Douglas G. Lichtman
Professor of Law, University of California, Los angeles
B.S.E., 1994, Duke University; J.D., 1997, Yale Law School.
Doug Lichtman earned undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from Duke University in 1994. He next attended Yale Law School, where he completed his J.D. in 1997. He joined the law faculty in 1998 and was tenured in 2001.
Lichtman's research considers how technology will challenge, reinforce, and redefine traditional legal rules. Specific areas of expertise include patent, copyright, and trademark law; telecommunications regulation; information economics; and a variety of issues related to technology startups and the Internet.
Lichtman's work has been featured in the Journal of Law & Economics, the Journal of Legal Studies, and the Harvard Business Review. He is co-author of Telecommunications Law and Policy, a textbook that investigates the federal regulatory regime applicable to broadcast television, cable television, radio, telephony, and advanced services like the provision of Internet access over the cable infrastructure. He is also an Editor at the Journal of Law & Economics.
