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Anthropic v Hegseth DC Cir Opinion

The D.C. Circuit upheld the Department of War’s exclusion of Anthropic and its Claude AI products from the Department’s supply chain under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018.

DC Cir Case No. 26-1049doc date 2026-09-25source: PDF

Filed	Record	Lists	Reference
2026-09-18	Conditional Approval - ANSCER Robotics The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that the Department of War’s Conditional Approval requires exclusion of ANSCER Robotics’ AR250, AR650, and AR1250 robotic platforms from the FCC Covered List.	Conditional approval	DA 26-996
2026-09-16	Doe v GitHub and OpenAI (9th Cir 2026) The Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of the plaintiffs’ Digital Millennium Copyright Act claim, holding that AI-generated code output alleged as similar to or derived from existing code does not, without more, show that copyright management information was removed or altered from a copy of an existing protected work.	LitigationAI	9th Cir Case No. 24-7700
2026-09-11	Derycom Citation - Failure to Submit Truthful information The FCC issued a Citation to Derycom Certification Services, Inc., finding that the company apparently misrepresented its U.S. presence and certified radiofrequency devices beyond its authorized technical scope.	Bad Labs	EB-SED-26-00041408
2026-09-09	Conditional Approvals: Asus, Comtrend (Routers), Husqvarna (robots) The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that specified ASUS and Comtrend routers and Husqvarna robotic platforms are exempt from the FCC Covered List because the Department of War granted them Conditional Approvals.	Conditional approval	DA 26-957
2026-09-03	Paramount LOA Execution Version The Letter of Agreement (LOA) establishes Paramount Global’s binding national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments in connection with its request for FCC approval of foreign ownership above Section 310(b)(4)’s 25% benchmarks.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	MB Docket No. 26-93
2026-08-31	Cogito NAL - $25K fine proposed against foreign drone maker The FCC imposes a $25,000 monetary forfeiture on Cogito Tech Company Limited for willfully or repeatedly failing to respond to an Enforcement Bureau Letter of Inquiry concerning possible U.S. marketing of radiofrequency equipment on the Covered List, specifically foreign-produced drones (UAS or UAS critical components).	Covered List	DA 26-912
2026-08-28	Hytera and ZTE Notice of Apparent Liability The FCC proposes a $188,491 forfeiture against each of Hytera Communications Corporation Limited and ZTE Corporation and orders each company to publicly update its Covered List affiliate disclosures after finding apparent willful and repeated violations of 47 CFR § 2.903(d).	Covered List	EB-SED-25-00038006
2026-08-20	Analysis Covered List: Foreign-Produced Equipment Definitions The FCC's four categorical Covered List entries — UAS, routers, power inverters, advanced robotic devices — with the Covered List text and National Security Determination definitions quoted verbatim, kept current against the FCC's public notices.	FCC Covered List, DA 26-870	4 entries
2026-08-18	Hesai v DoD The D.C. Circuit reversed summary judgment for the Secretary of Defense and remanded Hesai’s challenge to its Section 1260H designation, holding that due process required notice of the unclassified materials supporting the designation and a meaningful opportunity to respond before finalization.	1260HLitigation	DC Cir. No. 25-5256
2026-08-14	DJI v. DoD The D.C. Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded DJI’s challenge to its designation as a Chinese military company under Section 1260H, holding that most of DJI’s claims failed but that the district court could not uphold the Secretary of Defense’s separate finding that DJI contributes to China’s defense industrial base without examining the agency’s stated, classified rationale.	1260HLitigation	No. 25-5367
2026-08-04	Stranger Pings: Chinese Telecom Companies Infiltrate US Infrastructure The report concludes that FCC denials and revocations of the three PRC state-controlled carriers’ Section 214 authority did not remove their U.S. infrastructure, network relationships, or parent-controlled routing access, leaving a distinct national-security risk.	Covered ListTeam Telecom1260HICTS	NA
2026-07-28	Robotics and Power Inverters Covered List The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds foreign-produced power inverters and advanced robotic devices to the FCC Covered List based on Executive Branch national-security determinations.	Covered List	DA 26-786
2026-07-28	OET Permissive Change Waiver - Robotics Power Inverters The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology waives, through at least January 1, 2029, specified prohibitions on Class I and Class II permissive changes for previously authorized covered foreign-produced advanced robotic devices and power inverters.	Covered List	DA 26-789
2026-07-27	Conditional Approvals - SpaceX (routers) The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that Department of War Conditional Approval exempts SpaceX Services, Inc.’s Starlink routers from the FCC Covered List, subject to a February 1, 2028 termination date.	Conditional approval	DA 26-775
