sportal, social, moral. Even our mouse proclaims its Commission blessing.
Exciting stuff, yes?
Today, the fussbudgets on the D. C. Circuit held that the 3-2 Commissioners in 2008 stepped over their bounds in…