( January 12, 2026, 11:51 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Jan. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether provisions of the Communications Act, by which the Federal Communications Commission assesses and enforces the payment of monetary forfeitures, violate the Seventh Amendment or Article III of the U.S. Constitution, granting certiorari in cases involving former practices of AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. under which they sold customers’ location data to third parties....