( December 8, 2025, 2:03 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — AT&T Inc. on Dec. 5 filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court responding to a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the Federal Communications Commission and the United States challenging the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling vacating a $57 million fine against AT&T for improper handling of customers’ location data, writing that the Fifth Circuit’s ruling was correct under SEC v. Jarkesy but agreeing that certiorari should be granted because of a circuit split on the issue....