2026-07-24	Conditional Approvals - Exedy, Parallel Flight (drones), Calix, Sagemcom, Humax, Askey (routers) The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau excludes specified uncrewed aircraft systems and router classes from the Covered List because the Department of War granted Conditional Approvals for those devices.	Conditional approval	DA 26-768
2026-07-22	EA Security 3.0 The FCC adopts new equipment-authorization and marketing restrictions to address national-security risks in the communications supply chain, while seeking comment on additional Covered List and equipment-authorization measures.	Covered ListLitigation	FCC-26-50
2026-07-21	Shenzhen STS -CopyPaste-2 Order to Show Cause The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology institutes a proceeding to withdraw Shenzhen STS Test Services Co. Ltd.’s recognition as an accredited test laboratory based on its tentative determination that the laboratory willfully submitted false or inaccurate equipment test results.	Bad Labs	ET Docket No. 26-140
2026-07-21	Odyssey Robot Order to Show Cause The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) initiate a proceeding requiring Odyssey Robot LLC to show cause why the Commission should not revoke two equipment authorizations that the bureaus tentatively find were obtained through false representations concerning Covered List equipment.	Covered List	ET Docket No. 26-186
2026-07-20	Bartz v Anthropic (ND Cal July 20, 2026) - Final Settlement Approval, The Northern District of California grants final approval to the class-action settlement resolving copyright claims against Anthropic arising from its downloading of books from LibGen and PiLiMi, enters judgment, and dismisses the action with prejudice.	LitigationAI	ND Cal Case No 24-cv-05417
2026-07-20	Conditional Approvals - Gryphon, Sercomm (routers) PSHSB announces that two routers received Department of War Conditional Approval and therefore are exempt from the FCC Covered List.	Conditional approval	DA 26-756
2026-07-17	PN Seeking Comment on Marketing Import Limit Drone Clones The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology propose limiting existing equipment authorizations to prohibit the continued importation and marketing of specified covered UAS, UAS critical components, and section 1709 communications and video-surveillance equipment.	Covered List	PS Docket No. 26-184
2026-07-10	Conditional Approvals - Gemtek (routers) The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that the Department of War granted Conditional Approval for Gemtek Technology Co., Ltd.’s WRTQ-411BE and WNRFQQ-113BE routers, requiring their exclusion from the FCC Covered List through the approval period.	Conditional approval	DA 26-704
2026-07-08	Conditional Approvals - Vantiva (routers) The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that the Department of War conditionally approved Vantiva USA, LLC’s CWA438TX router and therefore exempts that device from the FCC Covered List.	Conditional approval	DA 26-688
2026-07-07	Order Denying DigitalSystem 214 The FCC denies Digitalsystem Technology Inc.’s application for global facilities-based and global resale international section 214 authority because the record shows substantial national-security and law-enforcement risks that cannot be mitigated.	Team Telecom	FCC 26-44
2026-07-07	Digitalsystem added to Covered List The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds Digitalsystem Technology Inc.’s section 214 international telecommunications services to the FCC Covered List based on a national-security determination by the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector.	Covered ListTeam Telecom	DA 26-673
2026-06-26	Pre-2024 Covered List Marketing Import Limitation The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology prohibit the continued importation and marketing of previously authorized covered communications equipment added to the Covered List in 2024 or earlier, while preserving existing users’ ability to operate equipment they already possess.	Covered List	DA 26-635
2026-06-25	Submarine Cable 2nd Report and Order and 2nd Further Notice The FCC requires entities that own or operate submarine line terminal equipment (SLTE) on submarine cables landing in the United States to hold a cable landing license, while adopting additional security requirements and a faster review pathway.	Team Telecom	OI Docket No. 24-523, MD Docket No. 24-524
2026-06-22	Conditional Approvals - Real-Time Robotics and Ceres Air (drones), Hitron (routers) The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) updates the Covered List to exclude specified uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), UAS critical components, and routers that received Department of War (DoW) Conditional Approvals.	Conditional approval	DA 26-616
2026-06-15	Covered List Toy Drones Removal The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau removes foreign-produced “Toy Drones” and “Toy Drones that contain foreign-produced components” from the FCC Covered List based on a Department of War determination that they do not pose an unacceptable national-security or U.S.-person safety risk.	Covered List	DA 26-588
