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Sep 25, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Douglas Brandon |Joseph S. Calascione |Z.W. Julius Chen
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the Universal Service Fund (USF) funding mechanism is unconstitutional. The full court, sitting en banc, rejected the framework established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) for determining and collecting USF contributions. In its ruling, the court found fault with the Communications Act for conferring broad discretion upon the FCC to establish USF contribution rates.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jennifer Richter |Douglas Brandon |Z.W. Julius Chen |Steven A. Rowings
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the Universal Service
Fund (USF) funding mechanism is unconstitutional. The full court,
sitting en banc, rejected the framework established by the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Universal Service
Administrative Company (USAC) for determining and collecting USF
contributions.
In its ruling, the court found fault with the Communications Act
for conferring broad discretion upon the FCC to establish USF
contribution rates.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jennifer Richter |Douglas Brandon |Z.W. Julius Chen |Steven A. Rowings
On September 9, 2024, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced at an event in Washington,
D.C. that the agency will be seeking Supreme Court review of a
recent decision finding aspects of the FCC's universal service
program unconstitutional.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Douglas Brandon |Joseph S. Calascione |Z.W. Julius Chen
On September 9, 2024, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced at an event in Washington, D.C. that the agency will be seeking Supreme Court review of a recent decision finding aspects of the FCC’s universal service program unconstitutional.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Z.W. Julius Chen |Scott Johnson |Stephen Hug
Interstate oil, liquid and refined products pipelines regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will soon be able to raise their transportation rates (provided they were set using FERC’s popular Index rate methodology) in the wake of a significant new decision by the District of Columbia Circuit (the D.C. Circuit) in Liquid Energy Pipeline Association v. FERC (LEPA).
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Emily P. Mallen |Stephen Hug |Z.W. Julius Chen |James Tysse
Interstate oil, liquid and refined products pipelines regulated
by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will soon be
able to raise their transportation rates (provided they were set
using FERC's popular Index rate methodology) in the wake of a
significant new decision by the District of Columbia Circuit (the
D.C. Circuit) in Liquid Energy Pipeline Association v. FERC (LEPA).
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | James Tysse |Caroline Wolverton |Pratik Shah |Z.W. Julius Chen
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | G. Hunter Bates |Z.W. Julius Chen |Ed Pagano
Now that the dust has settled following the Supreme Court’s overhaul of administrative law through three late-term decisions, Akin litigators and policy advisors offer the most significant takeaways for businesses and individuals impacted by federal regulations. Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo,1 Corner Post Inc. v. Board of Governors,2 and SEC v. Jarkesy3—three 6-3 decisions all decided at the tail end of the OT 2023 term—radically alter the administrative law landscape.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
lexology.com | James Tysse |Caroline Wolverton |Pratik Shah |Z.W. Julius Chen |Lide Paterno |G. Hunter Bates | +2 more
Now that the dust has settled following the Supreme Court’s overhaul of administrative law through three late-term decisions, Akin litigators and policy advisors offer the most significant takeaways for businesses and individuals impacted by federal regulations. Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo,1 Corner Post Inc. v. Board of Governors,2 and SEC v. Jarkesy3—three 6-3 decisions all decided at the tail end of the OT 2023 term—radically alter the administrative law landscape.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Emily P. Mallen |Stephen Hug |Z.W. Julius Chen |James Tysse |Scott Johnson |Ben Reiter
Interstate oil, liquid and refined products pipelines regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will soon be able to raise their transportation rates (provided they were set using FERC’s popular Index rate methodology) in the wake of a significant new decision by the District of Columbia Circuit (the D.C. Circuit) in Liquid Energy Pipeline Association v. FERC (LEPA).
