Insights: Publications Looking Ahead to the Effects of the Administration Change in 2017: Communications

Looking Ahead: The Impact of the 2016 Election on Key Legal Issues, Practising Law Institute (PLI) treatise

Written by Anthony D. Glosson
Given the results of national elections, 2017 is likely to be a year featuring changes in direction for many aspects of federal communications policy. With Democratic appointees losing control of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the regulatory goals in the communications sector will likely shift in a number of high-profile areas. It is also likely that a Republican-led FCC majority will focus more on market-based approaches to spurring communications investments and encouraging infrastructure deployment.

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