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Fall 2017

6308 Communication Law - CHASE- 17647

Professor(s): Anthony Chase (EMERTI)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: Business and Commercial Law 
Intellectual Property and Information Law

Time: 7:30p-9:00p  MW  Location: 3  BLB

Course Outline: The incorporation of internet protocol technology into traditional communications technologies is causing the competitive convergence of voice, video, and data markets. “Intermodal” competition has begun between telephone and cable television firms (DSL vs. Cable Modem) and is expanding to include fixed wireless, satellite, and broadband over electric power lines. This convergence of technology and markets calls into question the continued relevance and utility of separate regulatory paradigms for telecommunications (voice), cable television (video), and computers (information services). Convergence of network functionality and markets is reshaping historic federal and state regulatory and legal distinctions regarding jurisdiction, ownership, access, speech, and public policy. This course introduces students to the evolving federal and state regulation of broadband networks. Emphasis is placed on students learning to recognize, understand, and anticipate the changing relationships between technology, competition, regulation, and law. There are no prerequisites for this course. Approved IP LL.M. course. This course will be jointly offered to law students at the University of Houston Law Center (UHLC) and Santa Clara University Law School. The course will be three credits and include approximately twenty students from each school. Professor Anthony Chase from the University of Houston Law Center and Professor Allen Hammond of Santa Clara University Law School will be principally responsible for teaching the course. UHLC Dean Leonard M. Baynes and Santa Clara Professor and California Public Commissioner Cathy Sandoval will guest lecture several classes during the semester. A paper is required.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus updated 9/27/17

Course Notes:   Quota = 20

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Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No

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Bar Course: No

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No book required for this course