Steven A. Augustino

Media | Telecommunications

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...

Media | Technology

John J. Heitmann, Steven A. Augustino, Thomas W. Cohen, Henry T. Kelly, Chip Yorkgitis, Joshua Guyan, Jameson J. Dempsey, Robyn P. Mohr | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

On March 12, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) released its long-awaited 2015 Open Internet Order, which the Commission adopted on February 26, 2015, in a 3-2, party-line vote. In brief, the 2015 Open...

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...

Telecommunications

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

In response to two petitions for declaratory ruling, on May 9, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) ruled that sellers may be held vicariously liable under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) for unlawful telemarketing by third-parties under...

Steven A. Augustino, Darius B. Withers | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

In the wake of the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the increased oversight of corporations pursuant to the Act, corporate counsel are justifiably concerned over how to prevent their companies from being targeted for the next regulatory investigation by either state...