Infrastructure and Regulated Industries Section

Established in 1917, this Section brings together members of the bar interested in the rapidly changing legal environment in the communications, cable TV, internet, electricity, gas, oil pipelines, aviation, motor carriers, railroads, and water industries.

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Annual Journal

One of the main benefits of Section membership is Recent Developments in Infrastructure and Regulated Industries. Recent Developments is a comprehensive review of developments in areas represented by the Section's committees. Published in August of each year, Recent Developments is sent to all lawyer members of the Section.

Recent Developments - 2019

Infrastructure: Quarterly Periodical

Infrastructure is produced quarterly and contains current developments arising in this ever-changing atmosphere of deregulation, competition and technological advances.

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Section Awards

Learn more about the K. William Kolbe Writing Competition for Law Students and Samuel H. Porter Award recognition for providing leadership to the Section and to development of the law and leaders in infrastructure industries.

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Net Neutrality – Take Four

Bill Drexel, Editor of ABA IRIS periodical Infrastructure and Joe Cosgrove, Jr, Adjunct Professor, School of Law, University of Texas discuss the background and the current status of Net Neutrality. Learn the background of Net Neutrality and all the stages it has taken to the current status. The speakers discuss the background such as what is Net Neutrality and why it has become an issue. They discuss each of the stages regarding the FCC and court decisions.

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The SAFETY Act: An Important Risk Mitigation Tool for Critical Infrastructure Companies

Bill Drexel, editor of Infrastructure, and Kevin Jones, a partner with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, discuss a powerful resource available to help manage these risks — the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act, or SAFETY Act. Recent events demonstrate that critical infrastructure systems are prime targets for malicious actors seeking to use cyber and physical vulnerabilities to conduct potentially high-impact attacks or large-scale theft. Owners and operators of critical infrastructure face potentially substantial consequences in connection with cyber and physical security incidents. These concerns have been increased with the recent pandemic, which has required an increased reliance upon remote work activities that greatly expand cyber vulnerabilities.

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Committees

Our Committees provide a unique opportunity for section members to enhance their expertise and to collaborate with lawyers sharing similar interests. Through their publications, programs, and online resources, the Committees offer a range of services including cutting edge analysis of legal and policy issues. We encourage you to contribute to this process by becoming involved in the work of the Section’s Committees.

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About Us

The American Bar Association Infrastructure and Regulated Industries Section is the leading professional organization for those interested in the rapidly changing legal environment in the communications, cable TV, internet, electricity, gas, oil pipelines, aviation, motor carriers, railroads, and water industries.

Section Leadership

Our members include attorneys from private law firms, in-house counsel, trade and professional organizations, federal and state government agencies, as well as judges, professors and law students. We provide an outstanding assortment of programs, publications, discussion groups and timely updates on recent developments in all facets of public utility, communications and transportation law.

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