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(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) –– AT&T and Verizon’s attempt to disconnect California’s net neutrality act stalled Tuesday, with a federal judge finding the law which prevents the “throttling” of internet speeds is not preempted by the U.S. Constitution. U.S. District Judge John Mendez declined the telecommunication industry’s motion for preliminary injunction, granting California a win against the nation’s largest service providers in the fight over internet regulations. Mendez, a George W. Bush appointee, said controversial changes made by the Federal Comm...

Following the consequential Broadnet Declaratory Ruling, NCLC and PSC each filed petitions seeking reconsideration. The NCLC Petition argued that, among other things, federal contractors are “persons” under the TCPA and that the Broadnet Declaratory Ruling misinterpreted the Supreme Court’s holding in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez on that point. 4 The PSC Petition took issue with the Broadnet Declaratory Ruling to the extent that it required federal government contractors to meet an agency requirement to invoke TCPA immunity when making calls. Specifically, the PSC Petition asked the ...