Why the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Were Struck Down

The decades-long fight over net neutrality appears to be over. In one of the first appellate decisions since the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Chevron deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Ohio Telecom Association v. FCC (2025) held that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lacks authority to reinstate its 2015 net neutrality rules. In many ways, the long battle over net neutrality served...
By: Perkins Coie

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