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United States Telecom Assoc. v. FCC, et al

  1. October 14, 2016

    FCC's O'Rielly Slams DC Circ. Order Backing Net Neutrality

    The D.C. Circuit's decision to uphold the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules came from a cursory review that lacked necessary rigor and set a "host of dreadful precedents," Commissioner Michael O'Rielly said on Thursday.

  2. July 29, 2016

    Telecoms Ask Full DC Circ. To Hear Open Internet Challenge

    The telecommunications companies challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s controversial Open Internet Order asked for the full D.C. Circuit to hear their attempt to overturn that order Friday after last month’s panel decision upholding the rule.

  3. July 13, 2016

    Telecom Cases To Watch For The Rest Of 2016

    The questions of who will win the presidential election and what priorities the Federal Communications Commission will set next year may take the spotlight heading into the fall, but key cases are pending that could also help shape the future of telecommunications. Here, Law360 highlights the top cases to watch in the last half of the year.

  4. July 08, 2016

    The Biggest Telecom Cases So Far In 2016

    The third time was the charm for the Federal Communications Commission in the D.C. Circuit's review of its net neutrality rules, and experts said the decision will almost certainly be the most important telecom legal development in 2016. Here, Law360 looks back at net neutrality and other key cases so far this year in telecommunications.

  5. June 14, 2016

    FCC Victorious As DC Circ. Upholds Net Neutrality

    The D.C. Circuit upheld the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules Tuesday in a widely anticipated decision that capped off months of post-oral argument uncertainty and saw the agency successfully defend its decision to alter internet regulation.

  6. December 24, 2015

    Telecom Cases To Watch In 2016

    The Federal Communications Commission dropped some big — and divisive — orders in 2015, and the agency will spend much of 2016 justifying those decisions in court. From a ruling on the FCC's authority to regulate the Internet to a fight over its ability to enforce privacy standards in a phone subsidy program, here is a breakdown of the telecom cases to watch in 2016.

  7. December 04, 2015

    DC Circ. Open To FCC Regulation Shift In Net Neutrality Args

    The Federal Communications Commission faced a receptive audience in the D.C. Circuit as it defended its decision to alter how the Internet will be regulated, but it didn't escape without criticism over expanding that regulation to mobile broadband service.

  8. December 03, 2015

    The Arguments That Could Reshape Internet Oversight

    The telecom industry and the Federal Communications Commission will face off Friday before the D.C. Circuit to spar over the FCC’s net neutrality rules for a third time, in a case that will determine the future of Internet regulation — at least until it’s appealed. Here, Law360 breaks down the expected arguments and who will make them.

  9. December 02, 2015

    Net Neutrality To Face Familiar Overseer At DC Circ.

    One of the judges in the D.C. Circuit panel set to review the Federal Communications Commission's latest net neutrality rules struck down the agency's prior two attempts to police the Internet, but he left enough clues in his opinions that attorneys wonder if the third time's the charm for the FCC.

  10. November 05, 2015

    Congress Didn't Want Net Neutrality, GOP Tells DC Circ.

    Twenty-three House Republicans have told the D.C. Circuit that the Federal Communications Commission overstepped its statutory authority with new net neutrality rules, reminding the court in an amicus brief Wednesday that Congress has had several chances to regulate the broadband industry but each time has chosen not to.