Telecommunications

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Steven A. Augustino, Alysa Zeltzer Hutnik, Lauri Mazzuchetti, Lee Brenner | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) released the text of its omnibus Declaratory Ruling and Order (“TCPA Declaratory Ruling and Order” or “Ruling”), which the Commission adopted by a 3-2 vote...

Telecommunications

John J. Heitmann, Steven A. Augustino, Jameson J. Dempsey | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

The Federal Communications Commission (the “Commission” or “FCC”) seems to be opening the spigot a bit on its extensive backlog of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions. Congress enacted the TCPA in 1991 to protect consumers from unwanted calls...

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Gina Reif Ilardi | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

In recent weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. vs. Aereo, Inc. The case centers around a copyright dispute between major television broadcast companies including CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox and PBS and a small tech start-up backed by media mogul Barry...