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CommLawBlog
One Small Step for Cell Sites: FCC Finds that Replacing Utility Poles is Unlikely to Affect Historical Properties
By Donald Evans
[caption id="attachment_12696" align="alignleft" width="330"] Photo courtesy of Adam Jones via the Creative Commons License[/caption] The Federal Communications Commission has taken a very tiny step toward eliminating unnecessary obstacles to the…
Inside Privacy
Is The Hutchins Indictment Over Malware Unconstitutional?
By Alex Berengaut [This article also was published in Law360.] In May 2017, the “WannaCry” malware was used to launch a worldwide ransomware cyberattack. WannaCry encrypted files on victim computers…
Global Policy Watch
The Week Ahead in the European Parliament – February 3, 2017
Summary Next week is a committee and political group week. Political groups will meet to prepare the plenary session, scheduled for February 13 to 16, 2017. A few interesting committee…
CommLaw Monitor
The FCC Fines Straight Path $ 100 Million for Failing to Meet License Obligations
Last week, the Enforcement Bureau (“EB”) of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commision”) reached a $ 100 million Consent Decree with Straight Path Communications Inc (“Straight Path” or…
CommLawBlog
FCC, Straight Path Execute $100 Million Settlement of Wireless Probe
By FHH Law
Decision has 5G implications Wow—FCC enforcement actions don’t get any juicier than this: an anonymous whistleblower, alleged misrepresentations to the FCC, and a complex $100 million fine to Straight Path…
CommLawBlog
Do Excessive Rights-of-Way Costs Get in The Way of 5G?
By FHH Law
The FCC is asking for public input on streamlining its rules governing deployment of small cell infrastructure to support 5G services by improving the agency’s wireless facilities siting policies. The…
CommLawBlog
The FCC’s Foray Into 5G, IoT Device Cybersecurity
By FHH Law
Public Safety Bureau asks wide-ranging questions in NOI The Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has put out a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking information about the security of…
CommLaw Monitor
Rhode Island Wants to be the First State to Offer 5G; Releases RFI
By Kelley Drye
The state of Rhode Island plans to be the first state to test and launch next generation 5G networks, seeking to make 5G available to all of its communities. This…
CommLawBlog
Some 5G Rules Take Effect Soon
By FHH Law
(More rules recently went through public comment and are still pending) Last July we reported on the FCC’s progress toward future wireless “5G” technologies, which promise blindingly fast data…
Inside Government Contracts
Employee Efforts to Stop Employer FCA Violation is Protected Activity Even When No Distinct Possibility of FCA Litigation, says Fourth Circuit
The Fourth Circuit recently held, in an unpublished opinion, that the anti-retaliation or “whistleblower” provisions of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) protect an individual’s efforts to stop a contractor from…