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Buxbaum To Oversee Indiana-Bloomington While Robel Away Dec 2011

Buxbaum To Oversee Indiana-Bloomington While Robel Away

Hannah Buxbaum (2011-2013 Interim)

No abstract provided.


Buxbaum Named Iu Maurer School Of Law Interim Dean Dec 2011

Buxbaum Named Iu Maurer School Of Law Interim Dean

Hannah Buxbaum (2011-2013 Interim)

No abstract provided.


Buxbaum Named Interim Dean Of Iu Maurer School Of Law Dec 2011

Buxbaum Named Interim Dean Of Iu Maurer School Of Law

Hannah Buxbaum (2011-2013 Interim)

No abstract provided.


Law Dean Named Interim Provost, Kourtney Liepelt Dec 2011

Law Dean Named Interim Provost, Kourtney Liepelt

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

No abstract provided.


When Does F*** Not Mean F***?: Fcc V. Fox Television Stations And A Call For Protecting Emotive Speech, W. Wat Hopkins Dec 2011

When Does F*** Not Mean F***?: Fcc V. Fox Television Stations And A Call For Protecting Emotive Speech, W. Wat Hopkins

Federal Communications Law Journal

The Supreme Court of the United States does not always deal cogently with nontraditional language. The most recent example is FCC v. Fox Television Stations, in which the Justices became sidetracked into attempting to define the f-word and then to determine whether, when used as a fleeting expletive rather than repeatedly, the word is indecent for broadcast purposes. The Court would do well to avoid definitions and heed Justice John Marshall Harlan's advice in Cohen v. California to provide protection for the emotive, as well as the cognitive, element of speech


Masthead Vol.64 No.1 (2011) Dec 2011

Masthead Vol.64 No.1 (2011)

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Editor's Note, Sarah L. Kellogg Dec 2011

Editor's Note, Sarah L. Kellogg

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Putting A Price On Dirt: The Need For Better-Defined Limits On Government Fees For Use Of The Public Right-Of- Way Under Section 253 Of The Telecommunications Act Of 1996, Thomas W. Snyder, William Fitzsimmons Dec 2011

Putting A Price On Dirt: The Need For Better-Defined Limits On Government Fees For Use Of The Public Right-Of- Way Under Section 253 Of The Telecommunications Act Of 1996, Thomas W. Snyder, William Fitzsimmons

Federal Communications Law Journal

This Article addresses the enactment and inconsistent application of Section 253 of Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("FTA"). Most courts initially held that Section 253 imposed strong limitations on local governments seeking to charge fees to telecommunications carriers for use of the public rights-of-way ("PROW') by generally limiting the fees to management costs. Unfortunately, recent cases allowed local governments broad latitude in charging PROW fees to generate revenue, even where the fees are used to subsidize other government services. These "revenue-generating" fees are dangerous to the development of competition and the deployment of Internet services, which were the two primary goals …


Antitrust Review Of The At&T/Tmobile Transaction, Allen P. Grunes, Maurice E. Stucke Dec 2011

Antitrust Review Of The At&T/Tmobile Transaction, Allen P. Grunes, Maurice E. Stucke

Federal Communications Law Journal

In August 2011, the United States brought a landmark antitrust lawsuit to prevent the merger of two of the nation's four largest mobile wireless telecommunications services providers, AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA, Inc. But why are so many elected officials asking the Obama administration to intercede in the Department of Justice's lawsuit to force a settlement? Why are they approving a merger that would likely lead to higher prices, fewer jobs, less innovation, and higher taxes for their constituents? Does it have anything to do with the money they are receiving from AT&T and T-Mobile? This Article examines the recent …


Spectrum Reallocation And The National Broadband Plan, Jeffrey A. Eisenach Dec 2011

Spectrum Reallocation And The National Broadband Plan, Jeffrey A. Eisenach

Federal Communications Law Journal

Of the several significant changes in United States telecommunications policy proposed by the National Broadband Plan, none are more substantial than its proposals for spectrum policy. In particular, the Plan proposes to reallocate 500 MHz of spectrum from broadcast television, mobile satellite, government and other current uses to "mobile broadband" through the use of innovative "incentive auctions" and other voluntary, market-oriented mechanisms. The Plan's spectrum proposals have the potential to be a major step forward in the decades-long, bipartisan effort to replace "command-and-control" spectrum allocation with a more flexible, dynamic and market-oriented approach. Considerable work remains to be done, however, …


