Mitchell F. Brecher focuses his practice on telecommunications and media law and regulation. Rick has practiced before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), other federal departments and agencies, state regulatory commissions, and trial and appellate courts. He has also provided legislative counsel on telecommunications matters. Rick represents clients in telecommunications transactional matters and provides business counseling and contract assistance to telecommunications and media clients.
Areas of Concentration:
- The Telecommunications Act of 1996
- The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on basic telecommunications services
- Access to multitenant environments
- Administrative and regulatory practice
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Broadcast licensing and regulation, including digital television
- Broadband policy
- Cable television regulation, including program access, must carry and retransmission consent
- Commercial transactions involving telecommunications and media companies
- Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI), pretexting and other privacy issues
- Domestic and international laws, regulations and policies
- E911 compliance
