Publications
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08.30.2022FCC Seeks to Spark Space InnovationUpdatesEarlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission released a Notice of Inquiry directed at advancing the space economy by examining in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing activities.
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07.13.2021Three Ways President Biden’s Executive Order Affects the Telecom and Tech SectorUpdatesPresident Biden’s recent "Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy" promotes fair competition regulations across a diverse group of key U.S. industries and includes 72 separate initiatives involving more than a dozen federal agencies.
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04.08.2021Supreme Court Restores Trump FCC’s Deregulation of Media Ownership RulesUpdates
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project et al. is significant for both the decision’s effect on the regulation of the broadcast television industry and its clarifications of administrative law. In Prometheus, the Court restored the Federal Communications Commission’s 2017 order on reconsideration to repeal or modify three core broadcast television ownership rules. This client update summarizes the decision and provides key takeaways on the ruling’s implications for M&A and other transactions in the broadcast industry.
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10.10.2019D.C. Circuit Vacates FCC’s Federal Preemption of State Net Neutrality Regulations as It Upholds Repeal of FCC RulesUpdatesThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit added a new chapter in the ongoing saga over how and whether to regulate providers of broadband internet access service when, on October 1, 2019, it largely upheld the Federal Communication Commission’s repeal in 2018 of net neutrality rules, but vacated its effort to preempt state regulation of the same and remanded several other issues without vacatur.
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12.06.2016What The FCC Will Look Like In 2017Articles
Law360
With the transition in presidential administrations well underway, we have a good idea on what the Federal Communications Commission will focus on over the course of 2017, and the agenda looks both more limited and very different than it has looked over the last eight years.
Presentations
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03.20.2024Decluttering Space: The Future of Sustainable Space PolicySpeaking EngagementsSpeaker
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06.05.2018Forum on Air & Space LawSpeaking EngagementsABA Drone Law Conference 2018 / Chicago, IL
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04.10.2018What the FCC’s Recent GSN Decision Means for Program Carriage DisputesSpeaking EngagementsPractical Law Institute
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04.02.2017Developing Issues in Program CarriageSpeaking EngagementsPractical Law Institute