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The NAM filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit supporting the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) repeal of the 2015 net neutrality rule. In August, a group of plaintiffs sued alleging the FCC unlawfully overturned the 2015 rule by mischaracterizing how the internet access works. Manufacturers are the beneficiaries of a global broadband infrastructure, which has transformed the way they operate, providing numerous opportunities to create and market innovative products and services. The NAM’s brief explains that regulating broadband providers as common carriers is unwise, and the FCC’s change promotes investment that is critical to developing the next generation of technologies. In a win for manufacturers, on October 1, 2019, the court upheld the repeal.