Comments Sought on Reinstated Video Description Rules
The FCC seeks comment on the video description rules it reinstated as of October 8, 2011 pursuant to the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA). The FCC...
View ArticleComments Sought On Video Description In Video Programming
Please contact Michael Bennet at mbennet@bennetlaw.com or Tara Shostek at tshostek@bennetlaw.com for more information. The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA)...
View ArticleCourt Vacates Key FCC Net-Neutrality Rules; Upholds Transparency Requirement
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (Circuit Court) struck down the FCC’s antidiscrimination and blocking rules, which prevented Internet service providers (ISPs) from prioritizing or...
View ArticleFCC Plans to Re-Write Net Neutrality Rules
The FCC has released a Public Notice establishing a new docket called Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet within which the Commission will consider how to re-write the Net Neutrality Rules in a...
View ArticleFCC Establishes New Net Neutrality Docket
Please contact Michael Bennet atmbennet@bennetlaw.com or Tara Shostek at tshostek@bennetlaw.comfor more information. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has adopted a Public...
View ArticleFCC Proposes Net Neutrality 2.0 Amid Firestorm of Debate
In a closely-watched meeting that drew protesters, the FCC voted 3-2 in favor of proposing a newly revised set of rules in its Open Internet (or net neutrality) proceeding. The Notice of Proposed...
View ArticleHouse Bill Introduced to Bar Title II Reclassification
Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) has introduced a bill (H.R. 4752) that would limit the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) authority to regulate broadband under Title II of the Communications Act....
View ArticleNet Neutrality Battle Continues in Congress with Anti-Prioritization Bill
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Representative Doris Matsui (D-CA) have each introduced the Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act (S. 2476 and H.R. 4880), which would require the FCC to ban...
View ArticleFCC Finds Mostly As-Promised Broadband Delivery Speeds But Also Evidence of...
The FCC has released its 2014 Measuring Broadband America Report on Fixed Broadband, the fourth in a series of reports that were launched in 2011. This latest report highlights several positive trends...
View ArticleCongress Rehashes Net Neutrality Bills in Anticipation of FCC Vote
In light of the FCC’s anticipated vote on new open Internet (or net neutrality) rules, members of Congress have started to introduce bills that would steer the FCC’s net neutrality authority in various...
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