Law360, New York (June 19, 2009) -- A federal appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission erroneously denied a petition by Verizon Telephone Cos. for immunity from regulations in six metropolitan areas, ordering the agency to offer a “reasoned explanation” for the rejection.
A three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found Friday that the FCC wrongly denied Verizon’s petition by “departing from the legal standards...
