About the Author(s)

Senior Scholar, Innovation Policy

Ben Sperry is senior scholar of innovation policy with ICLE.

Matthew Starr

Matthew Starr is government affairs director for privacy and AI policy with Motorola Solutions.

Berin Szoka

Berin Szóka is the president and founder of TechFreedom.

Geoffrey A. Manne

President and Founder

Geoffrey A. Manne is president and founder of the International Center for Law and Economics (ICLE), a distinguished fellow at Northwestern University’s Center on Law, Business, and Economics, and a visiting professor of law at IE University, Madrid.

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How the FCC Will Lose on Net Neutrality

Ben Sperry, Matthew Starr, Berin Szoka, & Geoffrey A. Manne September 10, 2013

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Today’s oral argument in the D.C Circuit over the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules suggests that the case — Verizon v. FCC — is likely to turn on whether the Order impermissibly imposes common carrier regulation on broadband ISPs. If so, the FCC will lose, no matter what the court thinks of the Commission’s sharply contested claims of authority under the Telecommunications Act.

Read the full piece here.