States Could Follow Calif. After 9th Circuit Ruling: New Street
Last week’s decision upholding California’s net neutrality law at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “opens the door to more states acting,” New Street Research analyst Blair Levin wrote in a Sunday note to investors. The court said the…
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FCC can’t preempt states after giving up its own broadband authority (see 2201280057). The Supreme Court seems unlikely to take up the case, said Levin. The decision “raises the stakes for how the FCC addresses state action when it takes up the issue” and federal “legislation is now more likely though it remains an uphill battle,” he said.