2026-06-12	Conditional Approvals - Flock Group (drones), Miri Technologies (routers) The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that specified uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), UAS critical components, and routers covered by Department of War Conditional Approvals are exempt from the FCC Covered List.	Conditional approval	DA 26-584
2026-06-12	Conditional Approvals ABZ Innovation Kft. (drone) and Arcadyan (routers) The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau updates the Covered List to exempt specified foreign-produced uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), UAS critical components, and routers covered by Department of War Conditional Approvals.	Conditional approval	DA 26-585
2026-06-11	20260161958 OpenAI SafetyPatent The patent application discloses methods for training and operating language models that reason over learned policies to choose compliant responses, refusals, or modified completions.		US 2026/0161958 A1
2026-06-09	SLG-CPC - Copy-Paste Lab #1- Instituting Order The FCC institutes a proceeding to withdraw SLG-CPC Test Laboratory Co., Ltd.’s recognition as an accredited test laboratory based on OET’s tentative determination that the laboratory willfully submitted false or inaccurate equipment-test results.	Bad Labs	ET Docket No. 26-140
2026-06-04	Conditional Approvals - Innovation First VEX AIR (drone) and Sagemcom (routers) The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) updates the FCC Covered List to exclude devices covered by Department of War (DoW) Conditional Approvals, including Innovation First International’s VEX AIR uncrewed aircraft system and Sagemcom USA’s specified routers.	Conditional approval	DA 26-548
2026-06-01	Conditional Approvals - Calix, Alpha Networks (routers) The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that specified foreign-produced routers have received Department of War Conditional Approvals and are therefore exempt from the FCC Covered List.	Conditional approval	DA 26-542
2026-05-26	Conditional Approvals - Blueflite, Verity AG, Air VEV (drones) The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) updates the Covered List to exempt UAS and UAS critical components receiving Department of War (DoW) Conditional Approvals, while publishing the current Covered List and related approval lists.	Conditional approval	DA 26-524
2026-05-18	Conditional Approvals - Nokia The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) updates the FCC Covered List to exclude specified routers that received Department of War (DoW) Conditional Approvals, including Nokia Corporation’s Beacons, Open Network Terminal (ONT) Based Beacons, and Fastmile Gateway routers.	Conditional approval	DA 26-495
2026-05-15	Zayo - Team Telecom Mitigation Agreement The Letter of Agreement conditions FCC approval of the proposed transfer of control of certain Crown Castle Operating Company subsidiaries to Fiber FinCo, LLC on extensive national-security and law-enforcement safeguards.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 25-174
2026-05-15	Conditional Approvals - Elevon Aerial (drones), Nokia (routers) The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that Department of War Conditional Approvals require exclusion of specified uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), UAS critical components, and routers from the FCC Covered List.	Conditional approval	DA 26-489
2026-05-08	OET Waivers (UAS and routers) extended to 2029 The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology extends through at least January 1, 2029, and expands waivers allowing certain already-authorized covered UAS, UAS critical components, and routers to receive consumer-protective software and firmware updates.	Covered List	ET Docket No. 21-232
2026-05-06	Conditional Approvals - Air6 (drones), Calix (routers) The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that specified uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), UAS critical components, and routers have received Department of War Conditional Approvals and are therefore exempt from the FCC Covered List.	Conditional approval	DA 26-437
2026-05-01	record The FCC proposes to exclude entities identified on the Covered List, including their current and future affiliates and subsidiaries, from blanket domestic section 214 authority and seeks comment on related national-security restrictions.	Covered ListTeam Telecom	FCC 26-29
2026-04-30	Bad Labs 2.0 The FCC adopts new equipment-authorization integrity rules, grants Garmin’s reconsideration petition in part, and seeks comment on further limits involving non-Reciprocal Economy testing and FCC data systems.	Bad Labs	FCC 26-28
2026-04-22	Conditional Approvals - Amazon eero, Amazon Leo (routers) PSHSB announces that the Department of War’s conditional approval of specified eero and Amazon Leo routers requires their exclusion from the FCC Covered List until October 31, 2027.	Conditional approval	DA 26-390
