DC Circuit Denies CarrierX Request for Stay in 'Great Lakes v. FCC'
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a motion for stay from CarrierX in consolidated case no. 19-1233 (on Pacer), Great Lakes Communication v. FCC (see 2001130007). "CarrierX has not satisfied the stringent requirements for…
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the requested stay," the court said. The case deals with interexchange carrier compensation rules and access stimulation (see 1911200061). "We have a real call completion crisis," CarrierX Counsel Lauren Coppola told us Wednesday. The Robins Kaplan lawyer said long-distance carriers, AT&T in particular, refuse to properly complete calls. She said the FCC, for the purposes of this filing, "has turned a blind eye" on the call completion problem. The company will continue to pursue other ways of addressing the problem, including with the FCC, with long-distance companies, or other legal channels, she said.