Communications

Practices

• Corporate
  #1

  law firm for US public offerings for companies like Aerohive Networks, Iridium Communications, TechTarget and Ooma

  #1

  law firm in the US and Globally for representing companies in VC Financing deals in 2023 (PitchBook)

  1000+

  1,000+ private financings annually, representing both companies and in 4,000+ strategic or venture investment transactions since 2010, representing both companies and investors across a range of technology-related market segments

  1000+

  M&A transactions for an aggregate value of $345+ billion since 2016

  30%

  Represent 30% of US-based unicorns

  Unparalleled access to the largest and most influential network of strategic investors in the communications industry

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• Litigation
  Significant complex commercial and consumer class action litigation experience for communications companies, including Google, Wikimedia, Conde Nast, Hearst, Time, CenturyLink, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, HTC and XO Communications

  Successfully defeated class certification in cases for eBay, Facebook and Google

  Litigated one of the first cases regarding §230 of the Communications Decency Act, a critical source of legal immunity for websites that host third-party content

  Obtained the first court decision affirming that transit is subject to the local competition provisions of the Communications Act, representing a competitive carrier in an appeal of an arbitration decision in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

  100+

  One of the most active corporate restructuring and bankruptcy practices in the country, handling 100+ cases in court over the past 5 years for companies such as Hipcricket, KIT Digital, CompUSA, Great Lakes Comnet, Wave2Wave Communications and Yipes Communications

  500+

  securities cases in the last 10 years for companies like Applied Digital Solutions, Millennial Media, Rosetta Stone, Brocade, Lantronix, Synopsys and Tremor Video – one of the most active practices for the defense of issuers in shareholder litigation in the US

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• Regulatory
  Regularly represent communications companies in regulatory and legislative matters before the FCC, federal and state agencies

  Regulatory counsel to communications companies during complex financial transactions

  Counsel clients on privacy, data rights and cybersecurity, including hot-button issues at the FCC and related to the Safe Harbor act, COPPA, DAA and NAI

  Counsel US and foreign companies on compliance with US laws and regulations governing the cross-border movement of goods, services and technology and affecting the way US companies conduct business overseas

  Provide regulatory compliance advice on international, federal, state and local employment and labor laws, including affirmative action, discrimination, wage and hour, health and safety, unions and collective bargaining, compensation and benefits

  Consult on regulatory and corporate governance issues related to the Securities Exchange Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Dodd-Frank Act, JOBS Act, equity and other compensation matters, stockholder rights plans, stockholder proposals and proxy contests, and NASDAQ, NYSE Mkt and NYSE listing requirements

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• Intellectual Property
  Handling patent litigation defenses all over the country for the likes of eBay, Facebook, LinkedIn, Millennial Media and Yelp

  70+

  Litigated 70+ patent cases for Facebook – winning both cases that made it to trial

  1,000+

  Represent 1,000+ companies worldwide in all aspects of trademark, copyright and advertising matters, including Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Mozilla, TiVo, Radio One, Bluetooth SIG, Lonely Planet and Oculus VR

  800

  Extensive experience asserting claims and instituting UDRP actions for digital media clients, including employing actions to successfully transfer to Google nearly 800 infringing domains and obtaining a judgment for BitTorrent resulting in the transfer of 54 domain names and an award of over $2.3 million against a German cybersquatter

  Handle a wide range of rights issues with respect to the digital use of music and video, including contractual licensing, statutory webcasting licensing, IPTV distribution rights and fair use analyses

  100+

  inter partes review and covered business method review proceedings; 100+ inter partes/ex parte reexaminations for clients like Google and Facebook

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