2026-04-14	Conditional Approvals - Netgear, Adtran (routers), Sees.ai (drone) The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) updates the Covered List to exempt specified routers and uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical components covered by Department of War (DoW) Conditional Approvals.	Conditional approval	DA 26-351
2026-04-01	Digitalsystem: Team Telecom Recommendation to Deny Section 214 The Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector recommends that the FCC deny Digitalsystem Technology Inc.’s application for international Section 214 authority because the national-security and law-enforcement risks presented by the proposed operations cannot be adequately mitigated.	Team Telecom	File No. ITC-214-20240326-00054
2026-03-27	PN Seeking Comment on pre-2024 Covered List Limitation The FCC’s PSHSB and OET propose limiting existing equipment authorizations to prohibit the continued importation and marketing of communications equipment added to the Covered List in 2024 or earlier, while preserving the use and operation of equipment already purchased.	Covered List	PS Docket No. 26-72
2026-03-23	Router Permissive Change Waiver The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) temporarily waives prohibitions on certain Class I permissive changes for covered routers authorized before the March 23, 2026, Covered List addition, allowing specified software and firmware updates through March 1, 2027.	Covered List	DA 26-286
2026-03-23	Router Covered List The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds routers produced in a foreign country to the FCC Covered List, subject to Conditional Approvals from the Department of War (DoW) or Department of Homeland Security (DHS).	Covered List	DA 26-278
2026-03-18	Conditional Approvals - SiFly Aviation, Mobilicom, ScoutDI, Verge (drones) The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces that four specified UAS or UAS-related product sets received Department of War conditional approvals and are therefore excluded from the FCC Covered List through December 31, 2026.	Conditional approval	DA 26-253
2026-01-29	Foreign Adversary Control Report and Order The FCC adopts a risk-based framework requiring specified holders of Commission licenses, authorizations, permits, leases, grants, and other approvals to attest to and disclose whether they are subject to Foreign Adversary Control.	Covered List	FCC 26-2
2026-01-21	OET Class I Permissive Change Waiver The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) temporarily waives prohibitions on certain Class I permissive changes for previously authorized covered uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical components.	Covered List	DA 26-69
2026-01-07	Second UAS Covered List Blue UAS The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau updates the Covered List to exempt specified uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical components based on a January 7, 2026 Department of War national security determination.	Covered List	DA 26-22
2025-12-22	First UAS Covered List The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds foreign-produced uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), UAS critical components, and the communications and video surveillance equipment and services identified in section 1709(a)(1) of the FY2025 NDAA to the FCC Covered List.	Covered List	DA 25-1086
2025-10-29	EA Security 2.0 The FCC strengthens its Covered List equipment-authorization regime by barring authorization of covered modular transmitters and devices containing them, creating a prospective process to stop importation and marketing of previously authorized covered equipment, and seeking further comment on related controls.	Covered ListLitigation	FCC 25-71
2025-10-17	Bartz v Anthropic (ND Cal. Oct 17, 2025) - Judge Alsup Opinion re preliminary settlement approval The Northern District of California preliminarily approved a class-action settlement between copyright owners and Anthropic PBC, along with the distribution and notice plans, while preserving objections and setting a later fairness hearing.	LitigationAI	ND Cal Case No 24-cv-05417 (ECF No 437)
2025-10-15	HK Telecom Order to Show Cause 214 The FCC directs HKT and four wholly owned subsidiaries to show cause why their domestic and international section 214 authority should not be revoked or terminated based on national-security, law-enforcement, Covered List, compliance, and character concerns.	Team Telecom	DA 25-928
2025-10-14	Covered List NatSec Advisory Subs Affil The FCC reiterates that equipment and services on its Covered List have been determined to pose unacceptable risks to U.S. national security and urges organizations and individuals to review the List and consider those risks.	Covered List	DA 25-927
2025-08-07	Submarine Cable First Report and Order The FCC modernizes and streamlines submarine cable landing-license rules while adopting new presumptions, certifications, reporting duties, and restrictions aimed at foreign-adversary and national-security risks.	Covered ListTeam Telecom	FCC 25-49
2025-07-02	SES.Intelsat NSA The Agreement establishes national-security and law-enforcement mitigation conditions for SES’s proposed acquisition of control of Intelsat’s FCC-licensed subsidiaries and replaces the parties’ prior mitigation agreements.	Team Telecom	SB Docket No. 24-267
