News of the Week; June 19, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS Bell and Telus beef up data plans after Rogers sparks ‘unlimited’ price war Message Received: Why Unlimited Wireless Plans Show Government’s Emphasis on New Competition is Being Heard (Michael Geist) Shockingly, Cable TV and Broadband Customer Satisfaction Is Still The Worst In America None Of The Claimed Benefits Of Killing Net Neutrality Ever Arrived […]
News of the Week; June 12, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS Rogers Calls for Expansion of Media Bailout to Cover Broadcast Organizations…and Thinks Netflix Should Pay For It (Michael Geist) Netflix, Indigenous cultural groups partnering to develop talent in Canada Super-Secret Submissions: Corus and SaskTel Block Disclosure of Their BTLR Submissions Claiming Prejudice to Their Competitive Position (Michael Geist) Comcast broke law 445,000 times in […]
News of the Week; June 5, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS SCC decision highlights tension between access to justice and party autonomy: Gives clarity around arbitration clauses Cogeco Warns Against Online Video Services Undermining Canadian Sovereignty in BTLR Submission (Michael Geist) The Trouble with Trebles: Fourth Circuit Upholds Record $61 Million Vendor Liability Verdict in TCPA Class Action If ‘Big Tech’ Is a Huge Antitrust […]
News of the Week; May 29, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS No Mandated Netflix Cancon Payments: Shaw Argues Success Lies in More Regulatory Flexibility in BTLR Submission (Michael Geist) Self-Serving in the Extreme: Bell’s Broadcast and Telecom Submission to the BTLR Revealed (Michael Geist) Ajit Pai May Have Lied To Congress About FCC’s Failure To Address Wireless Location Data Scandals If Facebook’s Privacy Practices Anger […]
News of the Week; May 22, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS Cable TV customer satisfaction falls even further behind streaming video: Pay-TV again ranks last in customer satisfaction among all US industries. US Targets Telecommunications Transactions Involving the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Chairman Pai, Commissioner Carr Issue Formal Statements Supporting T-Mobile/Sprint Merger; Commissioner O’Rielly Also “Inclined” to Support Merger Ajit Pai OKs […]
News of the Week; May 15, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS 1.28 Million US Residents Cut The TV Cord Last Quarter All Four Major Wireless Carriers Hit With Lawsuits Over Sharing, Selling Location Data AT&T promised 7,000 new jobs to get tax break—it cut 23,000 jobs instead AT&T, Verizon Employees Caught Up In DOJ SIM Hijacking Bust Ajit Pai’s robocall plan lets carriers charge for […]
News of the Week; May 8, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS CRTC Issues Its First Penalty Against a CEO for Violating Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation CRTC ups the CASL liability ante for directors and officers More Than 100 CNN Staffers Take Buyouts as AT&T Pares Debt CMS Finalizes Rule Requiring Disclosure of Drug Prices in TV Ads Verizon Media Said to Be Looking for Tumblr […]
News of the Week; May 1, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS SCC decision could focus on CRTC’s reach Anti-spam laws are overreaching, say lawyers Of Course Wireless Carriers Are Fighting a Bill That Stops Them From Throttling Firefighters’ Data Verizon Media Unveils Augmented Reality News Partner Program, 5G Tech At NewFronts AT&T Settles Lawsuit Over ‘Fake 5G,’ Won’t Change A Thing Ajit Pai-proposed upgrade to […]
“To Regulate or Not to Regulate?”: Some final (personal) thoughts.
For the past two academic years, the base theme of Communications Law was “To Regulate or Not to Regulate”. At first the question was really just a useful way to “sharpen the saw” (apologies to Stephen Covey), allowing space for the possible self-renewal of communications law through a unified theory (apologies to Albert Einstein) that […]
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