Thursday, October 4, 2018

Regulatory Uncertainty and Investment Incentives

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             According to s ponsored researchers, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and some incumbent telecommunications carriers, uncertainty about ...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Results-Driven Federalism Part 2

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            Consider the following assertion:             “Our Constitution establishes a system of dual sovereignty between the Stat...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Result-Driven Federalism: How the FCC Rationalizes the Lawfulness of Preemption

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                       The current FCC pushes the federal preemption envelope, currently with an initiative to further constrain states a...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

8th Circuit Rules VoIP an Information Service

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            By a 2-1 vote, the 8 th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s determination that Voice over the Internet Protocol ...
Monday, September 10, 2018

Network Neutrality and the Court of Public Opinion

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            Ask most people a basic question about Internet neutrality and the clear majority support it.   Who likes biased networks, ...
Sunday, September 2, 2018

Lessons in Incivility: Two Frequent and Frustrating Strategies

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            My academic post makes it possible for countless hours of reading across the entire political, economic, philosophical and ...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Missing the Burning Forest for the Trees-Verizon Throttles California Fire Fighters at the Worst Possible Time, But Few Get the Lesson

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            Verizon’s so-called customer care staff made a grievous mistake when they ignored pleas to override automated software that ...
Monday, August 20, 2018

Publications Announcement

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You might have an interest in the following new publications of mine: Freedom to Discriminate: Assessing the Lawfulness and Utility of ...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018

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Greed by Algorithm             The adage about the stock market applies to both human and machine greediness: Bulls make money and be...
Monday, July 16, 2018

Corporate Welfare, Cronyism and Excess: The AccuWeather Case Study

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            Bloomsburg BusinessWeek provides a thorough and distressing account of unsavory business practices originating in my small...
Sunday, July 15, 2018

What the Justice Department Got Wrong in Opposing the AT&T –Time Warner Merger

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            In a previous post, I offered insights on grievous flaws in the court decision rejecting the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Radical, Judicial Activism in a Kavanaugh Dissent

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            Starting today, Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh will start a carefully orchestrated charm offensive highlightin...
Friday, July 6, 2018

Wall Street Journal Fact Checking Quiz

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Today's Wall Street Journal  (July 6, 2018) includes the following sentences in a editorial about the departure of EPA Administrator: ...
Sunday, July 1, 2018

Comcast Sneaks in Another Billing Line Item and “Earns” an Additional $1 Billion

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            My Comcast bill arrived today with a sneaky new $2.68 charge, $2.50 for leasing one (and only one) set top box and $0.18 fo...
Friday, June 22, 2018

Life in the Antitrust Wonderland: Suspension of Disbelief and the TMobile-Sprint Merger

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            Counsel for TMobile has filed a provocative and downright remarkable   Description of Transaction, Public Interest Statemen...