Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityJames B. Speta
Professor of Law
Phone: (312) 503-8470
E-mail: j-speta@law.northwestern.edu
SSRN Author Page | Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Phone: (312) 503-8470
E-mail: j-speta@law.northwestern.edu
SSRN Author Page | Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Jim Speta has been a member of the faculty 1999. His research interests include telecommunications and Internet policy, antitrust, administrative law, and market organization. He teaches in the Law School and in the Joint Program in Law and Business operated by the Law School and the Kellogg School. A 1991 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Speta joined the Northwestern faculty following a one-year visit. He had previously clerked for Judge Harry T. Edwards on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and practiced appellate, telecommunications, and antitrust law with the Chicago firm of Sidley & Austin.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Telecommunications
- Antitrust Law
- Administrative Law
- Business Associations
- Torts
COURSES
PUBLICATIONS
Representative Publications
- Deregulating Telecommunications in Internet Time, 61 Wash & Lee L. Rev. __ (2004) (pdf)
- Antitrust and Local Competition under the Telecommunications Act, 71 Antitrust L.J. 99 (2003) (pdf)
- Competitive Neutrality in Right of Way Regulation: The Consequences of Convergence, 35 Conn. L. Rev. 763 (2003) (pdf)
- A Common Carrier Approach To Internet Interconnection, 54 Fed. Comm. L.J. 225 (2002) (pdf)
- The Vertical Dimension of Cable Open Access, 71 Colo. L. Rev. 975 (2000) (pdf)
Recent Publications
- A Sensible Next Step on Network Neutrality: The Market Power Question, 8 REVIEW OF NETWORK ECONOMIC 113-127, 2009
- Redefining the Landscape of Internet Regulation , New Directions in Communications Policy , 2009
- Spectrum Policy Experiments: What’s Next?, 2008 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LEGAL FORUM 389-414
- Making Spectrum Reform "Thinkable", 4 JOURNAL ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS & HIGH TECHNOLOGY LAW 183-215, 2006
- Resale Requirements and the Intersection of Antitrust and Regulated Industries, 31 JOURNAL OF CORPORATION LAW 307-322, 2006
EDUCATION
- BA, University of Michigan
- JD, University of Michigan
PRIOR APPOINTMENTS
- Assistant Professor (Aug. 1999-Aug. 2002), Visiting Assistant Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
- Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Law School (Aug. 1992-May 1993)
RECENT CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
- Consultant, Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg, LLP
