Internet Openness and the Law
Federal Communications Commission
October 7, 2014
9 am - 12:30 pm
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Agenda: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-1410A1.pdf
Agenda
9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15 – 10:45 am Roundtable 1: Sources of Legal Authority
This roundtable will discuss the sources of authority on which the FCC could ground Open Internet rules, including a range of approaches relying on Section 706, Title II, and other possible sources of authority.
Panelists:
- Mark Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
- Gus Hurwitz, Assistant Professor of Law, Nebraska College of Law
- Pantelis Michalopoulos, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
- Thomas Navin, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP
- Nuala O’Connor, President and CEO, Center for Democracy and Technology
- Tim Wu, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Moderators:
- Jonathan Sallet, General Counsel, FCC
- Stephanie Weiner, Special Advisor to the Chairman on Internet Law and Policy & Associate General Counsel, FCC
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Roundtable 2: Construction of Legally Sustainable Rules
This roundtable will consider additional legal issues, including constitutional considerations, the nature of common-carriage regulation, and approaches to agency rulemaking and adjudication using tools like prescriptive rules, legal standards, prohibitions, and presumptions to protect and promote Internet openness.
Panelists:
- Marvin Ammori, Fellow, New America Foundation
- Anne Boyle, Commissioner, Nebraska Public Service Commission
- Fred Campbell, Director, Center for Boundless Innovation in Technology
- Julia Johnson, Chair, Minority Media & Telecommunications Council
- Tejas Narechania, Julius Silver Research Fellow, Columbia Law School
- John Windhausen, Jr., President, Telepoly Consulting
Moderators:
- Jonathan Sallet, General Counsel, FCC
- Stephanie Weiner, Special Advisor to the Chairman on Internet Law and Policy & Associate General Counsel, FCC