• [telecom] BREAKING: 5th Circuit Strikes Down FCC's Universal Service Fu

    From danny burstein@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 24 18:41:07 2024
    From: Telecommunications Law360 <newsletters@law360.com>
    Subject: BREAKING: 5th Circuit Strikes Down FCC's Universal Service Fund

    The full Fifth Circuit struck down the Federal Communications
    Commission's system for subsidizing telecommunications service for rural
    and low-income users as unconstitutional Wednesday, reversing a panel
    decision and triggering a circuit split with three other appeals courts
    that upheld the fee regime.


    BREAKING: 5th Circuit Strikes Down FCC's Universal Service Fund

    By Christopher Cole

    The full Fifth Circuit struck down the Federal Communications
    Commission's system for subsidizing telecommunications service for rural
    and low-income users as unconstitutional Wednesday, reversing a panel
    decision and triggering a circuit split with three other appeals courts
    that upheld the fee regime.

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