Verizon loses early skirmish in Net neutrality litigation2011-02-03 09:40 by DanielaTags: Verizon, Net Neutrality, FCC
A federal appellate court ruled yesterday against Verizon in its first-out-of-the-gate lawsuit challenging the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet Order-the so-called Net neutrality rules. But the decision turned on a minor procedural issue and gives no indication of how the court will ultimately decide. The ruling was only one sentence. "Request for Comcast panel of judges denied," the court said. After filing its appeal on January 20, Verizon asked that its case be heard by the same panel of three judges that decided against the FCC in an April 2010 case involving Comcast's alleged throttling of BitTorrent traffic. In that case, the agency tried to sanction Comcast for failing to adhere to the FCC's earlier Net neutrality policy statements. But the D.C. Circuit ruled that the agency had not been given authority by Congress to regulate the network management practices of broadband Internet providers. The sanctions were dismissed. Read more -here-
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