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Hannah Lepow

Associate

Washington +1 202 662 5477

  • About
  • Representative Matters
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  • About

    Hannah Lepow advises clients in the media, technology, and telecommunications industries on a wide range of regulatory and privacy issues.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Practices and Industries
  • Representative Matters
    • Represents television industry clients in negotiations regarding content distribution, including retransmission consent and new media distribution agreements.
    • Represents various clients in proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission, including representation of a coalition of broadcasters that successfully advocated for changes to FCC rules permitting broadcasters to voluntarily transition to the Next Generation TV standard (also known as ATSC 3.0) and representation of clients regarding spectrum reallocation.
    • Provides ongoing privacy and data protection counsel to a number of technology and media companies.
    • Represents clients in responding to Federal Trade Commission inquiries regarding cybersecurity and data privacy issues.
    • Provides ongoing counsel to broadcast, print, and online journalists regarding media law issues, including defamation, public records requests, and privacy matters.
    • Provides ongoing counsel to clients on Federal Communications Commission compliance issues, including equal opportunity employment rules and political broadcasting rules.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • Columbia Law School, J.D., 2015
        • Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
        • Columbia Business Law Review, Senior Notes Editor
    • Columbia University, B.A., 2011
        • magna cum laude
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    Pro Bono
    • Co-authored a guide to the types of legal process journalists and news media organizations may receive in the course of criminal investigations and national security-related investigations.
    • Drafted Tenth Circuit amicus brief on behalf of the National Disability Rights Network and other mental health groups in support of defendant in Diamond Ranch Academy v. Filer.
    • Drafted First Circuit amicus brief on behalf of over thirty media and technology organizations in support of defendant in Yershov v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc., d/b/a USA Today.
    • Advises media and human rights organizations on international freedom of expression standards and methods for promoting newsgathering abroad.

    Areas of Expertise

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