To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The whirlwind of developments during 2021 on "net neutrality" rules that is probably inevitable given the change in administration gathered speed this week, when a federal district court in California denied an industry request to stay the effectiveness of California's net neutrality law, the California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018. The ruling in American Cable Association et al. v. Becerra, No 2:18-cv-02684 (E.D. Cal.) is not a final holding that the California statute is legal—instead, in an oral ruling, Judge Mendez merely refused to enjoin the law pending final resolution of industry's challenges to it. But perhaps even more important than the fact that the California law is now in effect is what the ruling may foreshadow: The judge specifically called on Congress to weigh in on the net-neutrality debate, while Acting Chairwoman Rosenworcel of the FCC called the ruling "big news for #openinternet policy."