A US appeals court rejected lawsuits filed by two Verizon and MetroPCS against the Federal Communications Commission's new net neutrality rules, saying that the suits were premature. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said the companies had to wait to challenge the rules until they were published in the Federal Register, the Wall Street Journal reports. The FCC adopted the new rules in December, but hasn't formally published them yet. The rules are expected to be published in late May or June after the agency satisfies some government paperwork requirements. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is expected in the coming days to pass a resolution to overturn the new FCC rules. The measure faces a less certain future in the Senate, where Democrats have generally supported the rules. President Barack Obama also has been supportive of the FCC's actions, and the White House said that he would veto the resolution. Verizon and MetroPCS have argued that the FCC doesn't have the authority to impose or enforce rules governing traffic management on their networks. Verizon said in its lawsuit that it planned to challenge the rules again later if the court tossed out its original lawsuit. MetroPCS said it wouldn't comment on the decision.
