internet & broadband

Net Neutrality Transparency Guidance Issued by FCC

Martin L. Stern
July 06, 2011 14:54

In a preview of the disclosure obligations required by the FCC’s controversial net neutrality rules, the Commission recently issued advisory guidance to broadband service providers for meeting the transparency requirements of the 2010 Open Internet Order. The guidelines present a number...

FCC Challenged on Net Neutrality at House Hearing

Marc S. Martin
May 06, 2011 19:28

By Brendon P. Fowler House Republicans continued to press their general opposition to the FCC’s Open Internet or “Net Neutrality” rules yesterday in a hearing conducted by the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet. FCC Chairman Julius...

Restrictive Website Rules Found to Be Anticompetitive

Marc S. Martin
April 19, 2011 22:12

By Scott M. Mendel and Michelle S. Taylon In Realcomp II, Ltd. v. FTC (6th Cir. April 6, 2011), the Sixth Circuit upheld the Federal Trade Commission's conclusion that Realcomp, a Detroit area multiple listing service, violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act by adopting rules...

U.S. Justice Department Raises Concerns Regarding Proposal to Limit Federal Government's Access to 'Cloud' Data

Martin L. Stern
April 12, 2011 19:04

By Oded Green On April 6, 2011, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing regarding a proposed update to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) in light of cloud computing and other technological developments that have occurred since the statute was enacted more than two decades ago....

House Votes to Overturn FCC's Net Neutrality Order

Marc S. Martin
April 08, 2011 21:28

In a setback to one of the FCC’s key policy proposals, the House of Representative today voted in favor of a Resolution of Disapproval under the Congressional Review Act aimed at invalidating the Commission’s Net Neutrality Order adopted late last year. The vote follows months of...