Sixth Circuit to Hear Challenges to FCC’s Net Neutrality Ruling

The Sixth Circuit will hear court challenges to a recent decision by the Federal Communications Commission to reinstate net neutrality rules and ensure everything on the internet is equally accessible, a federal panel said Thursday.

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation randomly selected the Cincinnati-based US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit as the venue under which to consolidate cases filed across the country to challenge the FCC’s 3-2 decision from April, it said in an order. The regulations—which bar cable and phone providers such as Comcast Corp. and AT&T Inc. from blocking or slowing information ...