Earlier this month the Supreme Court granted certiorari in PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc., the resolution of which will impact the judiciary’s power to interpret agency rules. The facts underlying case appear unremarkable on their face; a health information service and publisher sent a single fax to a chiropractor’s office
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Still On The Line: FCC Refuses to Hang Up $20 Million Fine for False Advertising Levied Against Calling Card Companies
By Njeri Chasseau & Jason Gordon on
Last week, the FCC decided not to reduce the $20 million in fines it levied against four pre-paid calling card companies in 2015. The fines arise out of the companies’ deceptive marketing practices whereby they marketed calling cards that would provide thousands of minutes for low, prepaid prices. The FCC found, however, that consumers were…