Dossier
forfeiture orders
Coverage of forfeiture orders in the Nexus archive.
- US supreme court backs FCC in clash with wireless carriers over fines
The US Supreme Court upheld the Federal Communications Commission's authority to impose in-house penalties on wireless carriers, rejecting AT&T and Verizon's claims that this deprived them of a jury trial. The 8-1 ruling supported the Trump administration's defense of the FCC's forfeiture orders system.