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Larry Downes

  • Senior Fellow, Accenture Research
  • Co-Author, Big Bang Disruption
  • Co-author, Pivot to the Future
Berkeley
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The End of Independent Federal Agencies Will Change Your Business

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By Blair Levin, Larry Downes
| Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
In a blockbuster case, Trump v. Slaughter, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the president could, at will, dismiss appointees to independent regulatory agencies who had already been confirmed by Congress, overturning a nearly 100-year-old precedent that held the opposite.
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The End of Independent Federal Agencies Will Change Your Business

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By Blair Levin, Larry Downes
| Harvard Business Review Verified
SKIP TO CONTENT For executives, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Slaughter v. Trump will likely lead to less certainty and consistency for the regulated aspects of their businesses, with... In a blockbuster case, Trump v. Slaughter, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the president could, at will, dismiss appointees to independent regulatory agencies who had already been confirmed by Congress, overturning a nearly 100-year-old precedent that held the opposite.
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Think robocalls are annoying? AI is making them dangerous.

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By Blair Levin, Larry Downes
| Morningstar
By Blair Levin and Larry Downes The FCC is trying to fix customer service by bringing call centers back to the U.S. The real threat: AI-driven scams that regulators can't touch. AI is lowering the cost of deception while increasing its precision. Americans are bombarded with robocalls - roughly 4 billion to 5 billion a month - despite decades of regulation. The Federal Communications Commission's latest proposal to improve customer service aims to regulate offshore call centers.
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