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On June 18, 2021, a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans rejected a challenge of the FCC’s Order in Docket 18-89 barring the use of U.S. telecommunications companies

On July 9, 2021, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a consolidated challenge to the FCC’s 2019 Access Stimulation Order (Order) in Docket 18-155.

The FCC is busy meeting the Congressional requirement that all voice service providers must implement STIR/SHAKEN in their networks within 18 months of the law’s enactment.

In a big win for ISPs, a Judge from the Eastern District of New York filed a temporary injunction stopping New York state’s Broadband Affordability Act (“Act”) from taking effect.

There were two unrelated events this week that may significantly affect the future of Internet regulation.  The first involves a letter sent from 50 consumer advocacy groups seeking President Biden to appoint a fifth FCC commissioner.

The ILECs begin making their Annual Access Filings (AAFs) next week with an effective date of July 1, and this year’s big event is full of unusual occurrences.

In the last few years Congress and the FCC have increasingly become cognizant of the dangers of hostile foreign countries using the telecommunications networks of companies

The FCC just released a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in Docket 17-97 in which it seeks industry comments on a proposal to move the mandatory due date

Internet Protocol Enhanced Service (IPES) companies are VoIP providers regulated by the FCC.  They are becoming more common in recent years as carriers modernize their networks for 5G.

Ever since price cap regulation of ILEC access rates was implemented decades ago, the approval of new access tariffs has become almost a formality.