Interconnected TMT

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit heard oral arguments on a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) net neutrality rules, which reclassified broadband Internet access services under Title II of the Communications Act, on October 31. The court has already issued a stay of the rules’ effectiveness pending its decision on the merits, citing the “major question” doctrine. The rules, originally adopted under Obama-era FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, later repealed by Trump-appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, and readopted under current FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, if upheld by the court or remanded to the agency for further action, will almost certainly be repealed under Commissioner Brendan Carr.