New FCC Router Rule Signals Shifting Supply Chain Approach, Law360

Partner Loyaan Egal and associates Ivon Guo and Leetal Weiss co-authored an article for Law360 analyzing the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) recent addition of foreign-produced consumer-grade routers to its covered list and the broader implications for US supply chain and national security policy.

The authors examine how the rule, which restricts authorization and use of certain routers based on place of production, signals a shift toward categorical, entity-agnostic regulation. They highlight the compliance and reporting obligations for communications service providers, the conditional approval pathway through national security agencies, and the potential movement away from the Commerce Department’s Information and Communications Technology and Services regulations toward expanded use of the FCC covered list.

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