Supreme Court to Weigh FCC Power to Fine in New Regulatory Clash
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000US Supreme Court:An AT&T store in New York.The US Supreme Court will consider invalidating the Federal Communications Commission’s system for imposing financial penalties in a clash that could put fresh limits on the power of federal regulators. The justices said Friday they will hear contentions from AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. that they were deprived of their constitutional right to a jury trial when the FCC fined them more than $40 million apiece for alleged customer privacy violations.