Communications Law
This is FindLaw’s collection of Communications Law articles, part of the Corporate Counsel Center Law Library. Communications law is concerned with the regulation of radio and TV broadcasting to ensure satisfactory service and to prevent chaos. The law covers a variety of issues – media law, First Amendment, cable and broadcasting law, computer and internet law, and telecommunications. The federal government has largely governed broadcasting because by its nature broadcasting transcends state boundaries. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
Law Library
- Agriculture Law
- Arts, Entertainment and Sports Law
- Communications Law
- Constitutional Law
- Construction Law
- Education Law
- Election and Political Law
- Energy and Utilities Law
- Environmental Law
- Family Law
- Government Law
- Health Law
- Immigration Law
- Indigenous Peoples Law
- International Law
- Juvenile Law
- Maritime Law
- Military Law
- Science, Computers and Technology Law
- Transportation Law
- Veterans Law
- Wills, Trusts and Probate Law
Communications Law Articles
-
Caltech Antitrust Case by CLEC Against Pacific Bell Proceeds to Trial
Morrison & Foerster has been monitoring developments in an antitrust lawsuit filed by Caltech International Telecom Corporation (.Caltech.), a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (.CLEC.), against Pacific Bell. The case may have potentially ...
Read More » -
Cellular Fraud
Cellular industry estimates indicate that carriers lose more than $650 million per year to cellular fraud. The principal cause of this fraud is cloning of cellular telephones. The Wireless Telephone Protection Act (Public Law 105-172) was signed ...
Read More » -
Civil Rights: Rule Prohibiting Use Of Candidate’s Name Or Likeliness In Communications By Corporation 45 Days Prior To An Election, Unless Corporation Uses Segregated Funds For Such Communications, He
Plaintiff Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Michigan ("PPAM") sought a preliminary injunction to prevent the enforcement of Rule 169.39(b) of the Michigan Administrative Code as unconstitutional. The rule prohibited the use of a candidate's name or ...
Read More » -
Client Alert: August 1998: FCC Proposes New International Settlement Rate Rules For Telecommunications Carriers To Promote Competition And Lower Regulatory Barriers
FCC Proposes New International Settlement Rate Rules For Telecommunications Carriers To Promote Competition And Lower Regulatory BarriersHow The Old System Worked Rationale For Proposed Modifications to ISP The FCC's Proposed Changes Proposal ...
Read More » -
Congress Takes Vacation from Medical Privacy Bills
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-191) called for protection of the privacy of medical information. The Republican controlled Senate Committee responsible for the legislation became deadlocked on ...
Read More » -
Congressional Cure-All For Consumers’ Clogged Inboxes: Federal Law Provides Uniform Set of Commercial Email Rules
On December 16, 2003 President Bush signed into law the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, otherwise known as the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (the "Act"). The Act, which becomes effective on January 1, 2004 ...
Read More » -
Controls on Export of Encryption Source Code in Jeopardy But Not Gone Yet
It is rare that a court reviews a challenge to the government's administration of export controls. Agency decisions in the area almost never are subject to judicial review. About the only way a would-be exporter can seek judicial recourse is to ...
Read More » -
Controversy Surrounds ‘Screen Scrapers’: Software Helps Users Access Web Sites But Activity by Competitors Comes Under SCrutiny
The courts continue to wrestle with how to map existing law onto the shifting terrain of computer technology. And, it appears that new controversies are arising faster than judicial consensus can form. One of the latest controversies surrounds ...
Read More » -
Copyright Law Enters the Digital Age
On October 28, 1998, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) became law. With the exception of a provision for the expansion of protection in databases, which failed to pass, the DMCA harmonizes U.S. Copyright law with the 1996 World ...
Read More » -
Countdown to 2000: News From the Front
Computer professionals are now measuring in minutes the dwindling time remaining to address the "Year 2000 Problem." Sometimes referred to as the "Millennium Bug," the problem involves the risk that computers and other devices relying on ...
Read More »