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Verizon Communications Inc., Petitioner v. Federal Communications Commission, et al.

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25-567

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Supreme Court

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  1. January 09, 2026

    Justices Will Weigh FCC's Monetary Penalty Powers

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to take a look at the Federal Communications Commission's authority to issue fines by announcing it would review both a Fifth Circuit ruling in AT&T's favor curtailing the agency's ability to issue fines using its own in-house legal process and a case that Verizon lost in the Second Circuit.

  2. December 12, 2025

    Wireless Group Calls For High Court Review Of FCC Fines

    The major wireless carriers' trade group on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Verizon's case against a $46 million privacy fine, saying the Seventh Amendment right to jury trial is too important to leave questions unanswered about its reach.

  3. December 10, 2025

    Gov't Urges Combining Verizon, AT&T Cases Over FCC Fines

    The Federal Communications Commission has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to pair Verizon's appeal of a $46 million FCC penalty with a similar case involving AT&T that centers on the FCC's ability to issue fines without a jury trial.

  4. November 13, 2025

    Verizon Says High Court Must Solve FCC Fine Circuit Split

    Verizon is hoping that the court of last resort will take up its case challenging the $46.9 million fine that the Federal Communications Commission slapped it with after the company was found to have been selling off people's location data and the Second Circuit ruled the fine would stay in place.