Judge Finds Maine Privacy Law Not Preempted By FCC Rules, Actions

Mealey's (July 10, 2020, 1:13 PM EDT) -- BANGOR, Maine — Granting a motion for judgment on the pleadings by Maine’s attorney general (AG), a Maine federal judge on July 7 ruled that a group of trade associations opposing a newly enacted state privacy statute failed to establish that the law is preempted by recent rules and deregulatory activities of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) (ACA Connects – America’s Communications Association, et al. v. Aaron Frey, No. 1:20-cv-00055, D. Maine, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 118293)....