Howard Buskirk

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions said the commission’s proposed definition of “reseller” is “unclear and overbroad, particularly for layered wholesale arrangements.” The FCC should “avoid changes that would disrupt legitimate numbering practices without clear anti-robocall gains,” the group said.

In the decision, Roberts said the FCC’s enforcement proceedings were sufficiently different than the SEC proceeding against George Jarkesy, so the FCC’s enforcement action didn’t violate the carriers’ Seventh Amendment protections and right to a jury trial. Venable’s Megan Barbero, a former SEC general counsel, said in an email that last week’s decision appeared to be “an effort by the Court to cabin -- at least to some extent -- the reach of its decision in SEC v.

In the decision, Roberts said the FCC’s enforcement proceedings were sufficiently different than the SEC proceeding against George Jarkesy, so the FCC’s enforcement action didn’t violate the carriers’ Seventh Amendment protections and right to a jury trial. Venable’s Megan Barbero, a former SEC general counsel, said in an email that last week’s decision appeared to be “an effort by the Court to cabin -- at least to some extent -- the reach of its decision in SEC v.