Statewide Cable Franchising: Expand Nationwide Or Cut The Cord?, James G. Parker Dec 2011

Statewide Cable Franchising: Expand Nationwide Or Cut The Cord?, James G. Parker

Federal Communications Law Journal

In the name of increasing competition in the cable television market, Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996. While this eliminated the barriers to entry using federal law, it did not change the nature of municipality-based cable system monopolies. In an effort to expand competition more quickly and efficiently, the phone companies (Verizon and AT&T) successfully supported legislation in at least twenty-five states that permits a single state application to compete statewide. This Note explores the varying approaches taken in the laws passed to date, analyzes the outcomes flowing from those implemented plans, and provides recommendations of the best practices …


Are You Ready For Some Football?: How Antitrust Laws Can Be Used To Break Up Directv's Exclusive Right To Telecast Nfl's Sunday Ticket Package, Ariel Y. Bublick Dec 2011

Are You Ready For Some Football?: How Antitrust Laws Can Be Used To Break Up Directv's Exclusive Right To Telecast Nfl's Sunday Ticket Package, Ariel Y. Bublick

Federal Communications Law Journal

There is almost no question that football has become modem America's pastime. Football has never been more popular, and every Sunday people are clamoring to watch as many games as possible. The Sunday Ticket package allows viewers to watch any National Football League ("NFL") game being played at any given time. However, the NFL has only granted DirecTV the right to air the Sunday Ticket package, denying this excellent service to a majority of television viewers. By limiting the reach of the Sunday Ticket package, the NFL may be in violation of antitrust laws. This Note begins by explaining antitrust …


The "Strong Medicine" Of The Overbreadth Doctrine: When Statutory Exceptions Are No More Than A Placebo, Christopher A. Pierce Dec 2011

The "Strong Medicine" Of The Overbreadth Doctrine: When Statutory Exceptions Are No More Than A Placebo, Christopher A. Pierce

Federal Communications Law Journal

In United States v. Stevens, the United States Supreme Court invalidated a federal statute criminalizing the interstate sale and distribution of depictions of animal cruelty on First Amendment grounds. While Stevens demonstrates the Court's reluctance to create a new category of speech outside of First Amendment protection, Stevens also stands for the proposition that borrowing the exceptions clause from the Court's obscenity standard will not adequately protect a statute from invalidation as overbroad. This Note discusses the use of the obscenity standard's exceptions clause in nonobscenity statutes and the Court's treatment of the exceptions clause in Stevens. This Note concludes …


Vol. 41, No. 13 (November 28, 2011) Nov 2011

Vol. 41, No. 13 (November 28, 2011)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.


Vol. 41, No. 12 (November 21, 2011) Nov 2011

Vol. 41, No. 12 (November 21, 2011)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.


Vol. 41, No. 11 (November 14, 2011) Nov 2011

Vol. 41, No. 11 (November 14, 2011)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.


Vol. 41, No. 10 (November 7, 2011) Nov 2011

Vol. 41, No. 10 (November 7, 2011)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.


2011 Woman Of Influence: Lauren K. Robel, Tawn Parent Nov 2011

2011 Woman Of Influence: Lauren K. Robel, Tawn Parent

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

No abstract provided.


Remarks Of Lauren K. Robel President-Elect Association Of American Law Schools, Lauren K. Robel Nov 2011

Remarks Of Lauren K. Robel President-Elect Association Of American Law Schools, Lauren K. Robel

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

Remarks made at the Standards Review Committee Meeting Chicago, Illinois, November 2011.


Vol. 41, No. 09 (October 31, 2011) Oct 2011

Vol. 41, No. 09 (October 31, 2011)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.


Vol. 41, No. 08 (October 24, 2011) Oct 2011

Vol. 41, No. 08 (October 24, 2011)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.


Vol. 41, No. 07 (October 10, 2011) Oct 2011

Vol. 41, No. 07 (October 10, 2011)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.


Vol. 41, No. 06 (October 3, 2011) Oct 2011

Vol. 41, No. 06 (October 3, 2011)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.


