The real net neutrality lawsuits are finally here
April 14, 2015
Top lobbyists for the nation's Internet providers filed lawsuits on April 14 against the government's new net neutrality rules. The lawsuits have been gestating for weeks. They take aim at what the National Cable and Telecommunications Association calls in its suit an "arbitrary, capricious and … abuse of discretion" on the part of the Federal Communications Commission. The court petitions filed in Washington also include challenges from CTIA, the wireless industry's top trade group and the American Cable Association, which represents small and independent cable companies. Together with a suit from USTelecom, the trade group for America's largest telecommunications firms, that makes four.
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