Almost a year ago we reported that the then-new AWS-3 service rules had become effective except for a handful of sections that couldn’t kick in at that point for various reasons. One of the sections that remained in limbo was Section 2.106, which...
The Swami testifies in D.C. One of the most hotly debated topics at the state and local levels around the country is that of police body cameras. Should they be used? If so, when should they be turned on and when should recording not occur du...
Appeals, reconsiderations, judicial lotteries – there’s never a dull moment when it comes to net neutrality. Just because the FCC finally released its behemoth Report and Order (R&O) in the net neutrality proceeding last month, don&rsqu...
Alien ownership conditions imposed on Internet radio service when it tries to buy small-town radio station This is the story of how Pandora, in an effort to cut its copyright royalty costs, managed to saddle itself with a complex array of ownership rep...
FHH had the pleasure of participating in Thurgood Marshall Academy’s Shadow Day Program, which provides students from the D.C. Charter School the opportunity to meet with local attorneys and get a sense of what being a lawyer is all about. We wer...
Making good on the Chairman’s promise, the FCC is looking for input into Unlicensed LTE and LAA. As we recently reported, when the Commission created the new Citizens Broadband Radio Service which will use the 3.5 GHz band, Chairman Wheeler promi...
The new top level domain that many love to hate is now available to registered trademark holders – but pretty soon it’ll be open to everybody else. We told you to expect it, and now it’s happening: new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs...
Thanks to the Paperwork Reduction Act, the public file rule is out for comment … again The Paperwork Reduction Act strikes again! As we all know, the PRA requires the FCC to get clearance from the Office of Management and Budget for “infor...
Back in March we reported on a number of changes that the FCC had adopted with respect to its rules governing Travelers’ Information Stations. Those changes have now found their way into the Federal Register, so we all now know that the revised r...