Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Experience Highlights

• AT&T, as antitrust and regulatory counsel, in leading the effort to obtain U.S. Department of Justice clearance for the US$85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger; successful defense of the Department of Justice's lawsuit to block the transaction; and the coordination of work with local antitrust and regulatory counsel to secure approvals in nearly 30 other countries, including the negotiation of conditional approvals in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico.

• Adobe in multiple IP cases, including patent, copyright, and trade secret matters across several jurisdictions. We have successfully defended Adobe in numerous patent matters across e-commerce platforms and systems, electronic signatures, real-time animation, and other technologies. We also represent Adobe in the protection of its IP rights against infringers.

• Investigative journalist in defending her right to maintain the secrecy of her sources in reporting on the Batman movie theater mass shooting, leading to a landmark decision in the New York Court of Appeals.

• Leading television news network and two of its on-air anchors in the successful defense against first-of-its-kind defamation claim based on fake news. We won summary judgment in district court; that decision was affirmed by the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

• AT&T, as regulatory counsel, in matters related to FCC conditions on its acquisition of DIRECTV in 2015, including the preparation of semi-annual compliance reports to the FCC.

• Premium TV network and digital media content provider in privacy and data security compliance and design for its app, data risk management issues, and updated privacy and security program and related documents.  

• The Saul Zaentz Company and its subsidiary, Middle-earth Enterprises, holder of various rights in "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," as longtime lead licensing counsel in the negotiation and drafting of numerous film, stage, video game, and merchandising agreements, as well as in the sale of Middle-earth Enterprises to Embracer Freemode Iconic Holding Inc., a subsidiary of the Swedish gaming company, Embracer Group.

• HarperCollins Publishers in various antitrust actions involving the pricing of e-books, as well as in private class action and retailer litigation brought against various publishers and Apple.

• Ad hoc group of term lenders to iHeartMedia Inc. in the restructuring of approximately US$20 billion of debt issued by iHeartMedia and its affiliates. Our bankruptcy, litigation, corporate, tax, and regulatory lawyers guided the clients through a complex, multiyear effort, which included a successfully litigated adversary proceeding trial over alleged violations of an indenture covenant; the separation of iHeart and Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. into independent public companies; and addressing the antitrust issues for iHeart’s successful emergence from bankruptcy. Because iHeart operates the largest collection of U.S. broadcast radio stations, our telecommunications lawyers ensured compliance with complex U.S. Federal Communications Commission rules when funds or their investment advisers are formed in offshore jurisdictions.