The Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) Wireline Competition Bureau recently announced that on February 18, 2016, the FCC would begin accepting applications from Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (“I-VoIP”) service providers for authorization

In recent years, our Firm has witnessed a great deal of confusion, uncertainty, and speculation regarding how the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC,” or the “Commission”) classifies mobile calling apps for

After nearly two decades of temporarily extending a moratorium on state and local taxation of Internet access, an amendment making the Internet Tax Freedom Act (“ITFA”) permanent passed the Senate

On February 8, 2016, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau announced the release of the 2016 versions of se of the (1) annual Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, FCC Form 499-A (FCC Form

On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) released a Public Noticeseeking comment on a new petition for declaratory ruling regarding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). This Petition, filed by

On February 5, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC,” or the “Commission”) Enforcement Bureau released an Enforcement Advisory reminding telecommunications carriers and Interconnected Voice over the Internet Protocol (“I-VoIP”) providers of the

Keep Track of TCPA Developments at the FCC by Downloading Our February 2016 TCPA Compliance Monitoring Report A few petitions requesting retroactive waiver of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC” or “Commission”) fax

Unbeknownst to many companies, the federal government, along with state and local governments sometimes use third-party, for-profit tax contractors to help them find and collect unpaid taxes from companies operating

You are cordially invited to join Jonathan Marashlian of The Commpliance Group, Mike Sanders of CCH SureTax, and Tim Cook of BluLogix for a FREE educational webinar hosted by TMCnet! 3 Critical Steps to Entering

Telecom Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2016 By: Margaret Harding McGill Law360, Washington (December 24, 2015, 8:38 PM ET) — The ins and outs of the Internet will continue to

For full article, visit:  httpss://bol.bna.com/6-steps-to-ensuring-a-culture-of-compliance/ By Dennis Garcia, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation Many of us begin a new year thinking about possible resolutions. A great new year’s resolution for all

Responding to the Michigan Court of Appeals decision in Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Department of Treasury, the Michigan Department of Treasury issued a notice to taxpayers on January 6 clarifying that cloud software

On January 15, the Federal Communications Commission’s (“Commission”) International Bureau announced its decision to remove Cuba from the Commission’s Exclusion List for International Section 214 Authorizations (“Exclusion List”). Countries and facilities on

As a final reminder, please note that attorneys at The CommLaw Group will hold a webinar tomorrow, January 21, 2016 focused on Customer Proprietary Network Information (“CPNI”) compliance for communications businesses.

On January 13, 2016, NextMetro, LLC d/b/a BroadAspect filed a Request for Review and Waiver with the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC,” or the “Commission”) concerning the Universal Service Administrative Company’s (“USAC”) refusal

As we begin the new year, businesses that handle consumer data should be ready for increased scrutiny of their privacy and data security practices by emboldened regulators, notably the Federal