Regulating On The Fringe: Reexamining The Link Between Fringe Banking And Financial Distress, Jim Hawkins Oct 2011

Regulating On The Fringe: Reexamining The Link Between Fringe Banking And Financial Distress, Jim Hawkins

Indiana Law Journal

Critics of fringe banking—products like payday loans, pawn loans, and rent-toown leases—frequently argue that these products cause borrowers to experience financial distress. This argument has enormous intuitive appeal: Fringe credit is very costly, and usually the borrowers who use it are already in a serious financial bind. Taking on additional debt and paying high prices for it, the reasoning goes, drive them over the brink. Surprisingly, however, linking financial distress to fringe banking is extremely difficult to do. This Article represents the first attempt to uncover the relationship between fringe banking and financial distress by systematically analyzing the structure of …


Saving Seaborn: Ownership Not Marriage As The Basis Of Family Taxation, Dennis J. Ventry Jr Oct 2011

Saving Seaborn: Ownership Not Marriage As The Basis Of Family Taxation, Dennis J. Ventry Jr

Indiana Law Journal

One of the most famous Supreme Court tax cases celebrated its eightieth birthday last year. In Poe v. Seaborn, the Court reified two principles of the federal income tax: ownership determines tax liability and state law determines ownership. This Article affirms that family taxation continues to follow ownership, not marriage, despite the federal government’s position that the “ownership equals taxability” rule applies almost exclusively to heterosexual spouses. Verifying the vitality of this principle carries significant implications for all families, particularly nontraditional families. Under the aegis of Seaborn, the principle authorizes certain members of state-recognized relationships—marriages, domestic partnerships, civil unions—to file …


Beyond Equality? Against The Universal Turn In Workplace Protection, Jessica A. Clarke Oct 2011

Beyond Equality? Against The Universal Turn In Workplace Protection, Jessica A. Clarke

Indiana Law Journal

Sexual harassment law and family leave policy originated as feminist reform projects designed to protect women in the workplace. But many academics now ask whether harassment and leave policies have outgrown their gendered roots. The anti-bullying movement advocates taking the “sexual” out of harassment law to prohibit all forms of on-the-job mistreatment. Likewise, the work-life balance movement advocates taking the “family” out of leave policy to require employers to accommodate all types of life pursuits. These proposals are in line with recent cases and scholarship on civil rights that reframe problems once seen as issues of inequality as deprivations of …


Equal Citizenship And The Individual Right To Vote, Jospeh Fishkin Oct 2011

Equal Citizenship And The Individual Right To Vote, Jospeh Fishkin

Indiana Law Journal

An emerging consensus among election law scholars urges courts to break out of “the stagnant discourse of individual rights and competing state interests” and instead adopt a jurisprudence of “structural” democratic values that sidelines individual rights. This structuralist approach won out in the great “rightsstructure” debate in election law, and came to dominate the field, during a period in which the main controversies—vote dilution, gerrymandering, ballot access, campaign finance—were all ones in which the structuralist move was illuminating. However, structuralism is now causing both scholars and courts to evaluate the new wave of vote denial controversies, over such issues as …


Reviled Mothers: Custody Modification Cases Involving Domestic Violence, Megan Shipley Oct 2011

Reviled Mothers: Custody Modification Cases Involving Domestic Violence, Megan Shipley

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Fulfilling The Promise Of Payne: Creating Participatory Opportunities For Survivors In Capital Cases, Megan A. Mullett Oct 2011

Fulfilling The Promise Of Payne: Creating Participatory Opportunities For Survivors In Capital Cases, Megan A. Mullett

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Between Victim And Agent: A Third-Way Feminist Account Of Trafficking For Sex Work, Shelley Cavalieri Oct 2011

Between Victim And Agent: A Third-Way Feminist Account Of Trafficking For Sex Work, Shelley Cavalieri

Indiana Law Journal

Feminist legal theorists have devoted enormous attention to conceptualizing the issues of sex work and trafficking for sexual purposes. While these theories vary, they typically fall into one of two camps. The abolitionist perspective, having grown out of dominance feminist theory, perceives sex work as inherently exploitative. In contrast, a second group of theorists adopts a liberal notion of individual choice and draws on the poststructuralist rejection of gender essentialism to envision a theoretical model of sex-worker rights. The legal and public policies that grow from these two models are similarly polarized. Radical feminist abolitionists are often strange bedfellows with …