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Supreme Court rules on scope of federal agencies' jurisdiction
May 20, 2013
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Arlington v. FCC that courts must apply the Chevron framework to an agency's interpretation of a statutory ambiguity that concerns the scope of the agency's jurisdiction. The provision at issue, 47 USC § 332(c)(7) of the Federal Communications Act (FCA), sta....... [more]
Supreme Court heard Freedom of Information Act arguments
January 19, 2013
On January 19, 2011, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether exemption 7(c) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) applies to corporations in FCC v. AT&T. Exemption 7(c) allows for an agency to withhold information in response to a FOIA request if the agency reasonably believes th....... [more]
Supreme Court hears oral argument on jurisdiction
January 16, 2013
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday pertaining to jurisdiction. The first, Arlington v. FCC, addresses whether Chevron USA v. NRDC allows a federal agency to determine its own jurisdiction. The provision at issue, 47 USC § 332(c)(7) of the Federal Communications....... [more]
Federal appeals court upholds mobile-data roaming rule
December 5, 2012
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld a federal rule requiring mobile-data providers to offer roaming agreements to other providers on "commercially reasonable" terms. In April 2011 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted the data roaming rule, w....... [more]
US emptied Abu Ghraib prison
August 26, 2012
On August 26, 2006, US officials finished moving Abu Ghraib's remaining prisoners to other US-run detention centers. The US had been under pressure to close the prison in Iraq after photos of US troops abusing prisoners surfaced in April 2004. After the release of the initial photos, more evidence s....... [more]
Broadcasters challenge political expenditure information disclosure law
July 11, 2012
The National Association of Broadcasters on Tuesday filed an emergency motion with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging a new regulation that is expected to go into effect in August. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted the new rule in April requiri....... [more]
Supreme Court declines to hear media cross-ownership case
June 29, 2012
The US Supreme Court on Friday denied certiorari in a case dealing with media ownership regulations by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In National Association of Broadcasters v. FCC the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled last year that the FCC must revise its current media....... [more]
FCC v. Fox: More on Fleeting Expletives
June 23, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Roy Gutterman of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University says that the Supreme Court's recent decision in FCC v. Fox still leaves broadcasters in doubt about what constitutes indecency...Curse words and nudity, even fleeting or spontaneous prof....... [more]
Supreme Court rules FCC indecency guidelines too vague
June 21, 2012
The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) indecency guidelines were too vague to be properly enforced. The case, Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., hinges on indecency issues raised in two separate broadcasts....... [more]
European privacy regulators express new concern over Google Street View data collection
May 3, 2012
Privacy regulators from EU member states expressed their concerns on Wednesday over potential privacy breaches by Google and are considering reopening their privacy investigations into the company. The concerns revolve around fines and a report issued by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC....... [more]
Google fined $25,000 for impeding US investigation
April 16, 2012
Google, Inc. was fined $25,000 on Friday by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the company's failure to cooperate with the a federal investigation. Google incurred the fine by refusing to disclose information on its alleged collection of personal information without permission during it....... [more]
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