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Hannah Lepow

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Washington +1 202 662 5477

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  • About

    Working across regulatory and transactional areas, Hannah Lepow advises emerging and leading companies in the media, technology, and telecommunications sectors.

    Hannah counsels clients through major transactions, including deals requiring Federal Communications Commission and other regulatory approvals, and content distribution and programming negotiations.

    Hannah also brings her expertise in privacy law to bear in these matters, and routinely counsels companies on the development and launch of new products and features against the fast-moving privacy legislative landscape.

    She maintains an active pro bono practice, focusing on supporting content creators on defamation, privacy, and other media law issues.

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    • Structures and secures FCC and other regulatory approvals (including approval for foreign investment) for major media and telecommunications technologies.
    • Provides ongoing counseling to clients on data collection, use, and disclosure practices under federal and state privacy laws.
    • Represents leading entertainment industry clients in content distribution negotiations (including retransmission consent) and programming and affiliation negotiations.
    • Represents clients in both advocacy and enforcement proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission.
    • Provides ongoing counsel to clients on Federal Communications Commission compliance issues, including equal opportunity employment rules and political broadcasting rules.

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  • 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.

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