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Fcc Licensing: From Comparative Hearings To Auctions, Jonathan Blake

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Reflections On The Sixtieth Anniversary Of The Communications Act, Robert E. Allen

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Deregulating The Second Republic, Andrew C. Barrett

Federal Communications Law Journal

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In Search Of The Multimedia Grail, Daniel L. Brenner

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Developing The Global Information Infrastructure, Seth D. Blumenfeld

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Trends In Communications And Other Musings On Our Future, Rachelle B. Chong

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Toward Regulation That Fosters Competition, Reed Hundt

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Intelsat: Transforming A Market Leader To Meet Changing Global Telecommunications, Irving Goldstein

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Steps Toward A Global Information Infrastructure, Larry Irving, Janet Hernandez, Wendy C. Chow

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Jefferson On The Internet, Nicholas Johnson

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Drive Smoothly To Get On The Information Superhighway, Albert H. Halprin

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Fcc Plus Sixty, Larry King

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Second Chance, Newton N. Minow

Federal Communications Law Journal

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The Unfinished Task Of Spectrum Policy Reform, Janice Obuchowski

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Q'S World: The Future Of Broadcast Regulation, James H. Quello

Federal Communications Law Journal

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On The Sixtieth Anniversary Of The Communications Act Of 1934, Joel Rosenbloom

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Telecommunications And The Competitive Advantage Of Massachusetts, William F. Weld

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Missed Connections: One Failed Attempt To Ease Restrictions On Bell Operating Companies, Jeffrey Walker

Federal Communications Law Journal

The divestiture of AT&T in 1983 began a revolution in telephone service, ending the communications giant's monopoly and sparking industry competition and lower telephone rates for consumers. However, the Modified Final Judgment, the court decision governing the Bell Operating Companies created in the wake of the divestiture, severely limits phone companies' ability to offer diverse communications products and to pursue customers outside their immediate geographic area. More than a decade after the landmark decision to limit AT&T's monopoly, the District Court for the District of Columbia remains the sole regulator of this segment of the communications industry. This Note argues …

Making Sense Of The Rule Of Reason: A New Standard For Section 1 Of The Sherman Act, Thomas A. Piraino, Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

For most of the twentieth century, the federal courts have assumed that they must choose between two extreme methods of analyzing conduct under Section 1 of the Sherman Act:' a per se rule that deems certain conduct illegal on its face; or, a rule of reason that inquires into all conceivable circumstances before determining the legality of a particular restraint. Until the 1970s, the courts were enamored of the clarity, simplicity, and deterrent effects of per se rules. As they have become more knowledgeable about economic theory in the last fifteen years, however, the courts have grown disillusioned with the …

Public Access: Fortifying The Electronic Soapbox, Jason Roberts

Federal Communications Law Journal

Public access, viewed as the voice on cable for those outside the mainstream, has recently been criticized as nothing more than an unregulated channel for objectionable hate speech and indecent programming. When Congress passed the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, cable operators found themselves in the conflicting role of being liable for indecent and obscene programming on public access, while at the same time unable to exercise any editorial control over access content. All sides are now waiting to see if the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will strike down these access rules as …

Microsoft: A Case Study In International Competitiveness, High Technology, And The Future Of Antitrust Law, Amy C. Page

Federal Communications Law Journal

By traditional business standards, Microsoft looked like an ideal target for investigation by the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division: As competitors lined up to allege unfair business practices against Microsoft, about 80 percent of the personal computers in the world used the company's operating system. The Justice Department and Microsoft settled during the summer of 1994, before the case went to trial. This Note argues that by settling, the government acknowledges that traditional antitrust definitions may be counterproductive against companies that are playing the key roles in building the information superhighway. In the high technology industries, where small, innovative companies …

Bank Mergers And The Antitrust Laws: The Case For Dual State And Federal Enforcement, Robert F. Roach

William & Mary Law Review

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Antitrust And First Amendment Implications Of Professional Real Estate Investors, Gary Myers

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Preemption Of Local Regulation Of Radio Antennas: A Post- Deerfield Policy For The Fcc, James R. Hobson, Jeffrey O. Moreno

Federal Communications Law Journal

The proliferation of novel radio delivery systems has resulted in the construction of new forms of radio antennas. Many localities have placed restrictions on the size and/or placement of these antennas, significantly hindering or blocking signal reception. Because the FCC has adopted rules that only partially preempt local regulations, municipalities have enacted laws restricting the use of home satellite dishes. A recent challenge to one such regulation resulted in a Second Circuit decision limiting the scope of FCC review of local regulations. The Authors suggest that the FCC need not take extreme measures such as total preemption or national zoning …

United States Antitrust Law In The Global Market, Diane P. Wood

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

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The Tampa Bay Giants And The Continuing Validity Of Major League Baseball's Antitrust Exemption: A Review Of Piazza V. Major League Baseball, 831 F.Supp. 420 (E.D. Pa. 1993), Latour Rey Lafferty

Florida State University Law Review

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The Children's Hour Revisited: The Children's Television Act Of 1990, Diane Aden Hayes

Federal Communications Law Journal

The Children's Television Act of 1990 was created to reduce advertising during children's programming and increase the number of educational programs for children. But by 1993 media watchers found that violations were frequent, and that what was purported to be educational television was often little more than cartoons. This Note argues that the apparent failure of the Act stems primarily from its vague standards. To correct these problems, more explicit regulations are necessary. Because new regulations can only go so far before they invade broadcasters' First Amendment rights, broadcasters and the FCC will have to compromise to create a workable …

Analysis Of The Technical And Economic Issues Raised In The Consideration Of International Telecommunications Satellite Systems Separate From Intelsat, Chris Rourk

Federal Communications Law Journal

INTELSAT has provided the space segment for a global satellite telecommunications network since its inception in 1962. In part due to its economic success, several companies applied to the FCC for licenses to operate international telecommunications satellites separate from INTELSAT. This Comment asserts that INTELSAT did not suffer economic harm from the separate systems because no technological cause or economic reason exits for INTELSAT's high volume routes to subsidize its low volume routes. INTELSAT's pricing structure, its flexibility, and the increasing market for international satellite telecommunications have ensured INTELSAT's continued economic viability in the face of competitors.

Reconciling Competition And Cooperation: A New Antitrust Standard For Joint Ventures, Thomas A. Piraino Jr.

William & Mary Law Review

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Are We Compatible?: Current European Community Law On The Compatibility Of Joint Ventures With The Common Market And Possibilities For Future Development, Alyssa A. Grikscheit

Michigan Law Review

The Commission and commentators note that the potential for reform in the procedural arena is quite great. The current literature discusses the difficulties would-be venturers have in determining if their proposed venture is concentrative or cooperative and the procedural differences between notifications under the two standards.

This Note argues, however, that the substantive differences between the two standards are even more problematic than the procedural ones. Reducing the substantive differences between the two compatibility standards, short of creating a single standard that is unresponsive to the tensions between concentrative and cooperative situations, will have a beneficial impact. Similar standards of …