FCC Cancels LCP Enforcement Actions Against AT&T
On August 11, 2020, the Commission released an Order canceling a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) issued against AT&T in 2016. BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC, d/b/a/ AT&T Southeast, Order, FCC 20-103 (rel. Aug. 11, 2020). The NAL proposed a forfeiture of $106,425 against AT&T for apparently failing to charge two Florida school districts the lowest corresponding price for telecommunications services it provided under the E-Rate program during funding year 2014-2015. The Telecommunications Act requires the Commission to issue an NAL within one year of a violation. 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(6)(B); see also 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(c)(4). Because the apparent violations at issue occurred more than one year before the NAL was issued, the Commission found the NAL to be time-barred by the statute of limitations and it canceled the NAL and the proposed forfeiture.
