FCC’s assertion that bankruptcy laws don’t apply to Commission’s ...
FCC’s assertion that bankruptcy laws don’t apply to Commission’s decision to revoke spectrum licenses for wireless phone providers will come under scrutiny this year from House Judiciary Committee’s Commercial & Administrative Law Subcommittee, according to agenda circulated by Committee.…
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Subcommittee this year is headed by Rep. Barr (R-Ga.) and ranking Democrat is Rep. Watt (N.C.). Full committee’s priorities include modernization of antitrust laws in “new economy,” review of Telecom Act, “including efforts to speed the delivery of broadband services to all Americans,” monitoring govt. surveillance of electronic communications and holding oversight hearings “regarding the relative dearth of prosecutions of Internet copyright infringers.” Copyright issues, including possible hearings on Digital Millennium Copyright Act, will come before burgeoning Courts-Internet-Intellectual Property Subcommittee, which this year added “Internet” to its name. Subcommittee now has 12 Republicans, up from 9 last year, and 10 Democrats, up from 6. No other subcommittee has more than 7 Republicans or 5 Democrats.