Covington’s communications and media legislative practice combines our broad industry knowledge with our experience and know-how of Capitol Hill to give our clients the best possible representation before Congress. Our clients include broadcasters, sports leagues, Internet content companies, business coalitions, broadcaster trade associations, and telecommunications providers. Covington recognizes the important role that Congress has, in writing legislation, in conducting oversight, and in shaping decisions at the FCC. We provide our expertise to key Hill staff and become a resource on tackling complex technical issues. We also work with clients in testifying before Congress and analyzing and preparing changes to pending legislation. Many Covington lawyers have either come from Capitol Hill or have left to work for Congress, and so that provides us with valuable insight into the legislative process.
Representative Matters
- Net Neutrality. Covington has represented the coalition of Internet-based content companies (eBay, Google, IAC, Microsoft, and Yahoo!) advocating for Congress to adopt rules ensuring broadband network operators do not discriminate. This legislative work builds on our work for these companies before the FCC.
- Broadcasters. We represent broadcasters on a range of legislative issues, including media ownership and the digital television transition. When the FCC proposed to increase the number of stations a network could own, Covington led the effort to urge Congress to adopt a special provision reversing the FCC. On behalf of broadcasters, we have been deeply involved in drafting every provision affecting the digital television transition over the past decade. Our long involvement in these issues before the Commission enable us to contribute effectively and efficiently to the debate before Congress.
- Fax Business Coalition. We represented a coalition of 600 companies and trade associations advocating Congress to adopt a law enabling them to use faxes to contact their customers. The law was necessary to reverse an FCC decision. After a two-year effort, President Bush signed the Junk Fax Prevention Act. This legislative work built on our work on this issue before the FCC.
- NFL. We have worked for many years with the NFL on a range of important communications and media issues, including debates on Sunday Ticket, importation of distant signals, and Internet gambling.
Accolades
- Chambers USA: leading Telecom, Broadcast, & Satellite practice (2004-2013).
- Chambers USA: leading Media and Entertainment practice (2007-2013).
- Chambers USA: Telecom, Broadcast, & Satellite and Media & Entertainment (2012-2013).
- seven attorneys recognized
- Chambers USA: First Amendment Litigation (2011-2013)
- Chambers Europe: Leading TMT Information Technology and TMT Telecommunications (Belgium) practice (2013)
- Chambers Asia: leading China Technology, Media & Telecom sector (2010-2013).
- Legal 500 US: Media, Technology & Telecoms (2012-2013)
- Technology - Data Protection & Privacy
- Marketing & Advertising
- Technology - Outsourcing
- Technology - Transactions
- Telecoms & Broadcast - Regulatory & Transactional
- Nineteen attorneys recognized in above categories
- Legal 500 UK (2011-2012)
- Media and Entertainment
- IT & Telecoms
- Legal 500 EMEA: EU Regulatory, Information Technology (2011-2012)
- Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Beijing - Technology, Media & Telecoms - Foreign Firms (2009-2012)
- Best Lawyers in America: Communications Law (2013)
- Four attorneys recognized
- Best Lawyers in America: Administrative/Regulatory Law (2012-2013)
- Best Lawyers in America: Technology (2012-2013)
- Practical Law Company: Telecoms & Media - EU, US, and China (2012)
- Variety named Jason Goldberg, a member of our Asia media practice, as one of “50 Game-Changing Attorneys” in the world for his representation of major U.S. studios in landmark film production and financing deals in China (2012).
- U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers, Communications Law and Technology Law: National and Washington, DC, first tier ranking (2011)
- Intellectual Property Magazine Awards (2010)
- Sports, Media and Entertainment Team of the Year
- Managing Intellectual Property Global Awards (2010)
- Shortlisted in the pan-European category "New Media/Internet"
- The International Who's Who of Regulatory Communications Lawyers (2012)
- Four attorneys recognized
- The International Who's Who of Internet & e-Commerce Lawyers for Internet & e-Commerce (2011-2012)
- The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers for Regulatory Communications (2012)
- Three attorneys recognized
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