Communications Daily is tracking the lawsuits below involving appeals of FCC actions.
Public Knowledge (PK) and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) warned that the FCC would violate the Communications Act if it abandons universal service in favor of speeding copper retirement. In a joint filing posted Tuesday, the groups reminded the FCC that in the Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2017, Congress found that “maintaining quality voice service to rural America remains essential even in the Internet Age.”
Processing of most export license applications, as well as sanctions licenses, will pause during the government shutdown that began Oct. 1, although export enforcement operations and national security-related investigations will continue, the Commerce, State and Treasury departments said this week.
French DPA CNIL and the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA) agreed on a new collaboration on data protection, privacy and evaluation of algorithms and systems, they announced Wednesday.
While USTelecom and other industry groups generally supported the FCC’s push to enable faster retirement of copper lines, other organizations raised concerns, especially over the role copper lines have historically played in emergency calling. Comments were due this week in docket 25-208.
The Senate Banking Committee voted 13-11 along party lines Sept. 30 to approve the nomination of Christopher Pilkerton to be the Treasury Department's assistant secretary for investment security. The committee also voted 15-9 to support Jonathan Burke to be Treasury’s assistant secretary for terrorist financing. Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., joined the panel’s Republicans in backing Burke. Both nominations now head to the full Senate for its consideration.
Counsel for the Blackfeet Nation members challenging the imposition of tariffs on Native Americans asked the Supreme Court for leave to participate in the Nov. 5 oral argument session on the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The members' attorney, Monica Tranel, asked for 15 minutes to argue her case during the hearing, saying her claim that the president can't impose tariffs on Native Americans isn't "addressed by the other parties" (Donald J. Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, U.S. 25-250) (Learning Resources v. Donald J. Trump, U.S. 24-1287).
Section 232 tariffs on timber, lumber and their derivatives will take effect Oct. 14, under a proclamation issued by President Donald Trump. Tariffs will be set at 10% for timber and lumber, 25% for upholstered furniture and 25% on wooden cabinets and vanities.
Broadcasters, MVPD groups and public safety entities largely agree that the FCC's plans to revamp emergency alerting are a good thing, but they differ on the direction they want those plans to take, according to comments filed in docket 25-224 by Thursday’s deadline.
When carrying out enforcement actions, regulators are looking for companies to be upfront about incidents and willing to work with them to solve issues, said state and federal regulators during a panel at a Practising Law Institute (PLI) cybersecurity conference Monday.