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Court Strikes Down Net Neutrality Rules but Grants FCC Sweeping New Power over Internet

January 14, 2014

Today, the D.C. Circuit struck down most of the FCC’s 2010 Open Internet Order, rejecting rules that required broadband providers to carry all traffic for...


FCC’s Prison Payphone Rates Stayed on Appeal, Likely to Be Struck Down

January 13, 2014

Today, the D.C. Circuit stayed the rate-of-return regulations the Federal Communications Commission adopted last summer to lower interstate calling rates for prisoners in state prisons. Thus, until...


Unclear how Open Internet Order would apply to AT&T’s “Sponsored Data” program if brought to home broadband

January 10, 2014

Monday, AT&T announced a possible “sponsored data” program that would allow content providers — like app developers or media companies — to foot the bill...


McSweeny’s confirmation will change FTC’s case pool, says Geoffrey Manne in Politico

January 8, 2014

The FTC has long been operating with only four out of its possible five commissioners, with Terrell McSweeny’s confirmation sitting on the back burner for...


Video Game Censorship Makes Forbes List of 2013’s Most Ridiculous Bans

January 3, 2014

2013 saw so many products outlawed that Forbes writer Eli Federman compiled a list of the year’s top five most ridiculous bans. Coming in at...


Larry Downes in Wired: Regulating 23andMe to Death Won’t Stop the New Age of Genetic Testing

January 3, 2014

Larry Downes, author of Big Bang Disruption and one of our major influences, has a great piece in Wired on the FDA’s actions against genetic testing...