The Firm represents clients in all aspects of telecommunications law and regulation, including:

• Cable access and regulation
• Electric utility entry into telecom markets
• Federal and state certification and regulation
• Mergers, acquisitions and finance regulation
• Real property and telecommunications
• Telecommunications litigation
• Telecommunications regulatory advocacy
• Telecommunications taxation
• Telecommunications transactions

In connection with the representation of our clients, the Firm has extensive experience in the following practice areas:

• Carrier-to-customer transactions, including custom/contract tariffs, AT&T Tariff 12 & "CTs"; MCI "SCAs", negotiated tariff agreements with local exchange carriers - "CSAs", "SSAs", "ICBs", special assemblies, carrier-to-carrier agreements.
• Fiber leases: dark & "lit" (with and without electronics).
• IRU agreements: domestic fiber and transoceanic.
• Interconnection agreements.
• Interconnection negotiation (Section 251), including arbitration (Section 252), land line interconnection, XDSL/advanced services, cable, shared tenant services, collocation - physical, virtual, adjacent - Section "706" authority.
• Wireless interconnection - PCS, SMR and paging.
• Rural telco interconnection.
• Internet access, including packet switching/frame relay/ATM agreements.
• Pole attachment negotiation.
• Rights-of-way negotiation, including franchise agreement negotiation with municipalities, cities, counties, local ordinances, service distribution agreements (aging & resale agreements).
• Strategic alliance & joint venture style agreements.
• Mergers, acquisitions, and finance regulation.
• Securing PSC approval for M&A, financing transactions coverage for all 50 states, including approval of credit agreements, security agreements, guarantees and stock and bond issues.
• Regulatory due diligence.
• Transfer of control approvals.
• Opinion practice.
• Securities filings: regulatory risk factors.
• Federal and state certification and regulation, including federal communications commission ("FCC") regulatory compliance, tariff preparation and filing, domestic interstate, international, operator services (TOSCA"), international 214 authorizations, regulatory reporting and surcharge payments (USF, TRS) and wireless licensing.
• State public service commission ("PSC") regulatory compliance, including entry certification for all 50 states, tariff preparation and filing, intrastate local ("CLEC") and interexchange ("IXC"), operator services (little "TOCSIA" requirements), pay phone, debit card and prepaid calling card, state reporting and surcharge payments (USF) and telecommunications regulatory advocacy/litigation.
• Regulatory pleadings and compliance, including declaratory rulings, rule-making proceedings and rule nisi/show cause/complaint proceedings.
• Contract disputes.
• Real property and telecommunications, including building access, inside wiring and shared tenant services: multi-tenant, commercial, telecommunications "hotels".
• Rights-of-way and utility easements.
• Telecommunications taxation, including federal excise taxes and exemptions, sales and use tax and USF contributions.
• Cable access and regulation, including cable franchises, open access issues, building access and SMATV.
• Electric utility entry into telecommunications markets, including dark fiber leasing, cross-subsidization issues, PUHCA, partnering/distribution agreements, right-of-way, tower leasing, etc.
• Exempt telecommunications carriers.