Friday, June 05, 2026

AT&T and Verizon lose Supreme Court case

AT&T and Verizon lost an attempt to overturn fines for selling users' real-time location data without consent, as the Supreme Court ruled today that the Federal Communications Commission process for issuing financial penalties did not violate the right to a jury trial.

Posted by lamplighter at 04:31 PM | 1 COMMENT | permalink

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... AT&T convinced the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to overturn its fine last year, while Verizon lost in the 2nd Circuit. The Supreme Court took up the case to resolve the circuit split and reversed the 5th Circuit decision in today's ruling, which was 8-1 with Justice Clarence Thomas dissenting. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-05 04:32 PM

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