Jon Brodkin

Gillespie told Ars that local communities are hampered by “archaic 1950’s regulations. We are being left behind when it comes to the modern advancements in public safety and personal communications.” He said that “absent some relief in a timely fashion, […]

In 2022, the Republican National Committee sued Google with claims that it intentionally used Gmail’s spam filter to suppress Republicans’ fundraising emails. A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit in August 2023, ruling that Google correctly argued that the RNC claims

Manufacturers opposed the exemption, but it received support from the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. “The Register recommends adopting a new exemption covering diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of retail-level

The FTC declined to comment on the lawsuits today. The agency’s rule is not enforced yet, as it is scheduled to take full effect 180 days after publication in the Federal Register. Cable firms don’t want canceling to be easy

It’s been just a week since US telecom regulators announced a formal inquiry into broadband data caps, and the docket is filling up with comments from users who say they shouldn’t have to pay overage charges for using their Internet

AT&T enables unlocking of paid-off phones after 60 days for postpaid users and after six months for prepaid users. AT&T lodged similar complaints as T-Mobile, saying in an October 7 filing that the FCC’s proposed rules would “mak[e] handsets less

Vladeck questioned the ethics of X’s terms in comments quoted by NPR. “For X to say we want all of our litigation to go into a forum that may have no connection to where we’re located, to where plaintiffs are

Because “Caroline’s diagnosis was terminal… an abortion would not have saved her life, only extended it. Florida law would not allow an abortion in this instance because the abortion would not have ‘save[d] the pregnant woman’s life,’ only extended her

The motion said the punishment had “a significant, severe, and continuing impact on RNH’s future earning capacity, earning potential, and acceptance into an elite college or university course of study given his exemplary academic achievements.” The parents allege that “Defendants

Simington argued that regulating data caps would harm customers, using an analogy about the hypothetical regulation of coffee refills: Suppose we were a different FCC, the Federal Coffee Commission, and rather than regulating the price of coffee (which we have