Supreme Court Declines Hearing Verizon Appeal of $47M Fine
The justices declined Verizon’s rehearing request, preserving the FCC’s ability to impose $47 million enforcement actions without a jury trial.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to amend a June ruling, leaving Verizon unable to recoup the $47 million it paid the Federal Communications Commission for selling customer location data.
- The Federal Communications Commission fined four carriers nearly $200mn in April 2024 for selling access to customer location data to aggregators, with Verizon assessed $47mn and T-Mobile $80mn.
- Lawyers for Verizon argued the company paid early because the Federal Communications Commission's description misled it into believing payment was mandatory, though the high court denied the request to rehear the case.
- Justice Clarence Thomas dissented, writing the court punished Verizon for complying with an order it believed obligatory; AT&T, with different procedural standing, can still pursue reimbursement of its $57mn.
- Regulatory enforcement remains inconsistent: the Federal Communications Commission issued fines six years after initial warnings, whereas The European regime can impose penalties up to 4% of global turnover for similar violations.
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Supreme Court Shuts Door on Verizon's $47 Million FCC Fine Refund
The Supreme Court delivered a quiet but decisive blow to Verizon on Monday. In a one-line order, the justices turned away the telecom giant’s unusual request to tweak a June ruling. The move ends any realistic shot at recovering the $47 million the company paid to settle Federal Communications Commission accusations of mishandling customer location data. Verizon had argued it was essentially trapped. The carrier paid the forfeiture under protest…
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Supreme Court declines to rehear Verizon appeal of $47M FCC fine
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Verizon cannot claw back its $47mn location data fine
The US Supreme Court has refused Verizon’s request to amend a June ruling so it could pursue a refund of the $47mn it paid over selling access to customer location data. AT&T, whose case is procedurally different, can still seek reimbursement of its $57mn. Verizon will not get back the $47mn it paid over customer […] This story continues at The Next Web
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