Bulletin Categories: Ownership Rules

U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Sides With FCC In ‘Prometheus’ Media Ownership Deregulation Case April 1, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court today released an opinion (the “Opinion”) in which it unanimously held that the FCC acted properly and within its discretion when it relaxed several of its...

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on FCC’s Ownership Rules: Justices Consider Whether FCC Acted Within Legal Boundaries When Attempting to Relax Local Media Ownership Rules January 19, 2021

On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court held the long-anticipated oral arguments on the dual bids by the NAB and FCC to reverse a Third Circuit Court of Appeals...

January 19, 2021: Supreme Court to Hear Argument over FCC’s Latest Attempt to Relax Media Ownership Rules December 7, 2020

On Tuesday, January 19, 2021, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument on the dual bids by the NAB and FCC to allow the FCC’s relaxed media ownership...

Supreme Court Will Review Third Circuit Decision Rejecting FCC’s Latest Attempt to Relax Media Ownership Rules October 6, 2020

The Supreme Court has granted parallel requests by the FCC and the National Association of Broadcasters to review the Third Circuit’s most recent reversal of the FCC’s repeated attempts to...

Update on FCC’s Multiple Ownership Rules: “Old” Rules Back in Effect for Assignment, Transfer, and License Renewal Filings; Pending Applications Must Be Updated by January 21, 2020 January 16, 2020

We write today with an update regarding where things stand in terms of the FCC’s multiple ownership rules, as well as to highlight for you an upcoming deadline—January 21, 2020—by...

FCC and DOJ File Petition Requesting that Full Third Circuit Consider and Reverse Court’s Quadrennial Review Decision November 7, 2019

As expected, the FCC and the United States Department of Justice this morning filed a formal petition (the “Petition”) with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals requesting that the Court’s...

Commission Postpones Opening of Window to File Biennial Ownership Reports; Filing Window Will Open November 1, 2019 and Close January 31, 2020 September 23, 2019

Broadcasters will have some extra time to prepare and then file their biennial ownership reports. In a recent Order, the Media Bureau announced that it is postponing (and also lengthening)...

Breaking News: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects FCC’s Deregulatory Actions on Media Ownership; Court Remands Orders Back to Agency September 23, 2019

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday released an opinion (“Opinion”) in which it vacated and remanded back to the FCC certain of the Commission’s Orders that sought to...

Comment Dates Set on FCC’s Quadrennial Review of Media Ownership Rules March 1, 2019

Comment dates have been set on the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) in the 2018 Quadrennial Review of media ownership rules. Comments are due April 29, 2019, and reply...

Commission Initiates 2018 Quadrennial Review of Media Ownership Rules December 13, 2018

The FCC kicked off its 2018 Quadrennial Review of media ownership rules with the adoption, by a 3 to 1 vote (Commissioner Rosenworcel dissented in part), of a Notice of...