Digital Justice Foundation Seeks en Banc Net Neutrality Rehearing on Transparency
The Digital Justice Foundation requests a panel rehearing and rehearing en banc of net neutrality case Mozilla v FCC, case 18-1051, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, its petition (on Pacer) emailed Friday. It said the…
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D.C. Circuit's panel decision "plainly misstated DJF's position" on why the FCC 2018 net neutrality order transparency rule failed to meet the circuit's "arbitrary and capricious" standards. DJF said the 2018 order excluded audiences, including engineers and consumer watchdogs, on scope of transparency rules. It identified "major discrepancies" between the transparency rule and the 2010 one it purported to be returning to "with minor modifications." In an earlier brief, DJF asked the court to vacate the 2018 order's transparency rule and declare the previous 2105 transparency rule remains.