DC Circuit Denies Challenges to FCC Net Neutrality Order

Federal judges denied petitions for review of the FCC net neutrality order "in accordance with the opinion of the court," in a per curiam judgment (in Pacer) Tuesday (USTelecom v. FCC, No. 15-1063). The lengthy opinion (in Pacer) of the panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was also released this morning. This opinion will be the subject of a forthcoming Communications Daily Bulletin this morning. The FCC order had reclassified broadband under Title II of the Communications Act. Officials at the FCC and USTelecom had no immediate comment.