Practices

Communications Regulatory

Counseling companies on the communications regulatory aspects of innovative and established technologies.

Why Cooley

  • Track record of helping communications companies successfully navigate the intersection of innovation and regulation

  • Decades of experience counseling and representing communications, media, and technology clients on everything from regulatory, litigation and licensing to advocacy, legislative concerns and transactional matters

  • Dedicated team of 15+ lawyers with a diverse range of backgrounds, including previous roles at regulatory agencies

  • The only law firm in the US with a former chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau and former FCC commissioner

  • Recognized domain and legal leaders in FCC proceedings and regulations, and relationships with key policymakers in Congress, the executive branch and government agencies

  • Comprehensive and timely guidance through CooleyREG, our innovative approach that brings together regulatory practitioners from across the firm to help clients navigate every regulatory twist and turn

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Cooley takes a strategic approach to problem-solving, effectively using details to support the bigger picture without getting lost in the minutiae.

Chambers USA (2025)

Recognition

  • Chambers USA – District of Columbia: Telecom, Broadcast and Satellite (2012 – 2025)
  • Chambers USA – District of Columbia: Media and Entertainment: Regulatory (2013 – 2025)
  • The Legal 500 US: Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory (2014 – 2025)
  • The Legal 500 US: Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactions (2014 – 2021)
  • Team includes practitioners ranked by Best Lawyers, Chambers USA, The Legal 500 and Super Lawyers

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