Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
Philip J. Weiser
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Telecommunications Law; Internet Law; Antitrust Law; Intellectual Property; Constitutional Law
University of Colorado Law School
404 Wolf Law Building
401 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0401
Phone: (303) 735-2733
E-mail: phil.weiser@colorado.edu
Curriculum Vitae: View (PDF format)
| Educational Background: | |||
| J.D. | New York University School of Law | 1994 | with High Honors |
| B.A. | Swarthmore College | 1990 | with High Honors |
Bio:
Professor Phil Weiser is a professor of law and telecommunications at the University of Colorado. At CU, he has worked to establish a national center of excellence in telecommunications and technology law, founding the Journal on Telecommunications & High Technology Law and the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship as well as writing and teaching in the areas of competition policy, innovation policy, and Internet policy. Over the last ten years, Weiser has co-authored two books (Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age (MIT Press 2005) and Telecommunications Law and Policy (Carolina Academic Press 2006), numerous articles (in both law journals and publications such as the Washington Post and Foreign Affairs), and has testified before both houses of Congress. He currently serves as a co-Chair of the Colorado Innovation Council and served as the lead agency reviewer for the Federal Trade Commission as part of the 2008 Presidential Transition.
Prior to joining the CU faculty, Professor Weiser served as senior counsel to the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division at the United States Department of Justice, advising him primarily on telecommunications matters. Before his appointment at the Justice Department, Weiser served as a law clerk to Justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the United States Supreme Court and to Judge David Ebel at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Weiser graduated with high honors from both the New York University School of Law and Swarthmore College.
Visiting Professorships:
New York University, Fall 2008
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Fall 2006
Princeton Law and Public Affairs Program, Fall 2001 & Spring 2002
Published Books:
Telecommunications Law and Policy (Carolina Academic Press 2006) (Benjamin, Lichtman & Shelanski).
Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age (MIT Press 2005) (with Jon Nuechterlein). For the table of contents check here; for Chapter One check here; for a paper based on the book check here; for a radio interview based on the book, check here; and for a streaming video of a lecture based on the book, check here.
Monographs:
The Untapped Promise of Wireless Spectrum (The Brookings Institution 2008).
A Framework For National Broadband Policy (Aspen Institute 2008).
The Future of Video: New Approaches to Communications Regulation (Aspen Institute 2007).
Clearing the Air: Convergence and the Safety Enterprise (Aspen Institute 2006).
Policy Briefs:
Report from Center for the New West Conference on Putting Network Neutrality in Perspective (2007)
Toward Property Rights in Spectrum (2006) (with Dale Hatfield)
Toward a Next Generation Architecture for Public Safety Communications (2006) (with Brad Bernthal and Dale Hatfield)
Report from Center from the New West Conference on Universal Service (2005)
Popular Press:
Broadband For All, Rocky Mountain News (April 12, 2008).
A Third Way on Net Neutrality, New Atlantis (Summer 2006).
Swiftly Changing Market Creates Regulatory Challenges, Rocky Mountain News (Sat. Dec. 10, 2005)
Which Broadband Nation?, Foreign Affairs (Sept/Oct 2005).
The Behemoth Is Dead. Long Live the Behemoth, Washington Post (Sunday, February 27, 2005).
A National Science Foundation-funded study on the connections between jury service and political participation. This follows up a prior piece, Civic Awakening in the Jury Room: A Test of the Connection Between Jury Deliberation and Political Participation, 64 J. Pol. 585-95 (2002) (with John Gastil and E. Pierre Deess). For an overview of our recent findings and conclusions, see Jury Service and Electoral Participation: A Test of the Participation Hypothesis (with John Gastil, E. Pierre Deess, and Jordan Larner). For a more comprehensive explanation of our project, see here.
Testimony:
Hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce on Competition in the Communications Marketplace: How Technology Is Changing the Structure of the Industry.
Federal Trade Commission Hearing on Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy
Litigated Pro Bono Cases
Warnick v. Boother, 425 F.3d 842 (10th Cir. 2005)
Sally Beauty Co., Inc. v. Beautyco., Inc., 72 F.3d 1186 (10th Cir. 2004)
Hammons v. Saffle, 348 F.3d 1250 (10th Cir. 2003)
Kikumura v. Hurley, 242 F.3d 950, 962-63 (10th Cir. 2001)
Special Master Service
Development of a performance assurance plan for the Colorado PUC
Articles
Book Chapters
Making The World Safe For Standard Setting in The Impact of Globalization on the United States. Vol. 2, Law and Governance, Beverly Crawford, ed. (2008).
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Courses:
| Spring 2009 | Antitrust | LAWS 7201-001 |
| Spring 2009 | Law and Economics of Utility Regulation | LAWS 8351-001 |
| Spring 2008 | Legal Ethics and Professionalism | LAWS 6103-001 |
| Fall 2007 | Telecommunications Law and Policy | LAWS 7241-001 |








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