Corporate
Our mergers and acquisitions lawyers have represented both public and private companies in a broad range of buy-side and sell-side transactions. We have handled large transactions valued at more than $1 billion, and are strong in middle–market mergers and acquisitions, with enterprise values ranging from $20 million to $750 million.
Class Actions
Our litigators are defending some of the country’s largest companies in some of the country’s largest TCPA class actions. We are familiar with and sensitive to the unique concerns of businesses faced with consumer class action litigation. Our lawyers have been defending clients in TCPA class action litigation since the law’s inception. Because of our intimate knowledge of the law, we are able to help clients review compliance with the statute, revise contracts with vendors and customers, advocate positions with regulators and defend businesses in individual and putative class actions in courts across the country.
Interconnection and Intercarrier Disputes
We have more than two decades of experience advising and representing telecommunications carriers in negotiations, arbitrations and federal court proceedings arising under the Telecommunications Act of 1996. We advise telecommunications carriers on compliance with the overlapping web of federal and state regulations in this space, including more recently those related to interconnection obligations between broadband service providers and edge providers and the regulatory implications of the transition of copper-based legacy networks to networks based on Internet Protocol (IP).
International
We frequently advise telecommunications, media and technology companies operating internationally or contemplating it on how to navigate challenges introduced by U.S. regulations governing these activities, by the regulations of the host state and by international accords. We have particular experience in the Caribbean, where we most recently have been advising companies considering doing business in the Cuban telecommunications market. We also counsel U.S. licensees and investors on matters relating to foreign ownership of U.S. radio and broadcast applicants and licensees, including the structure of domestic equity investment and debt transactions to comply with federal law.
Labor and Employment
We provide businesses with a full range of employment-related legal services including counseling, training, union, labor and management relations and litigation. We have experience litigating class actions and employment discrimination, retaliation, harassment and wrongful termination claims. We have also handled numerous wage and hour, breach of contract, severance, employee benefits, non-competition, confidentiality, trade secret, whistleblower, invasion of privacy and defamation claims.
