Net neutrality delay: Calif. agrees to suspend law until after court case

Enlarge / California State Capitol building in Sacramento. (credit: Getty Images | joe chan photography)
California has agreed to delay enforcement of its net neutrality law until after litigation that will determine whether states can implement their own net neutrality rules.
California's net neutrality law was slated to take effect on January 1, 2019. But the Trump administration's Department of Justice and broadband industry sued to block the law and were seeking a preliminary injunction that would halt enforcement until litigation is over.
The DOJ and broadband industry had a good chance of winning a preliminary injunction because the Federal Communications Commission had declared that all state net neutrality rules are preempted. As the DOJ argued, the US District Court for the Eastern District of California must presume that the FCC preemption of state laws is valid since that preemption has not been overturned by any court.
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