Presented by Allen Garner
of
Allen Garner Law, LLC.
Of Counsel with
Telecommunications Update and PerspectiveMMAA Conference 2014
Contributing: Jennifer Baird
7,016,000,000
SMARTPHONE OWNERS
OVER THE HILL?
TWO PARAPHRASES• Generals tend to fight yesterday’s war, particularly
if they won it.
• If we fight battles that cannot be won, then we will lose battles we might have won.
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
INFLUENCE GAME• “This is their core competency, and they have
been playing this game for a long time. These are companies that support foundations and other groups that do a lot of good work, but in the end are strategically designed to advance [AT&T’s and Verizon’s] interests.”
Kevin Werbach, Wharton School of Business
2013Legislation Court Cases• HB331• HB345
• 13AC-CC00505• SC93799 (State)
SB649 SB650 SB651 SB652 SB653 HB1454HB1867
Article I §13 Ex Post FactoArticle II §1 Separation of PowersArticle III §21 Single PurposeArticle III §23 Single SubjectArticle III §23 Clear TitleArticle III §40 Special LawArticle V §§1 & 5 CourtsArticle X §21 Hancock AmendmentArticle VI §22 Charter CitiesTelecom Act Federal PreemptionArt. III § 28 reviving, reenacting,
amending Violation of Injunction
Contact Information
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