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Alert: D.C. Circuit Casts Doubt on FCC’s Authority to Impose Merger Conditions

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In a recent decision reversing FCC-imposed conditions on Charter Communications’ 2016 acquisition of Time Warner Cable, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals raised significant questions about the FCC’s authority to adopt conditions on mergers governing future business practices. While the court stopped short of finding that the FCC lacks authority to impose such conditions, it did leave that issue open for future challenges, and the two judges in the majority signaled a...
By: Cooley LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/alert-d-c-circuit-casts-doubt-on-fcc-s-77782/

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