Will FCC Net Neutrality Rules Survive Court?

Challenges to FCC rules will be heard by appeals court in D.C. ... and Verizon is licking its lips

Opponents of the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules won an important court victory last week, one that may eventually mean the death of the rules, a major setback for FCC chairman and net neutrality proponent Julius Genachowski, and a restriction of the power of the FCC itself.

On Thursday, a judicial panel chose to consolidate several challenges to the rules that have been filed with federal courts in the weeks since the rules were officially published in the Federal Register.

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