Appeals Court Dismisses FTC's AT&T Data Throttling Suit

A federal appeals court has dismissed a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission against AT&T for throttling, or slowing data speeds, on millions of customers with unlimited smartphone data plans. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a decision filed Monday, reversed a lower court's denial of AT&T's motion to dismiss the throttling lawsuit.

The GigaLaw Firm helps companies of all sizes protect their brands online, using domain name dispute policies – such as the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) – and other legal tools available to copyright and trademark owners on the Internet.