WASHINGTON—A federal court declined to reconsider telecommunications companies’ challenge to Obama-era net neutrality rules on Monday, setting the stage for a likely appeal to the Supreme Court. The widely anticipated rejection came just days after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai laid out his proposal for rolling back the net neutrality rules, giving the industry a big win. But the telecom firms and their allies are still looking to the courts for backing in their opposition to the net neutrality...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 01, 2017 19:30 UTC