Former Senior Official At FCC Rejoins Covington

Matt DelNero and Yaron Dori are quoted in a Law360 article regarding DelNero’s return to Covington as a partner in its Communications and Media Practice Group where he will oversee a diverse portfolio of telecom issues, including broadband expansion, privacy, data security and merger activity, bringing to the practice a new appreciation for the policy process and priorities of regulatory staff from his time serving the FCC. DelNero says he expects broadband deployment, a priority for incoming FCC chair Ajit Pai, as well as industry consolidation and foreign investment to be areas of significant activity in the coming year.

According to Dori, “The communications industry is continuing to undergo rapid and transformative change, which requires lawyers to be versatile and credible across multiple disciplines,” adding that “Matt’s tenure at the FCC has only expanded the areas in which he has knowledge and depth, and we expect that to inure to the benefit of our clients.”