When the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 was enacted, it offered a means to counter the actions of both telemarketers and aggressive collection agencies. By placing limitations on robo-calls, the Act gave consumers potential for relief from... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. - Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has announced that Howard A. Shelanski has joined the firm. Shelanski is one of the nation's leading antitrust authorities with high-level experience at both the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on June 9 reversed a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling, finding that incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) cannot charge competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) more than cost-based... Read More

WASHINGTON - (AP) A federal court threw the future of Internet regulations and U.S. broadband expansion plans into doubt Tuesday with a far-reaching decision that went against the Federal Communications Commission. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) States cannot ban the sale or rental of ultraviolent video games to children, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting such limits as a violation of young people's First Amendment rights and leaving it up to parents and the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that corporations have no right of personal privacy to prevent the disclosure of documents under the federal Freedom of Information Act. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the 8-0 opinion Tuesday that... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) A federal appeals court has dismissed two legal challenges to new Federal Communications Commission regulations that prohibit phone and cable companies from interfering with Internet traffic on their broadband networks. The U.S... Read More