2nd Circ. OKs Verizon's $47M FCC Fine, Splitting With 5th Circ.

By Dorothy Atkins ( September 10, 2025, 10:37 PM EDT) -- The Second Circuit upheld Wednesday the Federal Communications Commission's $46.9 million fine against Verizon Communications Inc. for misuse of device-location data, rejecting Verizon's arguments that the data falls outside federal privacy protections and that such a penalty without a jury trial was unconstitutional, creating a split with the Fifth Circuit....

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