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Show: results per page Sort by:  | FCC Clarifies that a Text Confirming “Opt-Out” Does NOT Violate the TCPA
Jami A. Gekas, Craig A. Gilley, Ari Z. Moskowitz; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 14, 2012, previously published on December 2012 Does your company use mobile text messages for marketing and promotions? If so, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) clarified that the common practice of sending one final confirmation message after consumers opt out of a mobile marketing campaign...
| | FCC Asks For Corrections To The National Broadband Map Database To Ensure Areas Are Correctly Labeled As Served or Unserved
Craig A. Gilley; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 12, 2012, previously published on December 2012 The FCC has issued a Public Notice seeking comments on and corrections to the National Broadband Map. The map is used to determine how Connect America Fund subsidies are allocated to geographic areas deemed unserved by existing broadband providers. The Public Notice links to a list of potentially...
|  | Form PF: Risk Reporting Requirements for Advisers to Private Funds
Matthew C. Dallett, Meaghan L. Sanders, Heather M. Stone; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 7, 2012, previously published on December 2012 Pursuant to Title IV of the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission adopted joint rules under Section 204(b)-1 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”)...
| | D.C. Circuit Affirms FCC's Data Roaming Rule
Lawrence R. Freedman; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 7, 2012, previously published on December 2012 On December 4, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the Federal Communications Commission’s (“Commission” or “FCC”) April 7, 2011 Data Roaming Order which instituted the “data roaming rule.” See Cellco...
| | FCC Issues Clarification and Waiver of Rule Requiring That Cable Set-Top Boxes Comply With “Open Industry Standard” For IP-based Output
Seth A. Davidson, Arthur H. Harding; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 7, 2012, previously published on December 3, 2012 On November 28, 2012, the FCC’s Media Bureau issued an order clarifying the requirement that cable operators leasing high-definition (“HD”) set-top boxes with recording functionality comply with “an open industry standard” for an IP-based home networking output. The...
| | Fiscal Cliff Deal Discussed / House Leadership for the 113th Congress / SEC Chair Announces Resignation
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 7, 2012, previously published on December 7, 2012 The House and Senate returned to work last week following the Thanksgiving holiday. With only a few weeks remaining before Congress is expected to adjourn for the year, negotiations to avert the upcoming fiscal cliff intensified, as the President dispatched Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to...
| | FCC Clarifies Confirming “Opt-Out” Does NOT Violate the TCPA
Jami A. Gekas, Craig A. Gilley, Ari Z. Moskowitz; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 7, 2012, previously published on December 2012 Does your company use mobile text messages for marketing and promotions? If so, a Declaratory Ruling issued by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) clarifying that the common practice of sending one final confirmation message after consumers opt out...
| | FCC Adopts Consent Decree for Self-Reported TDS CPNI Violations
Lawrence R. Freedman; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 4, 2012, previously published on November 2012 On November 15, 2012, the FCC issued an order adopting a consent decree agreed to between TDS Telecommunications and the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau regarding compliance by TDS with the FCC’s rules protecting customer proprietary network information or “CPNI.” The consent...
| | FCC Solicits Comments on Truth in Billing
Lawrence R. Freedman; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 3, 2012, previously published on November 2012 On October 16, 2012, the FCC invited industry comments on a 2010 Petition for Declaratory Ruling filed by two individuals requesting guidance on the FCC’s truth in billing rules (CG Docket No. 98-170, DA 12-1651). The individuals had originally filed suit at a federal trial court in Michigan...
| | English Court Has Jurisdiction to Hear Pan-European Declarations of Non-Infringement
Ben Goodger, Ellen Hughes-Jones, Akash Sachdeva; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 3, 2012, previously published on November 2012 On Tuesday, 27 November 2012 the High Court ruled in the case of Actavis Group hf v Eli Lilly and Company [2012] EWHC 3316 (Pat) that declarations for non-infringement relating to foreign designations of a European patent, can be brought before the English court, to be heard concurrently with a UK...
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