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FCC Download: Monthly Updates - August 2025

Welcome to our monthly update on significant FCC actions and filing deadlines. The FCC continues to repeal outdated rules and adopt new rules to streamline its regulatory processes.

United States Media & IT

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Northern District Of California Allows CIPA Claims Against AI Pizza Ordering Assistant To Proceed

In her ruling, Judge Illston adopted the "capability" over the "extension" approach to determining third-party status under Section 631.

United States Privacy

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Duane Morris LLP

State Attorneys General Ramp Up Enforcement Of Robocall Mitigation Laws: Numerous Voice Service Providers Targeted

The Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force ("Task Force"), a group of 51 state attorneys general that investigates and prosecutes companies that originate and/or transmit illegal robocalls...

United States Media & IT

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Roth Jackson

Reminder: Federal Communications Commission – August And September Filings

Each month, Kelley Drye's Communications Group offers this reminder of upcoming filing deadlines that may affect our clients and friends.

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Texas Targets Texts

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Third Circuit Clarifies Standing Requirements For Session Replay Privacy Claims

United States Privacy

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Duane Morris LLP

You've Got Mail But Not Class Certification

United States Media & IT

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Duane Morris LLP

AGs Target Voice Providers In Coordinated Robocall Enforcement Sweep

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Major Decision For Defense Bar: Text Messages Do Not Satisfy DNC Pleading Requirements

United States Media & IT

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

FCC Considers Significant Overhaul Of Nation's Alert And Warning Systems

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

What's New In Wireless - August 2025

United States Media & IT

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Mintz

Smartphone Ban In New York Schools Set To Take Effect This Fall: What Parents Should Know About Ban On Personal Internet-Enabled Devices

United States Media & IT

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Tully Rinckey

Subsea Cables And US National Security

Worldwide Government

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Steptoe LLP

OptimNet, As ETRI's Exclusive Licensee, Sues Verizon Wireless

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

Are Emotional Distress Damages In FEHA Settlements Taxable?

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Protectionism Or Free Trade?

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Arbitration Essentials: How To Initiate And Navigate An International Arbitration, Part 2: Hearings

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Workplace Violence: Why Employers Can't Afford To Ignore The Warning Signs

United States Employment

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Offit Kurman

What Honeybees Have Taught Me About Dispute Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

CRTC Expands Wholesale Fiber Access: New Opportunities For Fiber Service Resellers In Canada

On August 6, 2025, the Canadian federal government upheld a ruling by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) that mandates large telecommunications...

United States Media & IT

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Roth Jackson

FCC Removes Non-Compliant Voice Service Providers From The Robocall Mitigation Database

The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") yesterday released an Order removing 185 non-compliant voice service providers...

United States Media & IT

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Roth Jackson

Annual Update To ETRS Form One Due By October 3, 2025

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has announced that the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) is now open for Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants to file Form One.

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

Headwater Research Sues The Major Wireless Carriers For A Third Time This Year

On the heels of a $278.8M jury verdict in an earlier case against Samsung, Headwater Research LLC has filed another round of suits against AT&T (AT&T Mobility) (2:25-cv-00464), Deutsche Telekom (Sprint, T-Mobile) (2:25-cv-00462), and Verizon (Verizon Wireless) (2:25-cv-00463), all in the Eastern District of Texas as well.

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

Targeting "Foreign Adversary" Interests, Federal Communications Commission Proposes Broadly Applicable Ownership Reporting Regime

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

FCC Temporarily Suspends Biennial Ownership Reporting Requirement For Broadcasters

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

FCC Updates To Submarine Cable Landing License Rules: New Requirements, Proposals To Address National Security, Regulatory Compliance

United States Media & IT

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Amendments To The COPPA Rule Now In Effect

United States Privacy

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Bass, Berry & Sims

Wireless Roundup (August 2025)

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

Telephone And Texting Compliance News: Litigation Updates — July 2025

United States Media & IT

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Mintz

Telephone And Texting Compliance News — July 2025

United States Media & IT

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Mintz

Telephone And Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — July 2025

United States Media & IT

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Mintz

Maintain Internal Do Not Call List Compliance Procedures Or Face The Consequences!

