Posted Jun 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM UTCLExternal LinkSupreme Court backs FCC process that let it fine carriers over location sharing.In an 8-1 ruling, the justices found that the Federal Communications Commission’s in-house process to levy fines doesn’t violate companies’ right to a jury trial. The case involved AT&T and Verizon’s challenges to fines they faced during the Biden administration over allegations they illegally shared customers’ location without consent.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Lauren Feiner
Supreme Court backs FCC process that let it fine carriers over location sharing.
In an 8-1 ruling, the justices found that the Federal Communications Commission’s in-house process to levy fines doesn’t violate companies’ right to a jury trial. The case involved AT&T and Verizon’s challenges to fines they faced during the Biden administration over allegations they illegally shared customers’ location without consent. [Link: US Supreme Court sides with FCC in clash with wireless carriers over fines | https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-supreme-court-sides-with-fcc-clash-with-wireless-carriers-over-fines-2026-06-04/ | Reuters]
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