Free speech and press groups joined with the unusual alliance of NAB, Public Knowledge, TechFreedom and Free Press in condemning the FCC’s news distortion complaint against CBS in comments filed by Friday’s deadline in docket 25-73.
The Court of International Trade should not give importer Under the Weather leave to amend its complaint to add a claim in its customs suit on the tariff treatment of its see-through pop-up tent "pods," the U.S. said in a brief filed last week. The government said the proposed amendment to Under the Weather's complaint is "untimely," since it's "now years after" the importer "could have presented its claim to Customs," adding that the claim also fails to state a valid argument (Under the Weather v. United States, CIT # 21-00211).
The European Commission's adequacy decision permitting data flows from Europe to the U.K. expires June 27 and there are concerns about U.K. legislative reforms to data protection rules, a March Parliamentary Research Services memo said.
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) board members voted 5-0 at their Friday meeting to advance draft rules about data deletion to a formal rulemaking.
The FCC's Note 11 rule, regulating TV network affiliations changing hands, might exceed the agency's Communications Act authority, a pair of 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges said Friday as the court vacated a $518,283 fine against Gray Television for violating the rule. Neither the commission nor Gray, which was challenging the forfeiture order (see 2301040059), commented. The FCC charged that Gray violated rules against owning two top-four stations in a market when it bought the network affiliation of an Anchorage TV station from Denali Media.
Supporters of the FCC’s July order reducing call rates for people in prison while establishing interim rate caps for video calls (see 2407180039) said Friday they’re cautiously optimistic that the agency won’t make significant rules changes. Chairman Brendan Carr expressed some concerns in July and concurred with only parts of the incarcerated people’s communication services (IPCS) order, but he also said most of his objections were already addressed. The order implements the Martha Wright-Reed Act of 2022.
Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, and four other Democratic members in the House introduced resolutions March 6 that, if successful, would end the emergencies that President Donald Trump is relying on to hike tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Wednesday he’s launching a “rigorous review” of NTIA's $42.5 billion BEAD program and will be “ripping out … pointless requirements” that the Biden administration included in the initiative’s original notice of funding opportunity, which Republicans repeatedly criticized last year. House Communications Subcommittee members divided sharply along party lines during a Wednesday hearing over Republicans’ push to revamp BEAD, including the newly filed Streamlining Program Efficiency and Expanding Deployment (Speed) for BEAD Act from subpanel Chairman Richard Hudson of North Carolina and other GOP lawmakers.
President Donald Trump is excluding Canadian and Mexican exports from 10% or 25% duties that began March 4, as long as those goods can qualify for USMCA benefits. The change starts at 12:01 a.m. March 7.
ACA Connects CEO Grant Spellmeyer and two other communications industry executives set to appear at a House Communications Subcommittee hearing Wednesday urge lawmakers in written testimony to revamp the NTIA-administered, $42.5 billion BEAD program. Some also say they want quick congressional action on a potential U.S. Supreme Court overturn of USF’s funding mechanism. Sarah Morris, acting deputy NTIA administrator during the Biden administration, is also set to testify. Her written statement wasn’t available Tuesday afternoon. The panel will begin at 2 p.m. in 2123 Rayburn.