2025-06-25	Kadrey v Meta (ND Cal June 25, 2025) - Order granting Meta summary judgment on fair use The Northern District of California granted Meta Platforms, Inc.’s cross-motion for partial summary judgment on its fair-use defense to the thirteen authors’ direct copyright-infringement claim based on using their books to train the Llama large language models, while denying the authors’ motion for partial summary judgment.	LitigationAI	ND Cal Case No. 23-cv-03417 (Judge Chhabria)
2025-06-23	Bartz v Anthropic The court held that Anthropic’s use of copyrighted books to train large language models was fair use, and that converting lawfully purchased print books into private searchable digital library copies was also fair use, but denied summary judgment as to millions of pirated books retained in a general-purpose library.	LitigationAI	ND Cal Case No. 24-cv-05417 (Judge Alsup)
2025-06-18	UScellular (T-Mobile) - Letter to Committee - Signed (002) T-Mobile and United States Cellular Corporation acknowledge that the wireless businesses involved in their proposed transaction will be subject to T-Mobile’s amended national-security agreement with CFIUS after the referenced applications are granted and the transaction closes.	Team Telecom	GN Docket No. 24-286
2025-05-27	Bad Labs 1.0 R&O The FCC adopts rules barring untrusted or national-security-risk entities from participating in, or being relied upon for, the telecommunications equipment authorization program, while seeking comment on further safeguards.	Bad Labs	FCC 25-27
2025-05-23	ICTS Connected Vehicles PN The FCC seeks public input on whether and how to add certain connected-vehicle equipment and services subject to a Commerce Department determination to the Covered List.	Covered ListICTS	DA 25-418
2025-05-09	Metronet T-Mobile - Mitigation Agreement The Letter of Agreement (LOA) establishes binding national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments for Metronet-related Section 214 transfers and assignments involving MetroNet Systems, KKR Metro Parent, and T-Mobile.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 24-244
2025-04-25	Windstream - Mitigation Agreement The executed Letter of Agreement (LOA) establishes national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments for Windstream and Uniti in connection with their proposed ownership and authorization transfers, clearing the way for FCC approval subject to the agreement’s conditions.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 24-165
2025-02-14	Lumos (T-Mobile - EQT) The Letter of Agreement establishes binding national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments for the proposed transfer of domestic and international Section 214 authority from MTN Infrastructure TopCo LP’s subsidiaries to Trailblazer Holdco, LLC.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 24-151
2025-02-11	Thomson Reuters v Ross Intelligence (D. Del. Feb 11, 2025) The court grants Thomson Reuters partial summary judgment on direct copyright infringement and fair use, holding that Ross Intelligence copied protectable Westlaw headnotes to train a competing legal-research AI tool and cannot establish fair use on the record presented.	LitigationAI	D Del Case No 1:20-cv-613, ECF No 770
2025-01-17	TikTok Inc. v. Garland The Supreme Court affirmed the D.C. Circuit and held that the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, as applied to TikTok and the petitioners, does not violate the First Amendment.	Litigation	SCOTUS Docket Nos. 24-656 and 24-657
2024-12-24	China Unicom v FCC The Ninth Circuit denied China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited’s petition for review and upheld the FCC’s revocation of its domestic and international telecommunications authorizations under § 214 of the Communications Act.	Team TelecomLitigation	9th Cir No. 22-70029
2024-10-10	Cincinnati Bell - Team Telecom Mitigation Agreement This Letter of Agreement establishes binding national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments for CBTS in connection with the proposed transfer of indirect control of CBTS Technology Solutions LLC to CBTS Borrower LLC and states that, after execution, the FCC will be notified that there is no objection to granting the applications.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 24-42
2024-09-03	Prohibiting EA for Kaspersky The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau confirm that equipment integrating Kaspersky cybersecurity or anti-virus software is prohibited from obtaining FCC equipment authorization.	Covered ListICTS	DA 24-886
2024-07-24	Searchlight — Mitigation Agreement (Team Telecom) The Letter of Agreement requires Searchlight WCM Holdco LLC and Wecom LLC to implement national-security and law-enforcement safeguards as a condition supporting FCC consideration of their petition for approval of foreign ownership and wireless-license transfers.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	ISP-PDR-20230823-00008
