Newsletters

Moss & Barnett regularly prepares a newsletter - Municipal Communications Law Update - to provide our clients current information about events in Congress, the FCC and recent court decisions that may impact the client’s role in regulating communications services.  Below you will find past newsletters and the topics covered in each newsletter.

If you would like to begin receiving the Municipal Communications Law Update via e-mail, fax, or U.S. Mail, please forward your contact information to Terri Hammer at HammerT@moss-barnett.com.

Topics:   FCC's creates a "Regulatory Minefield" for Local Governments

  Are Franchise Fees an Illegal Tax? They may be in Iowa

  Is IPTV a Cable Service?

Topics:  Time Frame for Franchise Negotiations

  Build-out

  Franchise Fees

  PEG/Institutional Networks

  Regulation of Mixed-Use Networks

  Preemption of Local Laws Versus State Laws

  Level Playing Field Requirements

  Further FCC Rulemaking

Topics:  Moss & Barnett drafts Minneapolis WiFi Contract

            Impact of Mid-Term Election on Pending Legislation

FCC Notice of Inquiry Regarding Competition in the Market

for the Delivery of Video Programming

Topics:  Federal Legislation Update

            Pole Attachment Agreements

            800 MHz Rebanding

            Municipal Wireless

            Franchise Fee Payment Review

            Right-of-Way Management

Topics:  Debates Regarding Cable Indecency Continue

            System Consolidations Back in Vogue in 2005

            FCC Report on Competition and Cable Industry Prices

            Franchise Fee Audits

            IP-Enabled Services

            In Brief

Topics:  Cable Modem Litigation Continues

            Charter to Reimburse Customers for Converter and Wiring Fees

            Adelphia’s Systems Closer to Sale

            FCC Considering A La Carte Cable Television

            Liquidated Damages Upheld for Breach of Franchise

            Broadband Access is Increasing

            IP Enabled Services to Dominate NATOA’S Annual Conference

Topics:  FCC Issues Tenth Report on Competition

            Telephone over the Internet (VoIP) Can it be Regulated?

            Are Cable Operators Paying all the Franchise Fees They Owe Cities?

            Supreme Court Denies Cert. in Landmark Transfer Case

Topics: Cable Modem Service Not a “Cable Service”

            Cities Receive Clarification Regarding Conduct of Formal Renewal Process

Topics:  Fifth Circuit Upholds FCC Franchise Fee Decision

            Regulation of Cable Modems

            Tier by-through Prohibition

            Cable Industry Continues Efforts to Obtain Effective Competition Findings

            FCC Report on Cable Industry Prices

            Do Not Call List

            Cable Stocks Rebound in First Half of 2003

            Municipal Ownership to be Decided by U.S. Supreme Court

            New Right-of-Way Decision

Topics:  Bankruptcy in the Cable Television Industry

            FCC Issues Ninth Report On Competition

            Transfer Approval May Be Won Or Lost During Renewal

            Still no Decision from FCC in Cable Modem Proceeding

Topic:   FCC Issues Competitive Franchising Decision

            Eighth Circuit Overturns FCC Decision – Municipalities Can Provide Telecommunications Services

            MSOs Seek to Reduce Capital Expenditures

            FCC Extends Prohibition on Exclusive Contracts to 2007

            Cable Rates

            Cable Modem Dispute Continues on Two Fronts

Topics:  FCC Ruling May Reduce Cable Franchise Fees to Municipalities

Topics:  Transfers Of Control/Ownership To Dominate 2002