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Another Big Fine for Marketing Unlicensed Equipment

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a civil penalty of nearly $600,000 for a company accused of marketing noncompliant radio frequency devices. In a Notice of Apparent Liability for... Read More...

FCC Enters Into Another Consent Decree Over Unauthorized LED Signs

For the third time in less than a month, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has entered into a consent decree with another distributor of LED display signs that did not have the requisite equipmen... Read More...

Peavey Pays $225,000 for Marketing Unauthorized Devices

Peavey Electronics Corporation of Meridian, MS has entered into a consent decree with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), following an investigation into the company’s compliance with FCC rules pertain... Read More...

FCC proposes $200k penalty for misuse of emergency alert sounds

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a $200,000 financial penalty against the Turner Broadcasting System for allegedly broadcasting advertisements that imitate the warning signals a... Read More...

Wireless carrier settles FCC HAC investigation

A wireless carrier will pay a six-figure “voluntary contribution” for failing to comply with regulations designed to ensure the availability of hearing aid-compatible (HAC) phones in the marketplace. NTT DOCOMO... Read More...

Commission adjusts maximum forfeiture penalties to reflect inflation

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued an Order adjusting its maximum civil monetary penalties to reflect economic inflation. Under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1... Read More...

Williams Sonoma to pay $1 million penalty for failing to report defects

Williams Sonoma, Inc. of San Francisco, CA has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $987,500 to settle allegations that it failed to immediately report defects involving the company’s Pottery Barn wooden hammock st... Read More...

HP pays civil penalty for defective li-ion battery packs

The Hewlett-Packard Company of Palo Alto, CA has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $425,000 for failing to report defective lithium-ion battery packs used in the company’s notebook computers. According to the U.... Read More...

Florida travel company subject to $3 million fine for junk phone calls

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed forfeiture penalties in the amount of $2,960,000 against a Florida travel company for delivering unsolicited, pre-recorded phone messages. Issued in Octo... Read More...

Company pays penalty for failing to report defects

A Mississippi company has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $715,000 to settle allegations that it failed to immediately report defects in certain models of its off-road utility vehicles. According to the U.S. C... Read More...

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