Supreme Court leans toward backing FCC fines against Verizon, AT&T
Justices appeared skeptical of the carriers’ jury-trial claim as the Trump administration warned that curbing FCC fines could weaken privacy enforcement.
- The Federal Communications Commission fined Verizon and AT&T over $100 million for failing to protect customer location data without proper consent or safeguards.
- Verizon and AT&T challenged the fines, arguing that the FCC's in-house proceedings violate their Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.
- The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined to uphold the FCC's authority to levy fines without immediate jury trials, while recognizing companies can contest fines in court afterward.
- A ruling expected by late June or early July could affect other federal agencies that use similar penalty enforcement methods.
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US Supreme Court weighs whether FCC can impose massive penalties without a jury trial — SCOTUS Dispatch
Joshua Villanueva is JURIST’s Washington, DC Correspondent and an LL.M. candidate in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law at The George Washington University Law School. The US Supreme Co...
Court appears skeptical of right to jury trial in FCC proceedings
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The Supreme Court grilled the Federal Communications Commission over its retreat from past arguments that the fines it levied against Verizon and AT&T were binding, after the telecommunications companies challenged the FCC’s authority to issue those fines. The justices heard arguments in the consolidated cases FCC v. AT&T and Verizon Communications v. FCC, weighing whether the federal agency’s method for assessing and enforcing fines against tel…
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