Deborah Broderson

Firm/Organization: Hogan Lovells

Blogs: Focus on Regulation, Global Media and Communications Watch

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U.S. Internet Regulatory Debate Goes Beyond the Federal Communications Commission

By Deborah Broderson & Mark Brennan on February 4, 2015

An ongoing debate about the authority of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to regulate broadband may soon come to a head. AT&T recently asked a U.S. district court to dismiss a complaint filed against it by the FTC. The motion to dismiss challenges the FTC’s authority to regulate telephone companies providing broadband and raises complicated jurisdictional issues the resolution of which may depend on the outcome of the…

Global Media and Communications Watch

U.S. House Republicans Preview 2015 Telecom Agenda: Reform the FCC and Increase Spectrum

By Deborah Broderson on January 8, 2015

With both houses of U.S. Congress coming under Republican leadership, it appears increasingly likely that reform of at least some of the laws governing the telecommunications sector could take place in 2015. Republicans on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce recently offered a preview of their telecom agenda with the release of a Compilation of Policy Proposals. The House policy document proposes two key telecom agenda items for future legislative action: reforming the…

Focus on Regulation

House Republicans Preview 2015 Telecom Agenda: Reform the FCC and Increase Spectrum

By Deborah Broderson on January 5, 2015

With both houses of Congress coming under Republican leadership, it appears increasingly likely that reform of at least some of the laws governing the telecommunications sector could take place in 2015. Republicans on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce recently offered a preview of their telecom agenda with the release of a Compilation of Policy Proposals. The House policy document proposes two key telecom agenda items for future legislative action: reforming the…

Global Media and Communications Watch

Winnik Forum: Drafting Legislation for the Internet of Things

By Deborah Broderson on November 14, 2014

One of the challenges facing regulators around the world as they craft rules to govern the Internet of Things is that traditional industry silos that were the basis for past legislation may no longer apply. As part of the 2014 Winnik Forum, Hogan Lovells’ partners Michele Farquhar and Trey Hanbury joined two senior staff members from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce (“Committee”)—David Redl, Counsel on the majority staff, and Shawn…

Focus on Regulation

Winnik Forum: Drafting Legislation for the Internet of Things

By Deborah Broderson on November 11, 2014

One of the challenges facing regulators as they craft rules to govern the Internet of Things is that traditional industry silos that were the basis for past legislation may no longer apply. As part of the 2014 Winnik Forum, Hogan Lovells’ partners Michele Farquhar and Trey Hanbury joined two senior staff members from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce (“Committee”)—David Redl, Counsel on the majority staff, and Shawn Chang, Senior Democratic…

Global Media and Communications Watch

U.S. Federal Communications Commission Grants Waiver of TCPA Fax Opt-Out Notice Requirements to 24 Petitioners

By Mark Brennan, Tony Lin, Deborah Broderson & Greg Oshel on November 3, 2014

On 30 October the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted relief to 24 petitioners regarding certain Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) rules applicable to fax advertisements. Specifically, the Order gives the petitioners a limited, retroactive waiver of the FCC’s opt-out notice requirements for fax advertisements that were sent with the “prior express invitation or permission” of the recipient but that did not comply with the FCC’s opt-out notice requirements. As background, the FCC generally requires that…

Focus on Regulation

U.S. Federal Communications Commission Grants Waiver of TCPA Fax Opt-Out Notice Requirements to 24 Petitioners

By Mark Brennan, Tony Lin, Deborah Broderson & Greg Oshel on October 30, 2014

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted relief today to 24 petitioners regarding certain Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) rules applicable to fax advertisements. Specifically, the Order gives the petitioners a limited, retroactive waiver of the FCC’s opt-out notice requirements for fax advertisements that were sent with the “prior express invitation or permission” of the recipient but that did not comply with the FCC’s opt-out notice requirements. As background, the FCC generally requires that the senders…

Global Media and Communications Watch

Rewriting the U.S. Communications Act for the 21st century

By Trey Hanbury & Deborah Broderson on October 30, 2014

The primary law in the United States governing the telecommunications industry is the Communications Act of 1934 (the “Act”).[1] Congress adopted the Act during the Great Depression, at a time when the latest consumer technology was broadcast radio, and last updated the law nearly twenty years ago, when most people accessed the Internet using dial-up and “smartphones” were still science fiction.[2] The Communications Act has strained to keep up with the incredible changes in the…

Global Media and Communications Watch

Winnik International Telecoms & Internet Forum

By Deborah Broderson on October 9, 2014

Please join us for the third annual Winnik International Telecoms & Internet Forum, which will be held on 22 October 2014 at Hogan Lovells’ Washington, D.C. office. This forum brings together professionals from around the world for an afternoon of high-level discussion on current topics in international telecoms, media, and the Internet landscape. Please register using the link on the right.Hogan Lovells is hosting this forum in honor of our former partner Joel Winnik, who practiced…

Focus on Regulation

Winnik International Telecoms & Internet Forum

By Deborah Broderson on October 8, 2014

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U.S. Internet Regulatory Debate Goes Beyond the Federal Communications Commission

U.S. House Republicans Preview 2015 Telecom Agenda: Reform the FCC and Increase Spectrum

House Republicans Preview 2015 Telecom Agenda: Reform the FCC and Increase Spectrum

Winnik Forum: Drafting Legislation for the Internet of Things

Winnik Forum: Drafting Legislation for the Internet of Things

U.S. Federal Communications Commission Grants Waiver of TCPA Fax Opt-Out Notice Requirements to 24 Petitioners

U.S. Federal Communications Commission Grants Waiver of TCPA Fax Opt-Out Notice Requirements to 24 Petitioners

Rewriting the U.S. Communications Act for the 21st century

Winnik International Telecoms & Internet Forum

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