2024-07-23	Covered List Kaspersky ICTS hardware The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds Kaspersky Lab, Inc.’s cybersecurity and anti-virus software to the FCC’s Covered List based on a Department of Commerce ICTS Final Determination finding unacceptable national-security and U.S.-person security risks.	Covered ListICTS	DA 24-712
2024-05-10	Truphone - Team Telecom mitigation agreement The Letter of Agreement establishes national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments by Truphone and TP Global in connection with pending FCC applications for a change in control and expanded foreign ownership, while supporting FCC approval of those applications.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	OIA Docket No. 23-344
2024-05-02	Element8 AtLink Team Telecom mitigation agreement Element8 Technology Investment Group, Inc. and AtLink Services, LLC executed a Team Telecom mitigation agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, including the FBI, addressing national-security and law-enforcement risks associated with Element8’s proposed foreign investment in and control transfer of AtLink.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 23-268
2024-04-02	Hikvision USA, Inc. v. FCC The D.C. Circuit upheld the FCC’s prohibition on authorizing Hikvision and Dahua equipment for covered national-security uses, but vacated the FCC’s overbroad definition of “critical infrastructure” and remanded for further explanation.	Covered ListLitigation	DC Cir. No. 23-1032
2023-11-13	All West Communications - Team Telecom mitigation agreement The signed Letter of Agreement requires All West Communications and its affiliated companies, together with Novacap entities, to implement national-security and law-enforcement safeguards as a condition associated with their proposed transfer of control and foreign-ownership request.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 22-410
2023-10-06	Lumos — Letter of Agreement (Team Telecom) The Letter of Agreement (LOA) establishes national-security and law-enforcement commitments by MTN and Gridiron Fiber Corporation (identified in the agreement as Lumos) in connection with applications to transfer indirect control of Section 214 authorization holders, including the authorizations associated with North State and Lumos Network, and supersedes the parties’ earlier mitigation agreements.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	ITC-214-19960703-00293
2023-10-03	Millennium Telcom Letter of Agreement The Letter of Agreement conditions Team Telecom’s non-objection to the proposed transfer of control and foreign-ownership authorization requests for OneSource on extensive national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 22-31
2023-09-07	Lightspeed Networks, Inc. — Letter of Agreement (Team Telecom) The Letter of Agreement requires Lightspeed Networks and PocketiNet Communications to implement mitigation measures addressing national-security and law-enforcement risks associated with Lightspeed’s proposed increase in foreign ownership and voting interests in PocketiNet.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	ISP-PDR-20221013-00009
2023-08-24	Mashell Mitigation Agreement This Letter of Agreement (LOA) establishes Mashell Telecom’s binding national-security and law-enforcement commitments as a condition supporting FCC approval of the proposed transfer of control to Alphaboost Purchaser.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 23-30
2023-08-15	Pacific Networks and ComNet (USA) v. FCC The D.C. Circuit denied Pacific Networks Corp. and ComNet (USA) LLC’s petition for review, upholding the FCC’s revocation of their Section 214 authorizations based on national-security risks and lack of candor and trustworthiness.	Team TelecomLitigation	No. 22-1054
2023-07-25	Meriplex Mitigation Agreement The executed Letter of Agreement requires Meriplex Telecom, LLC to implement extensive national-security and law-enforcement safeguards as a condition associated with the proposed transfer of control from The Clairvest Group, Inc. to Vitruvian Partners LLP.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 22-400
2023-07-25	OneWeb Eutelsat LOA The Letter of Agreement conditions the proposed transfer of OneWeb-related FCC authorizations to Eutelsat on extensive national-security and law-enforcement safeguards for U.S. communications, systems, and records.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	IB Docket No. 22-404
2023-01-17	Windstream — Letter of Agreement The Letter of Agreement conditions Team Telecom’s non-objection to the FCC’s approval of Windstream Holdings II, LLC’s proposed increase in indirect foreign equity and voting interests on extensive national-security and law-enforcement safeguards.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	ISP-PDR-20201021-00010
2022-12-20	China Telecom (Americas) Corp. v. FCC The D.C. Circuit denied China Telecom (Americas) Corporation’s petition for review and upheld the FCC’s revocation of the company’s domestic and international section 214 authority.	Team TelecomLitigation	No. 21-1233
2022-12-01	Fusion Connect LOA The signed Letter of Agreement (LOA) commits the Fusion Licensees and North Haven Entities to safeguards addressing national-security and law-enforcement risks from their proposed change of control of Section 214 licensees.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 22-128
