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Our media practice is dedicated to providing sophisticated business and strategic solutions to complex problems in a highly competitive and dynamic media and content marketplace . We are as experienced in structuring major media and content transactions as we are in solving complex regulatory, intellectual property and litigation problems arising in these fields.
Our strengths and expertise encompass traditional and new media companies, as well as entities engaged in digital media & entertainment, sports, and broadband applications. And we have a vibrant First Amendment, libel & defamation practice.
For example, Covington:
- Has been involved in the structuring of a variety of entities that create and deliver content to audiences on traditional (e.g., cable) and emergent (e.g., broadband) platforms;
- Is widely experienced in negotiating license agreements for the creation and distribution of content of all kinds to be used by both traditional and new media entities; and
- Has appeared in a range of litigation ─ and has counseled clients in ways to avoid litigation ─ at both the trial and appellate level that involve the structuring of the media industry, the protection of content and intellectual property rights, the relationships between creation and distribution entities, and the production and distribution of all kinds of programming and related content.
Accolades
- Chambers USA, leading Media and Entertainment practice (2006-2007).
- Best Lawyers in America, Covington partners are listed for First Amendment and Media law (2006).
- Our partners have significant experience outside of the practice ─ for example, on Capitol Hill, where they were deeply involved in the development of telecommunications legislation, and in the executive suites of major and highly visible media companies.
- Our partners have over the years held leadership positions in major associations in the media field ─ including the Federal Communications Bar Association, the International Radio and Television Society Foundation, the Media Institute and the Media Law Resource Center.
- A Covington partner has recently served as president of the Defense Council Section of the Media Law Resource Center, the national organization of media defense attorneys, and as president of the First Amendment Advisory Council of the Media Institute.
- A Covington partner received the Sprague Award and the President’s Medal from the National Press Photographers Association for service to the First Amendment.
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