A coalition of industry groups on Friday challenged the FCC's net neutrality order and declaratory ruling reclassifying broadband as a Communications Act Title II telecom service.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit handed Chinese companies Hikvision and Dahua a partial victory Tuesday, holding in an opinion (docket 23-1032) that the FCC’s definition of critical infrastructure is “overly broad.” The three-judge panel rejected arguments that video cameras and video-surveillance equipment the companies manufactured shouldn’t have been placed on the FCC’s “covered list” of unsecure gear. The case was argued in December (see 2312140061).

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion from 20 industry and business groups, including CTIA, USTelecom and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, for expedited briefing and oral argument on their 16 consolidated petitions to vacate the FCC's Nov. 20 digital discrimination order, said the court’s order Wednesday (docket 24-1179).

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Appeals Court will hold in abeyance, pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in the NetChoice challenges of the Florida and Texas social media laws, New York Attorney General Letitia James’ appeal to lift the district court’s injunction that blocks her from enforcing New York’s Hateful Conduct Law, Section 394-ccc, said a 2nd Circuit clerk’s order Friday (docket 23-356). SCOTUS plans oral argument Monday on the tandem NetChoice challenges.

A California appeals court reversed a lower court’s decision to delay a state agency’s enforcement of California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) regulations Friday.

LTD Broadband asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to review the FCC’s rejection of its long-form application for Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) support, as expected.

Appellant AT&T and Los Altos, California, seek an order dismissing AT&T’s appeal over the installation of small cells in the city’s rights-of-way, said their stipulated motion Friday (docket 22-16432) in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The FCC's recently adopted rules defining "digital discrimination of access" violate the Administrative Procedures Act, said the Minnesota Telecom Alliance in a suit filed Tuesday against the agency in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Assuming "unprecedented authority," the FCC seeks to "empower itself to micromanage a host of legitimate business practices, including network buildout decisions, pricing, promotions, advertising, contract renewal, and customer service, the group said. The suit follows a similar suit filed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the 5th Circuit.

The U.S. Supreme Court set oral argument for March 18 in Murthy v. Missouri, the case in which the government is seeking to vacate the injunction that bars officials from the White House and four federal agencies from coercing social media companies to moderate their content, said a text-only docket entry Monday (docket 23-411).

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Texas Association of Business and the Longview (Texas) Chamber of Commerce sued the FCC in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over the agency's rules defining "digital discrimination of access." The rules were adopted by a 3-2 vote during a November agency meeting. "The Order purports to implement" part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act "by adopting a definition of 'digital discrimination of access' to broadband internet service that encompasses '[p]olicies or practices, not justified by genuine issues of technical or economic feasibility,' that result in disparate treatment or disparate impact," the groups said in the filing. The suit, filed Friday, was posted Monday.