J.R.McHale

**The Opinion:** [U.S. Telecom Association v. FCC](http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/6-14-16%20DC%20Circuit%20net%20neutrality%20opinion.pdf) (pdf; 184 pages)

**News Reports:**

> [Court Backs Rules Treating Internet as Utility, Not Luxury](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/technology/net-neutrality-fcc-appeals-court-ruling.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1) (June 14, 2016) – New York Times

**Background:**

> [Net Neutrality Won and Here’s the Essay that Started It All; Tim Wu First Articulated the Concept 14 Years Ago](http://www.recode.net/2016/6/14/11936484/net-neutrality-essay-tim-wu?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVRGa01HRXhNVEJrT1RnMiIsInQiOiJNS2djMzlrS1wvNG9sSXBCQ1NZNDl0dlNjdXczQitFbEcrSXBDb3NwMWZ4NzlDQkJaXC9ubm9UZEhnOG81VkpVN3N4amlUemZZMm1FT3NlNVFMWkQ1enpYRHhhaWk1MXNRWFJjU09jWHA2ZFV3PSJ9) – ReCode

**Analysis and Criticism:**

> [Free State Foundation Scholars React to the D.C. Circuit’s Decision on the Open Internet Order ](http://www.freestatefoundation.org/images/Free_State_Foundation_Scholars_React_to_the_D.C._Circuit_s_Decision_on_the_Open_Internet_Order_061516.pdf) (June 15, 2016) – Seth Cooper, Gus Hurwitz, Daniel Lyons, and Richard Epstein

> [Still Not a Dump Truck: Net Neutrality and the First Amendment](http://blogs.harvard.edu/infolaw/2016/06/15/still-not-a-dump-truck-net-neutrality-and-the-first-amendment/) (June 15, 2016) – Derek Bambauer at Info/Law

**What’s Next:**

> [Net Neutrality Won Big Today, But Don’t Celebrate Just Yet](http://www.wired.com/2016/06/net-neutrality-won-big-today-dont-celebrate-just-yet) – Wired

**Meanwhile in Europe:**

> [Sir Tim Berners-Lee makes a last-minute plea to save net neutrality in Europe](http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/15/12197152/net-neutrality-europe-tim-berners-lee-letter) (July 15, 2016) – The Verge; See also: [text of July 14, 2016 public letter](http://webfoundation.org/2016/07/four-days-to-save-the-open-internet-in-europe-an-open-letter/) by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, law professor Barbara van Schewick, and law professor Larry Lessig

**Release of the Net Neutrality Order (March 12, 2015):**

FCC Webpages Regarding the Release of the Open Internet Order: [main page](http://www.fcc.gov/openinternet) and [webpage](http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-releases-open-internet-order) with links to the Commissioners’ statements and the FCC Order itself ([direct link to pdf](http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0312/FCC-15-24A1.pdf) of the FCC Order – 400 pages)

But will the FCC Order survive court challenges? – [On Net Neutrality, Six Ways The FCC’s Public Utility Order Will Lose In Court](http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrydownes/2015/04/08/on-net-neutrality-six-ways-the-fccs-public-utility-order-will-lose-in-court/) – Larry Downes in Forbes

**Passage of the FCC Proposal (February 26, 2015):**

[FCC Press Release](http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-adopts-strong-sustainable-rules-protect-open-internet) Regarding Passage of the Net Neutrality Rules.

[The FCC Approves Strong Net Neutrality Rules](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/02/26/the-fcc-set-to-approve-strong-net-neutrality-rules/) – Washington Post

[Why Everyone was Wrong about Net Neutrality](http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/why-everyone-was-wrong-about-net-neutrality) – Tim Wu in The New Yorker

[It’s Not Really Net Neutrality](http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/wolff/2015/02/27/its-not-really-net-neutrality/24114171/) – Michael Wolff in USA Today

[The FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules: Five Things You Need to Know](http://www.pcworld.com/article/2890097/the-fccs-net-neutrality-ruling-5-things-you-need-to-know.html) – PCWorld

**FCC’s Original Proposal (February 4, 2015):**

[FCC Fact Sheet](http://www.fcc.gov/document/chairman-wheeler-proposes-new-rules-protecting-open-internet) (four pages) – Chairman Wheeler Proposes New Rules for Protecting the Open Internet

[This is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality](http://www.wired.com/2015/02/fcc-chairman-wheeler-net-neutrality/) – FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s OpEd in Wired

[The Head of the FCC Just Proposed the Strongest Net Neutrality Rules Ever](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/02/04/the-fcc-just-proposed-the-strongest-net-neutrality-rules-ever/) – The Washington Post

[Don’t Call Them ‘Utility’ Rules: The FCC’s Net Neutrality Regime, Explained](http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/02/dont-call-them-utility-rules-the-fccs-net-neutrality-regime-explained/) – ArsTechnica explainer

[AT&T Previews Lawsuit it Plans to File Against FCC Over Net Neutrality](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/02/att-previews-lawsuit-it-plans-to-file-against-fcc-over-net-neutrality/) – ArsTechnica

[GOP, Tech Industry Mostly Out of Step Over Net Neutrality Issue](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gop-tech-20150213-story.html#page=1) – Los Angeles Times

**Background:**

[Net Neutrality: President Obama’s Plan for a Free and Open Internet](http://www.whitehouse.gov/net-neutrality) – President Obama Statement (November 2014)

[Net Neutrality: A Guide to (and History of) a Contested Idea](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/04/the-best-writing-on-net-neutrality/361237/) – The Atlantic (April 2014)

[The Problem with Net Neutrality](http://www.hoover.org/research/problem-net-neutrality) – Law Professor Richard Epstein (January 2014)