Sixth Circuit to Rehear Case on FCC Data Breach Rules

Telecom industry groups and Republican lawmakers said the court’s previous decision made it harder for Congress to nullify disfavored rules

Sixth Circuit to Rehear Case on FCC Data Breach Rules
Photo of the Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse, which houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in 2023, by Warren LeMay. Used with permission.

WASHINGTON, July 31, 20256 – A full panel of federal judges will rehear a case that upheld expanded telecom data breach rules.

The Federal Communications Commission, now under Republican control, has indicated it’s likely to reverse the rules anyway. But industry groups and GOP lawmakers want the case’s precedent gone too.

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