WASHINGTON (CN) — In a case from wireless giants set for arguments next week, the Supreme Court will consider stripping regulators of a key enforcement tool for consumer protection rules regulating the airwaves.
AT&T and Verizon are challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to fine carriers. The wireless giants collectively face over $100 million in penalties for selling customers’ data to a third party offering a location-finding service to law enforcement officials. But the companies argue the congressional scheme for enforcing such an order is unconstitutional.
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