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In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 7 2011

On January 20, 2011, a New York federal trial court found that the Village of East Hills violated the Communications Act when it denied MetroPCS's permit and variance applications to place antennas on a commercial building that already contained similar antennas of two other wireless carriers

Legislative outlook

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 27 2010

The House is presently scheduled to go into recess for the elections on October 1, 2010, and the Senate is scheduled to go out October 8, 2010

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2010

FTC Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour stated that Google, Facebook, and other major U.S. companies need to “step up” their privacy protection efforts or face tougher penalties from the FTC

Developments in intercarrier compensation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 18 2012

On June 12, 2012, YMax Communications Corp. filed an opposition to the complaint of AT&T Communications of Maryland LLC at the Maryland Public Service Commission (MPSC) challenging YMax’s new intrastate switched access tariff

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 23 2012

On July 16, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted CoreTel Virginia’s request for a preliminary injunction to prevent Verizon Virginia “from terminating Plaintiff’s access to Verizon’s services until further order of the Court.”

Stimulus this week

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 5 2010

On April 1, 2010, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced an $8 million grant to increase broadband access and adoption in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 23 2010

A South Carolina court of appeals has held that a defendant's unauthorized access of e-mails on a Yahoo! account server violated the Stored Communications Act (SCA

Compliance notes

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 28 2010

Carriers providing international services, including those providing service via resale, are required to make their annual Section 43.61 International Traffic Data and associated revenue filing by July 31, 2010

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 19 2010

On July 13, 2010, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit struck down, for the second time, the FCC's indecency policy in Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. FCC, Case Nos. 06-1760-ag et al

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 19 2010

Australian Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis has concluded that Google's efforts to improve its location-based services through the collection of Wi-Fi information "would have breached the Australian Privacy Act."