The Order will not go into effect until after the Office of Management and Budget completes its Paperwork Reduction Act review, which could take several months. However, last Thursday’s publication is significant because it triggers deadlines for challenges to the Order, both in the courts and in Congress.
The Federal Register publication gives litigants ten days to file petitions for review in federal courts of appeals if they would like to be included in a court lottery to determine the venue for consolidating the Order’s challenges. The following petitions have already been filed:
- New York District Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced he and 22 other Democratic attorneys general filed a petition for review at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit;
- Public Knowledge, Mozilla, Vimeo, National Hispanic Media Coalition, and New America’s Open Technology Institute each filed petitions for review in the D.C. Circuit;
- The California Public Utilities Commission and Santa Clara County each filed appeals in the Ninth Circuit;
Several other parties, including the Internet Association (representing Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, among others), INCOMPAS, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), and Free Press are expected to file petitions for review in the near term.
February 26, 2018
www.commlawmonitor.com/2018/02/articles/federal-state-regulatory/fcc-net-neutrality-repeal-published-in-federal-register-triggering-deadlines-for-challengers/
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