Overview
Steptoe partner Pantelis Michalopoulos was quoted in a July 21 Law360 article titled "The Biggest Telecom Developments Of 2021: Midyear Report."
So far this year, the Federal Communications Commission has advanced a slate of bipartisan initiatives, but remains without a fifth member or a permanent chair.
Michalopoulos tells Law360 that if the administration chooses to designate Jessica Rosenworcel as permanent chairwoman, she will create a dynamic duo with the noted Big Tech critic who recently took the helm of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina Kahn.
He says both Rosenworcel and Khan have a passion for implementing aggressive consumer protections, and Khan's antitrust theories could combine well with Rosenworcel's leadership experience, allowing them to pressure telecom companies on two fronts.
"It could be a combination made in heaven of the two chairs," he says.
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