Daniel Lyons

assistant professor

Daniel Lyons

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Assistant Professor

daniel.lyons.2@bc.edu

Office Location
Law School

EW 314
617-552-3962



    BACKGROUND

Professor Lyons is an assistant professor at Boston College Law School. He specializes in the areas of property, telecommunications and administrative law. Before joining the faculty, Professor Lyons practiced energy, telecommunications, and administrative law at the firm of Munger, Tolles and Olson in Los Angeles. He also clerked for the Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Professor Lyons has participated in rulemaking proceedings before both the Federal Communications Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission and has represented clients in federal and state litigation involving numerous regulatory issues. He has also spoken at workshops nationwide on the effects of technology convergence on telecommunications regulation.

EDUCATION

A.B., Harvard College; J.D., Harvard Law School

RECENT ACTIVITIES

Published Short Paper: Tethering the FCC: The Case Against Chevron Deference for Jurisdictional Claims, Free State Foundation Perspectives, Vol. 6, No. 13, June 1, 2011
http://www.freestatefoundation.org/images/Tethering_the_FCC_052711.pdf

Presented Paper: Net Neutrality and Nondiscrimination Norms, New England Junior Faculty Workshop, Boston College Law School, March 18, 2011

Presented Paper: Net Neutrality and Nondiscrimination Norms in Telecommunications, Frances Lewis Law Center, Washington and Lee University School of Law, March 14, 2011

Invited Speaker: Net Neutrality and the Takings Clause, Center for Advanced Legal Studies, Suffolk Law School, March 1, 2011

Presented Paper: The Judicial Role in Telecommunications Reregulation, Journal of Corporation Law Symposium on Reregulation and the Business Firm, University of Iowa College of Law, February 18, 2011

Published Short Paper: For MSNBC, Comcast Presents Not a Threat, But an Opportunity, Free State Foundation Perspectives, Volume 5, No. 28, November 12, 2010

Published Short Paper: The Coming Fifth Amendment Challenge to Net Neutrality Regulation, Free State Foundation Perspectives, Volume 5, No. 20, July 30, 2010

Filed Written Comments: Open Internet Proceeding, Federal Communications Commission, April 26, 2010

Panelist, “VOIP Jurisdiction and Regulation: Who Should Regulate the Technology of Tomorrow?”, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Winter Meeting, February 2010

Presentation, “The Coming Fifth Amendment Challenge to Net Neutrality Regulation”, Faculty Workshop, Boston University, January 2010

Presentation: "Technology Convergence and Federalism" to faculty workshops at Cardozo School of Law, University of Nebraska, Pepperdine University, George Mason University, and Boston College (2009)

Work In Progress:

Net Neutrality and Nondiscrimination Norms in Telecommunications

COURSES 

Fall 2011: Property; Telecommunications Law
Spring 2012: Cyber Law

PUBLICATIONS