Editor's note.

AuthorGlosson, Anthony

Welcome to the second Issue of Volume 67 of the Federal Communications Law Journal, the nation's premier communications law journal and the official journal of the Federal Communications Bar Association.

This Issue features a pair of Articles by members of two different regulatory agencies discussing the FCC's 2015 Open Internet Order. The first piece, by Commissioner Ajit Pai, examines the Order from his perspective as a member of the Federal Communications Commission. Commissioner Pai's Article first addresses the procedural issues implicated by the Open Internet rulemaking. The Article then analyzes the substance of the Order, including issues associated with reclassification, the FCC's treatment of mobile broadband, and Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act.

Next, Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen presents her perspective on the Order as a member of the Federal Trade Commission. Commissioner Ohlhausen's Article first compares and contrasts the differing regulatory approaches employed by the FTC and the FCC. The Article then turns to the history of FCC rulemaking in the field of net neutrality. Finally, Ohlhausen's Article discusses the implications of the FCC's prescriptive regulatory approach to net neutrality.

In addition to these pieces, this Issue contains three student Notes. In the first Note, Ryan Radia proposes a way forward on retransmission consent. Radia explores the present framework...

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