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Fourth Circuit Rejects FCC Effort To Shield Bureau-Level Decisions From Judicial Review And Sets Aside “Lowest Unit Charge” Rate Guidance
A federal appeals court has ruled that FCC Bureau-level decisions can be judicially reviewed even without full Commission action, while simultaneously striking down guidance that would have expanded mandatory discounted advertising rates beyond candidates to include joint fundraising committees and political party coordinated expenditures. The decision challenges the FCC's increasing practice of delegating substantive policy decisions to its Bureaus while shielding those decisions from immediate judicial sc
Mayer Brown