United States Media & IT

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Discovery Beyond The Basics: Using Checklists And Workflows To Ensure Defensibility

United States Technology

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Bracewell

Telephone And Texting Compliance News — July 2025

We are pleased to present our latest edition of Telephone and Texting Compliance News, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

United States Media & IT

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Mintz

Telephone And Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — July 2025

As we reported in April, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has initiated a rulemaking proceeding aimed at shoring up the nation's telecommunications networks against unlawful robocalls...

United States Media & IT

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Mintz

Maintain Internal Do Not Call List Compliance Procedures Or Face The Consequences!

Last month, Lendify Associates LLC ("Defendant") was sued in the Central District Court of California for allegedly violating the internal Do Not Call (or "DNC") list compliance requirements...

United States Media & IT

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Discovery Beyond The Basics: Using Checklists And Workflows To Ensure Defensibility

As the e-discovery landscape grows more complex, practitioners must be prepared to look beyond the prototypical EDRM model towards consistent and repeatable checklists...

United States Technology

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Bracewell

Proposed CY2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Key Virtual Health Provisions

United States Healthcare

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

TCPA Tracker: April-June 2025

On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a district court in an enforcement proceeding is not bound by an agency's pre-enforcement interpretation of a statute.

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Ground Control To The FCC: GSaaS Order Ushers In A New Age For Space Communications

As the race for global space-based connectivity accelerates, the FCC is poised to ease existing regulatory barriers standing between U.S. innovation and the next generation of satellite services.

United States Media & IT

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Help Ensure Delivery Of Your 10DLC Texts With TCR Assistance

Over the past few months, securing approval for listing on The Campaign Registry ("TCR") has become significantly more difficult. Why? Because virtual phone service providers ("service providers")...

United States Media & IT

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Private Right Of Action Exposure Increase: Texas Expands Damages For Telemarketing Violations Effective September 1, 2025

A bill recently enacted in Texas (SB140) will enhance the ability of individual consumers to seek damages for violations of various aspects of the state's telemarketing laws.

United States Privacy

KD

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Compelling Parties To Collect ESI From Personal Devices

United States Media & IT

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

FCC Announces Tentative Agenda For August 2025 Open Meeting

United States Media & IT

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Caller ID And Text Messages

United States Media & IT

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

FCC Download: Monthly Updates - July 2025

United States Media & IT

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FCC Deletes Deletes Deletes One-To-One Consent TCPA Rule

United States Media & IT

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

US Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality Of FCC's Universal Service Fund

United States Media & IT

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Perkins Coie LLP

Supreme Court's McLaughlin Decision Creates Uncertainty For FCC Orders On The TCPA And Much More

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

The FCC's National Security Mandate: The Rise Of The Council On National Security

United States Government

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Wiley Rein

Reminder: Federal Communications Commission – July And August Filings

United States Media & IT

KD

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

The EU Space Act: Scope and (European) Space Operator Authorization

United States Transport

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Ninth Circuit Judge Questions Continued Viability Of Internet Wiretapping Claims

United States Media & IT

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Don't Mess With Texas! How Will Texas's Amendment To Its State Telemarketing Law Impact Litigation?

United States Media & IT

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Ninth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment For Defendant On CIPA Claim For Aiding And Abetting Third-Party Software Provider

United States Media & IT

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Duane Morris LLP

US Supreme Court Strikes Another Blow Against The Administrative State

United States Media & IT

PC

Perkins Coie LLP

Rule Interrupted: "Click-To-Cancel" Is "Click-to-Gone"

United States Media & IT

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

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FCC June 2025 Open Meeting Recap (Podcast)

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TMT With Mike O'Rielly - Episode 21: International Communications Procedures And Policies (Video)

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Wiley Rein

The Resilience To Make It Happen – Lessons In Digital Transformation From T-Mobile's Rob Roy (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

Lean, Mean, Green Telco Machine (Video)

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AlixPartners

Will The Real Bruce Willis Please Stand Up (Video)

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FTI Consulting

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