2022-11-28	Spanish Broadcasting System LOA - Team Telecom The Letter of Agreement (LOA) records Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.’s commitments to the U.S. Department of Justice to address national-security and law-enforcement risks associated with its request for FCC authorization to exceed the 25 percent foreign-investment benchmark.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	MB Docket No. 22-61
2022-11-11	FCC-22-84A1_Rcd-EA-Security-1.0 The FCC adopts rules barring authorization, marketing, and importation of communications equipment identified on the Commission’s Covered List and adopts related procedures, an interim freeze, and further proposed changes.	Covered List	ET Docket No. 21-232
2022-11-11	EA Security 1.0 The FCC adopts rules barring authorization, marketing, and importation of communications equipment identified on the FCC Covered List, while seeking further comment on additional equipment-authorization and competitive-bidding safeguards.	Covered ListLitigation	ET Docket No. 21-232
2022-10-12	Everfast Fiber Networks SIGNED LOA The Letter of Agreement (LOA) records Everfast Fiber Networks LLC’s commitments to the U.S. Department of Justice, including the FBI, to mitigate national-security and law-enforcement risks associated with its pending Section 214 transaction and authorization applications.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 22-141
2022-09-20	Covered List China Unicom PacNet The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds the international section 214 services of Pacific Networks Corp. (PacNet), ComNet (USA) LLC, and China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited to the Covered List.	Covered List	WC Docket No. 18-89
2022-07-19	Consolidated Communications - Team Telecom LOA The executed Letter of Agreement (LOA) requires Connect Holding, LLC and AP (Connect) VoteCo, LLC to implement national-security and law-enforcement safeguards as a condition associated with FCC review of Connect’s proposed acquisition of Lumen affiliates and related license, authorization, and foreign-ownership applications.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 21-350
2022-07-18	GCX - FLAG Atlantic1 (FA-1) Cable LOA The executed Letter of Agreement conditions the proposed transfer of control of FLAG Telecom and the FLAG Atlantic-1 (FA-1) submarine cable license on national-security and law-enforcement commitments by FLAG, GCX Holdings, and 3i Infrastructure.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 21-463
2022-07-18	GCX LOA - Team Telecom The executed Letter of Agreement conditions national-security and law-enforcement clearance for the proposed transfer of control of GCX Companies and their domestic and international Section 214 authorizations to Reef Bidco Limited, a 3i Infrastructure subsidiary.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 21-463
2022-07-12	GTT Communications - Team Telecom agreement The Letter of Agreement conditions the GTT Companies’ proposed Section 214 authorization assignments and transfer of control on extensive national-security and law-enforcement safeguards reviewed by the Department of Justice, FBI, DoD, and DHS in connection with the FCC applications.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 21-445
2022-07-05	IPC Systems, Inc. — Letter of Agreement The Letter of Agreement conditions the proposed transfer of control of IPC’s domestic and international Section 214 authorizations on extensive national-security and law-enforcement commitments to the U.S. Department of Justice, including the FBI.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	ITC-T/C-20211105-00179
2022-05-31	Plant LOA The Letter of Agreement requires Plant Telephone Company and its subsidiaries, together with TruVista Communications, to adopt extensive national-security and law-enforcement safeguards as a condition supporting FCC consideration of their Section 214 transfer-of-control application.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WT Docket No. 02-229
2022-05-23	2022 5 23 Peerless TT 214 LOA The Letter of Agreement establishes national-security and law-enforcement commitments connected to the proposed transfer of control of Peerless Network’s domestic and international Section 214 authority to Infobip.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	WC Docket No. 03-216
2022-05-05	Gigsky, Inc. — Letter of Agreement The Department of Justice notified the FCC that Team Telecom had terminated GigSky’s mitigation agreement and requested removal of the agreement as a condition on GigSky’s license.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	ISP-PDR-20160415-00008
2022-03-25	Second Covered List China Mobile Telecom Kaspersky The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau adds Kaspersky-branded information-security products and specified China Mobile and China Telecom services to the Communications Act Section 2 Covered List, including the named entities’ subsidiaries and affiliates.	Covered ListTeam Telecom	WC Docket No. 18-89
