Gus Hurwitz on the Rural Digital Divide and Platforms

Professor Justin (Gus) Hurwitz is an associate professor of law at the University of Nebraska, where he is also the Menard Director of the Nebraska Governance and Technology Center and the Co-Director of the Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program. He is also the Director of Law & Economics Programs at the International Center for Law & Economics, where he works to incorporate economic tools into legal and regulatory analysis. He has particular expertise in telecommunications law and technology, including data- and cybersecurity. Professor Hurwitz has a background in technology having worked at Los Alamos National Lab and interned at the Naval Research Lab prior to law school, and he held an Internet2 Land Speed World Record with the Guinness Book of World Records. Professor Hurwitz received his JD from the University of Chicago Law School, was a Trial Attorney with the DOJ’s Antitrust Division in the Telecommunications and Media Enforcement Section, and his legal scholarship has been cited widely by the popular press and government agencies.