The Eighth Circuit vacated the FCC’s digital discrimination rule, holding that the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act does not authorize disparate impact liability and limiting regulation to the subscriber-provider relationship.
Minnesota Telecom Alliance v. FCC
A three-judge panel concluded broadcasters had not shown the court likely has jurisdiction — and that a California injunction may have already reduced their claimed harm.
Broadband Communications Association of Pennsylvan v. FCC
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a challenge by AT&T and Verizon to the constitutionality of Federal Communications Commission fines totaling more than $100 million, with justices appearing skeptical of the...
Court appears skeptical of right to jury trial in FCC proceedings
A federal judge in the Eastern District of California on Friday issued a preliminary injunction requiring Nexstar Media Group to preserve TEGNA Inc. as a separate entity pending trial, finding DIRECTV and eight states are likely to...
A federal judge in the Eastern District of California granted a preliminary injunction halting Nexstar Media Group's acquisition of TEGNA Inc., finding that plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the deal...
In Re: Nexstar-TEGNA Merger Litigation
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granted a preliminary injunction Friday blocking the proposed merger of Nexstar Media Group and Tegna Inc. while litigation brought by a coalition of eight state attorneys...
The Supreme Court will decide whether the Federal Communications Commission can impose multimillion-dollar fines on telecommunications carriers in administrative proceedings without providing a jury trial, a question that splits the...
A Maryland federal judge held that the FCC cannot require prior express written consent for telemarketing robocalls under the TCPA — only the prior express consent the statute actually says — then granted summary judgment to...
Bradley v. Dentalplans.com