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Biden DOJ Halts Trump Admin Lawsuit Against California Net Neutrality Rules

mardi 9 février 2021, 04:30 , par Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Biden administration has abandoned a Trump-era lawsuit that sought to block California's net neutrality law. In a court filing today, the US Department of Justice said it 'hereby gives notice of its voluntary dismissal of this case.' Shortly after, the court announced that the case is 'dismissed in its entirety' and 'all pending motions in this action are denied as moot.'

The case began when Trump's DOJ sued California in September 2018 in US District Court for the Eastern District of California, trying to block a state net neutrality law similar to the US net neutrality law repealed by the Ajit Pai-led FCC. Though Pai's FCC lost an attempt to impose a blanket, nationwide preemption of any state net neutrality law, the US government's lawsuit against the California law was moving forward in the final months of the Trump administration.

The Biden DOJ's voluntary dismissal of the case puts an end to that. 'I am pleased that the Department of Justice has withdrawn this lawsuit,' FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said today. 'When the FCC, over my objection, rolled back its net neutrality policies, states like California sought to fill the void with their own laws. By taking this step, Washington is listening to the American people, who overwhelmingly support an open Internet, and is charting a course to once again make net neutrality the law of the land.' The report notes that California still has to defend its net neutrality rules against a separate lawsuit filed by the major broadband-industry lobby groups. 'The industry groups representing all the biggest ISPs and many smaller ones filed an amended complaint against California in August 2020, claiming the net neutrality law is 'unconstitutional state regulation,'' reports Ars.

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