In a case that pitted Verizon Communications againsts a disgruntled customer, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 1996 Telecommunications Act did not expand the scope of antitrust relief available to competitive carriers or their customers and that under existing antitrust law, Verizon's alleged lack of cooperation in providing local wireline loops to competitors does not violate antitrust law. The customer had sought antitrust relief on the grounds that Verizon had failed to fully cooperate in local loop unbundling with competitors who might...
