DC Federal Appeals Court Extends Comment Deadline in Network Neutrality Challenge

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has granted Verizon and MetrocPCS' request for two more weeks beyond its previous Dec. 6 deadline to file reply briefs in their challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's open Internet order, as well as a few more words to make their case. The court extended the deadline for the briefs to Dec. 21 and replies to those replies on Jan. 4, with final briefs Jan. 18. The court has yet to schedule oral argument.