Peter Craddock

Jan 8, 2025 | truthonthemarket.com | Eric Fruits |Scott Lincicome |Peter Craddock

Created as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that President Joe Biden signed into law in November 2021, the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program is supposed to provide $42.45 billion to U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia to help with broadband planning, deployment, mapping, equity, and adoption—all overseen by theNational Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

Jan 7, 2025 | truthonthemarket.com | Alden Abbott |Eric Fruits |Scott Lincicome |Peter Craddock

Industrial policy has long been present in various forms, often manifesting as ad-hoc interventions and subsidies that affect market processes. What we’re seeing now is an attempt to systematize these interventions under coherent policy frameworks, such as green-energy initiatives or regional development programs. These policies often reflect targeted efforts aimed at specific goals or interests.

Jan 6, 2025 | truthonthemarket.com | Eric Fruits |Scott Lincicome |Peter Craddock |Daniel Gilman

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent decision striking down the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) latest net-neutrality rules did more than just settle a decades-long debate about broadband regulation; it also exposed a fundamental flaw in the United States’ approach to communications policy. In a nutshell, the issue is that we treat traditional telephone service as a heavily regulated “telecommunications service” under an outdated New Deal-era framework.

Jan 6, 2025 | truthonthemarket.com | Peter Craddock

This article is a part of the Perspectives on Industrial Policy symposium. The “consent or pay” debate is  fascinating, because it highlights tensions between how U.S. firms are viewed and handled compared to European companies. The EDPB’s opinion was initially based on a request related explicitly to Meta’s rollout of the consent-or-pay approach (subscribe or accept). The EDPB opinion came as a result of the adoption of this business model.

Jan 19, 2024 | lexblog.com | Peter Craddock

Peter Craddock helps companies innovate and use data better in the European Union (EU) and worldwide by providing strategic advice and legal assistance in the areas of privacy, data protection, data governance, AI governance, cybersecurity, e-commerce, digitalization, and software contracting. Peter’s practice covers advisory work, contract drafting, and negotiation, as well as representation of clients in litigation before data protection authorities or the courts.