| IP BROWN BAG LUNCH SERIES:
“Net Neutrality and the Takings Clause”
Sponsored with the Intellectual Property Law Concentration
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Registration Information
ABOUT THE SERIES The goal of the Luncheon Series is to establish a forum where local practitioners, alumni, and current students may come together to informally discuss practice problems and recent developments in the law. The series is intended to ease the transition from law school to practice. Roundtable discussions may provide solutions to practice problems, as well as an opportunity to discuss new law and develop practice strategies. The series will also create networking and referral opportunities for local attorneys and alumni. This is a public interest service intended to provide an educational forum for members of the bar.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM “Net neutrality” refers to the principle that broadband providers should not limit the content and applications available over the Internet. While others have debated whether such rules are necessary or wise, this discussion will focus on the issue’s Fifth Amendment implications. Under the Supreme Court’s Takings Clause jurisprudence, net neutrality effects a permanent physical occupation of private broadband networks and therefore takes broadband providers’ property without just compensation. In essence, net neutrality would grant Internet content providers a permanent virtual easement across privately-owned broadband networks to deliver content to end-users. It thus would deprive broadband providers of the right to exclude others from their networks—a right that the Court has repeatedly dubbed “one of the most essential sticks in the bundle of rights that are commonly characterized as property.”
Presenter: Daniel Lyons, Associate Professor, Boston College Law School
Daniel Lyons will discuss his article, “Virtual Takings: The Coming Fifth Amendment Challenge to Net Neutrality Regulation”, published in the Notre Dame Law Review. He has spoken at workshops nationwide on cutting-edge telecommunications issues, and also writes in the fields of administrative law and property. Prior to joining the Boston College faculty, he practiced energy and telecommunications law at the firm of Munger, Tolles, and Olson in Los Angeles, and served as a law clerk to Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Tuesday, March 01, 2011 |
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This lunch series is FREE of charge, however, we ask that you register in advance to reserve a seat.
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written course materials or call to confirm space availability.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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There will be no credits given for this program.
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