2nd Circuit Schedules April 27 Argument on Verizon Data Fine
The 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Wednesday scheduled oral argument for April 27 on Verizon’s challenge of a $46.9 million penalty from the FCC for not adequately protecting subscribers’ real-time location information. Commissioners approved the fine on a…
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3-2 vote last year, along with fines against AT&T and T-Mobile. Each of the carriers is challenging the penalties. In February, the 5th Circuit heard oral argument in AT&T’s challenge of a $57 million fine (see 2502030050). The government defended the order in the 5th Circuit even though current FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and Republican Commissioner Nathan Simington had dissented.