The brief on behalf of the Consumer Federation of America to the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of whether the so-called Red Lion doctrine of First Amendment regulation of broadcasters should be re-examined.
The Future of Red Lion
Tag Archives: regulation
Politics, Polls and Telephone Poles
While telephone subscribership has now become ubiquitous, increasingly many citizens — especially twenty-somethings — no longer use landline telephones, instead going completely wireless. Pollsters, however, still base their surveys on landline phone subscribers
Six Social Media Law & Policy Megatrends
Like John Naisbitt, this post describes what I am convinced are the most significant law/policy “megatrends” affecting the social media space today.
Sizing Up the FCC’s Controversial “National Broadband Plan”
Release of Release of the FCC’s “National Broadband Plan” marks the start of what is likely to be a long and hotly debated implementation process, as the plan pits the interests of different industry segments against one other and tests the limits of the FCC’s regulatory authority.
Turn it UP!
This is paternalistic regulation at its worse.
Regulators In the Valley
The reaction in Silicon Valley to folks saying they’re from Washington, DC and are “here to help” may just be slightly more favorable going-forward.
Advice or Ostriches?
The question is not whether the Valley will sit on the sidelines but rather how, when and on what issue(s) it will engage Washington.