2021-11-02	China Telecom Revocation Order The FCC revokes China Telecom (Americas) Corporation’s domestic section 214 authority and revokes and terminates its international section 214 authorizations because continued authority no longer serves the public interest and presents substantial national-security and law-enforcement risks.	Team TelecomLitigation	FCC 21-114
2021-06-18	Huawei v FCC The Fifth Circuit denied Huawei’s petition for review, holding that the FCC acted within its statutory authority and did not violate the Administrative Procedure Act or the Constitution by barring universal-service funds from being used for equipment or services supplied by designated national-security risks.	Covered ListLitigation	5th Cir Docket No. No. 19-60896
2021-03-12	First Covered List PN Huawei ZTE The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced and published the first Covered List under section 2 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 and the Commission’s supply-chain rules.	Covered List	WC Docket No. 18-89
2021-01-14	DOJ Team Telecom China Telecom Reply The Executive Branch urges the FCC to revoke and terminate China Telecom (Americas) Corporation’s international Section 214 authorizations because the record establishes national-security and law-enforcement risks and the company has not adequately addressed authorization conditions.	Team TelecomLitigation	GN Docket 20-109
2020-12-17	Frontier Communications Corporation, Debtor-in-Possession — Letter of Agreement (Team Telecom, Docket ISP-PDR-20200624-00005) The Letter of Agreement requires Frontier Communications Corporation and its wholly owned operating subsidiaries to implement national-security and law-enforcement safeguards as a condition associated with FCC applications to transfer control of Section 214 authorizations and exceed the 25 percent foreign-investment benchmark.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	ISP-PDR-20200624-00005
2020-04-09	DOJ Team Telecom Revoke China Telecom The Executive Branch recommends that the FCC revoke and terminate China Telecom’s international Section 214 authorizations because the carrier presents substantial and unacceptable national-security and law-enforcement risks.	Team Telecom	ITC-214-20010613-00346
2020-01-21	Zayo Group, LLC — Letter of Agreement The Letter of Agreement requires Zayo and its subsidiaries to implement extensive national-security, law-enforcement, and public-safety safeguards as a condition supporting FCC review of the proposed transfer of Zayo authorizations and licenses to Front Range.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	ISP-PDR-20190620-00004
2019-11-21	Northwest Fiber, LLC dba Ziply Fiber — Letter of Agreement (Team Telecom, Docket ISP-PDR-20190708-00006) The Letter of Agreement establishes Northwest Fiber’s commitments to the U.S. Department of Justice to address national-security, law-enforcement, and public-safety concerns associated with its proposed acquisition of specified Frontier businesses and related FCC applications.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	ISP-PDR-20190708-00006
2019-11-21	BCE Holding Corporation — Letter of Agreement (Team Telecom, Docket ISP-PDR-20241206-00005) The Letter of Agreement conditions the proposed transfer of control of Northwest Fiber’s FCC authorizations to BCE Holding Corporation and related foreign ownership approval on extensive national-security and law-enforcement mitigation commitments.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	ISP-PDR-20241206-00005
2019-02-13	Tampnet Inc. — Letter of Agreement (Team Telecom, Docket ISP-PDR-20180824-00003) The Letter of Agreement conditions Team Telecom’s non-objection to the proposed transfer of Tampnet’s international Section 214 authorization on Tampnet’s continuing commitments to U.S. lawful access, network security, and protection of U.S. communications records.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	ISP-PDR-20180824-00003
2018-07-09	FirstLight Fiber, Inc. — Letter of Agreement The Letter of Agreement conditions DOJ’s national-security and law-enforcement non-objection to proposed transfers of control involving FirstLight entities and related FCC authorizations on continuing operational, reporting, and notice commitments.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	18-83
2017-11-21	Onvoy Spectrum, LLC — Letter of Agreement (Team Telecom, Docket ISP-PDR-20170316-00001) The Letter of Agreement requires Onvoy Spectrum, LLC to implement national-security, law-enforcement, and public-safety safeguards as a condition associated with its FCC petition for approval of indirect foreign ownership above the Section 310(b)(4) benchmark and a related license modification.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	ISP-PDR-20170316-00001
2017-10-20	Gigsky, Inc. — Letter of Agreement (Team Telecom, Docket ISP-PDR-20160415-00008) The Letter of Agreement requires GigSky and GigSky Mobile to implement national-security, law-enforcement, and public-safety safeguards as a condition of DOJ’s no-objection notification to the FCC’s consent to GigSky’s foreign-ownership application.	Team TelecomMitigation agreement	ISP-PDR-20160415-00008

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