Jason Neal

1 month ago | broadbandbreakfast.com | Andrew Jay Schwartzman |Roslyn Layton |Lynn Follansbee |Jason Neal |Drew Clark |Nicholas Degani

In July 2024, the Fifth Circuit upended a $9 billion-a-year lifeline when it ruled that the Universal Service Fund’s funding mechanism is unconstitutional. Opponents say Congress gave the Federal Communications Commission and its nonprofit book-keeper Universal Service Administrative Company unchecked power to tax voice revenues. Defenders counter that the 1996 Telecom Act sets clear limits and that USAC’s role is strictly ministerial.

Jun 12, 2024 | law360.com | Patrick K. O’Donnell |Patrick O’donnell |Jason Neal

By Patrick O’Donnell and Jason Neal (June 12, 2024, 5:33 PM EDT) -- In April, the Federal Communications Commission levied tens of millions of dollars in fines against AT&T Inc., Verizon and T-Mobile US Inc. in connection with their disclosure of customers' location information, without consent, to third parties. In early May, AT&T filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.[1]... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.

Jul 3, 2023 | law360.com | Jason Neal

By Jason Neal (July 3, 2023, 4:49 PM EDT) -- The "major questions" doctrine that the U.S. Supreme Court announced last year in West Virginia v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency[1] was a watershed moment in administrative law.... Stay ahead of the curveIn the legal profession, information is the key to success. You have to know what's happening with clients, competitors, practice areas, and industries. Law360 provides the intelligence you need to remain an expert and beat the competition.