Marvin Ammori

Marvin Ammori is an American academic, lawyer, and activist. He is best known for his work on network neutrality issues and freedom of speech. He is a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law, where he helps lead a JD/LLM program in Space & Telecom law.

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Education and Career

He studied at Harvard Law School, where he worked with Yochai Benkler, and the University of Michigan for undergrad. He is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

He has been involved in network neutrality policy debates for many years. In 2008, as the General Counsel of Free Press, he was the lead lawyer before the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Comcast Corp. v. FCC, which has been called the FCC's most significant network neutrality decision. Technology lawyer Gigi Sohn called it the biggest public interest victory for a media rights issue in over two decades.[1] He also argued the case on behalf of consumer groups and technology companies before the D.C. Circuit.

In 2009, he authored a major report on the future of online television, an issue that became central to the Comcast-NBC merger review and prompted merger conditions.[2]

His academic scholarship focuses on First Amendment and technology.

He spoke at TEDx University of Michigan in 2011 about the topic of network neutrality (see video below).

Video

TEDxUofM Talk YouTube video May 27, 2011

References

  1. ^ Sohn, Gigi. "FCC's Comcast Decision Scratches a 20-Year Itch". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gigi-sohn/fccs-comcast-decision-scr_b_116804.html. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Kang, Cecilia (4 January 2010). "Public interest groups call for antitrust probe of TV Everywhere". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/03/AR2010010301921.html. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 

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