DC Circuit Sets Sept. 13 Argument on Neustar Challenge to FCC LNPA Order
A federal court set Sept. 13 oral argument on Neustar's challenge to an FCC order that gave Telcordia the inside track to be the next local number portability administrator. The composition of the three-judge panel to hear the case will…
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be revealed 30 days before oral argument, said a short order Wednesday of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (Neustar v. FCC, No. 15-1080). A Neustar spokesperson said, "We are pleased to see that oral argument has been scheduled for early fall." The FCC had no comment. Neustar and the FCC made their arguments last fall (see 1509210040, 1510290029 and 1511270033) and briefing closed in December. Asked about the D.C. Circuit's delay in setting oral argument, Georgetown Law Institute for Public Representation Senior Counselor Andrew Schwartzman, who is not involved in the case but is a longtime court watcher, told us “it does seem to be a little slow, but I’m not sure this is unusual.” The D.C. Circuit “stops hearing cases in late May. Unless there is some need for expedition, cases that don't make that schedule are heard in the fall, and the court doesn't start scheduling the new term until about now," he emailed. "This case is one of the very first cases being heard in the fall, so without knowing more, it could well be that it just missed the cut for the current term." But he also said two cases heard in May had briefing that wasn't completed until February or March, "so something might have held" up the Neustar case.