DC Circuit Denies Neustar Bid to Update Record in LNPA Case; Merits Panel Named
Federal judges denied Neustar's unopposed request to file new information on its challenge to a March 2015 FCC order conditionally selecting Telcordia to become the local number portability administrator. The denial came in an order (in Pacer) Wednesday by a…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.
merits panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which is scheduled to hear oral argument Sept. 13 in the LNPA case (Neustar v. FCC, No. 15-1080). The panel consists of Judges David Tatel, Harry Edwards and David Sentelle. "We have received the Court’s order and are looking forward to oral argument," said a spokeswoman for Neustar, the current administrator. In motions to file a supplemental brief and similar letter, Neustar sought to provide an update of developments at the commission since parties filed briefs last fall, including on a controversy over Telcordia's use of foreign nationals in software coding for the next LNPA system. The FCC said that work was "inconsistent" with a condition that such personnel be U.S. citizens, and it required Telcordia to start over from scratch (see 1604290056). Neustar last week also challenged the FCC's July order approving Telcordia's LNPA contract terms (see 1607250029).