Louisville’s “One-Touch” Make-Ready Ordinance Upheld
In the first decision to consider the legality of a “one touch” make-ready ordinance, a federal district court in Kentucky upheld a City of Louisville law authorizing new attachers to utility poles to...
View ArticleFCC Proposes To Overhaul Procedural Rules Applicable To Pole Attachment...
On September 18, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) that would significantly change the procedural rules governing formal pole...
View ArticleFCC Approves Wireline and Wireless Infrastructure Orders and Further Wireline...
At its November 2017 Open Commission Meeting today, the FCC voted to adopt a Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in its wireline broadband deployment docket...
View ArticleFCC Releases Draft Internet Freedom Order
The wheel that is U.S. policy on “net neutrality” has taken another turn. On November 22, 2017, the FCC released a draft of the Internet Freedom Order, which, when effective, will reverse the...
View ArticleFCC Releases Text of Wireless and Wireline Infrastructure Orders
The Commission has released the final text of the Wireline R&O and Wireline FNPRM as well as the final text of Replacement Utility Poles R&O. The final text of the Replacement Utility Poles...
View ArticleFCC Reverses Course, Shifts ISP Customer Privacy Back to FTC
The wheel that is U.S. policy on “net neutrality” has taken another turn with the release of the FCC’s draft Internet Freedom Order, which, when effective, will reverse the Commission’s 2015 Open...
View ArticleFCC Votes to Adopt Internet Freedom Order
On December 14, 2017, the Commission voted 3-2 as expected along party lines to adopt the Internet Freedom Order that had been circulated as a draft on November 22, 2017. When effective, the new order...
View ArticleJan 12th Update on FCC’s Internet Freedom Order
On December 14, 2017, the Commission voted 3-2 as expected along party lines to adopt the Internet Freedom Order that had been circulated as a draft on November 22, 2017. When effective, the new order...
View ArticleFCC Publishes Internet Freedom Order – Clock Starts for Petitions and CRA
The FCC sent the Internet Freedom Order to the Federal Register for publication today which will start the clock running for seeking judicial review. Petitions filed in the 10-day window starting today...
View ArticleFourth Circuit Denies BMG request for Panel and En Banc Rehearing
The Fourth Circuit Tuesday denied BMG’s Petition for Rehearing by the panel and the full court. The panel’s opinion, issued February 1, reversed BMG’s $25 million contributory infringement...
View ArticleFCC Set To Publish OMB Information Collection Approval on May 11
Publication Would Making Internet Freedom Order Effective June 11 - The FCC provided that the Internet Freedom Order would become effective after publication in the Federal Register of OMB’s approval...
View ArticleFCC Proposes Two Items to Expedite Wireline and Wireless Attachments to...
New “One Touch Make-Ready” Regime Proposed with Shortened Timeframes and Revised Terms for Completing Pole Attachment - Draft Declaratory Ruling Would Prohibit State and Local Moratoria on Wireline and...
View ArticleFCC Releases Final Text of Rules and Order Expediting Wireline and Wireless...
Some Notable Changes Made to the “One Touch Make-Ready” Rules and Declaratory Ruling Prohibiting State and Local Moratoria on Wireline and Wireless Deployment - Late Friday the FCC released the text of...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Assigns OTMR Petition
As DWT previously reported, in August, the FCC released its Third Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling (“August Order”) in its wireline and wireless infrastructure dockets (WC Docket No. 17-84 and...
View ArticleOTMR Effective Date and Ninth Circuit Briefing Schedule Announced
Friday, the FCC published the Office of Management and Budget’s approval of the one-touch make-ready (OTMR) rules in the Federal Register and set May 20, 2019 as the effective date for these...
View ArticleGoogle "Street View" Wiretap Allegations Settled for a "Modest" $13 Million
In 2007, Google began gathering photographs for its Google Maps “Street View” application featuring adjustable panoramic, street-level images tied to addresses searched in Google Maps. Google captured...
View ArticleIllinois Becomes First State to Regulate Employers’ Use of Artificial...
With so many questions surrounding artificial intelligence’s effect on the workplace and workforce, one wonders whether future Labor Day celebrations will take on new meaning....By: John Seiver
View ArticleD.C. Circuit Upholds FCC Deregulation of Broadband Service But Opens Door to...
On October 1, 2019, a divided panel of the D.C. Circuit issued a lengthy per curiam decision that largely upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Restoring Internet Freedom order, issued...
View Article“CLOUD”s On the Horizon – How Law Enforcement Electronic Data Requests Are...
Companies storing or moving large quantities of digital information routinely receive subpoenas, court orders and warrants from United States law enforcement seeking subscriber information and related...
View Article7th Circuit Rules Cable Systems May Use Existing Electric Utility Easements...
Cable operators seeking access to existing utility easements on private property recently received some good news....By: John Seiver
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