- April 9, 2024A recent IRS ruling addresses how one taxable telephone cooperative managed to avoid a devastating taxable gain on the sale…
- September 4, 2023In a recent letter, NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association requested members of Congress promote and sustain universal service. With new grant…
- July 16, 2023In a recent ruling, the Service addressed a telecom cooperative that divested its cellular business to focus on broadband services.…
- June 5, 2023RUS recently made minor modifications to a final rule with regulations it previously adopted to implement the 2018 Farm Bill.…
- May 22, 2023As we addressed in a February 2023 post, RUS requested comments on proposed changes to the audit requirements. This month,…
- February 24, 2023In advising cooperatives, C&A Attorney David Cook relies on the attorney-client privilege to protect communications with clients from disclosure to…
- February 12, 2023The Rural Utilities Service requested comments on a final rule, which will be effective May 8, 2023. The rule concerns…
- February 5, 2023The RUS updated its Rural eConnectivity Program rules on January 30, 2023. Here is a summary from the Federal Register:…
- December 26, 2021A survey conducted by NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association provides insight into broadband and internet service by rural telephone…
- November 30, 2021The Rural Utilities Service has issued a final rule to amend its regulations for Electric and Telecommunications Standards affecting the…
- November 29, 2021On behalf of C&A, David Cook joined with many rural telcos in “A Call to Action” to demand that broadband…
- October 30, 2021C&A attorney, David Cook, recently spoke to a group of directors of telephone cooperatives about legal risks and privacy concerns. …
- October 18, 2021Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed an outstanding question in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The court clarified…
- August 24, 2021As reported in the Wall Street Journal last week, hackers breached T-Mobile’s system to obtain data for about 54 million…
- May 24, 2021Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), there are several safe harbors that limit liability of service providers for alleged…
- January 19, 2021Effective January 12, 2021, the Small Business Administration and the Department of the Treasury issued an Interim Final Rule concerning…
- March 28, 2020Many businesses are giving consumers a break, including many electric and telephone cooperatives. Utility cooperatives are offering free services or…
- February 6, 2020David Cook will be speaking at the upcoming NTCA’s RTIME conference. The conference will be held on February 16 – 19 in Phoenix, AZ. …
- February 4, 2020On August 1, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission proposed closing the rural digital divide by establishing the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, which would…
- October 1, 2019David R. Cook Jr., recently spoke at the NTCA Fall Conference. The conference was held September 21 – September 25…
- March 18, 2019Pineland Telephone Cooperative has started laying fiber optic lines in Americus that will provide high internet speeds for businesses. The…
- January 7, 2019A new and innovative pilot program called ReConnect will offer federal financing in the form of loans, grants, and loan-grant…
- August 28, 2018Innovative partnership is bringing high-speed internet to underserved rural areas in Iowa and Minnesota.
- July 20, 2018Three executives of Eastern Oregon Telecom (EOT) announced in May they have purchased the internet and phone provider from its…
