David E. Mills

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I’ve found great energy and satisfaction representing businesses and individuals in trial, on appeal and in government investigations for more than three decades.

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Cooley Secures Complete Victory for IonQ in Securities Fraud Class Action

October 6, 2023

Cooley represented IonQ, a quantum computing hardware and software company, in a consolidated securities fraud class action initially brought by former investor Michael Leacock.

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Koji Fukumura
Partner, San Diego
Ryan Blair
Partner, San Diego
David E. Mills
Partner, Washington DC
Elizabeth Wright
Special Counsel, Boston
Caitlin B. Munley
Associate, Washington DC
Linh Nguyen
Associate, San Diego
Jessica Taylor
Associate, San Diego
Vivienne Pismarov
Associate, San Diego

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US Supreme Court Upholds FCC’s Modernized Television Station Ownership Rules, Affirming Cooley Amicus Briefs

April 25, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled on April 1, 2021 that the Federal Communications Commission was within its authority to repeal or modify three long-standing media ownership controls. The decision aligned with arguments Cooley made in amicus briefs submitted on behalf of Gray Television that, after years of challenges, the FCC’s modernized rules finally should be allowed to take effect because the agency issued them in full compliance with its obligations under Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court found no issues with the agency’s 2017 decision, which eliminated bans on broadcast-newspaper and television-radio cross-ownership, nixed restrictions on cross-station advertising agreements and dropped a diversity-of-viewpoints rule for local markets. Lawyers David Mills, Robert McDowell and Barrett Anderson led the Cooley effort.

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David E. Mills
Partner, Washington DC
Robert M. McDowell
Partner, Washington DC
Barrett J. Anderson
Associate, San Diego
Jason Rademacher
Special Counsel, Washington DC

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Cooley Files Amicus Brief in Second Circuit in Interstate Communications Services Regulation Case

March 11, 2022

New York – March 10, 2022 – Cooley filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA), a trade association for competitive wireless providers and stakeholders across the country, in New York State Telecommunications Association, Inc. et al. v. James. The brief urges the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to uphold a lower court’s permanent injunction barring enforcement of New York’s Affordable Broadband Act (ABA), which regulates the rates, terms and conditions of internet service providers’ broadband internet access service offerings to the public. Partners David E. Mills and Robert McDowell are leading the Cooley team representing the CCA.

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David E. Mills
Partner, Washington DC
Robert M. McDowell
Partner, Washington DC
J.G. Harrington
Special Counsel, Washington DC

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Charlottesville Plaintiffs Secure Justice Against White Supremacist Leaders and Groups With Historic Lawsuit Win

November 23, 2021

Nine plaintiffs, who were victims of a coordinated attack by white supremacists during the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017, won a historic victory in the landmark federal lawsuit Sines v. Kessler. A Cooley team led by Alan Levine, David Mills and Bob Cahill acted pro bono on behalf of the plaintiffs alongside Kaplan Hecker & Fink, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and Woods Rogers.

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Alan Levine
Senior Counsel, New York
David E. Mills
Partner, Washington DC
Robert Cahill
Partner, Reston
Khary J. Anderson
Associate, Washington DC
Eric Bolton
Senior Paralegal, Reston
Allegra Flamm
Associate, Washington DC
Courtney Fisher
Senior Paralegal, Washington DC
Hilarie Laing
Paralegal Specialist, Washington DC
Amanda L. Liverzani
Associate, New York
Caitlin B. Munley
Associate, Washington DC
Joshua Siegel
Special Counsel, Washington DC

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Meredith Agrees to Sell TV Broadcast Group to Gray Television for $2.8 Billion

May 10, 2021

Cooley advised Meredith Corporation on its agreement to sell its local media group, which consists of 17 television stations reaching 11% of US households and 30 million viewers, to Gray Television for $2.8 billion. Partners Kevin Mills, Aaron Binstock and Michael Basile led the Cooley team advising Meredith on the deal.

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Kevin Mills
Senior Counsel, Washington DC
Aaron Binstock
Partner, Washington DC
Michael Basile
Partner, Washington DC
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Christy Burrow
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Lesse Castleberry
Senior Counsel, New York
Helenanne Connolly
Partner, Reston
Darren DeStefano
Partner, Reston
Wesley Dietrich
Associate, Washington DC
Jason Rademacher
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Robby L.R. Saldaña
Associate, Washington DC
Jennifer Don
Associate, Reston
Paula Fleckenstein
Associate, Reston
Kristine Forderer
Partner, San Francisco
Virat Gupta
Associate, Washington DC
Anthony Hajj
Associate, New York
Carly Mitchell
Associate, Washington DC
Rick Jantz
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
MaryBeth Shreiner
Associate, Reston
Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington DC
Meredith Klionsky
Associate, Washington DC
Kristin Leavy
Special Counsel, Colorado
Mary Maher Lewis
Special Counsel, Reston
John Logan
Special Counsel, Washington DC
David E. Mills
Partner, Washington DC
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington DC
Addison Pierce
Associate, Chicago
David Walsh
Partner, Reston
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Washington DC
Henry Wendel
Special Counsel, Washington DC
David Safren
Associate, Miami

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