by Daniel Koblenz | Apr 6, 2015 | Commentary
On February 22, 2015, the Washington Post ran an article about the arrest of Florida man Tadrae McKenzie. The facts of the case were relatively unremarkable: Mr. McKenzie was arrested on March 6, 2013 by the Tallahassee Police Department. Mr. McKenzie was charged...
by Daniel Koblenz | Oct 27, 2014 | Commentary
Last week, Verizon appeared to cave to FCC pressure when it shelved a new network management policy which would have extended the controversial practice of “data throttling” to 4G customers with unlimited data plans. Verizon’s decision put an end to its two-month...
by sandc | Nov 3, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
Back in August, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) garnered national attention when it shut down cell phone service to limit a political protest over the shooting death of a homeless man by BART police. BART released a statement the following day stating that “a civil...
by salari | Oct 7, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
In December 2010, the FCC announced its new ‘net neutrality’ rules, in efforts to promote “freedom and openness” of the Internet and to prevent service providers from limiting which Internet sites and services their customers can access and...
by rotchadl | Apr 3, 2011 | Commentary
Last week’s announcement that AT&T is buying T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion should raise serious antitrust concerns with regulators analyzing the deal under the horizontal merger guidelines of the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission....
