BACKGROUND

Professor Lyons received both his A.B. and his J.D. from Harvard University.  During law school, he served as Editor and Parliamentarian of the Harvard Law Review.  In 2006-2007, Professor Lyons clerked for the Hon. Cynthia Holcomb Hall of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.  For the past two years, Professor Lyons has been practicing energy, telecommunications, and administrative law as an associate at the firm of Munger, Tolles and Olson in Los Angeles.  He teaches in the fields of Property, Telecommunications and Administrative Law.

EDUCATION

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

RECENT ACTIVITIES

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: "Virtual Takings: The Coming Fifth Amendment Challenge to Net Neutrality Legislation."

Forthcoming: "Technology Convergence and Federalism: Who Will Decide the Future of Telecommunications Regulation? 43 U. Mich. J. Law Reform (2010)".

COURSES 

Fall '09: Property
Spring '10: Telecommunications Law

   PUBLICATIONS

• "Public Use, Public Choice, and the Urban Growth Machine: Competing Political Economies of Takings Law." University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 42 (2008): 265-322.
• With Robert Metzger. "A Critical Reassessment of the GAO Bid-Protest Mechanism." Wisconsin Law Review 2007 (2007): 1225-1270. 
• Note. "The Lesson of Lopez: The Political Dynamics of Federalism's Political Safeguards." Harvard Law Review  119, no.2 (December 2005): 609-630.
• "In Wake of Deadly Tsunami Comes Dangerous Litigation." Baltimore Sun (March 7, 2005): 9A.
• Case Comment on F. Hoffman-LaRoche Ltd. v. Empagran S.A. In "The Supreme Court 2003 Term: Leading Cases. III. Federal Statutes and Regulations: E. Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvement Act." Harvard Law Review 118, no. 1 (November 2004): 476-486.
• "Dept. of Labor Increases Union Financial Reporting Requirements."  Harvard Law Review 117, no. 5 (March 2004): 1734-1740.
• "Stem Cells and Funding Fights." TCSDaily: Technology - Commerce - Society (October 25, 2004): http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=102504D (last visited Aug.27, 2009).