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Legal Line column published in The Prepaid Press discussing AT&T efforts to restrict use of Local DIDs for interstate calling. Click here to read article
Legal Line column published in The Prepaid Press discussing FCC efforts to overhaul USF and Intercarrier Compensation regimes. Click here to read article
Legal Line column published in The Prepaid Press discussing Universal Service Fund reform. Click here to read article.
Helein & Marashlian partner publishes article in The Prepaid Press detailing appeals and challenges to USAC’s “Carrier’s Carrier Rule”. Click here to read article.
Legal Line column published in The Prepaid Press discusses Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against prepaid calling card companies. Click here to read article.
Helein & Marashlian partner gives presentation on the “Future of Regulation, Taxes and Litigation in Prepaid Calling” industry at 2008 Prepaid Press Expo. Click here for presentation
Helein & Marashlian partner publishes article in The Prepaid Press discussing Congressional hearings on prepaid calling card industry marketing practices. Click here to read article
Helein & Marashlian partner addresses audience at Network IP’s 2007 Prepaid Leadership Summit, presents “Prepaid Industry Legal & Regulatory Update: Focus on Marketing Practices.” Click here for presentation.
Former HLG Attorney, Robert M. McDowell, tapped by President Bush to be FCC Commissioner. click here to read article
Robert M. McDowell confirmed by Senate. On May 26, 2006, the U.S. Senate confirmed Robert McDowell to be a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission. McDowell, a former HLG Senior Attorney, fills the fifth and final seat on the FCC, assuming the remainder of an unexpired term that runs until June 30, 2009. click here to read article
HLG Partner, Jonathan S. Marashlian, offers comments on NSA domestic spying program debate.
HLG Partner, Jonathan S. Marashlian, comments to VOIP-NEWS on regulatory and tax costs of providing Voice over IP communications services as compared to traditional telephone service. click here to read article
HLG Partner, Jonathan S. Marashlian, publishes article in The Prepaid Press updating status of AT&T Enhanced Calling Card saga. click here to read article
HLG Partner, Charles H. Helein, publishes article in The Prepaid Press describing the opportunity for prepaid providers to obtain refunds of unlawful Federal Excise Taxes. click here to read article
HLG Partner, Jonathan S. Marashlian, publishes article in The Prepaid Press explaining the FCC's Universal Service Fund and Form 499 regulations; troubleshoots issues common to prepaid providers. click here to read
HLG Partner, Jonathan S. Marashlian, publishes article in The Prepaid Press forecasting that 2006 will be the year in which the FCC's Enforcement Bureau takes a close look at dial-around compensation; warns prepaid providers to be vigilant. click here to read article
HLG Partner, Jonathan S. Marashlian, publishes article in The Prepaid Press addressing current and future prospects for state regulation of wireless carriers, including prepaid MVNOs. click here to read article
HLG Partner, Jonathan S. Marashlian, quoted in Newark Star-Ledger article commenting on AT&T calling card service; describes “gouging” of military personnel stationed in Iraq. click here to read article
Advocacy expresses appreciation to The Helein Law Group for its assistance opposing RBOC Forbearance Petitions which seek to eliminate the application of Title II and Computer Inquiry regulatory safeguards to broadband services. click here to read article
HLG Partner, Jonathan S. Marashlian, publishes article in The Prepaid Press explaining AT&T Enhanced Calling Card services and Declaratory Ruling Petition before Federal Communications Commission, Enhanced prepaid calling cards — Will the FCC cut off its nose to spite its face? Warns prepaid providers of potential impact of adverse decision. click here to read article
HLG Partner, Jonathan S. Marashlian, publishes article in The Prepaid Press describing increased Federal Communications Commission enforcement activity pertaining to Universal Service Fund and interstate carrier registration rules, FCC USF Enforcement: Is the sleeping lion about to wake?. click here to read article
HLG attorney, Jonathan S. Marashlian, comments in The Prepaid Press on proposed Illinois legislation seeking additional regulation of prepaid calling card providers, calls proposal unnecessary and misguided. click here to read article
HLG Managing Partner, Charles H. Helein, comments on USTA v. FCC II case and criticizes court, FCC and Congress for ignoring the quid pro quo of the 1996 Act in favor of RBOC friendly “intermodel competition” rationale in May 2004 Phone+ Magazine article. Mr. Helein was assisted in the preparation of the article by HLG attorney Jonathan S. Marashlian. click here to read article
HLG Partner, Jonathan S. Marashlian, and Fred R. Goldstein, an outside consultant who frequently works with the firm on behalf of its CLEC clients eviscerate the recent USTA v. FCC ("USTA II") DC Circuit Court ruling in favor of the RBOC trade lobby in its lawsuit against the FCC's anti-monopoly policies. click here to read article
HLG Attorneys, Charles H. Helein, Jonathan S. Marashlian and Loubna W. Haddad, publish article in the Federal Communications Law Journal exploring the FCC's decision to detariff the long distance marketplace and analyzing the impact federal detariffing will have on the industry. click here to read
HLG Attorney, Jonathan S. Marashlian, addresses causes of CLEC demise in article contributed to CLEC-Planet - "Telecom Re-monopolization - Is it Too Late?" click here to read article
HLG Attorney, Jonathan S. Marashlian, contributes to Accelerate Telecom Magazine "Status" column - calling on regulators and politicians to open their eyes to Baby Bell abuses. click here to read article
Charles H. Helein writes on the importance and opportunities of operating in the new detariffed environment in the September issue of Phone + magazine. click here to read article
HLG Attorney, Jonathan S. Marashlian, contributes to Accelerate Telecom Magazine "Status" column - critical of consumer groups call for FCC investigation of long distance rates. click here to read article
The Helein Law Group's affiliated consultancy arm, THG Consultants LLP, announces creation of TariffLink to assist telecommunications companies in communicating rate and service changes to their customers, while complying with a FCC mandated July 31, 2001 deadline for posting tariffs on the Internet. click here to read article
Charles H. Helein Calls Local Competitors to Arms, advocates aggressive response to anti-competitive Bell monopolistic tactics. click here to read article
The Helein Law Group sponsored the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Foundation's 1st Annual Grand Slam Pro-Am Gala to benefit area at-risk youth. click here to read article.
The Helein Law Group's affiliated consultancy arm, THG Consultants LLP, named among the "Who's Who in Carrier Consulting". click here to read article
America's Network article quoting Charles H. Helein, Senior Partner of The Helein Law Group, on selecting the "right" law firm. click here to read article
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